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Event 4: Plenty of Notables Remain with Four Tables Left

$150 Big Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 35 of 508

Even at the $150 pricepoint, Event 4 of the Winter Poker Open drew quite a collection of notables. As the event gets deeper and deeper into the money, many familiar faces are still drawing live for a Tampa title.

Here’s a look at some of the recognizable faces still in followed by another round of results:

Anthony Astarita – 375,000
Daniel Ramirez – 366,000
Tony March – 250,000
John Holley – 220,000
Carlos Loving – 95,000

36th: Greg Osborne – $297
37th: John Ambrosi – $267
38th: Ian Pearson – $267
39th: Matthew Mirabella – $267
40th: Rina Coss – $267
41st: Michael Nostrame – $267
42nd: Chase Kinchen – $267
43rd: William Sanford – $267
44th: Brian Dokendorf – $267
45th: Mohammad Affaneh – $267
46th: Chad Kitchen – $237
47th: Vencent White – $237

Additional results are available in the posts below.

Event 4: #Ambassador Maddah Chipping Up in the Money

$150 Big Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 44 of 508

Wally Maddah

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa ambassador Wally Maddah is in the midst of a streak of tournament runs that’s second to none in the state. In addition to numerous daily event final tables, Maddah finished 18th in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open’s record-breaking $360 and final tabled the series’ massive $570 a few days later. He returned home to Tampa only to chop the $350 Winter Poker Open evert nine ways after maneuvering through more than 700 entries.

He’s making moves again in today’s $150 restart. After starting the day with 47,000 chips sitting 63rd of 68 in the counts, Maddah has chipped up to 128,000 and is in great position to continue his impressive streak with the tournament now in the money.

Wally Maddah – 128,000 (25 bb)

Event 4: First Round of Results

$150 Big Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 47 of 508

Winter Poker Open Event 4 trophy

With an average stack of over 30 big blinds, there’s quite a bit of play in the money in Event 4. The eliminations have been slow to start, but a handful of players have met their maker since the bubble burst about 30 minutes ago.

48th: Vicki Holmes – $237
49th: Kenneth James – $237
50th: Jordan Keller – $237
51st: William McPhillips – $237
52nd: Anthony Thomas – $237
53rd: Jeffrey Kichman – $237
54th: James Wood – $237

Event 4: Raymond Delcueto Eliminated on the Bubble by Hank Zheng

$150 Big Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 54 of 508

Raymond Delcueto

The $150 Big Stack cruised right past bubble play and into the money when Raymond Delcueto jammed 121,000 into the pot with 55 players remaining. Delcueto held TcTd and was in a bad place versus the QsQd of Hank Zheng.

Runout: 5s3d2c3s7h

Delcueto didn’t spike a set and his elimination sent the final 54 players into the money. Zheng meanwhile, took a nice stack into late stages of play.

Hank Zheng

Tournament payouts:

1st – $14,768 + $1,650 Seat
2nd – $8,303
3rd – $5,338
4th – $4,241
5th – $3,321
6th – $2,728
7th – $2,165
8th – $1,690
9th – $1,186
10th-12th – $771
13th-15th – $593
16th-18th – $445
19th-27th – $326
28th-36th – $297
37th-45th – $267
46th-54th – $237

Event 4: Day 2 Underway; 68 Remain, 54 Pay with a Championship Seat Up Top

$150 Big Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 68 of 508

Day 2 chip leader Devaraj Munisekar

The clock strikes 12-noon at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa and Day 2 of Event 4 of the Winter Poker Open is underway. The $150 tournament drew 508 players besting its $50,000 guarantee before the prize pool settled at $59,310. All 68 remaining participants have accomplished something by making it this far, but only the top 54 are set to go how with a score.

Chip Counts | Table Draws | Payouts

Leading the restart with a massive stack of 426,700 is Devaraj Munisekar. Munisekar put a hurt on Flight B bagging a monster and he starts today more than 125,000 chips ahead of second place Daniel Ramirez.

Other notables among the restart crowd include John Holley (216,000), 2016 WPTDeepStacks-Tampa champion Anthony Astarita (141,000), Tom Nguyen (136,000), Tony March (100,000) and Seminole Hard Rock Tampa team member Wally Maddah (47,000).

Anthony Astarita
Wally Maddah

A min-cash in the tournament is good for a $237 score while the eventual champion earns $14,768 along with the guitar trophy and a seat in the $300,000 guaranteed Championship.

Action is expected to start fast and we’ll provide details on the bubble play as soon as it bursts.

WPO Day 7 Schedule

Main Event Schedule

11AM: Event 5 – $250 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

  • $15,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 5 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 4 Day 2 – $150 Big Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

6PM: Event 6 – $250 Big Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

  • $15,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 25-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 6 Structure Sheet

WPO Day 7: Final Flights of Event 4

Devaraj Munisekar

The first week of the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open wrapped up in the early morning hours with the final two flights of Event 4. Flights C and D combined for 285 more entries to push the Event 4 total up to 508.

Of those starters, only 68 players qualified for Day 2 and 54 of them will walk away tomorrow with something for their efforts. The prize pool blew past the $50,000 guarantee and the Event 4 winner will walk away with more than $14,000 along with the guitar trophy and 2016 WPO Championship seat.

Devaraj Munisekar (pictured above) bagged up a huge lead after Flight B and his advantage held through the last two. His 426,400 is well clear of the rest of the field but that is no guarantee of success.

Event 4 will restart at noon but there are two other options available on the schedule for those who missed Day 2 (or bust early in the restart).

Event 5 kicks off at 11am with a popular $250 Pot Limit Omaha tournament featuring a $15,000 guaranteed prize pool. Event 6 runs later in the day at 6pm and is a $250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em tournament with another $15,000 guaranteed prize pool

There are plenty of options for those looking for Wednesday poker action and we’ll be here once again watching them all.

Event 4: Day 2 Returning Table/Seat Assignments

$150 Big Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Returning to Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 68 of 508

Structure Sheet

Flight A: 96 Entries, 13 Advanced
Flight B: 127 Entries, 16 Advanced
Flight C: 132 Entries, 20 Advanced
Flight D: 153 Entries, 19 Advanced
Day 2: Wednesday at Noon

Day 2 table and seat assignments:

First NameLast NameChip CountTableSeat
VickiHolmes38,500211
AngeloValdez110,500212
AntonioRangel76,000213
KostasPapastavrov243,000214
CarlosLoving73,000218
JenniferArojado37,500219
KevinPahl76,000311
BrandonSinawi133,000312
DanielRamirez290,500313
MohammadAffanich122,500314
DustynSchindewolf76,500316
Mark "Bud"Wiser188,500317
MichaelHenin187,500318
DevarajMunisekar426,700319
WallyMaddah47,000321
Kenneth EstonJames53,500322
JeffreyKichman85,500323
MalO'Connor128,000324
WilliamMcPhillips34,500326
ChadKitchen97,000327
AnthonyMarch100,000328
ChristinaTaylor53,000329
WilliamSanford171,000331
OscarLindo75,000332
VitorCoelho150,500333
ErikBuel50,500334
KirstenOlieberg50,000336
MichaelScott118,000337
VincentWhite77,500338
ChaseKinchen155,500339
KevinGoldstein90,500341
OnderEkinci205,000342
Terri-AnneCrawford191,500343
KernClarkin13,000344
MichaelNostrame140,000346
TomNguyen136,000347
DavidHudick225,500348
JamesSmith III115,000349
RinaCoss89,000351
AnthonyThomas71,000352
RichardDoss50,500353
JimmyDavis140,000354
SumitMantaporn73,500356
JasonHamilton63,000357
GregOsborne101,500358
RyanHughes161,500359
QinghaoZheng67,500361
JordanFuller49,500362
JosiasSantos94,000363
ErikZika106,000364
RobertPanetta241,500366
MatthewMirabella148,000368
AriProstak149,500369
BrianDokendorf Jr75,500371
IanPearson90,000372
WilliamDominguez114,000373
MeirBarack56,500374
DavidLawrence85,500376
AlexKent66,500377
AnthonyAstarita141,000378
JeanZabin49,500379
JamesGibson111,000381
RaymondDelcueto Jr64,500382
JamesWood43,000383
JoaoFigueiredo110,500384
PaulHeiligenthaler81,500386
JohnAmbrosi58,500388
JohnHolley216,000389

Event 4: Day 2 Returning Chip Counts

$150 Big Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Returning to Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 68 of 508

Structure Sheet

Flight A: 96 Entries, 13 Advanced
Flight B: 127 Entries, 16 Advanced
Flight C: 132 Entries, 20 Advanced
Flight D: 153 Entries, 19 Advanced
Day 2: Wednesday at Noon

Day 2 chip counts:

RankFirst NameLast NameChip Count
1DevarajMunisekar426,700
2DanielRamirez290,500
3KostasPapastavrov243,000
4RobertPanetta241,500
5DavidHudick225,500
6JohnHolley216,000
7OnderEkinci205,000
8Terri-AnneCrawford191,500
9Mark "Bud"Wiser188,500
10MichaelHenin187,500
11WilliamSanford171,000
12RyanHughes161,500
13ChaseKinchen155,500
14VitorCoelho150,500
15AriProstak149,500
16MatthewMirabella148,000
17AnthonyAstarita141,000
18MichaelNostrame140,000
19JimmyDavis140,000
20TomNguyen136,000
21BrandonSinawi133,000
22MalO'Connor128,000
23MohammadAffanich122,500
24MichaelScott118,000
25JamesSmith III115,000
26WilliamDominguez114,000
27JamesGibson111,000
28AngeloValdez110,500
29JoaoFigueiredo110,500
30ErikZika106,000
31GregOsborne101,500
32AnthonyMarch100,000
33ChadKitchen97,000
34JosiasSantos94,000
35KevinGoldstein90,500
36IanPearson90,000
37RinaCoss89,000
38JeffreyKichman85,500
39DavidLawrence85,500
40PaulHeiligenthaler81,500
41VincentWhite77,500
42DustynSchindewolf76,500
43AntonioRangel76,000
44KevinPahl76,000
45BrianDokendorf Jr75,500
46OscarLindo75,000
47SumitMantaporn73,500
48CarlosLoving73,000
49AnthonyThomas71,000
50QinghaoZheng67,500
51AlexKent66,500
52RaymondDelcueto Jr64,500
53JasonHamilton63,000
54JohnAmbrosi58,500
55MeirBarack56,500
56Kenneth EstonJames53,500
57ChristinaTaylor53,000
58ErikBuel50,500
59RichardDoss50,500
60KirstenOlieberg50,000
61JordanFuller49,500
62JeanZabin49,500
63WallyMaddah47,000
64JamesWood43,000
65VickiHolmes38,500
66JenniferArojado37,500
67WilliamMcPhillips34,500
68KernClarkin13,000

Event 4 Flight D: Panetta Ends with Lead

$150 Big Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight D Players Remaining: 19 of 153

Robert Panetta
Robert Panetta

Play has come to an end for the final flight of Event 4 with 19 players moving on to Day 2 tomorrow.

Anthony Panetta was on a late rush and bagged up the end-of-flight lead with 241,500 with John Holley in second with 215,000. Former leader Onder Ekinci hung on to most of his chips and put 205,000 in a bag.

We have 68 players returning tomorrow for Day 2 with 54 getting paid. Full chip counts and seat assignments will be posted as soon as they are available.