Tag Archives: 2021 WPO

Event 3 Day 1B: Ivan Yatsuk Making a Run

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  62 of 271

Ivan Yatsuk

Flight B is down to eight tables which means we are starting to see some big stack emerge, none bigger than Ivan Yatsuk at the moment.

He is up to 320,000 in the middle of the day and well above the rest of the field. But there’s still plenty of work and he could be caught since only 28 of these players will advance to Day 2.

Event 3 Day 1B: Registration Closed with 271 Entries

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  112 of 271

Tournament staff finished counting the numbers and Flight B officially drew 271 entries to put the combined total at 458. They pushed past the $100,000 this afternoon and the prize pool sits at $153,430 with one big flight to go tomorrow.

Flight B will continue to play until 28 players remain to advance to Day 2 on Sunday at noon in the money.

Day/TimeFlightEntriesAdvanced
Thur at 11amA18719
Fri at 11amB271TBD
Sat at 11amC
Total45819

Chip counts through Flight A

Event 3 Day 1B: Dmitrijs Tarbejevs Leads

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  271

Dmitrijs Tarbejevs

Players returned from the second break and we have a new chip leader. Dmitrijs Tarbejevs is now the big stack in the room and the Latvian is up to 163,400 as registration closed. Good enough for 136 big blinds at this level, not too bad.

Don’t feel too sad for former leader Ryan Hogan, he’s still up near the top with 126,000.

Event 3 Day 1B: Last Chance to Register

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  261

Time is running out if you want to join the big Flight B field this afternoon. They are playing out the last few minutes of Level 8 and they will take a break when it is done. Registration will close when they return and they’ve already pushed the prize pool over $150,000.

Event 3 Day 1B: Ryan Hogan Leads Early

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  196

Ryan Hogan

A quick walk through the tables on break found a familiar player with a big stack. Ryan Hogan is back today and already building big. He went on break with 87,100 then added more on the first hand back.

This time it was Karl Manouchakian open-shipped for 4,200 with Ac3c and Hogan called with AsQh. The board ran out Qc8s6s5sJs to give Hogan flopped top pair and a rivered overkill spade flush to send Manouchakian back to the registration desk.

Event 3 Day 1B: Guarantee Gone

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  167

We didn’t expect it to take long to hit the magic number and that was correct. Flight B quickly pushed the prize pool over $100,000 and it’s nearing $120,000 before the first break.

Registration will remain open for Flight B until 3:30 pm with a huge day expected tomorrow for Flight C.

Event 3 Day 1B: First Weekend Ready

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

We are heading into the first weekend of the Winter Poker Open and there are going to be some big numbers today. Event 3 is a $400 buy-in tournament with a $100,000 guarantee and Flight A put more than $60,000 towards that goal yesterday. Only 112 entries are needed to beat the guarantee and it will get here early this afternoon (if not before noon).

Players start with 20,000 stacks and the first 14 levels will last 30 minutes, going up to 40 minutes starting with Level 15. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm. Flight B will to continue to play until only 10% of the field remains and those players will advance to Day 2 on Sunday in the money.

Cards fly at 11 am and we will pick up the action at the first break.

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-14 last 30 minutes; Levels 15+ last 40 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when 10% of field remains
  • Event 3 Structure Sheet

WPO Day 3 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 3 Day 1B – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-14 last 30 minutes; Levels 15+ last 40 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when 10% of field remains
  • Event 3 Structure Sheet

2PM: Event 5 – $300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes each
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (6:45pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
  • Event 5 Structure Sheet

2021 Winter Poker Open Schedule

Event 3: Chip Counts Through Flight A

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 187

Flight A: 187 entries; 19 advanced
Flight B: Friday at 11 am
Flight C: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at noon

RankFirst NameLast NameCitySTChip Count
1MTTawfikTampaFL477,000
2RandyRajiClearwater BeachFL350,000
3SalvadorMaldonadoSouth BendIN326,000
4AnatolyZharnitskyNorth YorkON311,000
5DmitriyKonikovOrlandoFL269,000
6StevenCollinsTallahasseeFL216,000
7TroyBercotBradentonFL212,000
8KhanhTruongTampaFL210,000
9RodneyTurvinCairoGA195,000
10JeraldWilliamsonCloverdaleIN178,000
11HaiLySt PetersburgFL163,000
12PearceArnoldBaltimoreMD156,000
13RobertComptonDecaturGA136,000
14WilmerChaviraApopkaFL121,000
15TarunGulatiGlastonburyCT120,000
16DanielSudhopVeniceFL107,000
17MichaelOliverosTampaFL77,000
18RobertLaseterPalm HarborFL56,000
19DavidRoyBrooksvilleFL41,000

Event 3 Day 1A: Randy Raji Bursts the Bubble; MT Tawfik Bags Lead

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  19 of 187

Randy Raji

They got to the money bubble in no time but in no hurry to go anywhere what they go there. It took seven hands before we had an all in that was called, not counting one with big slick versus big slick to chop.

The final hand saw Randy Raji open the action and the small blind player shipped all in for 108,000. Raji called and they were off to the races.

Raji: ThTc
Small Blind: AcQc

It was a fair race and Raji needed his tens to hold to burst the bubble. There were two face cards on the KhJc7s but neither paired the small blind player. The 9h turn and 8h river finished the board to send the short stack player out while putting the rest in the money.

MT Tawfik finished the day with the chip lead, his 477,000 topping the 350,000 of Raji.

Players are bagging their chips and we will post the chip counts when they are available.

MT Tawfik