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2017 Winter Poker Open

Event 1E: Saturday 11am Flight a Go

December 9, 2017 @ 11:03AM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1E: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 1: 25/50 | Structure
Flight E Entries: 58 | Total Entries: 583

The clock ticks to the 11am hour and Flight E of the Winter Poker Open $570 buy-in, $300,000 guarantee is going at the Seminole Hard Rock. Before shuffle up and deal, the field sat at 525 entries all but assuring the six-figure targeted prize pool will be bested.

Here are the details on Flight E underway now:

11am: $570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry, Flight E

$570 buy-in and $300,000 guaranteed
20,000 chips and 30-/40-minute levels
Registration and unlimited re-entry available until the start of Level 9 (~3:30pm)
Play concludes following Level 14 (~6:45pm)
Day 2 begins Sunday, December 10 at noon
Structure sheet

Those unable to make the morning game are encouraged to make their way to the poker for tonight’s sixth and final Flight F. Updates throughout the day will be available right here at SHRTPoker.com.

2017 Winter Poker Open

Event 1: Chip Counts through Flight D

December 9, 2017 @ 10:09AM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Day 2 Blinds: 1,500/3,000/500 | Structure
Players Remaining: 107/525

Flight A: 174 Entries, 35 Advanced
Flight B: 127 Entries, 24 Advanced
Flight C: 113 Entries, 26 Advanced
Flight D: 111 Entries, 22 Advanced
Flight E/F: Saturday at 11am/6pm
Day 2: Sunday at 12pm

Chip counts through Flight D:

RANK	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	CHIP COUNT	TABLE	SEAT
1	ANDREW	KELSALL	372,000	12	2
2	NIKOLAOS	COSTARELIS	322,500	1	6
3	MONIR	MAHER	220,000	7	9
4	JUAN	MALDONADO	216,000	2	9
5	DAVID	STEWART	204,500	2	6
6	RAMI	MIKHAIL	199,000	9	3
7	TYRONE	WILSON	193,000	9	7
8	MANELIC	MINAYA	186,500	4	3
9	EDWARD	MCVETTY	184,000	14	6
10	JAYA	MALAPATI	177,500	15	9
11	PHILIPP	SALEWSKI	164,500	4	7
12	DAVID	NADEAU	157,500	10	4
13	KYLE	PECK	156,500	7	7
14	DAVID	BRADSHAW JR	156,500	7	6
15	PETER	WALSWORTH	152,000	9	1
16	REMEDIOS	PATALINGHUG	150,500	3	2
17	MICHAEL	TURTON	137,500	6	3
18	DAVID	LAWRENCE	134,000	8	6
19	LUKE	SPEER	129,000	13	3
20	GERALD	SILVA	129,000	6	9
21	JUSTIN	ZAKI	129,000	2	7
22	VINCENT	NICASTRO	127,000	16	4
23	DANIEL	LOBATO	125,500	3	8
24	MARK	WISER	125,500	14	1
25	TOM	NGUYEN	122,500	6	8
26	ANTHONY	ASTARITA	122,000	9	2
27	TAMMY	LEONARD	121,000	9	9
28	AARON	PORTER	120,000	15	1
29	MICHAEL	VAILS	119,500	2	2
30	SEBASTIEN	SYSSAU	118,500	2	8
31	JOHN	OFRANOS	118,000	10	7
32	ANDREW	ROUSH	113,500	5	1
33	FILIPP	KHAVIN	111,000	14	8
34	ERIC	MUTSCHLER	110,000	8	4
35	NASHAAT	ANTONIOUS	109,500	17	6
36	BRADLEY	PATTON	106,000	17	7
37	DEREK	BOWERS	104,500	13	1
38	CHAD	KITCHEN	104,500	4	6
39	ROBERT	IRBY	103,000	12	1
40	ANDREW	BOYER	101,000	6	7
41	CARLOS	EVANGELISTA	100,000	4	1
42	JUSTIN	HARRELL	100,000	13	9
43	ADNAN	KAZIM	99,500	5	4
44	ALAN	RAMKHALAWAN	97,500	9	4
45	RAYMOND	DWYER	97,000	1	7
46	WILLIAM III	KOPP	96,000	4	4
47	KENNETH	BRINKLEY	95,500	7	8
48	ROSS	VALENZA	95,500	5	7
49	DOMINGO	MEREJO JR	95,000	7	1
50	JEROME	HALL JR	95,000	12	6
51	JOHN	RYAN III	93,500	8	8
52	JIM	SARCA	93,000	1	8
53	AARON	YOUNG	92,000	8	7
54	JAMES	MCKEON	91,000	14	4
55	LAUDREY	MCCRAY	90,500	10	1
56	JACOB	SHORES	88,000	2	4
57	WILLIAM	MCKOWN	87,500	8	3
58	SEAN	TUROW	86,000	7	2
59	GIL	ABOODI	83,500	18	3
60	SANJIB	ACHARYA	82,500	3	3
61	HAROLD	ANGLE	82,000	13	6
62	JOHN	O'NEAL	81,500	4	8
63	JOHN	GOELLER	81,000	14	1
64	ALEXANDER	BEECE	80,500	3	4
65	FORREST	JAHN III	79,500	16	3
66	JARED	REINSTEIN	70,500	15	4
67	LARRY	LEE	69,500	6	6
68	JOSEPH	BOULAIS	69,500	8	9
69	JOSHUA	FULFORD	69,000	8	2
70	ROBERTO	MELO	67,500	2	3
71	SARA	HALL	65,500	13	7
72	CARLOS	LOVING	64,500	3	9
73	MARK	KATZ	64,000	1	4
74	RICARDO	EYZAGUIRRE	64,000	7	3
75	WILLIAM	MUNIZ	63,000	3	6
76	EMANUEL	IBARRY QUINONEZ	62,500	6	4
77	OSCAR	LINDO ZELEDON	60,000	16	7
78	JOHN	PIZANO	58,000	5	6
79	ANNE	JONES	56,500	10	3
80	CLARK	HAMILTON	56,000	1	2
81	CHRISTY	WHITEHURST	55,000	5	9
82	JOSEPH	COOK	54,500	12	7
83	BLAKE	KOUWENHOVEN	54,000	7	4
84	DANIEL L	CASTILLO	52,500	14	9
85	TERRI-ANNE	CRAWFORD	52,500	3	1
86	ROSS	MONTELEONE	52,000	17	3
87	CUONG	LE	50,000	6	2
88	CHAD	ANZALONE	50,000	14	7
89	DEREK	WORLEY	49,500	17	8
90	JOSEPH	PARRISH	49,500	5	8
91	JORDAN	JOECKEL	49,000	8	1
92	BENJAMIN	VAN KLINK	48,000	2	1
93	DAVID	ROY	46,000	5	3
94	SHADRACH SAMUEL	TERCY	42,500	4	2
95	EDGAR	WARD	42,000	18	2
96	SCOTT	ANDERSON	41,000	13	2
97	ANTHONY	PELLEGRINI	41,000	15	8
98	WAYNE	DALEY	41,000	10	6
99	PETER	KOSAKOWSKI	37,500	6	1
100	RUSSELL	WAGGONER	37,500	5	2
101	QUYEN	HOANG	36,500	10	2
102	NATHAN	LEE	36,000	12	4
103	JEREMY	JENNINGS	36,000	1	3
104	ANTHONY	DIANATY	35,000	3	7
105	LI	ZHOU	14,000	14	3
106	RINA	COSS	7,500	4	9
107	MICHAEL	PLATT	5,500	12	3

2017 Winter Poker Open

Winter Poker Open Day 3 Schedule

December 9, 2017 @ 7:30AM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

11am: $570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry, Flight E

$570 buy-in and $300,000 guaranteed
20,000 chips and 30-/40-minute levels
Registration and unlimited re-entry available until the start of Level 9 (~3:30pm)
Play concludes following Level 14 (~6:45pm)
Day 2 begins Sunday, December 10 at noon
Structure sheet

6pm: $570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry, Flight F

$570 buy-in and $300,000 guaranteed
20,000 chips and 30-/40-minute levels
Registration and unlimited re-entry available until the start of Level 9 (~10:30pm)
Play concludes following Level 14 (~1:45am)
Day 2 begins Sunday, December 10 at noon
Structure sheet

2017 Winter Poker Open Tournament Schedule

2017 Winter Poker Open

Winter Poker Open Day 2 Updates Conclude

December 9, 2017 @ 2:02AM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Friday’s Winter Poker Open play has come to a close at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa. Chip counts through Flight D of the $570 opener will be posted Saturday around 10:30am and tournament updates will resume at 11am with Flight E.

Here’s a look at Saturday’s complete schedule:

11am: $570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry, Flight E
6pm: $570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry, Flight F

2017 Winter Poker Open Tournament Schedule

Goodnight and see you in the morning!

2017 Winter Poker Open

Event 1D: Monir Maher Over 200K at Final Break

December 9, 2017 @ 12:49AM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 13: 1,000/2,000/300 | Structure
Flight D Players Remaining: 31/111

With a stack of 220,000, Monir Maher is the chip leader following the last break of the night in Flight D of the $570. The clock shows 31 players remaining and Brandon Byars and Carlos Loving are among the other standouts still in.

Players are set to log two more levels of action before they bag and tag. Up-to-date chip counts from all flights will be posted in the morning around 10:30am.

2017 Winter Poker Open

Event 1D: Registration Closed with 111 Entries

December 8, 2017 @ 10:38PM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 9: 300/600/75 | Structure
Flight D Entries: 111 | Total Entries: 525

Registration is closed in Flight D of the $570 buy-in Winter Poker Open kickoff. The fourth of six starting flights topped out at 111 bringing the total to 525. The strong showing thus far has generated an unofficial prize pool of $262,500 with tomorrow’s flights still to come. Staff is expecting in excess of 400 entries between Saturday’s two flights and a $500,000 prize pool is still in reach.

Winter Poker Open Event 1 breakdown through Flight D:

Day/Time	Flight	Entries	Advanced
Thursday, 11am	A	174	35
Thursday, 6pm	B	127	24
Friday, 11am	C	113	26
Friday, 6pm	D	111	TBD
Saturday, 11am	E	—	—
Saturday, 6pm	F	—	—
Total	—	525	TBD

We will post updated chip counts through Flight D tomorrow at about 10:30am.

2017 Winter Poker Open

Event 1D: Brandon Byars Makes Debut; Flight D Hits 101 Entries

December 8, 2017 @ 8:59PM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 6: 200/400/50 | Structure
Flight D Entries: 101 | Total Entries: 515

No stranger to Tampa tournaments, Brandon Byars is making his 2017 Winter Poker Open debut in tonight’s 6pm $570 flight. Byars owns more than $100,000 in career earnings including a $30,422 score in the 2016 Spring Little Slick right here at the Seminole Hard Rock.

The Flight D field is proving to keep up pace with its predecessors. Midway through Level 6 the clock shows 101 entries. Registration and re-entry are available until about 10:30pm.

2017 Winter Poker Open

Event 1D: Familiar Faces on Friday Night

December 8, 2017 @ 8:32PM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 5: 150/300/50 | Structure
Flight D Entries: 98 | Total Entries: 512

The Winter Poker Open $570 permits unlimited re-entry during each flight. While it’s not best stack forward, players who bust a flight after registration closes are permitted to enter subsequent flights. There’s a number of faces in our Friday 6pm installment that we saw earlier today in the 11am event. They found the felt, re-entered and are back at the table here for some evening poker.

2017 Winter Poker Open

Event 1: Chip Counts through Flight C

December 8, 2017 @ 7:13PM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Day 2 Blinds: 1,500/3,000/500 | Structure
Players Remaining: 85/414

Flight A: 174 Entries, 35 Advanced
Flight B: 127 Entries, 24 Advanced
Flight C: 113 Entries, 26 Advanced
Flight D: Underway (Late registration until ~10:30pm)
Flight E/F: Saturday at 11am/6pm
Day 2: Sunday at 12pm

Chip counts through Flight C:

RANK	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	CHIP COUNT	TABLE	SEAT
1	ANDREW	KELSALL	372,000	12	2
2	NIKOLAOS	COSTARELIS	322,500	1	6
3	JUAN	MALDONADO	216,000	2	9
4	DAVID	STEWART	204,500	2	6
5	RAMI	MIKHAIL	199,000	9	3
6	TYRONE	WILSON	193,000	9	7
7	MANELIC	MINAYA	186,500	4	3
8	EDWARD	MCVETTY	184,000	14	6
9	PHILIPP	SALEWSKI	164,500	4	7
10	KYLE	PECK	156,500	7	7
11	DAVID	BRADSHAW	156,500	7	6
12	PETER	WALSWORTH	152,000	9	1
13	REMEDIOS	PATALINGHUG	150,500	3	2
14	MICHAEL	TURTON	137,500	6	3
15	DAVID	LAWRENCE	134,000	8	6
16	LUKE	SPEER	129,000	13	3
17	GERALD	SILVA	129,000	6	9
18	JUSTIN	ZAKI	129,000	2	7
19	DANIEL	LOBATO	125,500	3	8
20	TOM	NGUYEN	122,500	6	8
21	ANTHONY	ASTARITA	122,000	9	2
22	MICHAEL	VAILS	119,500	2	2
23	SEBASTIEN	SYSSAU	118,500	2	8
24	JOHN	ORFANOS	118,000	10	7
25	ANDREW	ROUSH	113,500	5	1
26	FILIPP	KHAVIN	111,000	14	8
27	ERIC	MUTSCHLER	110,000	8	4
28	DEREK	BOWERS	104,500	13	1
29	CHAD	KITCHEN	104,500	4	6
30	ROBERT	IRBY	103,000	12	1
31	ANDREW	BOYER	101,000	6	7
32	CARLOS	EVANGELISTA	100,000	4	1
33	JUSTIN	HARRELL	100,000	13	9
34	ADNAN	KAZIM	99,500	5	4
35	ALAN	RAMKHALAWAN	97,500	9	4
36	RAYMOND	DWYER	97,000	1	7
37	WILLIAM III	KOPP	96,000	4	4
38	KENNETH	BRINKLEY	95,500	7	8
39	ROSS	VALENZA	95,500	5	7
40	DOMINGO	MEREJO JR	95,000	7	1
41	JEROME	HALL	95,000	12	6
42	JIM	SARCA	93,000	1	8
43	AARON	YOUNG	92,000	8	7
44	JAMES	McKEON	91,000	14	4
45	LAUDREY	MCCRAY	90,500	10	1
46	JACOB	SHORES	88,000	2	4
47	WILLIAM	MCKOWN	87,500	8	3
48	SEAN	TUROW	86,000	7	2
49	SANJIB	ACHARYA	82,500	3	3
50	HAROLD	ANGLE	82,000	13	6
51	JOHN	GOELLER	81,000	14	1
52	ALEXANDER	BEECE	80,500	3	4
53	JOSEPH	BOULAIS	69,500	8	9
54	JOSHUA	FULFORD	69,000	8	2
55	ROBERTO	MELO	67,500	2	3
56	MARK	KATZ	64,000	1	4
57	RICARDO	EYZAGUIRRE	64,000	7	3
58	WILLIAM	MUNIZ	63,000	3	6
59	EMANUEL	IBARRY QUINONEZ	62,500	6	4
60	JOHN	PIZANO	58,000	5	6
61	ANNE	JONES	56,500	10	3
62	CLARK	HAMILTON	56,000	1	2
63	CHRISTY	WHITEHURST	55,000	5	9
64	JOSEPH WILLIAM	COOK	54,500	12	7
65	BLAKE	KOUWENHOVER	54,000	7	4
66	DANIEL L	CASTILLO	52,500	14	9
67	TERRI-ANNE	CRAWFORD	52,500	3	1
68	CUONG	LE	50,000	6	2
69	CHAD	ANZALONE	50,000	14	7
70	JOSEPH	PARRISH	49,500	5	8
71	JORDAN	JOECKEL	49,000	8	1
72	BENJAMIN	VAN KLINK	48,000	2	1
73	DAVID	ROY	46,000	5	3
74	SHADRACH SAMUEL	TERCY	42,500	4	2
75	SCOTT	ANDERSON	41,000	13	2
76	WAYNE	DALEY	41,000	10	6
77	PETER	KOSAKOWSKI	37,500	6	1
78	RUSSELL	WAGGONER	37,500	5	2
79	QUYEN	HOANG	36,500	10	2
80	NATHAN	LEE	36,000	12	4
81	JEREMY	JENNINGS	36,000	1	3
82	ANTHONY	DIANATY	35,000	3	7
83	LI	ZHOU	14,000	14	3
84	RINA	COSS	7,500	4	9
85	MICHAEL	PLATT	5,500	12	3

2017 Winter Poker Open

Event 1C: Three More Hands

December 8, 2017 @ 6:40PM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1C: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 | Structure
Flight C Players Remaining: 29/113

Tournament staff just announced Flight C players will log three more hands before the day concludes. There is a slew of notables still in the game including Anthony Dianaty, David Bradshaw, Justin Zaki and Tom Nguyen.

Complete chip counts through Flight C will be posted within the hour.