$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship Level 27: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante
After a back-and-forth raising war, Carl Carodenuto got about 1,650,000 in preflop against David Lappano. Lappano snap called and flipped over . Carodenuto was in trouble with .
The board didn’t do a thing except strengthen Lappano’s hand when it fell giving him a flush. Carodenuto, stunned, busted 7th earning $25,821. Lappano, meanwhile, took the chip lead.
For Carodenuto, this marked his second deep run of December. Less than two weeks ago, he won an MSPT Main Event at Canterbury Park for $116,103.
David Lappano – 5,600,000 Carl Carodenuto – Eliminated 7th ($25,821)
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship Level 27: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante
In a pot where Jonathan Lagace-Bastien had opened the action under the gun and Carl Carodenuto came along from the small blind, the board was . Carodenuto lead for 175,000 and Lagace-Bastien called. Carodenuto flipped over and Lagace-Bastien mucked.
Carodenuto won the pot and Lagace-Bastien is now the second shortest stack at the table.
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship Level 27: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante
Timothy Miles came back from break as the second shortest stack, but is creeping up toward the middle of the pack after a hand he played against David Lappano.
The flop was and Lappano checked. Miles bet 125,000. Lapano called. The turn was the and Lappano switched gears, leading for 125,000. Miles called. Both players checked the river. Lappano flipped over for a busted flush draw. Miles’ pair of aces was best and he took the pot.
Timothy Miles – 1,200,000 Anthony Lappano – 3,650,000
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship Level 27: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante
The Championship final table is back underway with David Lappano leading the eight remaining and Alex Ivan the shortest. The current average stack is 1,700,000 and 34 big blinds.
Seat 1: Timothy Miles – 1,065,000 (21 bb) Seat 2: Alex Ivan – 775,000 (16 bb) Seat 3: Carl Carodenuto – 1,255,000 (25 bb) Seat 4: John Templeton – 1,955,000 (39 bb) Seat 5: Jonathan Lagace-Bastien – 1,335,000 (27 bb) Seat 6: David Lappano – 3,435,000 (69 bb) Seat 7: Robert Georato – 1,655,000 (33 bb) Seat 8: Sheddy Siddiqui – 2,125,000 (43 bb)
David Lappano – 3,435,000 (69 bb) Sheddy Siddiqui – 2,125,000 (43 bb) John Templeton – 1,955,000 (39 bb) Robert Georato – 1,655,000 (33 bb) Jonathan Lagace-Bastien – 1,335,000 (27 bb) Carl Carodenuto – 1,255,000 (25 bb) Timothy Miles – 1,065,000 (21 bb) Alex Ivan – 775,000 (16 bb)
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship Level 26: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante
In a battle of the blinds, Sheddy Siddiqui and John Duhig got the chips in the middle with Siddiqui having the bigger stack.
Siddiqui also held the best hand with dominating Duhig’s and nothing changed as the board ran out . Duhig earned one title earlier in the series but had to settle for 9th place in the Championship for $13,590.
The hand moved Shiddiqui up to 2,700,000 and back in contention for the lead at the eight-handed table.
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante
Ron West moved all in from late position for 506,000. It was on Timothy Miles in the cutoff and he shoved for more. The button and blinds folded and Miles saw the bad news.
West: Miles:
The flop came . It wasn’t until the turn that Miles took the lead. West stood with a groan. The river was the and West busted 10th earning $8,834. Miles, meanwhile, sits at 1,200,000.
Ron West is 45 years old and resides Los Angeles. His poker resume boasts one tournament victory and over $300,000 in earnings.
2015 Winter Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa Event #14 $150 Deep Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Total Entries: 210 Prize Pool: $25,200 December 20, 2015
Tampa, FL (December 20, 2015) — The last tournament on the 2015 Winter Poker Open schedule kicked off Sunday afternoon in the poker room while the Championship played out nearby. It was a $150 buy-in Turbo No Limit Hold’em event which drew a nice 210 entrant crowd to close out the series.
Mohd Eid outlasted the entire field and beat Eric Wert heads up to claim the title and $7,054 first place prize. Just like the fast-paced Turbo events before it, Event 14 quickly played down to the final table in less than seven hours with Event 4 title winner Wert coming in as the chip leader.
Wert wasn’t the only player at the final table with success this series. “Tampa Bay Ray” Del Cueto finished seventh in the Seniors Event and Jay Giles finish seventh in this event last Tuesday.
The final table took less than an hour to play out with 15-minute levels and built-to-move stack sizes. James Rigsby went out in fourth place and the remaining three considered a deal but Eid took Wert and Huicun Qiao before they could calculate the numbers.
This is Eid’s first career title and third best tournament cash. His wife was in attendance and just as excited as her husband. Eid tried to make a deep run in the Championship but was unable to bag chips for Day 2. His result here takes some of the sting out.
“It feels good. It makes up for the [Championship].” Eid said. “I ran really bad in the [Championship]. It feels good. I almost didn’t come to play [Event][14].”
“I just wanted to take a break then I said, ‘It’s Sunday, let me come and play.” he finished.
A recent transplant from Massachusetts, he now resides in Pinellas Park, FL and enjoyed his first success at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa.
“I love [the][Winter][Poker][Open]. I hope they have it more often. I just moved here, to Florida. I like it.”
Event 14 was a fun way to wrap up the 2015 Winter Poker Open schedule for all those unable to make it deep in the Championship. The turnout and results prove this is a great format to end a successful series.
Event 14 Results:
1st: Mohd Eid – $7,054 2nd: Eric Wert – $4,158 3rd: Huicun Qiao – $2,394 4th: James Rigsby – $1,940 5th: Jeffrey Slayton – $1,512 6th: Alexander Bury – $1,260 7th: Patrick Kelly – $1,008 8th: Ray Del Cueto – $756 9th: Marc Saddik – $504 10th: Jay Giles – $328 11th: Ryan Hittel – $328 12th: James Rickard – $328 13th: David Loveless – $277 14th: Brian Kinser – $277 15th: Donald Drapel – $277 16th: Edith Norman – $252 17th: Frank Mast – $252 18th: Frank Muir – $252 19th: Maria Harrell – $227 20th: Christopher Binion – $227 21st: John Pishos – $227 22nd: Kevin Boyd – $227 23rd: Debra Keller – $227 24th: Mansoor Kader – $227 25th: Luke Gresock – $227 26th: Jami Cvek – $227 27th: Michael Shannon – $227