2015 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa
Event #10
$125 Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em
Total Entries: 60
Prize Pool: $4,500
December 14, 2015

Tampa, FL (December 14, 2015) — Monday evening was a good time to throw a bounty tournament in the poker room. Event 10 on the 2015 Winter Poker Open schedule was a $125 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament with $75 going in the standard prize pool and $25 going to a bounty on each player’s head.

After six hours of action, it was Rhode Island transplant Mike Sinicola standing alone as the last player in the tournament, earning $1,708 for his efforts along with the Winter Poker Open title.

The tournament quickly played down thanks to the bounties pushing the action faster. The tournament drew 60 entrants with half of them gone by the time registration closed. Event 10 was down to two tables shortly after the prize pool was announced and they formed the final four hours after kick off.

Sinicola came to the final table with the chip lead and never let it go. Even then, there was still some work to do. Ten players remained with six getting paid. We quickly lost Forrest Jahn, Jody Cvek, and David Kolaskey before Sinicola knocked out Joe Squires on the money bubble.

Agnes Barton was in the money and at a final table for the second straight evening but she couldn’t ride her short stack further than sixth place. Philip Sheffield and Scott “Twitch” Anderson followed soon after to set up a long three-way battle.

Despite the quick levels, Stephan Bourges and Daniel Ramirez battled against Sinicola but neither was able to overcome his huge lead. Ramirez lost out to an open-ended straight draw getting home and Bourges ran into a big hand to end the game.

Sinicola is a proud member of the small state of Rhode Island, even if he’s been down here for a while. “I lived down here for 11 years,” Sinicola laughed, “But you still have to represent.”

This was his first career victory and he picked up 13 bounties ($325) to go along with his $1,708 first place money.

Event 10 Results:

1st: Mike Sinicola – $1,708
2nd: Stephan Bourges – $1,049
3rd: Daniel Ramirez – $680
4th: Scott Anderson – $468
5th: Philip Sheffield – $338
6th: Agnes Barton – $257

$125 Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

Seat 1: Stephan Bourges – 69,000 (4 bb)
Seat 2: Mike Sinicola – 460,000 (29 bb)
Seat 3: Daniel Ramirez – 362,000 (23 bb)

After Scott Anderson was sent out in 4th place, the three remaining players settled it for a long battle. Stephan Bourges and Daniel Ramirez took turns doubling off each other and Bourges went on break with only four big blinds.

Bourges caught a double shortly after the return before the two big stacks went to battle.

Ramirez opened to 42,000 and Mike Sinicola called in the big blind to see the flop. Sinicola followed that up with a check/raise shove after Ramirez bet out 60,000. It took a few moments to work out but Ramirez shrug/called with for middle pair against Sinicola’s open-ended straight draw .

The turn left Ramirez with seven outs to dodge for the big double up but the river was one of the bad cards. A tough way to go from second position to out and Ramirez had to settle for third place money.

$125 Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante

$125 Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante

It was a battle of the blinds that sent Philip Sheffield on his way. Mike Sinicola opened in the small blind for enough to put Sheffield all-in and he called with .

He needed to catch to stay alive against but found no love as it ran to get Event 10 down to four-handed action.

$125 Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000/500 Ante

Agnes Barton was down to just 16,000 hitting the money and moved all-in shortly afterwards and picked up two callers in Daniel Ramirez and Stephan Bourges. They checked down the board and Ramirez’ was better than Bourges’ .

Barton finished her second table in as many days when her was no good.

$125 Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000/500 Ante

Since the final table wasn’t in the money, here’s how they got there:

Mike Sinocola and Forrest Jahn got it all-in with a race, Jahn at risk with against but he moved ahead on the flop. His fate changed on the unfortunate turn to send him out in 10th place.

Next up it was Agnes Barton moving all-in from UTG+1 and Jody Cvek moved in as well. Everyone else let their hand go and it was Cvek at risk with the smallest stack. His was good against on the flop but the turn was unkind. Cvek couldn’t catch the river and he was gone in 9th.

David Kolaskey’s exit happened when he ran into a monster. It was four-ways to the flop and everyone checked. Kolaskey got all his chips in the middle with top pair but was demolished by Stephan Bourges’ quad-friendly to put Event 10 on the money bubble.

They hit the money after Mike Sinicola opened to 24,000 and Joe Squires moved all-in over the top. Sinicola called with to put Squires at risk with . It was a dry board to send Squires out on the money bubble.

$125 Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000/500 Ante

The final table for Event 10 is set and ready to go. There are ten players remaining but they still have some work to do with only six getting paid.

Final Table
Seat 1: Stephan Bourges – 129,400 (32 bb)
Seat 2: Mike Sinicola – 200,000 (50 bb)
Seat 3: Jody Cvek – 28,900 (7 bb)
Seat 4: Joe Squires – 96,000 (24 bb)
Seat 5: Philip Sheffield – 87,000 (22 bb)
Seat 6: David Kolaskey – 74,300 (19 bb)
Seat 7: Scott “Twitch” Anderson – 20,500 (5 bb)
Seat 8: Agnes Barton – 27,200 (7 bb)
Seat 9: Forrest Jahn – 62,000 (16 bb)
Seat 10: Daniel Ramirez – 150,000 (38 bb)

1st: $1,708
2nd: $1,049
3rd: $680
4th: $468
5th: $338
6th: $257

$125 Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 1,000/2,000/300 Ante

Event 10 has quickly played down to the last two tables in the tournament with 19 remaining. The prize pool information was released and the 60 entrants put $4,500 into the standard payouts plus another $1,500 in bounties.

We’ll be paying out the last six players in Event 10 with the winner getting $1,708.

1st: $1,708
2nd: $1,049
3rd: $680
4th: $468
5th: $338
6th: $257

$125 Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 600/1,200/200 Ante

Event 10 is into the last level to register and we have 60 in the game so far. The action has been flying right along and we have half of that number still in the game.

Daniel Ramirez just did his part in a four-way all-in pot with his catching the river on the board against and and Brandon Byar’s .

They’ll go on a break after this level and registration will close when they return.

$125 Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 300/600/75 Ante

It’s a fine time for some evening poker and we have enough entrants in Level 5 to meet the guarantee with more than an hour left to register.

The bounties have kicked things up a little and several players have been knocked out only to jump back in. Jeremy Costa is in action also and looking for a second trip to the payout desk today. He was eliminated in Event 9 on the hand immediately after the money bubble and he parlayed that cash into an Event 10 entry.