2026 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 1
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  1,209
Prize Pool:  $398,970
January 21 – 25, 2026

The opening event on the 2026 Winter Poker Open schedule was a $400 No-Limit Hold’em tournament with a $200,000 guarantee. It attracted 1,209 entries to crush the guarantee and create a prize pool worth $398,970 and Mike Valore outlasted the entire field to get the outright win for $65,940.

Congrats Mike!

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $398,970   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 33:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante

1st: Mike Valore – $65,940 + WPO Trophy
2nd: Nathan Seifert – $40,700

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $398,970   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 33:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,209

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $398,970   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 33:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 1,209

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $398,970   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 32:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 1,209

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $398,970   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 32:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,209

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $398,970   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 31:  150,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,209

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $398,970   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 31:  150,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,209

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $398,970   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 31:  150,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 1,209

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $398,970   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  100,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,209

Seat 1: Ben Paul Chelladurai – 7,900,000 (53 bb)
Seat 2: Nathan Seifert – 7,600,000 (51 bb)
Seat 3: Robert Thomas – 3,375,000 (23 bb)
Seat 4: Drew Dodge – 2,700,000 (18 bb)
Seat 5: Mike Valore – 4,900,000 (33 bb)
Seat 6: Thomas Minnich-Weber – 3,100,000 (21 bb)
Seat 7: Vaughn Steeves – 1,800,000 (12 bb)
Seat 8: Brandon Padula – 1,400,000 (9 bb)
Seat 9: John Coleman – 2,800,000 (19 bb)

1st: $65,940 + WPO Trophy
2nd: $40,700
3rd: $30,680
4th: $23,340
5th: $17,930
6th: $13,900
7th: $10,880
8th: $8,600
9th: $6,860

10th: Monty Pace – $5,530
11th: Marsha Wolak – $5,530
12th: Imre Papp – $5,530
13th: Pete Douvlis – $4,500
14th: Lee Tran – $4,500
15th: Stephen Siska – $4,500
16th: Billy McPhillips – $3,700
17th: Chris Nance – $3,700
18th: Manny Minaya – $3,700