$350 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Flight C Entries: 86

The flop laid in a three-way pot. Brian Blanchard checked and an early-position player bet 7,100. It folded to a player in late position and he jammed for just less than 12,000. Action was back on Blanchard and he shoved for more. The early-position player folded and Blanchard was in position to bust a player.

Blanchard: for a set
Late-position player: for flush and straight draws

Runout: turn river

Blanchard improved to a fullhouse and busted the ace-five opponent. With that, Blanchard, who won last September’s Fall Little Slick for $25,000, grew his chip stack to 45,000.

$350 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Flight C Entries: 79

June Amer continues to make big hands at the right time and she just recently got all-in holding a set against her opponent’s pair and straight draw. Amer claimed on a board and needed to avoid a jack against an opponent’s ace-10. She certainly avoided a jack when the river fell the improving her to quads and keeping her alive.

“I filled it back up for you to take,” she laughed to tablemate Karl Manouchakian.

$350 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Flight C Entries: 77

In addition to the aforementioned Karl Manouchakian, the field in Flight C of the Winter Poker Open $350 features another Tampa standout — Steve Trizis.

Trizis is a regular of the property, with four of his top-10 largest career cashes coming on the Seminole Hard Rock felt. Trizis took the skills he’s honed here in the room to Las Vegas this summer for the World Series of Poker. There, he placed 392nd in the $10,000 Main Event good for more than $28,000 marking his second biggest cash.

He’s off to a good start in Flight C and has over starting stack midway through Level 5.

$350 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150 with a 25 ante
Flight C Entries: 66

Dating back to this summer’s WPTDeepStacks-Tampa series, Karl Manouchakian has been the hottest tournament player this side of the state of Florida. We’ll take a closer look at his run later, but right now it’s time for June Amer’s 15 minutes of fame.

Amer recently limped from middle position and Manouchakian raised to 500 from her direct left. It folded around to the big blind and he came along as well.

Flop:

The big blind checked as did Amer. Manouchakian C-bet 800 sending it back to the big blind who check-raised to 2,000. It was then on Amer and she three-bet to 5,000. Manouchakian quickly got out of the way and the big blind mucked as well. Amer flashed the set as she raked the pot.

$350 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 50/100
Flight C Entries: 42

Level 2 is freshly underway and the field has nearly doubled over the first 30 minutes of action. The clock shows 42 entries to this point and among them is Tony March.

March is a regular of the Seminole properties and no stranger to Tampa in particular. He has recorded 27 career cashes, many of which came here at the Seminole Hard Rock. Among his more notables scores are a runner-up finish in a WPT regional event in 2013 for more than $50,000 and a fourth-place finish for nearly $30,000 in the 2014 Spring Poker Open.

$350 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50
Flight C Entries: 22

The third of six starting flights in the Winter Poker Open is underway at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa. As is, the field stands at 198 entries through yesterday’s Flight A and B. Today’s fields will do its part to help grow the kiddie and push the prize pool up over the $150,000 guarantee.

As they did yesterday, players begin with 20,000 chips and log 30-minute levels throughout. Registration and re-entry are available until the start of Level 9 with play concluding following Level 14.

Here’s a look at the details:

11AM: Event 1 Day 1C – $350 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Updates throughout the day will be posted right here at SHRTPoker.com. Good luck, players!

$350 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Day 2 Blinds: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 39 of 198

Structure Sheet

Flight A: 105 Entries, 17 Advanced
Flight B: 93 Entries, 22 Advanced
Flight C: Friday at 11am
Flight D: Friday at 6pm
Flight E: Saturday at 11am
Flight F: Saturday at 6pm
Day 2: Sunday at Noon

Main Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1 Day 1C – $350 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 2 – $150 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 25-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 2 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 1 Day 1D – $350 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$350 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

The second flight of the opening tournament on the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open schedule is underway and getting the field closer to the $150,000 guaranteed prize pool.

The opening Event 1 flight drew 105 entrants to put it on an easy pace to hit the magic number and we expect somewhere similar this evening.

Entrants start with 20,000 starting stacks and play 30-minute levels throughout the day. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30pm with unlimited re-entries during that time. The day will end after Level 14 and survivors will bag up for a Day 2 return.

• $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$350 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

The wait is over and it’s time to start the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Winter Poker Open. The schedule has 14 big events along with another 14 tournaments on the side event/satellite schedule. We kick things off with a multi-day tournament sporting a nice, big guaranteed prize pool.

Event 1 is a $350 buy-in Deep Stack tournament with a $150,000 Guarantee and six starting flights. Today is the first with another running tonight at 6pm.

Tournament entrants will start with 20,000 stacks and play 30-minute levels throughout Day 1. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 around 3:30pm and they will play down from there until the end of Level 14.

Those with chips at that time will bag them up for a return on Day 2. This is “best stack forward” tournament so players can enter as many flights as they’d like and their biggest bag will be put in action for Day 2.

Cards will fly at the top of the hours to kick off the 2016 WPO.

• $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 1 Structure Sheet