Tag Archives: 2019 Winter Poker Open

Event 5: Justin Harrell Wins NLH/PLO Title in Four-Way Deal

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  10,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 70

Justin Harrell (front) with Alec Bradlow, Ken Fishman, and R.J. Sullivan

With four players remaining, the stacks getting shallow, and Justin Harrell holding a huge lead, Harrell offered up a deal to the other four players. He would take $16,000 along with the title and they could split the rest as they saw fit.

R.J. Sullivan and Ken Fishman had similar stacks and took $12,000 while Alec Bradlow earned $9,300 for a fourth-place finish.

1st: Justin Harrell – $16,000 + Guitar Trophy
2nd: R.J. Sullivan – $12,000
3rd: Ken Fishman – $12,000
4th: Alec Bradlow – $9,300

Event 5: Cody Hernandez – 5th Place ($4,350)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 70

Cody Hernandez

Cody Hernandez was the short-stack in a No Limit Hold’em hands and got his chips in with 9c9s and R.J. Sullivan looked him up with AcTc.

The flop came QsJd2d to give Sullivan a gutshot Broadway draw which got there on the Kc turn. The river 7s finished the board and Hernandez was eliminated in fifth place.

R.J. Sullivan – 460,000 (23 bb)
Cody Hernandez – Eliminated in 5th Place ($4,350)

Event 5: Chip Count Update

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 70

The five remaining players were sent on a 15-minute break as the 1K chips were taken out of play.

Due to some minor technical difficulties, updates are coming as often as possible with some possible delays.

Seat 1: Cody Hernandez – 535,000 (36 bb)
Seat 3: Alec Bradlow – 135,000 (9 bb)
Seat 5: Ken Fishman – 490,000 (33 bb)
Seat 7: R.J. Sullivan – 425,000 (28 bb)
Seat 8: Justin Harrell – 515,000 (34 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $21,340 + Guitar Trophy
2nd: $13,189
3rd: $8,738
4th: $6,033
5th: $4,350

Event 5: Cody Hernandez Doubles Through Justin Harrell

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 70

In a Pot Limit Omaha hand, Justin Harrell open the action from under the gun and Cody Hernandez called from the hijack to a Kc7h6h flop. Harrell checked, Hernandez bet 35,000 and Harrell called.

The turn came As, Harrell checked, Hernandez bet 65,000 and Harrell check-raised enough to put Hernandez all in. He called for 155,000 total and was the one at risk.

Hernandez: AhKhQd7d
Harrell: JdTh7c8c

Hernandez was ahead with aces up and the nut flush draw and it held after the Js river.

Cody Hernandez – 425,000 (35 bb)
Justin Harrell – 370,000 (31 bb)

Event 5: Filipp Khavin – 7th Place ($2,594)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 70

In a No Limit Hold’em hand, Justin Harrell and Filipp Khavin got into a battle of the blind and Khavin was all in for ~140,000.

Harrell: KcQd
Khavin: JdJs

It was a race and Khavin needed to stay in the lead to stay in the game. The flop came AcKhTh to pair Harrell’s king and another came on the Ks turn. The board finished with the 6c river and Khavin was eliminated in seventh place.

Justin Harrell – 390,000 (39 bb)
Filipp Khavin – Eliminated in 7th Place ($2,594)

Event 5: Alec Bradlow Doubles Through Justin Harrell

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 70

In a PLO hand, Alec Bradlow opened to 16,000 from under and only Justin Harrell came along to the 9d8s4d flop. Bradlow moved all in for 56,000 and Harrell (reluctantly) called.

Bradlow: AsAhQc3d
Harrell: Ks7s7d5h

Bradlow was ahead with his pair of aces and needed to dodge a gutshot or some miracle runout to double. The 9c turn was safe and Bradlow had his double after the 4s river.

Alec Bradlow – 156,000 (20 bb)
Justin Harrell – 340,000 (43 bb)

Event 5: Andrew Whitaker – 9th Place ($1,887)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 70

Action folded to Filipp Khavin in the cutoff and he moved all in for 100,000 even. Andrew Whitaker reshipped from the small blind with a similar stack to get a fold from Alec Bradlow in the big.

Khavin: AcKc
Whitaker: AhQs

Khavin was in great shape and dodged the Jc9s2s flop. Whitaker picked up a spade draw on the 3s turn but blanked the 5h river to exit in ninth place.

Filipp Khavin – 212,000 (35 bb)
Andrew Whitaker – Eliminated in 9th Place ($1,887)

Event 5: Dinner Time Counts

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 70

The players will be returning shortly with Ken Fishman leading and the average stack down to ONLY 39 big blinds. We should see a little pickup in action after the return with full bellies.

Seat 1: Cody Hernandez – 411,000 (69 bb)
Seat 2: Andrew Whitaker – 106,000 (18 bb)
Seat 3: Alec Bradlow – 173,000 (29 bb)
Seat 4: Derek Worley – 159,000 (27 bb)
Seat 5: Ken Fishman – 527,000 (88 bb)
Seat 6: Charles Kapetanakos – 70,000 (12 bb)
Seat 7: R.J. Sullivan – 201,000 (34 bb)
Seat 8: Justin Harrell – 286,000 (48 bb)
Seat 9: Filipp Khavin – 129,000 (22 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $21,340 + Guitar Trophy
2nd: $13,189
3rd: $8,738
4th: $6,033
5th: $4,350
6th: $3,281
7th: $2,594
8th: $2,156
9th: $1,887