$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 116 of 235

Registration has come to a close on the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open with 235 entries for Flight C pushing the total count to 489. The prize pool topped $700,000 earlier this afternoon and we are waiting for the official numbers to release the payout information.

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Returning to Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Entries: 235

Players are back in their seats after the dinner break and it seems we missed a major stack on the first walk around. John Alegria was already having himself a nice run this series and he returned from dinner break to a stack worth 275,000. Well clear of second place Josh Lowing.

We have 235 entries in the game and waiting for the official numbers to be released.

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Returning to Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Entries: 227

The green quarter chips have come out of play and we took a quick walk around the poker room looking for notable stacks. Josh Lowing and Mark Chapman continue to lead the way with former SHRP champ Brett Bader moving up as well.

Notables:

Josh Lowing – 172,000 (172 bb)
Mark Chapman – 167,000 (167 bb)
Brett Bader – 94,000 (94 bb)
Zoltan Czinkota – 90,000 (90 bb)
Marsha Wolak – 89,500 (90 bb)
Wally Maddah – 79,000 (79 bb)
Scott Efron – 77,200 (77 bb)
Lily Kiletto – 66,500 (67 bb)
Jose Montes – 66,500 (67 bb)
David Jackson – 61,700 (62 bb)
Cheri Beatty – 59,800 (60 bb)
Jessica Dawley – 55,000 (55 bb)
Jamie Kerstetter – 54,200 (54 bb)
James Calderaro – 54,000 (54 bb)
Marvin Karlins – 53,200 (53 bb)
Tony March – 49,000 (49 bb)
John Pappas – 45,300 (45 bb)
Filipp Khavin – 44,000 (44 bb)
David Tuthill – 41,000 (41 bb)
Tim Burt – 38,000 (38 bb)
Roberto Melo – 38,000 (38 bb)
Brandon Byars – 35,000 (35 bb)
Rob Manjura – 30,000 (30 bb)
Greg Raymer – 30,000 (30 bb)
TK Miles – 29,900 (30 bb)
Mark “Bud” Wiser – 15,500 (16 bb)

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
End of Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Entries: 227

With the end of Level 9, Flight C players are on their 60-minute dinner break and registration will close when they return. There are 227 entries in the game now and we should pick up more along the way.

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Entries: 225

Winter Poker Open Event 1 champion Rob Manjura got all-in for about 11,000 from late position. Josh Lowing was on the button and had him at risk.

Manjura:
Lowing:

Runout:

Lowing spiked his ace and busted the re-entry winner. The pot was minimal, but added to Lowing’s growing stack. It appears he leads the way, but we’ll take a closer look at counts over the dinner break.

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Entries: 225

The entry count continues to snowball higher and the prize pool jumped over $700,000 earlier in level. New faces continue to appear and we recently found Lily Kiletto joining us from the east coast of the Sunshine State.

Kiletto has more than $660,000 in career earnings including two WPT final table appearance with her biggest cash coming courtesy of a second place finish in the 2013 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship for $191,000.

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Entries: 222

Greg Raymer is attracting a lot of attention at the front of the poker room and not just by tournament players. Fans are stopping by to watch a few hands but now the 2004 WSOP Main Event champion is concentrating on the action.

We caught he taking a small dip against local regular Scott Caracciolo. With the board reading , Raymer led out for 12,000 and Caracciolo called. Another player in the hand released and Raymer tabled his flush with . A decent hand but second best to Caracciolo’s second nuts .

A small dip but “Fossilman” still has plenty to work with at this stage.

Scott Caracciolo – 53,200 (67 bb)
Greg Raymer – 43,300 (54 bb)

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Entries: 222

Matt Humphrey recorded the largest cash of his poker career last month during Hollywood’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open. Humphrey finished runner-up in the series’ $3,500 Championship and earned $328,320 for the efforts. A resident of Indianapolis, Indiana, Humphrey is back in the Sunshine State and eying another deep run, a big score and additional player of the year points.

With dinner break just about 30 minutes away, Humphrey’s stack sits at 42,000.

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Entries: 219

Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Matt Stout recently hit the rail after getting it in good. The board was . Stout held for a straight and was all-in for about 11,000. His opponent, David Ward, claimed for a pair and was drawing to a better straight or a boat.

River:

“Fullhouse,” the dealer said calling Ward’s hand.

Stout hit the rail with a laugh while Ward dragged the pot.

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Entries: 211

The board was dealt through the turn and it read . There were three players in the pot. Jean “Prince” Gaspard was on the button with about 10,000 chips and the red “All In” button in front of him. There was a player in early position who appeared to have raised the all-in bet to 25,000. Action was back on a late-position player who was in the tank. Gaspard started whistling.

After a couple minutes, the late-position player plopped a stack of gray chips in the pot for an all-in bet and the early-position player quickly called.

“Holy shit,” Gaspard said.

Early-position player: for two pair
Late-position player: for two pair
Gaspard: for a pair of tens

“You need to put a 10 out there, dude,” Gaspard laughed to the dealer.

River:

Gaspard never improved and was eliminated from Flight C of the Championship. The other two players in the hand chopped up the pot.

“I’m supposed to favored in that shit — ace-seven and ace-seven!” Gaspard said playfully as he stood from the table.