$300 + $100 Black Chip Bounty (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante

Day 2 of the WPO Main Event is rolling along but there’s still some action to be had on the schedule. Today we close out the open portion of the schedule with a $300+$100 Black Chip Bounty tournament that features a $20,000 guarantee.

Players start with 20,000 in chips and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 6:30 pm. They will take a 30-minute dinner break around 8:30 pm and return to play down until we have another WPO champion.

Cards go in the air at 2 pm and we will hit the highlights along the way.

• $20,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes each
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 12 Structure Sheet

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  71 of 772

Action continued to move right along, down to nine tables and 71 players. That means some stacks are building and our starting Day 2 leader Alex Rusinovas improved his standing and sits with 1,200,000. Filipp Khavin is making a move to catch him and his stack is up to 760,000.

The blinds went up to 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante and the average stack is about 326,000 (41 bb).

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  80 of 772

After the bubble burst, there was a quick run to the payout desk as the short stacks tried to make a stand and spin up a stack. We are down to 10 tables with 80 players and everyone remaining is now guaranteed at least $3,100.

81st: Anthony Askey – $2,865
82nd: Hares Yasini – $2,865
83rd: Brett Streicher – $2,865
84th: Elias Nassif – $2,865
85th: Charles Kahrs – $2,865
86th: Lionel Crisco – $2,865
87th: Scott Herrmann – $2,865
88th: Jean Zabin – $2,865

89th: Hans Kasperzetz – $2,680
90th: Bruce Gudin – $2,680
91st: David DiBernardi – $2,680
92nd: Josias Santos – $2,680
93rd: Jack Ranallo – $2,680
94th: Pedro Arcia – $2,680
95th: Dion Jagroo – $2,680
96th: Robert Capote – $2,680
97th: chase Kalivas – $2,680

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  97 of 772

On the fourth hand on the bubble, Aaron Thivyanathan opened the action from the cutoff and Stephen Brite moved all in for 141,000 from the button. The blinds folded, Thivyanathan called, and they waited for action to complete on the other tables.

Thivyanathan:
Brite:

Brite had a great short for the bubble double and the flop seemed safe enough. Thivyanathan paired his queen on the turn which left Brite with nine outs to fade on the river.

The was a bad river for Brite, Thivyanathan made a wheel, and Brite was eliminated on the bubble.

Aaron Thivyanathan – 510,000 (102 bb)
Stephen Brite – Eliminated in 99th Place

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  98 of 772

The Main Event hit 98 players remaining and tournament staff paused the clock to begin play on the money bubble with 97 getting paid. They will play hand-for-hand until one player is eliminated with two minutes coming off the clock for each hand.

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  100 of 772

Edgardo Rosario opened to 14,000 from middle position and Juan Carlos Ramirez called in the cutoff. Tony March shipped all in for 77,000 from the small blind and Rosario moved all in over the top for 170,000. Ramirez thought for several minutes before he called with the bigger stack.

Rosario:
March:
Ramirez:

Rosario got a lot of action for his aces and they held on the run out. March was eliminated short of the bubble, Ramirez dropped down, and Rosario moved himself into contention.

Edgardo Rosario – 427,000 (85 bb)
Juan Carlos Ramirez – 139,000 (28 bb)
Tony March – Eliminated

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  103 of 772

One of the first hands of the day was a crazy one. Robert Noel was all in and at risk against Chris Hyden but in good shape with jacks versus nines.

It got even better for Noel when he flopped a full house, jacks over aces. but Hyden hit a nine on the turn and the case nine on the river for running quads. Noel was an unlucky early elimination and Hyden moved jumped up the counts.

Chris Hyden – 290,000 (58 bb)

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  105 of 772

The clock hit noon and tournament staff put cards back in the air for Day 2 of the Tampa Winter Poker Open Main Event.

Blinds are 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante and the average stack is about 221,000 (44 bb).

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  105 of 772

Three opening flights of the 2021 Tampa Winer Poker Open Main Event drew 772 entries and 105 return today for Day 2. They are trying to earn a piece of the million-dollar prize pool and the first order of business will be bursting the money bubble.

Alek Rusinovas bagged huge in Flight C and returns with the chip lead with Jebhar Patterson, Sebastian De Narvaez, Tony Miles, and Maurice Hawkins rounding out the top five.

They will begin the day with 29:48 remaining in Level 15 and the bubble process will begin when the field hits 98 players.

Cards go in the air at the top of the hour and someone will walk away with more than $213K before the end of the day.

Top 10 returning stacks:

1. Alek Rusinovas – 948,000 (190 bb)
2. Jebhar Patterson – 705,000 (141 bb)
3. Sebastian De Narvaez – 693,000 (139 bb)
4. Tony Miles – 670,000 (134 bb)
5. Maurice Hawkins – 633,000 (127 bb)
6. Robert Michener – 475,000 (95 bb)
7. Brian Arbaugh – 414,000 (83 bb)
8. Ryan Wyant – 393,000 (79 bb)
9. Karl Manouchakian – 382,000 (76 bb)
10. Cody Hernandez – 377,000 (75 bb)

Day 2 Seats | Day 2 Chips | Payouts

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 2 – $1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)

• Main Event Day 2 Chip Counts
• Main Event Day 2 Table and Seat Assignments
• Main Event Payouts

2PM: Event 12 – $300 + $100 Black Chip Bounty (Re-Entry)

• $20,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes each
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 12 Structure Sheet