$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.
$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.
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Event 3 Day 1B – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
2PM: Event 5 – $300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
$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
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | City | ST | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MT | Tawfik | Tampa | FL | 477,000 |
| 2 | Randy | Raji | Clearwater Beach | FL | 350,000 |
| 3 | Salvador | Maldonado | South Bend | IN | 326,000 |
| 4 | Anatoly | Zharnitsky | North York | ON | 311,000 |
| 5 | Dmitriy | Konikov | Orlando | FL | 269,000 |
| 6 | Steven | Collins | Tallahassee | FL | 216,000 |
| 7 | Troy | Bercot | Bradenton | FL | 212,000 |
| 8 | Khanh | Truong | Tampa | FL | 210,000 |
| 9 | Rodney | Turvin | Cairo | GA | 195,000 |
| 10 | Jerald | Williamson | Cloverdale | IN | 178,000 |
| 11 | Hai | Ly | St Petersburg | FL | 163,000 |
| 12 | Pearce | Arnold | Baltimore | MD | 156,000 |
| 13 | Robert | Compton | Decatur | GA | 136,000 |
| 14 | Wilmer | Chavira | Apopka | FL | 121,000 |
| 15 | Tarun | Gulati | Glastonbury | CT | 120,000 |
| 16 | Daniel | Sudhop | Venice | FL | 107,000 |
| 17 | Michael | Oliveros | Tampa | FL | 77,000 |
| 18 | Robert | Laseter | Palm Harbor | FL | 56,000 |
| 19 | David | Roy | Brooksville | FL | 41,000 |
$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
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: 
Small Blind: 
It was a fair race and Raji needed his tens to hold to burst the bubble. There were two face cards on the 
but neither paired the small blind player. The 
turn and 
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.
$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: 20 of 187
It was a race between the bubble and one more break. The break won.
There were 21 players remaining as Level 14 was closing to leave them only one elimination away from hand-for-hand on the money bubble. Tournament staff sent them on break, colored off the purple chips, and they returned to start Level 15.
Two and a half minutes into the fresh levels and they lost one. Tournament staff paused the clock and will take two minutes off for each hand until one more player is eliminated. Once that is done, the remaining 19 players will bag their chips for Day 2 in the money.
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
Our players continue to support the non-hold’em game and today’s $300 Omaha 8/Stud 8 drew a great 71 entries for the split-pot mixed game. The combined to create a prize pool worth $17,750 and the last eight spots will earn some money with $650 for a min-cash and $6,160 up top for the winner.
1st: $6,160 + WPO trophy
2nd: $3,820
3rd: $2,490
4th: $1,710
5th: $1,230
6th: $940
7th: $750
8th: $650
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries: 187
Registration closed on Flight A of WPO Event 3 and we had another great turnout to get the series rolling. We had 187 entries take part in the first flight of the $400 buy-in tournament to put it on cruise control to the $100,000 guarantee.
Flight A will continue into the evening until only 19 players remain. Those players will bag up their chips and return on Sunday at noon in the money.
| Day/Time | Flight | Entries | Advanced |
| Thur at 11am | A | 187 | TBD |
| Fri at 11am | B | — | — |
| Sat at 11am | C | — | — |
| Total | 187 | TBD |
$300 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 100/200 Limits
Another day and another non-hold’em game on the Winter Poker Open schedule. Event 4 is a $300 buy-in tournament at 2 pm that will rotate games between Limit Omaha 8 and Stud 8.
Players start with 10,000 stack and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration is open until the start of Level 9 at 6:45 pm following the dinner and they may re-enter as often as needed.
Cards fly at the start of the hour and we expect another talented field.
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100 with a 100 ante
The second day on the Winter Poker Open schedule brings the first multi-day tournament and it has a great structure with big money up for grabs. Event 3 is a $400 No Limit Hold’em game with three starting flights and a nice $100,000 guarantee. The first flight starts today at 11 am with the second on Friday and the last on Saturday.
Players start with huge 20,000 stacks and the first 14 levels last 30 minutes, going up to 40 minutes from Level 15 forward. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm.
Flight A will continue into the evening and will come to an end when 10% of the field remains. Those players will have a seat on Day 2 this Sunday already in the money.