$125 Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

Seat 1: Stephan Bourges – 69,000 (4 bb)
Seat 2: Mike Sinicola – 460,000 (29 bb)
Seat 3: Daniel Ramirez – 362,000 (23 bb)

After Scott Anderson was sent out in 4th place, the three remaining players settled it for a long battle. Stephan Bourges and Daniel Ramirez took turns doubling off each other and Bourges went on break with only four big blinds.

Bourges caught a double shortly after the return before the two big stacks went to battle.

Ramirez opened to 42,000 and Mike Sinicola called in the big blind to see the flop. Sinicola followed that up with a check/raise shove after Ramirez bet out 60,000. It took a few moments to work out but Ramirez shrug/called with for middle pair against Sinicola’s open-ended straight draw .

The turn left Ramirez with seven outs to dodge for the big double up but the river was one of the bad cards. A tough way to go from second position to out and Ramirez had to settle for third place money.

2015 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa
Event #9
$250 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Total Entries: 120
Prize Pool: $23,550
December 14, 2015

Tampa, FL (December 14, 2015) — Dean Morris of London is the most-recent winner at the 2015 Winter Poker Open. Morris carded the top spot in Event 9, a $250 deep stack no limit hold’em tournament, following a three-way ICM chop that saw Anthony Solares take second and Event 1 winner Steven Bennett place third. Morris pocketed $4,599 as well as the $1,650 WPO Championship seat.

“I did come over for the poker,” Morris said of his travels to the States. “I was going to play some earlier events, but this is the first event I’ve played. I’m going to play the Main, obviously.”

Prior to Event 9, Morris, a 46-year-old managing director of an IT company, claimed 37 career cashes and 10 victories totaling just over $100,000. He boasted cashes in Europe, Tunica and Las Vegas, but never Florida — until now.

“[This][is][the] first time I’ve been to Tampa — or Florida — to play,” Morris said. “It’s been really good. I like the [Seminole] Hard Rock […] I enjoyed it. It was a good game today — nice and friendly.”

Event 9 boasted a $20,000 guarantee that was bested comfortably in Level 5. By the time all was said and done, the 120-entry field accumulated a $23,550 kiddie that paid the top 18 finishers. The in-the-money field was virtual who’s who of WPO standouts. Event 1 winner Bennett took part in the three-way chop while Event 4 winner Eric Wert finished 13th and Event 5 winner Anthony Pellegrini 14th. Others heading home with a payday include John Holley (17th) and Jeremy Costa (18th).

The 2015 WPO runs through December 20th when action concludes with the $1,650/$300,000 guaranteed Main Event. Additional events on the schedule include two, $150 deep stack turbos and the $250 Seniors Event.

Event 9 final results:

1st: Dean Morris – $4,599 + $1,650 WPO Championship seat*
2nd: Anthony Solares – $4,297*
3rd: Steven Bennett – $4,292*
4th: David Pisciotta – $1,884
5th: Tyler Crane – $1,413
6th: J Mike Kennedy – $1,178
7th: James Gibson – $942
8th: Glen Breton – $707
9th: Jeffrey Trudeau, Jr. – $530
10th: Bryce McVay- $471
11th: Enzo Romano – $471
12th: John “Rainman” Dollinger – $471
13th: Eric Wert – $412
14th: Anthony Pellegrini – $412
15th: Richard Ogle – $412
16th: Victor Paulin – $353
17th: John Holley – $353
18th: Jeremy Costa – $353

* -Denotes three-way ICM chop

$125 Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante

$125 Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante

It was a battle of the blinds that sent Philip Sheffield on his way. Mike Sinicola opened in the small blind for enough to put Sheffield all-in and he called with .

He needed to catch to stay alive against but found no love as it ran to get Event 10 down to four-handed action.

$125 Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000/500 Ante

Agnes Barton was down to just 16,000 hitting the money and moved all-in shortly afterwards and picked up two callers in Daniel Ramirez and Stephan Bourges. They checked down the board and Ramirez’ was better than Bourges’ .

Barton finished her second table in as many days when her was no good.

$125 Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000/500 Ante

Since the final table wasn’t in the money, here’s how they got there:

Mike Sinocola and Forrest Jahn got it all-in with a race, Jahn at risk with against but he moved ahead on the flop. His fate changed on the unfortunate turn to send him out in 10th place.

Next up it was Agnes Barton moving all-in from UTG+1 and Jody Cvek moved in as well. Everyone else let their hand go and it was Cvek at risk with the smallest stack. His was good against on the flop but the turn was unkind. Cvek couldn’t catch the river and he was gone in 9th.

David Kolaskey’s exit happened when he ran into a monster. It was four-ways to the flop and everyone checked. Kolaskey got all his chips in the middle with top pair but was demolished by Stephan Bourges’ quad-friendly to put Event 10 on the money bubble.

They hit the money after Mike Sinicola opened to 24,000 and Joe Squires moved all-in over the top. Sinicola called with to put Squires at risk with . It was a dry board to send Squires out on the money bubble.

$125 Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000/500 Ante

The final table for Event 10 is set and ready to go. There are ten players remaining but they still have some work to do with only six getting paid.

Final Table
Seat 1: Stephan Bourges – 129,400 (32 bb)
Seat 2: Mike Sinicola – 200,000 (50 bb)
Seat 3: Jody Cvek – 28,900 (7 bb)
Seat 4: Joe Squires – 96,000 (24 bb)
Seat 5: Philip Sheffield – 87,000 (22 bb)
Seat 6: David Kolaskey – 74,300 (19 bb)
Seat 7: Scott “Twitch” Anderson – 20,500 (5 bb)
Seat 8: Agnes Barton – 27,200 (7 bb)
Seat 9: Forrest Jahn – 62,000 (16 bb)
Seat 10: Daniel Ramirez – 150,000 (38 bb)

1st: $1,708
2nd: $1,049
3rd: $680
4th: $468
5th: $338
6th: $257

$250 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

Dean Morris came out on top of the Event 9 field following a three-way ICM chop. Anthony Solares edged Event 1 winner Steven Bennett for second meaning Morris goes down as the winner, Solares runner up and Bennett 3rd.

Congratulations, Dean!

More on the tournament will be posted shortly.

$250 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

David Pisciotto got all in for 163,000 and Event 1 winner Steven Bennett called. Pisciotto held while Bennett needed to improve with the .

The flop smacked Bennett when it fell improving him to two pair. Pisciotto never caught up and busted 4th earning $1,884.

The remaining three players are now talking chop.

$250 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

Tyler Crane limped from early position as did Anthony Solares from the cutoff. It folded to Dean Morris in the small blind and he made it 42,000 to go. J Mike Kennedy moved all in from the big blind. It was back on Crane and he moved all in for more. Solares folded. Morris called and had both players covered while Crane held the chip advantage over Kennedy.

Kennedy:
Crane:
Morris:

The runout came with four spades — — improving Morris to an ace-high flush. He won the pot as well as busted Crane and Kennedy 5th and 6th respectively. They earned $1,413 and $1,178.