$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 1,397

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 1,397

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 1,397

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 1,397

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 1,397

Table 11
Seat 1: Dana Gelling – 1,075,000 (14 bb)
Seat 2: Jeff Cloud – 1,025,000 (14 bb)
Seat 3: Steve Pellingra – 3,000,000 (40 bb)
Seat 5: John Dolan – 5,100,000 (68 bb)
Seat 6: Don Manns – 3,375,000 (45 bb)
Seat 8: Pratik Shah – 2,625,000 (35 bb)

Table 21
Seat 1: Sarah Ortego – 600,000 (8 bb)
Seat 3: Tarun Gulati – 2,725,000 (36 bb)
Seat 4: Jerome Leonardo – 1,500,000 (20 bb)
Seat 5: Michael Isasi – 5,575,000 (74 bb)
Seat 6: Toan Pham – 725,000 (10 bb)
Seat 8: Tray Johns – 1,200,000 (16 bb)

Table 22
Seat 2: Shane Melert – 4,225,000 (56 bb)
Seat 3: Ralph Kourban – 1,325,000 (18 bb)
Seat 4: Randy Campbell – 4,225,000 (56 bb)
Seat 5: Michael Silva – 2,200,000 (29 bb)
Seat 6: Ron Surenkamp – 1,350,000 (18 bb)

18th: Eric Klatt – $3,150
19th: James Calderaro – $3,150
20th: Ye Yao – $3,150
21st: Lucas Tae – $2,610
22nd: Harry Johnson IV – $2,610
23rd: John W Redden Jr – $2,610
24th: Christopher Barthel – $2,610

Remaining payouts:

1st: $74,260 + WPO Trophy
2nd: $49,440
3rd: $36,610
4th: $27,370
5th: $20,670
6th: $15,760
7th: $12,140
8th: $9,440
9th-10th: $7,420
11th-12th: $5,900
13th-14th: $4,730
15th-16th: $3,840
17th: $3,150

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 1,397

WPO Event 1 is zooming right along and dropped to 24 players to trigger the three-table redraw. We will pull a full seating map with chips while they are on dinner break.

25th: Jose Hernandez-Almea – $2,180
26th: Manny Minaya – $2,180
27th: Mansoor Kader – $2,180
28th: Justin McNeil – $2,180
29th: Ruben Fernandez – $2,180
30th: Ronnie Dowdy II – $2,180
31st: Shannon Steck – $2,180

2025 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 2
$200 Bankroll Builder NLH (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  246
Prize Pool:  $39,360
January 26, 2025

Registration closed for the $200 Bankroll Builder with a huge 246-entry turnout, good enough to nearly double the $20,000 guarantee. They created a prize pool worth $39,360 and the last 31 spots will be paid, $360 for a min-cash and $8,740 to the top bankroll buider.

1st: $8,740 + WPO Trophy
2nd: $5,790
3rd: $4,210
4th: $3,100
5th: $2,320
6th: $1,760
7th: $1,350
8th: $1,050
9th-10th: $830
11th-12th: $690
13th-14th: $580
15th-16th: $500
17th-20th: $440
21st-24th: $390
25th-31st: $360

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 1,397

They are showing no signs of slowing down and Event 1 is down to the last four tables of the tournament.

33rd: Kajaun Hutchinson – $1,850
34th: Jack Vanderschuur – $1,850
35th: Anthony Bertuccio – $1,850
36th: Rafael Diaz – $1,850
37th: Armando Figueroa – $1,850
38th: Clyde Maliauka – $1,850
39th: Rohan Singh – $1,850
40th: Aaron Thivyanathan – $1,850

41st: Terri-Anne Crawford – $1,590
42nd: Jerry Brown – $1,590
43rd: Christopher Gaskin – $1,590
44th: Ashley Spring – $1,590
45th: Michael Mercer – $1,590
46th: Tony March – $1,590
47th: Robert Wuestner – $1,590
48th: Joshua Nicholson – $1,590

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 1,397

Another break has come and gone and we have a new leader in the room. John Dolan ran hot and now owns the biggest stack with 2,880,000 followed by Lucas Tae with 2,300,000 and Ye Yao with 2,125,000.

They will play three more levels before enjoying their dinner break.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 1,397

Two more quick tables were broken down and the field dropped to six tables left in Event 1. Everyone is now guaranteed at least $1,590 and the pay jumps are hitting quick.

49th: Carlos Lopera Castrillon – $1,370
50th: Jon Godwin – $1,370
51st: Lana Nester – $1,370
52nd: Adam Weingard – $1,370
53rd: Ryan Howard – $1,370
54th: Camillo De Campos Baggiani – $1,370
55th: Jim Bozzuto – $1,370
56th: Itzak Shulmaister – $1,370

57th: Ricardo Alves – $1,200
58th: Mark Becker – $1,200
59th: Mik Xavage – $1,200
60th: Brian Johnson – $1,200
61st: Nico Saladino – $1,200
62nd: Steven Bagby – $1,200
63rd: Joseph Piambino – $1,200
64th: Yousef Nassr – $1,200