2019 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 7
$480 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 264
Prize Pool: $109,560
December 15, 2019

The last event on the Winter Poker Open schedule turned out to be a huge one on a Sunday afternoon that turned into Monday morning.

At the brisk time of 7 am, Shadrach Tercy and Victor Goitia divided up the remaining prize pool after a two-hour heads up match. Goitia took home $19,585 for second place while Tercy earned $21,004 along with the WPT Guitar Trophy.

Event 7 results:

1st: Shadrach Tercy – $21,004 *
2nd: Victor Goitia – $19,585 *
3rd: Wilmer Chavira – $9,860
4th: Peter Nguyen – $6,793
5th: Jeffrey Sanders – $5,368
6th: Steven Rash – $4,273
7th: Arthur Bond – $3,615
8th: Konstantinos Tsompanellis – $3,177
9th: Roque Veviurka – $2,849
10th: Melody Murphy – $2,301
11th: Jennifer Haselton – $2,301
12th: Andra Zachow – $2,301
13th: Nick Palma – $2,082
14th: Jonmikel MacNicols – $2,082
15th: Toan Pham – $2,082
16th: Mark Wiser – $1,863
17th: Vitor Coelho – $1,863
18th: Jeremy Becker – $1,863
19th: Mark Manesh – $1,698
20th: Aaron Speer – $1,698
21st: Ken O’Donnell – $1,698
22nd: Drew Dodge – $1,589
23rd: Chase Kalivan – $1,589
24th: Michael Rashid Jr – $1,589
25th: Olamide Otti – $1,479
26th: Harry Bindo – $1,479
27th: Scott Maxwell – $1,479
* – denotes results of heads-up deal

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 479

Day 2 of the Winter Poker Open Main Event has come to an end after going from 71 returning players to the final table nine.

Manny Minaya was a short stack for most of the evening but went on a huge heater to put himself at the top of the counts. The other eight players have tons of talent as well and there are no soft spots around the table.

They will return on Monday at noon with 13:35 remaining in Level 24 and the average stack is 1,600,000 (51 bb).

Seat 1: Nick Mann – 1,750,000 (58 bb)
Seat 2: TK Miles – 1,640,000 (55 bb)
Seat 3: Mark Scacewater – 1,015,000 (34 bb)
Seat 4: Duff Charette – 1,175,000 (39 bb)
Seat 5: David Moser – 2,270,000 (76 bb)
Seat 6: Terri-Anne Crawford – 930,000 (31 bb)
Seat 7: Austin Buchanan – 380,000 (13 bb)
Seat 8: Justin Zaki – 2,165,000 (72 bb)
Seat 9: Manny Minaya – 3,075,000 (103 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $149,595 + Guitar Trophy
2nd: $104,750
3rd: $67,345
4th: $44,367
5th: $34,165
6th: $28,295
7th: $23,711
8th: $19,320
9th: $14,959

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 479

Shortly after Peter Vitantonio was sent out, Ken Fishman open-shoved for 475,000 from middle position and Manny Minaya called on the button.

Minaya:
Fishman:

Fishman was in a lot of trouble but found no help as the dealer spread the run out ended his tournament.

Tournament staff paused the clock and the Main Event final table nine are set to return tomorrow at noon to play it out.

Chip counts and seat assignments to come shortly.

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 479

Manny Minaya opened to 70,000 from the button and Peter Vitantonio shipped for 830,000 from the small blind. David Moses folded the big and Minaya called.

Minaya:
Vitantonio:

The flop came and they both hit a piece. Vitantonio’s set of sevens was still best but Minaya added a flush draw on the turn.

“Heart!” Minaya requested.

The river was .

“There it is!” Minaya exclaimed as his flush sent Vinantonio out in 11th place.

Manny Minaya – 2,200,000 (73 bb)
Peter Vitantonio – Eliminated in 11th Place ($12,516)

While that was going on, TK Miles picked up a huge double. He was heads up with Duff Charette to a flop. Charette checked from the big blind, Miles bet 75,000 and Charette. The turn was , Charette checked again, and Miles moved all in for 620,000. Charette thought for a moment and called.

Miles:
Charette:

Charette was ahead to set the final table but Miles spiked the on the river. The club flush sent the huge pot to Miles.

TK Miles – 1,450,000 (48 bb)
Duff Charette – 825,000 (28 bb)

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 479

Action folded to Michael Cohen in the cutoff and he open-shipped for 330,000. Mark Scacewater (button) and Nick Mann (small blind) folded before big blind TK Miles asked for a count. He thought for a minute and called with a bigger stack.

Miles:
Cohen:

Miles was ahead, Cohen needed help, and he picked up a flush draw on the flop. The turn was no help to Cohen and he was out in 13th place after the river.

TK Miles – 825,000 (28 bb)
Michael Cohen – Eliminated in 13th Place ($10,598)

While Cohen was being knocked out on Table 21, John Dolan was unable to bounce back his short stack and busted in 12 place.

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 479

John Dolan opened to 60,000 from the cutoff and Manny Minaya three-bet to 170,000 from the big blind. After checking how much Minaya had behind, Dolan announced all in and Minaya called at risk for 710,000 total.

Minaya:
Dolan:

Minaya was way out in front before Dolan picked up a flush draw on the flop. The turn gave Minaya a set of kings but more outs to a straight for Dolan. The river was a blank for Dolan and Minaya doubled up big.

Manny Minaya – 1,440,000 (48 bb)
John Dolan – 175,000 (6 bb)

$480 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  56 of 264

2019 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 7
$480 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 264
Prize Pool: $109,560
December 15, 2019

1st: $25,196 + Guitar Trophy
2nd: $15,393
3rd: $9,860
4th: $6,793
5th: $5,368
6th: $4,273
7th: $3,615
8th: $3,177
9th: $2,849
10th-12th: $2,301
13th-15th: $2,082
16th-18th: $1,863
19th-21st: $1,698
22nd-24th: $1,589
25th-27th: $1,479

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 479

Another break rolled around and the 13 remaining players grabbed another quick breather. Blinds are now 20,000/30,000 with a 30,000 big blind ante and the average stack is 1,105,000 (37 bb).

They will continue playing this evening until only nine players remain.

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 479

Austin Buchanan opened from the cutoff and David Moses shipped from the small blind for 715,000. That has been his move the last few orbits, this time Buchanan looked him up.

Moses:
Buchanan:

Another race and both hit the though Moses’ set of sixes was well ahead of Buchanan’s paired queen. The turn and river finished the board to give Moses a huge double.

David Moses – 1,470,000 (59 bb)
Austin Buchanan – 325,000 (13 bb)

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 479

Antonious Nashaat took a shot to double back into the game after he sent some chips to Michael Cohen. He was all in for 340,000 and Peter Vitantonio had him at risk.

Vitantonio:
Nashaat:

Nashaat needed his small pair to hold but Vitantonio took the lead on the flop. Neither the turn nor the river could save Nashaat’s tournament.

Peter Vitantonio – 1,050,000 (42 bb)
Antonious Nashaat – Eliminated in 14th Place ($10,598)