$250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Entries: 110

Florida’s John Holley made his arrival at the Winter Poker Open during the middle of last week. He’s played nearly every event and today’s $250 is no exception.

Holley is a five-time World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring winner and owns more than $1,500,000 in career cashes. He’s off to a slow start in today’s WPO event sitting at about half starting stack. If he were to bust, players are permitted to re-enter anytime between now and 3:30pm.

$250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Entries: 103

The guarantee was already bested, but the field continued growing and cracked 100 entries just moments ago. Late registration and unlimited re-entry are available for about another 90 minutes.

Complete payout and prize pool information will be posted after it’s finalized.

$250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Entries: 96

The first 15-minute break concluded moments ago and players are back in their seats to blinds of 150/300 and a 50 ante. Greg White was a minute or so tardy getting back to his table and for good reason. White sits on over 70,000 chips and leads the way early in the event.

$250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 4: 100/200 with a 25 ante
Entries: 89

With two hours of play under their belts, players in Event 9 are on their first 15-minute break of the day. Since kick off with 17 entries, the field has grown steadily and sits at 89 for now. Seminole Hard Rock Poker ambassador Wally Maddah is among those who made a late arrival.

$250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150 with a 25 ante
Entries: 81

In addition to Alan Phillips, Rafael Reis is also coming off a long Sunday. Reis, who won the Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open’s record-breaking event last month, made Day 2 of the $570 and took part in about 11 hours of play that ended in an eight-way chop. In the end, Reis negotiated for a third-place finish that earned him $28,360.

Reis has been on site throughout the entire Winter Poker Open series. His journey for a guitar trophy continues today in the $250 big stack.

$250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 50/100
Entries: 59

Alan Phillips is back at it following a victory in yesterday’s 2pm $150 turbo. Phillips bested over 200 players in the event to earn his second Seminole Hard Rock Poker trophy along with $4,900 and a $1,650 Championship seat.

Barely 12 hours later, Phillips is back at the Seminole Hard Rock and in search of another victory.

More on Phillips’ victory is available one post below.

Below is a recap of Event 8 of the Winter Poker Open, a $150 Deep Stack Turbo event that concluded Sunday, December 11.

2016 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, FL
Event 8
$150 Deep Stack Turbo
Entries: 236
Prize Pool: $26,670
December 11, 2016

Alan Phillips continued a hot streak of Seminole Hard Rock Poker results Sunday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa. He made his way through a big, 236-entry field in Event 8 of the property’s Winter Poker Open, a $150 deep stack turbo tournament to earn $4,900 following a four-way chop. On top of the prizes, Phillips punched his ticket into the series Championship and earned his second SHRP trophy.

Phillips’ solid play first paid off last month during Hollywood’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open. He carded an outright victory in a $360 big stack — Event 10 — good for a payday of $15,484. With that score fresh in his pocket, the Palm Coast, Florida resident headed west to Tampa. He quickly experienced success again, finishing fourth in WPO Event 6, a $250 big stack, and adding another $1,533 to his score. His Sunday night victory would come just a few days later and put an exclamation point on the end of his year.

The $150 deep stack turbo was Event 8 of 14 primary events on the 2016 WPO schedule. It drew plenty of notables and even saw defending WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Main Event Champion Anthony Astarita play his way into the money. Phillips’ victory came after some deliberation of a chop. After Ian Pearson exited in fifth, the final four players agreed to a deal. Phillips held the chip lead and went down as the champ while Jack McIntyre pocketed $4,263, David Bander $4,150 and Ron Brown $3,142.

Phillips is a 64-year-old retiree. He was born in the Bronx, but is now a resident of Florida.

Event 8 final results:

1st: Alan Phillips – $4,900 + Championship seat
2nd: Jack McIntyre- $4,263
3rd: David Bander – $4,150
4th: Ron Brown – $3,142
5th: Ian Pearson – $1,600
6th: Stan Blacker – $1,334
7th: Sam Purses – $1,067
8th: John Metz – $800
9th: Roberto Lam – $533
10th: Marc Lowe – $347
11th: Marvelle Ballentine – $347
12th: Hank Zheng – $347
13th: Terrance Patterson – $293
14th: Noel Sheils – $293
15th: Dustin Pope – $293
16th: Greg Osborne – $267
17th: Rodney Legendre – $267
18th: Nick Coukos – $267
19th: Steven Bander – $240
20th: Ok Haselton – $240
21st: Mohammad Affaneh – $240
22nd: Dallas Henderson – $240
23rd: Nicholas Williams – $240
24th: John Holley – $240
25th: Rina Coss – $240
26th: Frederick Gaines – $240
27th: Anthony Astarita – $240

$250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50
Entries: 17

After eight new champions took their thrones in the first 12 days of the Winter Poker Open, we’re switching gears and speeding it up. Over the next two days, four new winners will emerge to earn guitar trophies and an added seat in the $300,000 guaranteed Championship.

Kicking off the Monday action is Event 9 which is underway now. The tournament is a $250 deep stack no limit hold’em event. Players begin with 20,000 chips and will log 30-minute levels throughout the event. Late registration and unlimited re-entry is available until the start of Level 9 which translates into roughly 3:30pm.

Here are the details:

11AM: Event 9 – $250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $20,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 9 Structure Sheet

Last year’s installment of this tournament drew 120 players and saw Dean Morris claim victory following a three-way chop.

Updates throughout this year’s event will be posted right here at SHRTPoker.com. Good luck, players!

Main Event Schedule

11AM: Event 9 – $250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $20,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 9 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 10 – $150 Double Green Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

• $10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 12,000 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 10 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

2PM: Event 20 – $55 Qualifier into Championship Satellite (1-in-5)

• 5 seat guaranteed into $190 buy-in/15 seat GTD Championship Satellite on December 14
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 20 Structure Sheet