$700 Deep Stack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 292

$700 Deep Stack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 292

$700 Deep Stack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 292

$700 Deep Stack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 292

The seven remaining players went on another break and returned with a familiar Tampa player at the top of the counts. Fred Paradis worked a short stack earlier in the day but now leads the $700 Deep Stack Challenge followed closely by two-time WSOP bracelet winner Michael Wang.

Seat 1: Teresa Ramsey – 950,000 (32 bb)
Seat 2: Fred Paradis – 2,115,000 (71 bb)
Seat 4: Maroun Akiki – 720,000 (24 bb)
Seat 5: Michael Wang – 2,100,000 (70 bb)
Seat 6: Ross Corless – 1,710,000 (57 bb)
Seat 7: Evan Pantano – 565,000 (19 bb)
Seat 8: Chad Lipton – 600,000 (20 bb)

1st: $37,870 + WPO Trophy
2nd: $25,210
3rd: $18,370
4th: $13,560
5th: $10,150
6th: $7,700
7th: $5,920

$700 Deep Stack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 292

$700 Deep Stack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 292

$700 Deep Stack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 292

The $700 Deep Stack Challenge final table is set with nine players remaining, Ross Corless leading, and $37,870 up top.

Seat 1: Teresa Ramsey – 950,000 (38 bb)
Seat 2: Fred Paradis – 1,300,000 (52 bb)
Seat 3: Alexander Ziskin – 700,000 (28 bb)
Seat 4: Maroun Akiki – 1,300,000 (52 bb)
Seat 5: Michael Wang – 1,085,000 (43 bb)
Seat 6: Ross Corless – 1,875,000 (75 bb)
Seat 7: Evan Pantano – 575,000 (23 bb)
Seat 8: Chad Lipton – 675,000 (27 bb)
Seat 9: Travis Gentile – 325,000 (13 bb)

10th: Joshua Hertz – $3,650
11th: Jason Block – $2,980
12th: Jared Penney – $2,980
13th: Christopher Cochran – $2,480
14th: Marcus Gurley – $2,480
15th: Justin Horne – $2,110
16th: Ray Mancini – $2,110

Remaining payouts:

1st: $37,870 + WPO Trophy
2nd: $25,210
3rd: $18,370
4th: $13,560
5th: $10,150
6th: $7,700
7th: $5,920
8th: $4,620
9th: $3,650

The Winter Poker Open Championship gets underway tomorrow with a $1,700 buy-in and healthy $300,000 guaranteed prize pool. The tournament features three starting flights, one each on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 11 am.

This will be a great, fun way to wrap up the series, and we expect a lot of new and old friends in the crowd throughout the weekend.

• $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Day 1 and 2 levels last 40 minutes; Day 3 levels last 60 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (5:45pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Championship Structure Sheet

$700 Deep Stack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 292

Two minutes before the next break, Nicholas Costa was eliminated in 17th place to drop the field to the last two tables. Here’s a look at the lineups and chip counts as we get deeper into the tournament.

Rod Corless is the new leader with Evan Pantano not far behind (and one 5K short of a million).

Table 21
Seat 1: Jared Penney – 455,000 (30 bb)
Seat 2: Evan Pantano – 995,000 (66 bb)
Seat 3: Maroun Akiki – 275,000 (18 bb)
Seat 4: Alexander Ziskin – 675,000 (45 bb)
Seat 5: Ross Corless – 1,175,000 (78 bb)
Seat 6: Joshua Hertz – 380,000 (25 bb)
Seat 7: Jason Block – 655,000 (44 bb)
Seat 8: Travis Gentile – 470,000 (31 bb)

Table 22
Seat 1: Ray Mancini – 360,000 (24 bb)
Seat 2: Justin Horne – 230,000 (15 bb)
Seat 3: Chad Lipton – 540,000 (36 bb)
Seat 4: Christopher Cochran – 405,000 (27 bb)
Seat 5: Fred Paradis – 700,000 (47 bb)
Seat 6: Marcus Gurley – 260,000 (17 bb)
Seat 7: Teresa Ramsey – 440,000 (29 bb)
Seat 8: Michael Wang – 740,000 (49 bb)

17th: Nicholas Costa – $1,830
18th: Edwin Vasconcelos – $1,830
19th: Ryan Luppino – $1,830
20th: Hristos Tsironis – $1,830

Remaining payouts:

1st: $37,870 + WPO Trophy
2nd: $25,210
3rd: $18,370
4th: $13,560
5th: $10,150
6th: $7,700
7th: $5,920
8th: $4,620
9th-10th: $3,650
11th-12th: $2,980
13th-14th: $2,480
15th-16th: $2,110

2024 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 6
$400 Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  103
Prize Pool:  $34,505
January 31, 2024

Registration closed for the $400 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament with 103 entries creating a prize pool worth $34,505. The last 13 players will make the money with $850 for a min-cash and $9,665 to the Event 6 champ.

1st: $9,665 + WPO Trophy
2nd: $6,450
3rd: $4,380
4th: $3,080
5th: $2,250
6th: $1,710
7th: $1,360
8th: $1,120
9th-10th: $970
11th-13th: $850