Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 20/671

Mark Scacewater hit the rail in 21st place earning $5,536. Next to go in 20th was Chris McNamara. On McNamara’s final hand, Justin Harvell opened under the gun to 52,000 and McNmara shoved for about 200,000. It folded back to Harvell who snapped with . McNamara needed to improve with .

The runout fell no help and McNamara was eliminated in 20th place.

Chris McNamara – Eliminated in 20th place ($5,536)
Mark Scacewater – Eliminated in 21st place ($5,536)

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/3,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 21/671

Cedric Tercy was eliminated in 23rd place when his couldn’t hold against chip leader Farid Jattin’s . The runout came three diamonds giving Jattin a flush and leaving Tercy busted.

For Tercy, the cash marks his second deep run of his series as he previously finished runner-up in the $570.

Farid Jattin – 3,800,000
Cedric Tercy – Eliminated in 22nd place ($5,536)

2017 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 6
$250 Deep Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 145
Prize Pool: $30,450
December 17, 2017

Tampa, Florida — Alex Bury needed just about eight hours to score an outright win in Event 6 of the Winter Poker Open, a $250 buy-in Deep Stack Turbo tournament. For his efforts, Bury was rewarded with $9,133 and the property’s token guitar trophy.

The last-chance event drew a field of 145 entries easily surpassing the $20,000 guarantee. The $30,450 prize pool paid the top 18 finishers. Joining Bury in the money were Richard Doss (13th, $533) and Christine Holubeck (14th, $533). At the final table, Bury outlasted the likes of Nick Costarelis (ninth, $685), Cheri Beatty (sixth, $1,523) and heads-up opponent David Jackson who earned $5,024 for his second-place finish.

Bury is 32 years and resides here in Tampa where he works as a recruiting manager. Each of his now seven career cashes have come at the Seminole Hard Rock, but tonight’s victory marks his largest to date.

Full results:

1st: Alex Bury – $9,133
2nd: David Jackson – $5,024
3rd: Tsvetelin Parashkevov – $2,893
4th: Ryan Sullivan – $2,436
5th: Sanjib Acharya – $1,827
6th: Cheri Beatty – $1,523
7th: Tajesh Patel – $1,218
8th: Mohammad Goodarzi – $914
9th: Nick Costarelis – $685
10th: Quyen Hoang – $609
11th: Imre Papp – $609
12th: Eric Mutschler – $609
13th: Richard Doss – $533
14th: Chrissy Holubeck – $533
15th: Jason Williamson – $533
16th: Anatoly Zharnitsky – $457
17th: Ray Prieto – $457
18th: Robert Mundy – $457

• Download: Final Results (PDF)

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/2,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 22/671

Joe Skarzynski was on the button preflop with 185,000 chips in the middle. David McCord was under the gun and he had an all-in bet of more than 600,000 in front of him. Action was back on Skarzynski who had a decision on his hands. After some time, Skarzynski called and McCord was at risk and behind.

Skarzynski:
McCord:

Runout:

Skarzynski improved to a pair of kings en route to busting McCord in 23rd place.

Joe Skarzynski – 2,000,000
David McCord – Eliminated in 23rd place ($5,536)

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/2,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 24/671

Players are back in their seats following break. A walk around the last three tables shows us Farid Jattin has a big lead in the $1,650 buy-in event. Jattin has a stack of 3,375,000 and owns a huge edge in chips heading to the 10,000/20,000 level.

Farid Jattin – 3,375,000

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 24/671

Ross Ward busted moments ago in 25th place. He was followed to the rail by Leonard Demchak in 24th.

Leonard Demchak – Eliminated in 24th place ($5,536)
Ross Ward – Eliminated in 25th place ($5,536)

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 25/671

John Racener opened the button to 35,000 and it folded to Ben Van Klink in the big blind who shoved for about 250,000 total. Racener called and had Van Klink at risk, but needed to improve.

Van Klink:
Racener:

Flop: — Racener picked up outs with straight and flush draws (Royal) as well as the overcard.

Turn: — Racener took the lead in the hand with a pair of kings, but needed to fade Van Klink’s set and straight outs.

River: — All outs were faded and Racener eliminated in Van Klink in 26th place

John Racener – 1,653,000
Ben Van Klink – Eliminated in 26th place ($5,536)

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 26/671

John O’Neal was eliminated in 27th place moments after the three-table redraw.

John O’Neal – Eliminated in 27th place ($5,536)

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 27/671

28th: Derrick Cutler – $4,932
29th: Tim Shortell – $4,932
30th: Rafael Fernandes – $4,932
31st: Chris Hyden – $4,932
32nd: Almog Biton – $4,932
33rd: Brett Bader – $4,932
34th: Thai Ha – $4,932
35th: Troy Bercot – $4,932
36th: John-Christian Templeton – $4,932
37th: Abdel Bouanani – $4,429
38th: Juan Martinez – $4,429
39th: Douglas Marro – $4,429

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 30/671

With a pile of chips already in the middle, chip leader Farid Jattin and Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Mike Laake were heads up on a board. Jattin was in the small blind and checked to Laake who took a few moments to map out his next move. He re-checked his hole cards and reluctantly checked back.

Jattin turned over for a set of sevens and Laake’s cards went into the muck. Neither player had a heart, and Jattin’s set was best.

Farid Jattin – 3,000,000
Mike Laake – 1,350,000