$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1C Entries:  200

The Flight C field hit 200 entries in Level 3 and on its way to a big day. They won’t hit a $1,000,000 prize pool before the first break but it won’t take long after.

We ran into two players in the field who are fresh off big runs in Hollywood. Their WPT RRPO Championship drew a record 1,566 entries with Willie Wiggins finished seventh and Jacob Ferro locked up a big runner-up finish.

Both are back today trying to make another deep Main Event run.

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1C Entries:  170

The big day continued into the afternoon hours with 170 entries getting the prize pool closer to $1,000,000.

We have plenty of visitors in town for the Main Event but they will have to get by our locals to get the title. A few of our regulars in the field include Mark Wiser, Jeremy Becker, Manny Minaya, and Brandon Byars going for his fourth final (and second win) of the series.

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1C Entries:  135

We are not even 30 minutes into the day and 135 entries are in the mix with a steady parade of new players. The seats are filling and we are looking at a big crowd this afternoon.

“The House That Tommy Built” – welcome back to Tommy Bates, former Director of Poker Operations for Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa. While in that role, he was instrumental in creating the room players are in right now with 46 tables, plenty of TVs, and the 24-hour lounge area.

Bates is back but this time as a player in the Winter Poker Open Main Event.

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1C Entries:  96

Tournament staff put cards in the air for Flight C of the WPO Main Event with nearly 100 entries in the game at the start. The tournament prize pool will cross over $1,000,000 before too long, a nice end to the series.

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The last flight of the 2021 Tampa Winter Poker Open Main Event is ready to go in the Poker Room with a big milestone on the horizon. The $1,700 buy-in tournament already surpassed its $500,000 guarantee and the prize pool should hit $1,000,000 later this afternoon.

Players start with 30,000 chips out front and all levels last 40 minutes until they reach the final table. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 6:30 pm. Flight C will continue into the evening and come to a stop at the end of Level 14.

Those with chips will join the other 57 players who already advanced to Day 2 on Sunday at noon.

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 40 minutes; final table levels last 60 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (6:30pm)
• Day 1 will end after Level 14
• Main Event Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

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

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 40 minutes; final table levels last 60 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (6:30pm)
• Day 1 will end after Level 14
• Main Event Structure Sheet

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  57 of 412

Flight A:  172 Entries; 25 Advanced
Flight B:  240 Entries; 32 Advanced
Flight C:  Saturday at 11 am
Day 2:  Sunday at noon

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  32 of 240

Tournament staff ended play a little earlier this evening when the field reached 32 players. Day 2 will now return to Level 14 with 29:48 remaining near the money.

Tony Miles stuck around with a nice stack most of the day but spun it up late to bag the biggest with 670,000. That is good enough for the biggest overall coming back for Day 2 followed by Maurice Hawkins with 633,000.

We will post the complete chip counts as soon as they are available.

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  45 of 240

The final break has come and gone and players returned to their seats to run through the last two levels of the night.

No one is running away with the chip lead right now. No one is over 400K with Maurice Hawkins and Juan Carlos Ramirez looking like the two biggest (now seated right next to each other).

Sean Miller isn’t a leader but his 240,000 put him firmly in contention to spin it up. He’s coming off a win in the $1,100 Event 9 so he’s on a heater.

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  53 of 240

Flight B is creeping lower even as the Poker Room fills. Each time we break a table in the Main Event, it is quickly filled in by a cash game or the ongoing Main Event satellite with nearly 100 entries of its own.

Players will make their way through Level 12, take one last break, and return to play two more levels before bagging.