$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 10: 500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante Players Remaining: 70 of 188
Ryan Van Sanford
Even with the deep stacks, Event 6 is down to its last 10 tables as they hit the 10th level of the day. The average stack has 45 big blinds so that trend should not continue for long.
With the WPO Main Event kicking off tomorrow, we’re seeing more familiar faces make their way to town. Among them, we found Ryan Van Sanford and Jeff Trudeau. They have millions in career earnings including 12 WSOP Circuit rings (nine for Trudeau, three for Van Sanford) and a definite increase in talent as we head into the big weekend.
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante Players Remaining: 98 of 188
Registration closed on Event 6 with an incredible 188 entries putting up a prize pool just south of six digits. They combined to create a prize pool worth $96,820 with the last 19 spots getting paid.
A min-cash will earn $1,840 and the Event 6 will take home $25,077 along with the Guitar Trophy.
2020 Winter Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 6 $600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Entries: 188 Prize Pool: $96,820 December 9, 2020
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Structure Level 1: 100/100
The Main Event is one day away and today we throw the last of the preliminary tournaments. We’ve had great turnouts throughout the series and even more players are coming to town in anticipation of the big tournament then warming up today with the $600 NLH game.
Event 6 will give players 25K starting stacks and all levels will run for 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 5 at 1:15pm and the one-day tournament will play until we have a winner later this evening.
If the trend continues from the previous five tournaments, we are in for a fantastic day of poker.
We will pick up the action later afternoon once registration is closed and things have settled.
Players begin with 25,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until the start of Level 5
This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
2020 Winter Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 5 $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Entries: 155 Prize Pool: $51,150 December 8, 2020
Alex Vazquez, Event 5 Champion
Tuesday boosted up the WPO tournament buy-in and it turned into another fun day of poker. Event 5 had a $400 buy-in tournament with a great story at the end. Last night, Alex Vazquez outlasted all but one player in Event 4 to finish second but tonight he closed it out to take home the guitar in Event 5 after a five-way deal.
The tournament drew 155 entries to push the prize pool over $50,000 with 16 getting a share. The deep stacks and slow structure meant a longer than normal bubble, more than a level of hand-for-hand, but they got there and down to the final table.
Big-time players Trung Pham and Austin Reilly were eliminated followed by Peter Guillette before the five remaining players decided to call it a night. No chip counts or ICM numbers were needed; they divided the money right down the middle with each getting $6,936.
Vazquez held a nice chip lead at that point and was more than happy to take top honors while looking to hold that guitar. After a second-place finish and a win in back-to-back nights, Vazquez is running hot at the right time with the Main Event right around the corner.
Congrats to Alex and good luck the rest of the series
Event 5 results:
1st: Alex Vazquez – $6,936 + Guitar Trophy * 2nd: Michael Scott – $6,936 * 3rd: Alex Ivan – $6,936 * 4th: Carlos Loving – $6,936 * 5th: Frank Menendez – $6,936 * 6th: Peter Guillette – $2,404 7th: Austin Reilly – $1,944 8th: Trung Pham – $1,688 9th: Joao Figueiredo – $1,483 10th: Rolands Norietis – $1,381 11th: Lahcen Imkaoun – $1,381 12th: Wilfor Marentes Pinto – $1,381 13th: Raminder Singh – $1,228 14th: Truyen Nguyen – $1,228 15th: Luis Torres – $1,228 16th: James Trott III – $1,125 * – denotes results of a five-way deal
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Alex Vazquez
After Peter Guillette was eliminated, the last five players counted up the stacks and decided to split the remaining prize pool right down the middle. Each of the five took home $6,936 but Alex Vazquez added the Guitar Trophy that he came one spot from winning last night in Event 4.
Below are the chip counts and results of the deal:
Alex Vazquez – 860,000 Michael Scott – 760,000 Alex Ivan – 545,000 Carlos Loving – 520,000 Frank Menendez – 415,000
1st: Alex Vazquez – $6,936 + Guitar Trophy 2nd: Michael Scott – $6,936 3rd: Alex Ivan – $6,936 4th: Carlos Loving – $6,936 5th: Frank Menendez – $6,936
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 of 155
Peter Guillette
Peter Guillette did not have any luck at this final table. The biggest was getting it all in against Frank Menendez having the bigger stack and best hand with the board reading .
Menendez: Guillette:
Guillette flopped Broadway against Menedez’s aces up and the turn was not the problem. That came on the river to fill the board for Menendez.
Guillette stuck around for a few hands, including one where he got his short stack all in with aces only to have Carlos Loving wake up with aces as well. He eventually succumbed to Menendez who took the his last few chips.
Frank Menendez – 510,000 (26 bb) Peter Guillette – Eliminated in 6th place ($2,404)
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 of 155
With the elimination of Trung Pham, Event 5 is down to final table seven. This is back-to-back final tables for Alex Vazquez after his runner-up finish last night in Event 4.
Seat 1: Alex Ivan Seat 2: Austin Reilly Seat 3: Peter Guillette Seat 4: Alex Vazquez Seat 5: Michael Scott Seat 6: Carlos Loving Seat 7: Frank Menendez
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante Players Remaining: 8 of 155
Event 8 is down to the final table bubble with eight remaining and seven seats waiting. They are taking a 15-minute break as the 1K chips come out of play and the 25K are introduced.
When they return, blinds will be 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante and the average stack 390,000 (26 bb). Action should pick up at that point.
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 11 of 155
Event 5 lost two players over the last level for a little more progress towards the final table. Raminder Singh fell short of adding another trophy to his case and he was followed by Wilfor Marentes Pinto.
Blinds are now 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante and the average stack is 282,000 (28 bb) with 11 players remaining.
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