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Event 8: Tampa Turbo Time

$150 Deep Stack Turbo NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

The second of three, one-day turbo events on the Winter Poker Open schedule is underway. The first drew 184 entries and saw Brazil’s Josias Santos earn the guitar trophy and $4,749 following a heads-up chop.

Like its predecessor, today’s installment sees players sit to 20,000-chip stacks. Levels are 15-minutes throughout with late registration and re-entry permitted until the start of Level 12. The tournament is expected to conclude around 10pm and its winner earns a $1,650 seat in the Championship as well as a Seminole Hard Rock Tampa guitar trophy.

Here’s a look at the details:

2PM: Event 8 – $150 Deep Stack Turbo NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

  • $15,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 13
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 8 Structure Sheet

We will provide another update when registration closes and the payouts are finalized.

WPO Day 11 Schedule

Main Event Schedule

12PM: Event 7 Day 2 – $570 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

2PM: Event 8 – $150 Deep Stack Turbo NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

  • $15,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 13
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 8 Structure Sheet

WPO Day 10: More than $300K Up for Grabs Tomorrow

We have now completed ten days of the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open and Day 11 will award two more guitar trophies.

Today we ran the last two flights of the $570 buy-in/$200,000 Guarantee Event 7 and they surpassed the guarantee early in the day. It was gone before the first hour was through and they ran it up over $300,000 before the final flight closed registration.

All told, Event 7 drew 624 entrants to create a prize pool worth $310,350 with the winner set to take home nearly $75,000 along with the guitar trophy and a seat in the WPO Championship.

Tampa regular Onder Ekinci went from short stack to chip leader during the last level in the early flight to bag the biggest stack in Flight E while Seminole Hard Rock Player of the Year David Prociak (pictured) was the big bag in Flight C.

Other big names returning tomorrow for Day 2 are John Dolan, Rafael Reis, John Holley, David Tuthill, John Christian Templeton, Carlos Loving, and Seminole Hard Rock Tampa ambassador Wally Maddah.

Event 7 has 113 players returning for Day 2 on Sunday at noon with 63 players making the money.

For those who didn’t make Day 2 or bust out early from Event 7, we have a $150 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Turbo event kicking off at 2pm with a $15,000 guaranteed prize pool. It will move along at a brisk pace and award another guitar trophy along with a $1,650 WPO Championship seat.

Sunday will be a busy day in the poker room with some big money on the line.