2025 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 4
$700 DeepStack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  216
Prize Pool:  $131,760
January 27-29, 2025

Event 4 was the perfect warmup for the WPO Championship, the $700 DeepStack Challenge drew 216 entries to crush the $50,000 guarantee. After a tough final table battle, Ken O’Donnell earned his third career Tampa title with an outright win for $30,190.

The final three in the tournament featured WSOP bracelets and Circuit rings and two-time Tampa Main Event champ TK Miles. A great setup for our headlining tournament and congrats to Ken for taking home another trophy.

2025 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 7
$400 Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  60
Prize Pool:  $20,100
January 29, 2025

WPO Event 7 was a $400 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament that drew 60 fans of the game. After a long battle, Josh Nicholson took the title outright for $6,580.

This is his second major Tampa title, adding this trophy to the one he earned during the 2023 Tampa Poker Classic.

Congrats Josh!

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1A – $1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)

• $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels last 40 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

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

6PM: $200 Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into $1,700 WPO Championship
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (8:15pm)
• Winners will be entered into Flight B of the Championship
• Structure Sheet

$700 DeepStack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante

In a heads-up battle of Tampa heavyweights, three-time trophy winner Ken O’Donnell defeated second all-time money earner TK Miles for the $700 DeepStack Challenge trophy.

1st: Ken O’Donnell – $30,190 + WPO Trophy
2nd: TK Miles – $20,040

$700 DeepStack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 216

$700 DeepStack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 216

$700 DeepStack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 216

$700 DeepStack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 216

$700 DeepStack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 216

Seat 2: TK Miles – 1,775,000 (59 bb)
Seat 4: Mikhail Chykiliov – 480,000 (16 bb)
Seat 6: Ken O’Donnell – 1,250,000 (42 bb)
Seat 7: Michael Hunsucker – 850,000 (28 bb)
Seat 8: Eric Tarikas – 1,360,000 (45 bb)
Seat 9: David Moses – 765,000 (26 bb)

1st: $30,190 + WPO Trophy
2nd: $20,040
3rd: $14,590
4th: $10,750
5th: $8,030
6th: $6,080

7th: Marsha Wolak – $4,660
8th: Drew Dodge – $3,620
9th: Salvador Ramos – $2,850
10th: Charles Kahrs – $2,850
11th: Riley Price – $2,360
12th: Nicholas Giovine – $2,360
13th: Troy Bercot – $2,000
14th: Matthew Myers – $2,000
15th: Justin Fawcett – $1,740
16th: Evlys Gutierrez – $1,740
17th: Allan Hedin – $1,550
18th: James Leonard – $1,550
19th: Jason Spry – $1,550
20th: Hugo Louis Ouazana Abihssira – $1,550
21st: Tarun Gulati – $1,420
22nd: Mike Ahmad – $1,420
23rd: Julio Delgado – $1,420
24th: Jennifer Frankenstein – $1,420
25th: Clyde Maliauka – $1,340
26th: Christopher Barthel – $1,340
27th: Dorian Rios Pavon – $1,340

$700 DeepStack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 216