Seminole Hard Rock Tampa poker ambassador Wally Maddah was one of the first eliminations on Day 2. Maddah came back with less than eight big blinds and, according to him, got them in with pocket 10s. An opponent called with ace-jack and spiked a jack on the flop. With that, Maddah hit the rail only a couple minutes into the restart.
From 546 starting entries, the Winter Poker Open $350 is down to 101 and on to Day 2. Tampa’s Anthony Dianaty crushed Flight C and bagged the overall chip lead with 375,000. The next closes stack belong to Jack McIntyre who sits on 319,000 while John Deignan rounds out the 300,000 mark with 317,5000.
1. Anthony Dianaty – 375,000 2. Jack McIntyre – 319,000 3. John Deignan – 317,500 4. Gerald Silva – 295,000 5. Dominick Minaya – 284,500 6. Rasam Mohammadian – 241,000 7. Michael Cohen – 240,000 8. Danny Lobato – 220,500 9. Tom Nguyen – 218,500 10. Thomas Jackson – 207,000
Only the top 54 players finish in the money with a min-cash earning $655. Payouts escalate from there and top out in the form of a $40,787 top prize. In addition, the champion earns the property’s token guitar trophy.
Updates from now through the crowning of a champion will be available right here at SHRTPoker.com. Good luck, Day 2 players!
As the 6pm flight of the $350 plays closer to day’s end, media staff is heading home for the night. Complete Day 2 chip counts and table draws for the event will be posted in the morning by 10:30am. In the meantime, chip counts through Flight C as well as the payouts are available in the posts below.
Tournament updates will resume Wednesday at 12pm. Here’s a look at Wednesday’s complete schedule:
11am: $200 Winter Poker Open Main Event Satellite (1-in-10)
12pm: $350 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry, Day 2
6pm: $200 Winter Poker Open Main Event Satellite (1-in-10)
2017 Winter Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 4 $350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry Entries: 546 Prize Pool: $163,800 December 11-13, 2017
Event 4: $350 Deep Stack, $100K Gtd Level 3: 75/150/25 | Structure Flight D Entries: 101 | Total Entries: 488
Flight D is off to a big start and the entry count is ticking up fast. If it keep up its current pace, it likely could be the largest start day of the lot. Here’s a look at a few of the faces in the field:
The final payouts and prize pool will be posted sometime after 10:30pm when registration closes.
Event 4: $350 Deep Stack, $100K Gtd Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 | Structure Flight C Players Remaining: 28/138
Anthony Dianaty put a hurt on Flight C bagging 375,000 to take the overall chip lead through three start days. The clock shows 28 still around at the end of play, but that may go down by one or two depending on how the last two hands played out. Stay tuned for full chip counts through Flight C.