$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)

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 489

John Gordon shoved 98,000 from middle position and it folded around to Mark Darner in the big blind who sat on about 500,000 chips. He called.

“Nice call,” Gordon said flipping over . Darner’s was ahead, but not by much.

Runout:

Darner’s nine played and Gordon was eliminated in 17th place.

John Gordon – Eliminated in 17th place ($5,795)

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 489

Players are on another break with 17 players remaining alive with a chance for the title and Moe Affaneh continues to lead with 2.125 million.

Table 42
Seat 1: Josh Lowing
Seat 2: Allauddin Khan
Seat 3: John Alegria
Seat 4: John O’Neal
Seat 5: Susan MacPherson
Seat 6: Shawn Barnett
Seat 7: Russ Head
Seat 8: Peter Walsworth
Seat 9: David Bradshaw

Table 43
Seat 1: Chris Boyle
Seat 2: John Gordon
Seat 3: Matthew Leecy
Seat 4: Manny Minaya
Seat 5: Jaeli Moron
Seat 6: Moe Affaneh
Seat 7: Mark Darner
Seat 8: — Empty —
Seat 9: Bradley Snider

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 489

Paul Balzano was all-in preflop for about 190,000 and at risk against chip leader Moe Affaneh.

Affaneh:
Balzano:

The flop smacked Affaneh coming . All the table could do was let out a collective chuckle as Affaneh had drawn quads and had Balzano dead.

The turn was the and river the making it official. Balzano, who finished fourth in last year’s Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year race, was eliminated. Affaneh’s stack, meanwhile, flirted with 2,000,000.

Moe Affaneh – 1,995,000 (99 bb)
Paul Balzano – Eliminated in 18th place ($5,795)

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 489

Brett Bader just got about 185,000 in before the flop with against the of Matthew Leecy. The runout paired Bader’s 10, but nothing more. Leecy’s queens were good and Bader was eliminated in 19th place.

With the bustout, tournament staff redrew the field to the final two tables.

Matthew Leecy – 1,035,000 (51 bb)

Updated results since the three-table redraw:

19th: Brett Bader – $4,548
20th: Kirsten Olieberg – $4,548
21st: Talesh Patel – $4,548
22nd: Cheri Beatty – $4,548
23rd: Allen Kessler – $4,548
24th: Kevin Chan – $4,548
25th: Ahmad Hamoush – $4,548
26th: Rosario Simone – $4,548

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 21 of 489

Josh Lowing open-shoved the small blind and Seminole Hard Rock Tampa regular Cheri Beatty called off about 100,000 in the big blind. Lowing held the advantage in chip counts and hand strength claiming to Beatty’s .

An flop elicited a forfeit from Beatty who began to gather her things. The turn and river only improved Lowing and Beatty was eliminated in 22nd place.

The deep run caps off a solid Winter Poker Open for Beatty who kicked it off with a fourth-place finish in the Ladies Event about two weeks ago.

Josh Lowing – 1,375,000 (85 bb)
Cheri Beatty – Eliminated in 22nd place ($4,548)

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 489

Poker favorite Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler moved all-in for 93,000 and Shawn Barnett called from the small blind.

Barnett:
Kessler:

Kessler was in line for a double up but the flop had him in trouble. The turn changed nothing and the Vegas pro was eliminated after the river.

Shawn Barnett – 800,000 (50 bb)
Allen Kessler – Eliminated 23rd place ($4,548)

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 23 of 489

Peter Walsworth opened to 35,000 from early position and Kevin Chan three-bet all-in for 250,000 from the cutoff. After a minute to think about it, Matthew Leecy moved in as well for 364,000. Walsworth thought about calling but released.

Leecy:
Chan:

Chan was dominated and nothing changed on the board the change his fate. The former big stack was sent out in 24th place while Leecy moved up to 790,000.

Matthew Leecy – 790,000 (49 bb)
Kevin Chan – Eliminated in 24th place ($4,548)

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 26 of 489

There was a quick succession of eliminations narrowing the field to 26 players. It was Anthony Astarita, this summer’s WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Main Event champion, who went out most recently, finishing 27th. With the bustout, a re-draw occurred.

Here’s a look at the final three tables followed the updated results since dinner:

27th: Anthony Astarita – $4,548
28th: Ralph Dyer – $4,034
29th: James Calderaro – $4,034
30th: Antuan Bunkley – $4,034
31st: Mike Laake – $4,034
32nd: Jonathan Toth – $4,034
33rd: Chris Binion – $4,034
34th: Lewis Gallo, Jr. – $4,034
35th: Mok Bsaiso – $4,034
36th: Alex Venovski – $4,034
37th: Paul Stanechewski – $3,668