$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 489

Matthew Leecy opened from early position for 100,000 and Susan MacPherson jammed the button for 701,000. Leecy called and MacPherson was at risk.

Leecy:
MacPherson:

Runout:

Leecy’s nines held and MacPherson, who final tabled the Winter Poker Open Ladies Event each of the last two years, was eliminated.

Matthew Leecy – 3,000,000 (75 bb)
Susan MacPherson – Eliminated in 9th place ($14,670)

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 489

Seat 1: Joshua Lowing – 2,360,000
Seat 2: David Bradshaw – 4,600,000
Seat 3: Susan MacPherson – 764,000
Seat 4: Moe Affaneh – 1,600,000
Seat 5: Joey Alegria – 589,000
Seat 6: John O’Neal – 889,000
Seat 7: Shawn Barnett – 889,000
Seat 8: Matthew Leecy – 2,287,000
Seat 9: Christopher Boyle – 1,100,000

1st – $187,401 + SHRPO Seat
2nd – $108,191
3rd – $66,015
4th – $53,179
5th – $41,810
6th – $34,841
7th – $27,873
8th – $21,272
9th – $14,670

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 489

Following near simultaneous eliminations of Jaeli Moron in 11th and Peter Walsworth in 10th, the Winter Poker Open Championship is down to nine players and consolidated to one table. The updated seating chart with chip counts will be posted shortly.

Peter Walsworth – Eliminated in 10th place ($9,536)
Jaeli Moron – Eliminated in 11th place ($9,536)

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 489

A shortstacked Manny Minaya just got all-in preflop versus Matthew Leecy. Minaya’s was behind versus the of Leecy. The dealer kept it that way as Minaya never improved on the runout.

Minaya earned $9,536 for his 12th-place finish.

Manny Minaya – Eliminated in 12th place ($9,536)

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 489

Moe Affaneh opened and David Bradshaw three-bet from his direct left. It was on Chris Boyle on the button. Boyle, who was at or near the top of the counts at the time, four-bet all in. Affaneh folded while Bradshaw snapped off his stack — which totaled a hefty 2,060,000.

Bradshaw:
Boyle:

The board ran out complete blanks — — and Bradshaw won the massive pot while taking the chip lead in the process. Boyle was crippled.

David Bradshaw – 4,280,000 (107 bb)
Chris Boyle – 140,000 (3 bb)

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 489

The flop laid and Matthew Leecy was in the big blind in a heads-up pot versus Moe Affaneh. Leecy lead for 90,000 and Affaneh slid a raise into the pot that appeared to be worth 300,000. After a couple minutes in the tank, Leecy spoke up.

“I can’t fold,” he said. “I’m all in.”

Affaneh snapped.

Affaneh: for an overpair with a flush draw
Leecy: for an ace-high flush draw

The turn completed the heart draws falling the . The river was a meaningless . Leecy’s all-in bet was broken down to 1,305,000. Affaneh cut out the chips and Leecy raked in a pot worth nearly 3,000,000.

Leecy held the lead for just a couple hands before doubling up the 980,000-chip stack of David Bradshaw.

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 489

Bradley Snider, who won this summer’s Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $2,650 which ran as part of The Big 4, has been eliminated from the Winter Poker Open Championship in 13th place. He earned $7,335.

Bradley Snider – Eliminated in 13th place ($7,335)

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 489

Josh Lowing opened for 70,000 and Allauddin Khan moved all-in for 318,000 from his direct left. It folded all the way back around to Lowing who called.

Lowing:
Khan:

Runout:

Lowing’s queens held and Khan was eliminated in 14th place for $7,355.

Josh Lowing – 1,625,000 (54 bb)
Allauddin Khan – Eliminated in 14th place ($7,335)

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 489

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 489

Joey Alegria raised to 70,000 from late position and Russ Head called from the small blind.

Flop: — Both players checked.

Turn: — Head lead for 120,000 and Alegria called.

River: — Head checked. Alegria bet 250,000. Head promptly moved all-in for just over 500,000 total and Alegria snapped.

Alegria: for a flush
Head: for top two

Head hit the rail in 16th place earning $5,795.

Joey Alegria – 1,755,000 (73 bb)
Russ Head – Eliminated in 16th place ($5,795)