$250 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante

Following a two-table stalemate that lasted the better part of three hours, Enzo Romano busted 11th and Bryce McVay 10th in simultaneous hands. The field is now down to nine players, consolidated to one table and the final playing session is underway.

In addition to Anthony Solares’ monster chip lead, the other headline at the table is that of Steven Bennett’s. Bennett won the Winter Poker Open series-opening event a few days ago and eyes his second title of the series.

Here’s a look at how the last nine players  stack up followed by the remaining payouts and updated results:

Seat assignments and chip counts
Seat 1: Anthony Solares – 932,000
Seat 2: James Gibson – 201,000
Seat 3: Glen Breton – 249,000
Seat 4: David Pisciotta – 166,000
Seat 5: Dean Morris – 403,000
Seat 6: J Mike Kennedy – 70,000
Seat 7: Steven Bennett – 236,000
Seat 8: Tyler Crane – 86,000
Seat 9: Jeffrey Trudeau, Jr. – 109,000

Remaining payouts
1st: – $7,065 + $1,650 WPO Championship seat
2nd: – $3,886
3rd: – $2,237
4th: – $1,884
5th: – $1,413
6th: – $1,178
7th: – $942
8th: – $707
9th: – $530
10th: – $471

Updated results
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

$125 Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 600/1,200/200 Ante

Event 10 is into the last level to register and we have 60 in the game so far. The action has been flying right along and we have half of that number still in the game.

Daniel Ramirez just did his part in a four-way all-in pot with his catching the river on the board against and and Brandon Byar’s .

They’ll go on a break after this level and registration will close when they return.

$125 Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 300/600/75 Ante

It’s a fine time for some evening poker and we have enough entrants in Level 5 to meet the guarantee with more than an hour left to register.

The bounties have kicked things up a little and several players have been knocked out only to jump back in. Jeremy Costa is in action also and looking for a second trip to the payout desk today. He was eliminated in Event 9 on the hand immediately after the money bubble and he parlayed that cash into an Event 10 entry.

$250 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 2,000/4,000/400 Ante

Chip leader Anthony Solares open-raised the button and Floridian John Holley jammed for 81,500 from the big blind. Solares called and Holley was at risk.

Holley:
Solares:

The runout came pairing Solares’ jack and earning him the pot. Holley busted 17th earning $353 and marking his second cash of the series. He previously finish 14th in Event 5.

Solares now leads the final 16 players holding 403,000 chips.

$250 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,500/3,000/400 Ante

Event 1 winner Steven Bennett did the dirty work flopping a pair of aces and eliminating the 19th-place finisher. Following the hand, the final 18 are in the money and down to two tables.

Here’s a look at the final two tables followed by the remaining payouts:

Table 1
Seat 1: Jeffrey Trudeau
Seat 2: Richard Ogle
Seat 3: Jeremy Costa
Seat 4: Victor Paulino
Seat 5: Anthony Solares
Seat 6: Anthony Pellegrini
Seat 7: John Holley
Seat 8: Tyler Crane
Seat 9: David Pisciotta

Table 2
Seat 1: John “Rainman” Dollinger
Seat 2: Enzo Romano
Seat 3: Eric Wert
Seat 4: Steven Bennett
Seat 5: Bryce McVay
Seat 6: J Mike Kennedy
Seat 7: Dean Morris
Seat 8: Glenn Breton
Seat 9: James Gibson

Prize structure
1st – $7,065 + $1,650 WPO Championship seat
2nd – $3,886
3rd – $2,237
4th – $1,884
5th – $1,413
6th – $1,178
7th – $942
8th – $707
9th – $530
10th-12th – $471
13th-15th – $412
16th-18th – $353

$125 Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

We’re ready to kick off the next new tournament on the 2015 Winter Poker Open schedule and it should be a fun, quick tournament with rewards for getting it one player shorter.

Event 10 is a $125 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament with $75 going into the regular prize pool and $25 going on the head of each entrant. Take away the last of their chips, earn a green cash chip worth $25 cash at the cage. There’s also a $5,000 guarantee on this tournament to pull in a few extras players along the way.

Each entrant starts with a 15,000 stack and they will play 20-minute levels throughout the day.  Late registration and re-entry is available until the start of Level 9 around 9:10pm with breaks after Levels 4 and 8.

They will cruise at a brisk pace until we have the latest WPO Champion. Players are taking their seats and we will be underway shortly.

$250 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 1,000/2,000/200 Ante

The 120-player starting field is down to 27 following six hours of play. Still in the hunt are the new chip leader, Anthony Solares, short stack Wally Maddah, Dean Morris, James Gibson, John Holley, Jeremy Costa, Event 1 winner Steven Bennett, Event 4 winner Eric Wert and Event 5 winner Anthony Pellegrini.

Just the top 18 players finish in the money with the tournament’s winner earning $7,065.

$250 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: 800/1,600/200 Ante

Dean Morris has separated himself as the tournament’s overwhelming chip leader in the levels since registration closed. Morris’ stack sits at 215,000 and he’s the only player over the 200,000 mark.

Hailing from the United Kingdom, he owns more than $100,000 in career earnings on the felt including 10 victories. He’s recorded cashes overseas in Europe, Las Vegas and Tunica, but claims no results here in the Sunshine State.

We’ll keep an eye on his progress as the tournament plays on toward a champion.

$250 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Beginning of Level 9: 500/1,000/100 Ante

The registration desk is taking the rest of Event 9 off as tournament staff has officially closed entry. The $250 deep stack no limit hold’em tournament drew a field of 120 players that generated a prize pool of $23,550. The top 18 finish in the money with a min-cash worth $353. In addition to a $1,650 Winter Poker Open championship seat, the winner pockets $7,065.

Full prize structure:

1st – $7,065 + $1,650 WPO Championship seat
2nd – $3,886
3rd – $2,237
4th – $1,884
5th – $1,413
6th – $1,178
7th – $942
8th – $707
9th – $530
10th-12th – $471
13th-15th – $412
16th-18th – $353

The clock reads 65 players remaining toward the beginning of Level 9. As is, the only three stacks above 100,000 appear to belong to Dean Morris, James Gibson and AJ Santos. Morris leads the bunch with 125,000 to Gibson’s 115,000 and Santos’ 110,000.

$250 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Beginning of Level 8: 400/800/100 Ante

Level 8 is underway and that means just one level of late registration/re-entry remains. The clock shows 112 players to this point with another 45 minutes or so to get in on the action.

The final attendance figure will be posted after it’s official.

Those players still in the tournament include Wally Maddah, Victoria Moser, Jeremy Costa, Ryan Dunn, John Holley and John Pappas.