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2017 Winter Poker Open

Event 1: Prize Pool and Payouts; $102K and Trophy Up Top

December 9, 2017 @ 11:15PM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

2017 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 1
$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Entries: 892
Prize Pool: $446,000
December 7-10, 2017

1st – $102,583 + Guitar Trophy
2nd – $59,764
3rd – $36,572
4th – $30,105
5th – $24,530
6th – $20,070
7th – $16,056
8th – $12,042
9th – $8,474
10th-12th – $5,575
13th-15th – $4,014
16th-18th – $2,631
19th-27th – $2,230
28th-36th – $1,918
37th-45th – $1,695
46th-54th – $1,516
55th-63rd – $1,338
64th-72nd – $1,204
73rd-81st – $1,115

2017 Winter Poker Open

Event 1: Day 2 Chip Counts through Flight E

December 9, 2017 @ 7:38PM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Day 2 Blinds: 1,500/3,000/500 | Structure
Players Remaining: 150/741

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: Underway (Registration/re-entry until ~10:30pm)
Day 2: Sunday at 12pm

Day 2 chip counts through Flight E:

RANK	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	CHIP COUNT	TABLE	SEAT
1	JAMES	BRINKLEY	374,000	1	9
2	ANDREW	KELSALL	372,000	12	2
3	NIKOLAOS	COSTARELIS	322,500	1	6
4	MONIR	MAHER	220,000	7	9
5	JOHN	HOLLEY III	218,500	20	2
6	JUAN	MALDONADO	216,000	2	9
7	DAVID	STEWART	204,500	2	6
8	RAMI	MIKHAIL	199,000	9	3
9	TYRONE	WILSON	193,000	9	7
10	RICARDO	RODRIGUEZ	193,000	2	5
11	BEAU	WILSHIRE	193,000	16	2
12	MANELIC	MINAYA	186,500	4	3
13	EDWARD	MCVETTY	184,000	14	6
14	JIAQI	XU	179,000	5	5
15	JAYA	MALAPATI	177,500	15	9
16	JAMES	GLADWELL III	175,500	9	8
17	JOHN	RACENER JR	165,000	3	5
18	PHILIPP	SALEWSKI	164,500	4	7
19	DAVID	NADEAU	157,500	10	4
20	KYLE	PECK	156,500	7	7
21	DAVID	BRADSHAW JR	156,500	7	6
22	PETER	WALSWORTH	152,000	9	1
23	REMEDIOS	PATALINGHUG	150,500	3	2
24	ANDREW	KOVAL	146,000	13	8
25	MICHAEL	TURTON	137,500	6	3
26	JEFFREY	HIGGINS	134,500	20	6
27	DAVID	LAWRENCE	134,000	8	6
28	BRANDON	BYARS	129,500	18	9
29	LUKE	SPEER	129,000	13	3
30	GERALD	SILVA	129,000	6	9
31	JUSTIN	ZAKI	129,000	2	7
32	VINCENT	NICASTRO	127,000	16	4
33	RANDOLPH	SPAIN	126,000	19	8
34	DANIEL	LOBATO	125,500	3	8
35	MARK	WISER	125,500	14	1
36	ANH	LU	123,000	17	4
37	TOM	NGUYEN	122,500	6	8
38	ANTHONY	ASTARITA	122,000	9	2
39	TAMMY	LEONARD	121,000	9	9
40	AARON	PORTER	120,000	15	1
41	JOSIAS	CARDOSO DOS SANTOS	120,000	19	2
42	MICHAEL	VAILS	119,500	2	2
43	SEBASTIEN	SYSSAU	118,500	2	8
44	JOHN	OFRANOS	118,000	10	7
45	SALVADOR	RAMOS	118,000	6	5
46	ANDREW	ROUSH	113,500	5	1
47	EMMANUEL	DIMAANO JR	113,500	17	9
48	KEITH	EIDSCHUN	113,500	19	4
49	FILIPP	KHAVIN	111,000	14	8
50	ERIC	MUTSCHLER	110,000	8	4
51	NASHAAT	ANTONIOUS	109,500	17	6
52	BRADLEY	PATTON	106,000	17	7
53	DEREK	BOWERS	104,500	13	1
54	CHAD	KITCHEN	104,500	4	6
55	ROBERT	IRBY	103,000	12	1
56	JENNY	MARCZYNSKI	101,500	15	6
57	RICHARD	PETROVIC	101,500	19	6
58	ANDREW	BOYER	101,000	6	7
59	CARLOS	EVANGELISTA	100,000	4	1
60	JUSTIN	HARRELL	100,000	13	9
61	ADNAN	KAZIM	99,500	5	4
62	ALAN	RAMKHALAWAN	97,500	9	4
63	RAYMOND	DWYER	97,000	1	7
64	WILLIAM III	KOPP	96,000	4	4
65	KENNETH	BRINKLEY	95,500	7	8
66	ROSS	VALENZA	95,500	5	7
67	DOMINGO	MEREJO JR	95,000	7	1
68	JEROME	HALL JR	95,000	12	6
69	JOHN	RYAN III	93,500	8	8
70	JIM	SARCA	93,000	1	8
71	AARON	YOUNG	92,000	8	7
72	JAMES	MCKEON	91,000	14	4
73	LAUDREY	MCCRAY	90,500	10	1
74	JACOB	SHORES	88,000	2	4
75	RAVIKIRAN	ANDE	88,000	18	7
76	WILLIAM	MCKOWN	87,500	8	3
77	SEAN	TUROW	86,000	7	2
78	JOSEPH	ORSINO	86,000	17	1
79	GIL	ABOODI	83,500	18	3
80	SANJIB	ACHARYA	82,500	3	3
81	HAROLD	ANGLE	82,000	13	6
82	ROBERT	MANJURA-BOODY	82,000	16	6
83	SIMON	PHILIP	82,000	19	3
84	JOHN	O'NEAL	81,500	4	8
85	JOHN	GOELLER	81,000	14	1
86	ALEXANDER	BEECE	80,500	3	4
87	ROBERT	MUNDY	80,500	12	9
88	FORREST	JAHN III	79,500	16	3
89	JOSHUA	LOWING	75,500	15	2
90	CHRISTOPHER	ARCIDIACONO	75,000	19	7
91	ROBERT	BENFORD	74,500	10	8
92	JARED	REINSTEIN	70,500	15	4
93	ENRICO	DIFRANCO	70,500	18	1
94	DUSTIN	GESELIUS	70,500	15	7
95	MICHAEL	HASSAB	70,000	12	8
96	LARRY	LEE	69,500	6	6
97	JOSEPH	BOULAIS	69,500	8	9
98	JOSHUA	FULFORD	69,000	8	2
99	ABHISHEK	CHHALLANI	69,000	18	4
100	NICHOLAS	GOLDIZEN	68,000	20	4
101	ROBERTO	MELO	67,500	2	3
102	SARA	HALL	65,500	13	7
103	CARLOS	LOVING	64,500	3	9
104	ALBERTO	SERINO	64,500	14	2
105	MARK	KATZ	64,000	1	4
106	RICARDO	EYZAGUIRRE	64,000	7	3
107	WILLIAM	MUNIZ	63,000	3	6
108	EMANUEL	IBARRY QUINONEZ	62,500	6	4
109	JORDAN	MUSUMANO	62,000	16	9
110	OSCAR	LINDO ZELEDON	60,000	16	7
111	JOHN	PIZANO	58,000	5	6
112	ANNE	JONES	56,500	10	3
113	CLARK	HAMILTON	56,000	1	2
114	CHRISTY	WHITEHURST	55,000	5	9
115	JOSEPH	COOK	54,500	12	7
116	BLAKE	KOUWENHOVEN	54,000	7	4
117	DANIEL L	CASTILLO	52,500	14	9
118	TERRI-ANNE	CRAWFORD	52,500	3	1
119	ROSS	MONTELEONE	52,000	17	3
120	CUONG	LE	50,000	6	2
121	CHAD	ANZALONE	50,000	14	7
122	DEREK	WORLEY	49,500	17	8
123	JOSEPH	PARRISH	49,500	5	8
124	JORDAN	JOECKEL	49,000	8	1
125	BENJAMIN	VAN KLINK	48,000	2	1
126	RODNEY	LEGENDRE	47,000	16	1
127	DAVID	ROY	46,000	5	3
128	SHADRACH SAMUEL	TERCY	42,500	4	2
129	EDGAR	WARD	42,000	18	2
130	MANSOOR	KADER	42,000	20	1
131	CHRISTOPHER	MILLER	41,500	20	7
132	SCOTT	ANDERSON	41,000	13	2
133	ANTHONY	PELLEGRINI	41,000	15	8
134	WAYNE	DALEY	41,000	10	6
135	JOAO	FIGUEIREDO	41,000	16	8
136	James	Mori	41,000	19	9
137	RASAM	MOHAMMADIAN	39,000	19	1
138	LEONID	KAPLIN	38,000	20	3
139	PETER	KOSAKOWSKI	37,500	6	1
140	RUSSELL	WAGGONER	37,500	5	2
141	REX	SCHUMAN	37,000	13	4
142	QUYEN	HOANG	36,500	10	2
143	NATHAN	LEE	36,000	12	4
144	JEREMY	JENNINGS	36,000	1	3
145	ANTHONY	DIANATY	35,000	3	7
146	THOMAS	JACKSON	29,500	10	9
147	KATE	KOPP	23,000	4	5
148	LI	ZHOU	14,000	14	3
149	RINA	COSS	7,500	4	9
150	MICHAEL	PLATT	5,500	12	3

2017 Winter Poker Open

Event 1F: Steady Growth Continues; Prize Pool Posted After 10:30pm

December 9, 2017 @ 6:45PM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1E: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 2: 50/100 | Structure
Flight F Entries: 83 | Total Entries: 824

With Flight E bagging up alongside it, the Flight F field has continued its upward trend. After cards went in the air with 30 entries, the clock now shoes 83 midway through Level 2. That trend is expected to continue and tournament looks to see about 150 total in the 6pm action by the time all is said and done.

We will post another Flight F update after registration closes and the prize pool is finalized. This will fall sometime after 10:30pm.

2017 Winter Poker Open

Event 1E: Five More Hands; Jim Brinkley Poised to Bag Lead

December 9, 2017 @ 6:38PM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1E: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 14: 1,200/2,400/300 | Structure
Flight E Players Remaining: 53/216

Jim Brinkley recently enjoyed a huge double-up when his bested the of an unknown opponent. The two got it in on a turn and Brinkley had the villain drawing dead. Brinkley’s stack totaled just over 160,000 and he took a massive pot that grew his holdings to almost 400,000.

Tournament staff announced moments ago dealers will deal five more hands before bagging and tagging for the evening. Full chip counts through Flight E will be posted shortly thereafter.

2017 Winter Poker Open

Event 1E: Big Stacks Climbing at the Last Level

December 9, 2017 @ 6:23PM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1E: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 14: 1,200/2,400/300 | Structure
Flight E Players Remaining: 53/216

Level 14 began moments ago and it marks the final level of the night. There’s been plenty of movement in the counts as there’s no shortage of big stacks to keep track of. One of those big stacks belongs to Jim Brinkley. Brinkley’s chips total about 186,000 and he looks for a strong last 30 minutes so he can bag one of the pace-setting stacks heading to tomorrow’s Day 2.

2017 Winter Poker Open

Event 1F: Final Flight Flying in Tampa

December 9, 2017 @ 6:01PM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1E: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 1: 25/50 | Structure
Flight F Entries: 30 | Total Entries: 771

The sixth and final starting flight of the $570 Winter Poker Open opener is going in Tampa. As is, the field sits at 741 entries easily besting the $300,000 guarantee. Tonight’s flight will add to that figure and should help grow the prize pool to around $440,000.

Here are the details:

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

Registration closes at roughly 10:30pm and the tournament’s payouts will be posted shortly thereafter.

2017 Winter Poker Open

Event 1E: Final Break Done; Jim Gladwell Nearing 200K

December 9, 2017 @ 5:50PM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1E: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 13: 1,000/2,000/300 | Structure
Flight E Players Remaining: 60/216

Jim Gladwell is in great shape following the final break in Flight E of the $570. He claims a stack of about 185,000 putting him at or near the top with only one hour of play left in the day.

Others with healthy holdings include Brandon Byars (160,000), John Holley (155,000) and John Racener (130,000).

2017 Winter Poker Open

Event 1E: Wally Maddah Eliminated

December 9, 2017 @ 5:19PM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1E: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 12: 800/1,600/200 | Structure
Flight E Players Remaining: 72/216

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa poker ambassador Wally Maddah is the most recent elimination here in Flight C of the $570. He was down to 12,500 chips and shoved them from the cutoff. Maddah’s was second best to his opponent’s and an runotu didn’t change a thing. Maddah hit the rail, but not without letting the table know he’d be back for the 6pm flight.

2017 Winter Poker Open

Event 1E: Brandon Byars in Search of Another Long Day

December 9, 2017 @ 4:37PM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1E: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 11: 600/1,200/200 | Structure
Flight E Players Remaining: 90/216

Brandon Byars is in the midst of his second entry in the Winter Poker Open $570. His first came last night and he played all the way to the 10-minute hard stop. After nearly eight hours of action and with only two hands remaining in the night, he got his stack all-in with queens and was bested by his opponent’s kings. Despite the brutal beat ending his hopes at a bag, Byars returned today to give it another shot.

He had his stack up to over 100,000 yesterday, so he’s set the bar heading to today’s play . While he’s not quite to six figures, he sits at roughly 80,000.

2017 Winter Poker Open

Event 1E: Rob Manjura at the Top

December 9, 2017 @ 4:20PM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1E: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 10: 500/1,000/100 | Structure
Flight E Players Remaining: 105/216

Ron Manjura was the 16th alternate just a couple hours ago. From there, his number was called, he took his seat and he ran up a stack. Midway through Level 10, Manjura has piled up about 160,000 chips and tops the counts with registration closed.

Manjura resides nearby the Seminole Hard Rock and has played his share of tournaments in the region’s premiere room. With two guitar trophies already to his name, Manjura hopes the fast start in Flight E is a sign of good things to come.