$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/2,000 Ante
The flop was out in a three-handed pot and it read 
. Ron West checked. David Lappano was in late position and bet 65,000. Shawn Barnett jammed the button for an unknown amount and West folded. Lappano called and flipped over 
. He was comfortably ahead of the 
of Barnett. Barnett was at risk.
The turn came the 
and the river the 
. Barnett busted 14th earning $6,795.
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/2,000 Ante
Shortly after doubling through Alex Ivan, Paul Stanechewski open jammed for about 370,000. John-Christian Templeton called, the remaining players in the hand folded and Stanechewski was at risk.
Templeton: 
Stanechewski: 
The board fell 
and Templeton’s kings held. Stanechewski busted 15th earning $6,795.
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Jonathan Lagace-Bastien opened the action for 35,000 from early position. It folded all the way around to John Holley on the button and he jammed for about 140,000. The blinds folded, Lagace-Bastien called and Holley was at risk.
Lagace-Bastien: 
Holley: 
Holley started to gather his things when the flop fell 
. The 
on the turn and the 
on the river sealed his fate 16th sending him home with a prize of $5,368.
Holley finished runner up in this very same event last year earning $73,508. His success at the Seminole Hard Rock continued into 2015 as he followed up cashes in Event 5 (14th) and Event 9 (17th) with this deep run in the Championship.
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Here is the current lineup for the last two tables of the Championship with approximate chip counts.
Table 1
Seat 1: John Holley – 225,000 (19 bb)
Seat 2: Robert Melo – 126,000 (11 bb)
Seat 3: Michael Raimon – 240,000 (20 bb)
Seat 4: Steve Cohen – 905,000 (75 bb)
Seat 5: Jonathan Lagace-Bastien – 1,610,000 (134 bb)
Seat 6: John Duhig – 900,000 (75 bb)
Seat 7: Sheddy Siddiqui – 990,000 (83 bb)
Seat 8: Robert Georato – 925,000 (77 bb)
Seat 9: –Empty–
Table 2
Seat 1: David Lappano – 1,015,000 (85 bb)
Seat 2: T.K. Miles – 510,000 (43 bb)
Seat 3: Shawn Barnett – 460,000 (38 bb)
Seat 4: Ron West – 1,210,000 (101 bb)
Seat 5: Alex Ivan – 1,100,000 (92 bb)
Seat 6: Paul Stanechewski – 425,000 (35 bb)
Seat 7: John-Christian Templeton – 1,020,000 (85 bb)
Seat 8: Carl Carodenuto – 1,175,000 (98 bb)
Seat 9: –Empty–
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Before they could finish the process of breaking Table 3, there were two big hands going down. Thomas Jackson was knocked out in 18th on Table 2 while Eric Wilkinson and Ron West were tangling on Table 3.
Wilkinson and West were heads up to the 
flop and both checked. Wilkinson bet out 75,000 after the 
turn and West called to see the river.
Wilkinson moved all-in and West quickly called with Aces up 
and was good against Wilkinson King-high 
to send him out in 18th for $5,368.
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Corey Thompson opened to 35,000 and Jonathan Lagace-Bastien three-bet to 105,000. Thompson responded with a shove for his last 400,000 and Lagace-Bastien called with 
.
Thompson needed a lot of help with his 
but the dealer did him no favors as the board ran out 
. He was knocked out in 19th place for $4,213 and Table 3 is breaking up.
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
It was three-ways to the 
flop and Michael Ferrer moved all-in with his short stack. David Lappano was the only one to call and he had a good lead with 
against Ferrer’s .
The board completed turn and river to send Ferrer out and set up another mini-bubble for the last two tables.
Michael Ferrer – Eliminated in 20th place ($4,213)
David Lappano – 1,250,000
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante
Jon Graham got the last of his stack in holding against the 
of John-Christian Templeton. The flop made it quick when it fell 
improving Templeton to a set. The turn and river 
didn’t change a thing and Graham busted 21st earning $4,213.
Templeton’s stack totaled 900,000 after the hand.
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Ambassador Sheddy Siddiqui is one of the tournament’s big stacks following a collision between his and Antuan Bunkley’s 
.
An early-position player opened and Sheddy three-bet. It folded to Bunkley in the small blind and he jammed. The remaining players in the hand folded and Siddiqui called. He was the at-risk player.
Siddiqui:
Bunkley:
The runout came no sweat — 
. Siddiqui’s stack was counted down to 501,000 leaving Bunkley as one of the shortest stacks in the tournament. He would bust 22nd at the hands of T.K. Miles a few hands later when his 
was bested by Miles’ .
Siddiqui, meanwhile, sits with about 1,030,000 chips.
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante
Steve Karp and Cory Waaland are the two most recent eliminations from the finale. The action that lead to Karp’s 24th-place demise is unknown, but we did get a recap of Waaland’s 23rd-place finish.
Corey Thompson opened under the gun for 32,000 and it folded to Waaland on the button. He jammed for 370,000. The blinds folded and Thompson called putting Waaland at risk.
Waaland: 
Thompson:
The flop brought a king and the river brought a jack improving Thompson to two pair and busting Waaland.
Waaland and Karp earned matching payouts of $4,213.