2025 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 8
$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 425
Prize Pool: $637,500
January 30 – February 3, 2025

The 2025 Winter Poker Open wrapped up its final weekend with the headliner, the WPO Championship, with a $1,700 buy-in and $300,000 guaranteed prize pool. The tournament drew 425 entries, more than doubling that guarantee, and Scott Heiligman conquered a tough final table to take the title outright for $127,020.
Our players helped put together a prize pool worth $637,500 and the last 55 players made the money for a Day 2 bag. David Moses took advantage of the best-stack-forward format to get paid twice, a min-cash for his smaller bag, and he finished 31st with his biggest.
The tournament quickly played down to its final table, and it became a battle. Nine tough players, including Ryan Hogan coming off a series in Hollywood where he cashed for more than $300K in two tournaments.
They played nearly four hours four-handed before Sandro Vianna De Sa was eliminated. Gabe Fuller was a masterful short-stacked player, working his way up to third when they finally sent him out.
Hogan had the chip lead at the start of heads-up play, but Heiligman battled back and took the title outright, winning a big tournament against tough players.
Congrats to Scott, and thank you to everyone who came out!
Results:
Place | First Name | Last Name | City | State | Prize Amount |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Scott | Heiligman | Naples | FL | $127,020 |
2 | Ryan | Hogan | Winter Garden | FL | $84,520 |
3 | Gabe | Fuller | Tampa | FL | $62,230 |
4 | Sandro | Vianna De Sa | Winter Garden | FL | $46,280 |
5 | John | Kamis | Chicago | IL | $34,770 |
6 | William | Medina Diaz | Land O Lakes | FL | $26,380 |
7 | Stephen | Dees | Dayton | OH | $20,220 |
8 | Rusty | Wadsworth Jr | Weirsdale | FL | $15,640 |
9 | Dan | Clemente | Wesley Chapel | FL | $12,220 |
10 | Fred | Paradis | Oldsmar | FL | $12,220 |
11 | Vincent | Censabella | Winter Springs | FL | $9,640 |
12 | Dakota | Diaz | Seminole | FL | $9,640 |
13 | Wayne | Leonard | Tampa | FL | $7,860 |
14 | David | Meagher | Mulberry | FL | $7,860 |
15 | Aaron | Mederos | Tampa | FL | $6,500 |
16 | Jeffrey | Trudeau Jr | Mount Dora | FL | $6,500 |
17 | Colby | Covington | Miramar | FL | $5,460 |
18 | William | Wolf | Tampa | FL | $5,460 |
19 | Filipp | Khavin | Saint Petersburg | FL | $5,460 |
20 | Robert | Gill | Riverview | FL | $5,460 |
21 | James | Doepker | Fort Thomas | KY | $4,660 |
22 | Mark | Glazewski | Hernando | FL | $4,660 |
23 | Phi | Nguyen | Tampa | FL | $4,660 |
24 | Dion | Jagroo | Winter Garden | FL | $4,660 |
25 | Paul | Snead | Kings Park | NY | $4,050 |
26 | David | Tuthill | St Petersburg | FL | $4,050 |
27 | Mike | Ahmad | Lutz | FL | $4,050 |
28 | James | Maita | Tampa | FL | $4,050 |
29 | Drew | Dodge | Spring Hill | FL | $4,050 |
30 | Stephen | Brite | Bradenton | FL | $4,050 |
31 | David | Moses | Asheville | NC | $4,050 |
32 | Mitch | Mitchell | Satellite Beach | FL | $4,050 |
33 | Tamas | Hartman | Tampa | FL | $3,580 |
34 | RJ | Sullivan | Riverview | FL | $3,580 |
35 | Jenn | Frankenstein | Longwood | FL | $3,580 |
36 | James | Calderaro | Englewood | FL | $3,580 |
37 | Ray | Mancini | Sarasota | FL | $3,580 |
38 | Wasim | Assaf | Orlando | FL | $3,580 |
39 | Michael | Laake | Apollo Beach | FL | $3,580 |
40 | Brian | Ray | Tampa | FL | $2,580 |
41 | Peter | Bozek | Sarasota | FL | $3,220 |
42 | Jared | Reinsten | Tallahassee | FL | $3,220 |
43 | Reese | Combs | Lutz | FL | $3,220 |
44 | Salvador | Ramos | Ocala | FL | $3,220 |
45 | Pratik | Shah | Tampa | FL | $3,220 |
46 | Matthew | White | North Port | FL | $3,220 |
47 | Gustavo | Felicio Machado | Campinas | $3,220 | |
48 | Kumar | Kantamaneni | Riverview | FL | $3,220 |
49 | Sihao | Zhang | Useldange | $2,960 | |
50 | Ken | Fishman | Tarpon Springs | FL | $2,960 |
51 | Dorian | Rios Pavon | Las Vegas | NV | $2,960 |
52 | Christopher | Hyden | St Petersburg | FL | $2,960 |
53 | Mansoor | Kader | St Petersburg | FL | $2,960 |
54 | Daniel | Chalifour | Spofford | NH | $2,960 |
55 | David | Moses | Asheville | NC | $2,960 |