$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:  56 of 271

Level 12 came to an end and tournament staff sent the players on a 15-minute break while they color off the black chips. They will return to play two more levels before the purple chip color up and they’ll be close to the money.

$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

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.

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 6:  500/1,000 Limits
Entries:  72

With two WPO tournaments running right now, some are playing five games (H.O.R.S.E.) and some only one game (NLH) but one is playing six.

2020 WSOP Global Champion AJ Kelsall is taking advantage of both tournaments in close proximity and he has chips in both games. He is switching seats depending on the timing of hands and trying to the unique double cash.

$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.

Chip counts through Flight A

$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

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.

$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.

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 2:  150/300 Limits
Entries:  45

The H.O.R.S.E. tournament is off to a great start with 45 entries after 30 minutes of action and plenty of time to build it bigger. A great day to be a mixed game player.

Some familiar faces include Wally Maddah, Alan Thomas, six-time WSOP Circuit champ John Holley, and veteran poker dealer Raymond “Ray J” Jenny.

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/200 Limits

A lot of our locals were pointing to this day early on the Winter Poker Open schedule. That’s because today has the return of the popular H.O.R.S.E. tournament after some time away from the mix. The game is popular because of the overall talent needed to win and the fun rotation of Limit Hold’em, Limit Omaha 8, Razz, Seven-Card Stud, and Seven-Card Stud 8.

Players start with 10K stacks and all levels last 30 minutes long. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 6:45 pm following a 30-minute dinner break. The one-day tournament will continue to play down to the final table and eventual H.O.R.S.E. champion.

• 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 Tampa Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 4
$300 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries: 71
Prize Pool:  $17,750
December 2, 2021

The second day of the Winter Poker Open awarded the third trophy of the series and it was in the specialty game of Omaha 8/Stud 8. We had another great turnout with 71 entries playing the game and Jonathan Miller took the top spot after a heads-up deal saw him earn $5,295 along with the trophy.

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

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 and Hogan called with . The board ran out to give Hogan flopped top pair and a rivered overkill spade flush to send Manouchakian back to the registration desk.

Finally getting to head over to @SHRTPoker for WPO. Looking forward to battling today.

— RJ Hogan (@gogetemtigers) December 3, 2021