$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1C Entries:  450

They keep coming in and tournament staff keeps finding seats. The entry count is up to an incredible 450 for the Saturday flight and they combined to turn the $100,000 guarantee into a prize pool over $300,000.

The only thing that will slow them down is when registration ends at 3:30 pm.

2021 Tampa Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 5
$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Entries: 88
Prize Pool:  $22,000
December 3, 2021

The Winter Poker Open H.O.R.S.E. tournament had a fantastic turnout with 88 entries packing one side of the Poker Room. The last nine spots were paid and Sam Sternfield took the top prize of $7,390 after an outright win at the final table.

Sternfield is a familiar face in our sister Poker Room in Hollywood but made the cross-state trek for some mixed games. This was his second great result in a Tampa H.O.R.S.E. tournament after a runner-up finish in our WPT Tampa version in June.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1C Entries:  363

Flight C is back from its first break and they are putting up a huge number this afternoon. With 363 entries already, the Event 3 prize pool is over $275,000 and on its way to $300K with a little work.

They’ll play four more levels before locking down registration at 3:30 pm.

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

Event 3 was the first multi-flight tournament of the series and it has produced some big numbers so far and today should put on a show. The first two flights drew a combined 458 entries to push the $100,000 guarantee up to a prize pool over $150,000.

And we still have a big crowd to deal with today.

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

Cards go on the air 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

Chip counts through Flight B

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 3 Day 1C – $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

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 15:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  46 of 458

Flight A: 187 Entries; 19 Advanced
Flight B: 271 Entries; 27 Advanced
Flight C: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at noon

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  27 of 271

Flight B went a little longer than Flight A and they made it into Level 16 before the money bubble burst. And when it did, it was not boring.

On Table 21, the cutoff player jammed with his short stack and the button called. Lawrence Cowsar in the small blind reshipped from the small blind for 166,000. The big blind player decided to come along for the ride and the button folded for a three-way all in.

Cowsar:
Small Blind:
Cutoff:

A huge blind v blind spot with Cowsar having both players covered. The board ran out and Cowsar sent two players out on the bubble.

But wait, there’s more. Chris Perry was also all in on Table 11 facing elimination with against . It was a race to start but Perry found a favorite flop to make quads and lock up a bubble double in a hurry.

Ivan Yatsuk bagged the overall lead with 563,000 followed by Savahn Steadman with 508,000 and Antoinette Fiorezna’s 445,000. Flight A’s bubble Jim Collins had a strong bounceback and finished with 415,000.

We will post the entire list of chip counts as soon as they are available.

2021 Tampa Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 5
$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Entries: 88
Prize Pool:  $22,000
December 3, 2021

Event 5 drew a great 88-entry crowd for the $300 H.O.R.S.E. tournament to create a prize pool worth $22,000. The last nine players will make the money with $700 for a min-cash and $7,390 to the H.O.R.S.E. champion.

1st: $7,390 + WPO trophy
2nd: $4,560
3rd: $2,990
4th: $2,060
5th: $1,490
6th: $1,130
7th: $910
8th: $770
9th: $700

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 9:  1,000/2,000 Limits
Entries:  88

Registration close for Event 5 with 88 entries creating one of our biggest H.O.R.S.E. fields ever. A great response to the return of the game and making a statement that players will come out for the non-hold’em variations.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  46 of 271

Players returned to their seats ready to grind out the last few levels and earn themselves a seat for Day 2. Ivan Yatsuk continues to lead the field with his 382,000 holding a big gap on the rest of the field.

Jaime Acquafredda sits behind him in second place with 274,500 and both are in great shape for a deep run.