Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 26: 20,000/40,000/5,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 11/671
Short stack Alban Frasheri was under the gun and got all-in versus John Racener who was on his direct left.
Racener: 
Frasheri: 
Racener’s kings held and Frasheri was eliminated in 12th place.
John Racener — 2,950,000
Alban Frasheri — Eliminated in 12th place ($13,085)
Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 12/671
Farid Jattin raised under the gun and it folded to Josias Santos in the small blind who jammed for 430,000. Joe Skarzynski was in the big blind and he called. Jattin folded and it was a blind-versus-blind battle as Skarzynski had Santos at risk.
Skarzynski: 
Santos: 
Runout: 
Skarzynski’s eights held and Santos was eliminated in 13th place for $9,562.
Joe Skarzynski – 2,400,000
Josias Sanots – Eliminated in 13th place ($9,562)
Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Heading to Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 13/671
Farid Jattin retains a huge lead as the final 13 players are in the midst of a 15-minute break. Here’s a look at the top five big stacks:
Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 13/671
Kevin Chan was just eliminated in 14th place earning $9,562.
Kevin Chan – Eliminated in 14th place ($9,562)
Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 14/671
Scott Caracciolo got his last 628,000 in the middle in great shape against Justin Harvell. Caracciolo held pocket aces while Harvell had just jacks. The runout didn’t improve Harvell and his hand was no good. He cut out a huge portion of his stack and shipped it across the way to Caracciolo.
On the very next hand, Harvell was in the small blind with less than 100,000. Farid Jattin Raised and Harvell shoved. Jattin called with 
and went on to bust Harvell’s 
.
Harvell’s 15th place finish earned him $9,562.
Justin Harvell – Eliminated in 15th place ($9,562)
Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 15/671
There was a flurry of bustouts to kick off the final two tables. In the most recent elimination, Witold Wasik limped from middle position and Brandon Caputo — who burst the money bubble earlier — shoved for 280,000. Wasik called and Caputo was at risk.
Wasik: 
Caputo: 
Runout: 
Wasik’s set was best and Caputo followed Nicholas Mann and Ioannis Patsourakis to the rail.
Witold Wasik – 2,000,000
Brandon Caputo – Eliminated in 16th place ($7,046)
Nicholas Mann – Eliminated in 17th place ($7,046)
Ioannis Patsourakis – Eliminated in 18th place ($7,046)
Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 18/671
Austin Buchanan was short for much of the post-dinner break play, but managed to find a few doubles. After being down to just a few big blinds, though, he couldn’t recover and was eliminated in 19th place earning $5,536.
With the bustout, the field is down to 18 and at the final two tables.
Austin Buchanan – Eliminated in 19th place ($5,536)
Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 20/671
Mark Scacewater hit the rail in 21st place earning $5,536. Next to go in 20th was Chris McNamara. On McNamara’s final hand, Justin Harvell opened under the gun to 52,000 and McNmara shoved for about 200,000. It folded back to Harvell who snapped with 
. McNamara needed to improve with .
The runout fell no help and McNamara was eliminated in 20th place.
Chris McNamara – Eliminated in 20th place ($5,536)
Mark Scacewater – Eliminated in 21st place ($5,536)
Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/3,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 21/671
Cedric Tercy was eliminated in 23rd place when his 
couldn’t hold against chip leader Farid Jattin’s 
. The runout came three diamonds giving Jattin a flush and leaving Tercy busted.
Farid Jattin – 3,800,000
Cedric Tercy – Eliminated in 22nd place ($5,536)
2017 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 6
$250 Deep Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 145
Prize Pool: $30,450
December 17, 2017
Tampa, Florida — Alex Bury needed just about eight hours to score an outright win in Event 6 of the Winter Poker Open, a $250 buy-in Deep Stack Turbo tournament. For his efforts, Bury was rewarded with $9,133 and the property’s token guitar trophy.
The last-chance event drew a field of 145 entries easily surpassing the $20,000 guarantee. The $30,450 prize pool paid the top 18 finishers. Joining Bury in the money were Richard Doss (13th, $533) and Christine Holubeck (14th, $533). At the final table, Bury outlasted the likes of Nick Costarelis (ninth, $685), Cheri Beatty (sixth, $1,523) and heads-up opponent David Jackson who earned $5,024 for his second-place finish.
Bury is 32 years and resides here in Tampa where he works as a recruiting manager. Each of his now seven career cashes have come at the Seminole Hard Rock, but tonight’s victory marks his largest to date.
Full results:
1st: Alex Bury – $9,133
2nd: David Jackson – $5,024
3rd: Tsvetelin Parashkevov – $2,893
4th: Ryan Sullivan – $2,436
5th: Sanjib Acharya – $1,827
6th: Cheri Beatty – $1,523
7th: Tajesh Patel – $1,218
8th: Mohammad Goodarzi – $914
9th: Nick Costarelis – $685
10th: Quyen Hoang – $609
11th: Imre Papp – $609
12th: Eric Mutschler – $609
13th: Richard Doss – $533
14th: Chrissy Holubeck – $533
15th: Jason Williamson – $533
16th: Anatoly Zharnitsky – $457
17th: Ray Prieto – $457
18th: Robert Mundy – $457