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Event 3: One-Day Guitar Trophy at 2pm

Event 2: $250 Deep Stack Turbo, $20K Gtd
Level 1: 25/50 | Structure

We’re just moments away from kickoff of another Winter Poker Open trophy event at the Seminole Hard Rock. Event 3, a $250 buy-in Deep Stack Turbo tournament, begins at 2pm. Up for grabs is the winner’s share of a $20,000 guaranteed prize pool along with the property’s token guitar trophy.

Here are the details:

2pm: $250 Deep Stack Turbo NLH Re-Entry

  • $250 buy-in, $20,000 guaranteed
  • 20,000 chips and 15-minute levels
  • Registration and unlimited re-entry available until the start of Level 13 (~5:30pm)
  • Structure sheet

Much of our live reporting efforts will be concentrated on the $570, but we’ll provide the final results, a final report and winner’s photo of the $250 after it concludes.

Good luck, players!

Event 1: Recent Eliminations

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 17: 2,500/5,000/500 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 108/892

David Bradshaw

Defending Winter Poker Open Main Event champion David Bradshaw, John Holley, Justin Zaki and Derek Bowers have been eliminated shy of the money on Day 2 of the $570.

David Bradshaw – Eliminated
John Holley – Eliminated
Justin Zaki – Eliminated
Derek Bowers – Eliminated

Event 1: Bill McKown Win in Trips-Versus-Trips

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 16: 2,000/4,000/500 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 131/892

Bill McKown

The board laid JsJd2hKc4c and Bill McKown got his last 63,500 in the middle against a single opponent.

McKown: AsJc for trip jacks with an ace
Opponent: QcJh for trip jacks with a king

McKown was best and slid his stack in the middle for a dealer countdown.

Bill McKown – 240,000

Event 1: Joe Steur’s Kings are Best All-In Preflop

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 15: 1,500/3,000/500 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 156/892

Joe Steur

Joe Steur was in early position and had a late-position opponent’s roughly 96,000 chips at risk preflop. Steur had a monster with KsKc and the opponent was in tough shape with JsJh.

Runout: Qd6d2dTsAd

Steur’s kings held. He busted the opponent and stacked a nice pot in the process.

Joe Steur – 235,000

Event 1: Day 2 Underway; 177 Remain, 81 pay, $102K Up Top

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 15: 1,500/3,000/500 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 177/892

From a starting field 892 entries, just 177 remain in Event 1 of the Winter Poker Open, a $570 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry tournament. Day 2 is freshly underway and there’s a strong field in contention for the event’s $102,583 first prize.

Day 2 Chip Counts | Table Draws | Payouts

Jim Brinkley

After a huge finish to Flight E, Jim Brinkley leads the way with a stack of 374,000. 2014 WPO Main Event champion A.J. Kelsall sits second with 372,000 while the likes of John Dolan (293,000), John Holley (218,500) and John Racener (165,000) are also toward the top of the counts.

A.J. Kelsall
John Dolan

Today’s play is scheduled to go all the way to a champion and we’ll be here covering the action from now until the last river card hits the felt.

Event 1: Day 2 Table Draws

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Day 2 Blinds: 1,500/3,000/500 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 177/892

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: 216 Entries, 43 Advanced
Flight F: 151 Entries, 27 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at 12pm

Day 2 chip counts:

RANKFIRST NAMELAST NAMECHIP COUNTTABLESEAT
102JOHNGOELLER81,00011
133CLARKHAMILTON56,00012
168JEREMYJENNINGS36,00013
124MARKKATZ64,00014
29JOSEPHSTEUR147,50015
3NIKOLAOSCOSTARELIS322,50016
76RAYMONDDWYER97,00017
83JIMSARCA93,00018
1JAMESBRINKLEY374,00019
172CAMERONSADREAMELI27,000110
147BENJAMINVAN KLINK48,00021
48MICHAELVAILS119,50022
119ROBERTOMELO67,50023
89JACOBSHORES88,00024
14RICARDORODRIGUEZ193,00025
11DAVIDSTEWART204,50026
37JUSTINZAKI129,00027
49SEBASTIENSYSSAU118,50028
10JUANMALDONADO216,00029
106BRANDONCAPUTO77,000210
138TERRI-ANNECRAWFORD52,50031
28REMEDIOSPATALINGHUG150,50032
95SANJIBACHARYA82,50033
103ALEXANDERBEECE80,50034
22JOHNRACENER JR165,00035
126WILLIAMMUNIZ63,00036
169ANTHONYDIANATY35,00037
40DANIELLOBATO125,50038
122CARLOSLOVING64,50039
130MITCHELLLEE59,000310
70CARLOSEVANGELISTA100,00041
151SHADRACH SAMUELTERCY42,50042
16MANELICMINAYA186,50043
77WILLIAM IIIKOPP96,00044
173KATEKOPP23,00045
65CHADKITCHEN104,50046
23PHILIPPSALEWSKI164,50047
100JOHNO'NEAL81,50048
176RINACOSS7,50049
140SEVILLEHALE52,000410
53ANDREWROUSH113,50051
163RUSSELLWAGGONER37,50052
150DAVIDROY46,00053
72ADNANKAZIM99,50054
19JIAQIXU179,00055
131JOHNPIZANO58,00056
79ROSSVALENZA95,50057
145JOSEPHPARRISH49,50058
134CHRISTYWHITEHURST55,00059
162PETERKOSAKOWSKI37,50061
141CUONGLE50,00062
31MICHAELTURTON137,50063
127EMANUELIBARRY QUINONEZ62,50064
51SALVADORRAMOS118,00065
114LARRYLEE69,50066
69ANDREWBOYER101,00067
43TOMNGUYEN122,50068
36GERALDSILVA129,00069
80DOMINGOMEREJO JR95,00071
92SEANTUROW86,00072
125RICARDOEYZAGUIRRE64,00073
136BLAKEKOUWENHOVEN54,00074
88RYANOAKLEY90,00075
26DAVIDBRADSHAW JR156,50076
25KYLEPECK156,50077
78KENNETHBRINKLEY95,50078
8MONIRMAHER220,00079
146JORDANJOECKEL49,00081
116JOSHUAFULFORD69,00082
91WILLIAMMCKOWN87,50083
57ERICMUTSCHLER110,00084
6MATTHEWLEECY276,50085
33DAVIDLAWRENCE134,00086
84AARONYOUNG92,00087
82JOHNRYAN III93,50088
115JOSEPHBOULAIS69,50089
27PETERWALSWORTH152,00091
44ANTHONYASTARITA122,00092
12RAMIMIKHAIL199,00093
75ALANRAMKHALAWAN97,50094
171ABDELOUAHEDBOUANANI28,50095
63TOBYBOAS105,00096
13TYRONEWILSON193,00097
21JAMESGLADWELL III175,50098
45TAMMYLEONARD121,00099
86LAUDREYMCCRAY90,500101
166QUYENHOANG36,500102
132ANNEJONES56,500103
24DAVIDNADEAU157,500104
7JOEGODBOLT263,000105
157WAYNEDALEY41,000106
50JOHNOFRANOS118,000107
109ROBERTBENFORD74,500108
170THOMASJACKSON29,500109
66ROBERTIRBY103,000121
2ANDREWKELSALL372,000122
177MICHAELPLATT5,500123
167NATHANLEE36,000124
5JOHNDOLAN293,000125
81JEROMEHALL JR95,000126
135JOSEPHCOOK54,500127
113MICHAELHASSAB70,000128
104ROBERTMUNDY80,500129
73CHRISTOPHERDAVIS99,5001210
64DEREKBOWERS104,500131
155SCOTTANDERSON41,000132
35LUKESPEER129,000133
164REXSCHUMAN37,000134
149MARKMEDLINSKAS46,500135
97HAROLDANGLE82,000136
120SARAHALL65,500137
30ANDREWKOVAL146,000138
71JUSTINHARRELL100,000139
101JOSEPHACQUAVELLA81,5001310
41MARKWISER125,500141
123ALBERTOSERINO64,500142
175LIZHOU14,000143
85JAMESMCKEON91,000144
96JOELDICKERSON82,500145
17EDWARDMCVETTY184,000146
142CHADANZALONE50,000147
56FILIPPKHAVIN111,000148
137DANIEL LCASTILLO52,500149
46AARONPORTER120,000151
107JOSHUALOWING75,500152
87ANTHONYMARCH90,000153
110JAREDREINSTEIN70,500154
74HARRYJOHNSON IV99,500155
67JENNYMARCZYNSKI101,500156
112DUSTINGESELIUS70,500157
156ANTHONYPELLEGRINI41,000158
20JAYAMALAPATI177,500159
148RODNEYLEGENDRE47,000161
15BEAUWILSHIRE193,000162
105FORRESTJAHN III79,500163
38VINCENTNICASTRO127,000164
165CLIFTONWARD37,000165
98ROBERTMANJURA-BOODY82,000166
129OSCARLINDO ZELEDON60,000167
158JOAOFIGUEIREDO41,000168
128JORDANMUSUMANO62,000169
93JOSEPHORSINO86,000171
143JACOBNAUMANN50,000172
139ROSSMONTELEONE52,000173
42ANHLU123,000174
174MARKWINCHELL23,000175
58NASHAATANTONIOUS109,500176
61BRADLEYPATTON106,000177
144DEREKWORLEY49,500178
54EMMANUELDIMAANO JR113,500179
111ENRICODIFRANCO70,500181
152EDGARWARD42,000182
94GILABOODI83,500183
117ABHISHEKCHHALLANI69,000184
4RUSTYMOORER294,000185
59HEATHERRARDIN109,000186
90RAVIKIRANANDE88,000187
18AMIEMARTINI180,000188
34BRANDONBYARS129,500189
160RASAMMOHAMMADIAN39,000191
47JOSIASCARDOSO DOS SANTOS120,000192
99SIMONPHILIP82,000193
55KEITHEIDSCHUN113,500194
52PETERHSU118,000195
68RICHARDPETROVIC101,500196
108CHRISTOPHERARCIDIACONO75,000197
39RANDOLPHSPAIN126,000198
159JamesMori41,000199
153MANSOORKADER42,000201
9JOHNHOLLEY III218,500202
161LEONIDKAPLIN38,000203
118NICHOLASGOLDIZEN68,000204
62KARLMANOUCHAKIAN105,500205
32JEFFREYHIGGINS134,500206
154CHRISTOPHERMILLER41,500207
60DonaldDrapel108,500208
121PAULLENKEIT65,000209

Event 1: Day 2 Chip Counts

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Day 2 Blinds: 1,500/3,000/500 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 177/892

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: 216 Entries, 43 Advanced
Flight F: 151 Entries, 27 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at 12pm

Day 2 chip counts:

RANKFIRST NAMELAST NAMECHIP COUNTTABLESEAT
1JAMESBRINKLEY374,00019
2ANDREWKELSALL372,000122
3NIKOLAOSCOSTARELIS322,50016
4RUSTYMOORER294,000185
5JOHNDOLAN293,000125
6MATTHEWLEECY276,50085
7JOEGODBOLT263,000105
8MONIRMAHER220,00079
9JOHNHOLLEY III218,500202
10JUANMALDONADO216,00029
11DAVIDSTEWART204,50026
12RAMIMIKHAIL199,00093
13TYRONEWILSON193,00097
14RICARDORODRIGUEZ193,00025
15BEAUWILSHIRE193,000162
16MANELICMINAYA186,50043
17EDWARDMCVETTY184,000146
18AMIEMARTINI180,000188
19JIAQIXU179,00055
20JAYAMALAPATI177,500159
21JAMESGLADWELL III175,50098
22JOHNRACENER JR165,00035
23PHILIPPSALEWSKI164,50047
24DAVIDNADEAU157,500104
25KYLEPECK156,50077
26DAVIDBRADSHAW JR156,50076
27PETERWALSWORTH152,00091
28REMEDIOSPATALINGHUG150,50032
29JOSEPHSTEUR147,50015
30ANDREWKOVAL146,000138
31MICHAELTURTON137,50063
32JEFFREYHIGGINS134,500206
33DAVIDLAWRENCE134,00086
34BRANDONBYARS129,500189
35LUKESPEER129,000133
36GERALDSILVA129,00069
37JUSTINZAKI129,00027
38VINCENTNICASTRO127,000164
39RANDOLPHSPAIN126,000198
40DANIELLOBATO125,50038
41MARKWISER125,500141
42ANHLU123,000174
43TOMNGUYEN122,50068
44ANTHONYASTARITA122,00092
45TAMMYLEONARD121,00099
46AARONPORTER120,000151
47JOSIASCARDOSO DOS SANTOS120,000192
48MICHAELVAILS119,50022
49SEBASTIENSYSSAU118,50028
50JOHNOFRANOS118,000107
51SALVADORRAMOS118,00065
52PETERHSU118,000195
53ANDREWROUSH113,50051
54EMMANUELDIMAANO JR113,500179
55KEITHEIDSCHUN113,500194
56FILIPPKHAVIN111,000148
57ERICMUTSCHLER110,00084
58NASHAATANTONIOUS109,500176
59HEATHERRARDIN109,000186
60DonaldDrapel108,500208
61BRADLEYPATTON106,000177
62KARLMANOUCHAKIAN105,500205
63TOBYBOAS105,00096
64DEREKBOWERS104,500131
65CHADKITCHEN104,50046
66ROBERTIRBY103,000121
67JENNYMARCZYNSKI101,500156
68RICHARDPETROVIC101,500196
69ANDREWBOYER101,00067
70CARLOSEVANGELISTA100,00041
71JUSTINHARRELL100,000139
72ADNANKAZIM99,50054
73CHRISTOPHERDAVIS99,5001210
74HARRYJOHNSON IV99,500155
75ALANRAMKHALAWAN97,50094
76RAYMONDDWYER97,00017
77WILLIAM IIIKOPP96,00044
78KENNETHBRINKLEY95,50078
79ROSSVALENZA95,50057
80DOMINGOMEREJO JR95,00071
81JEROMEHALL JR95,000126
82JOHNRYAN III93,50088
83JIMSARCA93,00018
84AARONYOUNG92,00087
85JAMESMCKEON91,000144
86LAUDREYMCCRAY90,500101
87ANTHONYMARCH90,000153
88RYANOAKLEY90,00075
89JACOBSHORES88,00024
90RAVIKIRANANDE88,000187
91WILLIAMMCKOWN87,50083
92SEANTUROW86,00072
93JOSEPHORSINO86,000171
94GILABOODI83,500183
95SANJIBACHARYA82,50033
96JOELDICKERSON82,500145
97HAROLDANGLE82,000136
98ROBERTMANJURA-BOODY82,000166
99SIMONPHILIP82,000193
100JOHNO'NEAL81,50048
101JOSEPHACQUAVELLA81,5001310
102JOHNGOELLER81,00011
103ALEXANDERBEECE80,50034
104ROBERTMUNDY80,500129
105FORRESTJAHN III79,500163
106BRANDONCAPUTO77,000210
107JOSHUALOWING75,500152
108CHRISTOPHERARCIDIACONO75,000197
109ROBERTBENFORD74,500108
110JAREDREINSTEIN70,500154
111ENRICODIFRANCO70,500181
112DUSTINGESELIUS70,500157
113MICHAELHASSAB70,000128
114LARRYLEE69,50066
115JOSEPHBOULAIS69,50089
116JOSHUAFULFORD69,00082
117ABHISHEKCHHALLANI69,000184
118NICHOLASGOLDIZEN68,000204
119ROBERTOMELO67,50023
120SARAHALL65,500137
121PAULLENKEIT65,000209
122CARLOSLOVING64,50039
123ALBERTOSERINO64,500142
124MARKKATZ64,00014
125RICARDOEYZAGUIRRE64,00073
126WILLIAMMUNIZ63,00036
127EMANUELIBARRY QUINONEZ62,50064
128JORDANMUSUMANO62,000169
129OSCARLINDO ZELEDON60,000167
130MITCHELLLEE59,000310
131JOHNPIZANO58,00056
132ANNEJONES56,500103
133CLARKHAMILTON56,00012
134CHRISTYWHITEHURST55,00059
135JOSEPHCOOK54,500127
136BLAKEKOUWENHOVEN54,00074
137DANIEL LCASTILLO52,500149
138TERRI-ANNECRAWFORD52,50031
139ROSSMONTELEONE52,000173
140SEVILLEHALE52,000410
141CUONGLE50,00062
142CHADANZALONE50,000147
143JACOBNAUMANN50,000172
144DEREKWORLEY49,500178
145JOSEPHPARRISH49,50058
146JORDANJOECKEL49,00081
147BENJAMINVAN KLINK48,00021
148RODNEYLEGENDRE47,000161
149MARKMEDLINSKAS46,500135
150DAVIDROY46,00053
151SHADRACH SAMUELTERCY42,50042
152EDGARWARD42,000182
153MANSOORKADER42,000201
154CHRISTOPHERMILLER41,500207
155SCOTTANDERSON41,000132
156ANTHONYPELLEGRINI41,000158
157WAYNEDALEY41,000106
158JOAOFIGUEIREDO41,000168
159JamesMori41,000199
160RASAMMOHAMMADIAN39,000191
161LEONIDKAPLIN38,000203
162PETERKOSAKOWSKI37,50061
163RUSSELLWAGGONER37,50052
164REXSCHUMAN37,000134
165CLIFTONWARD37,000165
166QUYENHOANG36,500102
167NATHANLEE36,000124
168JEREMYJENNINGS36,00013
169ANTHONYDIANATY35,00037
170THOMASJACKSON29,500109
171ABDELOUAHEDBOUANANI28,50095
172CAMERONSADREAMELI27,000110
173KATEKOPP23,00045
174MARKWINCHELL23,000175
175LIZHOU14,000143
176RINACOSS7,50049
177MICHAELPLATT5,500123

Winter Poker Open Day 3 Updates Conclude

Saturday’s Winter Poker Open updates have come to a close at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa.

Complete Day 2 chip counts and table draws for the $570 will be posted Sunday by 10am and tournament updates will resume at 12pm with the restart. In the meantime, chip counts through Flight E as well as the payouts are available in the posts below.

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

  • 12pm: $570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry, Day 2
  • 2pm: $250 Deep Stack Turbo NLH Re-Entry

2017 Winter Poker Open Tournament Schedule

Goodnight and see you tomorrow!