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
The last Winter Poker Open preliminary tournament featured the biggest buy-in of the series outside of the Main Event. It drew a huge 188-entry field and, in the end, it was Seminole Hard Rock Poker regular Raminder Singh adding another trophy to his collection along with $17,931.
Event 6 had a $600 buy-in and the huge turnout to put the prize pool just shy of $100,000. It was a great warmup for the WPO Main Event and a lot of new faces made an appearance including WSOP Circuit winner Ryan Van Sanford and Jeff Trudeau.
The last 19 spots were paid and they made the money late in the evening after a long bubble. Tampa favorite Russell “Bud” Waggoner was the unfortunate player to fall one spot short of the money and denied his third cash of the series.
Singh knocked Waggoner out to put them in the money then built his stack the rest of the way. Other notables in the money included Doug Flagle with his second deep run of the series, Cheri Beatty with her second cash of the series, and WSOP Circuit winner Walker Miskelly.
After Jason Ray was eliminated in fifth place at the final table, the four remaining players worked out an ICM deal to divide up the remaining prize pool. Singh held the chip lead at the time and picked up another tournament win.
Singh owns six major titles across the state in Hollywood but this is his first trophy from Tampa. He consistently runs deep in big events and last night was no different. Singh earned $17,931 for the victory along with the guitar trophy and momentum leading into the WPO Main Event.
Event 6 results:
1st: Raminder Singh – $17,931 + Guitar Trophy *
2nd: Alex Marquez Graciani – $16,489 *
3rd: Dustin Bryan – $13,225 *
4th: Aaron Klausman – $9,673 *
5th: Jason Ray – $5,519
6th: Walker Miskelly – $4,066
7th: Soe Lee – $3,486
8th: Micahel Traficante – $3,001
9th: Jeffrey Lehouillier – $2,711
10th: Ricardo Eyzaguirre – $2,324
11th: Doug Flagle – $2,324
12th: John Almanzar – $2,324
13th: Jack Sumner Jr – $2,033
14th: Donald Himpele – $2,033
15th: Jason Corbett – $2,033
16th: Cheri Beatty – $1,936
17th: Brandon Miller – $1,936
18th: Sebastian De Jonge – $1,936
19th: Charles Kahrs – $1,840
* – denotes results of four-way deal