$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Beginning of Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante
Cards are back in the air following the 50-minute dinner break. Just 24 players remain with each having locked up $4,213. Here’s a look at the remaining payouts:
| Finish | Prize |
| 1st | $173,607 |
| 2nd | $100,226 |
| 3rd | $61,155 |
| 4th | $49,264 |
| 5th | $38,732 |
| 6th | $32,276 |
| 7th | $25,821 |
| 8th | $19,706 |
| 9th | $13,590 |
| 10th-12th | $8,834 |
| 13th-15th | $6,795 |
| 16th-18th | $5,368 |
| 19th-24th | $4,213 |
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Return to Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante
25th: Craig Eshleman – $4,213
26th: Tony March – $4,213
27th: Todd Michael – $4,213
28th: Andre Crooks – $3,737
29th: Vitor Coelho – $3,737
30th: Richard Robinson – $3,737
31st: Sean Shah – $3,737
32nd: James Smith – $3,737
33rd: Richard Hope – $3,737
34th: Harrison Goforth – $3,737
35th: David Hunt – $3,737
36th: Mohammad Hassan – $3,737
37th: Konstantinos Pantaridis – $3,398
38th: Aric Pluskat – $3,398
39th: Herbert Woodbery – $3,398
40th: Wally Maddah – $3,398
41st: William Burdick – $3,398
42nd: Saum Sharifi – $3,398
43rd: Chris Mitchell – $3,398
44th: David Dibernardi – $3,398
45th: Jimmy Dowda – $3,398
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Return to Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante
Table 1
Seat 1: Cory Waaland – 165,000 (14 bb)
Seat 2: T.K. Miles – 180,000 (15 bb)
Seat 3: Carl Carodenuto – 675,000 (56 bb)
Seat 4: Corey Thompson – 880,000 (73 bb)
Seat 5: Shawn Barnett – 575,000 (48 bb)
Seat 6: Sheddy Siddiqui – 455,000 (38 bb)
Seat 7: Jonathan Lagace-Bastien – 980,000 (82 bb)
Seat 8: John Holley – 415,000 (35 bb)
Seat 9: Antuan Bunkley – 690,000 (58 bb)
Table 2
Seat 1: Michael Raimon – 215,000 (18 bb)
Seat 2: John Duhig – 810,000 (68 bb)
Seat 3: Alex Ivan – 1,350,000 (113 bb)
Seat 4: Thomas Jackson – 522,000 (44 bb)
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Robert Georato – 795,000 (66 bb)
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: John-Christian Templeton – 271,000 (23 bb)
Seat 9: Jon Graham – 355,000 (30 bb)
Table 3
Seat 1: Michael Ferrer – 230,000 (19 bb)
Seat 2: Eric Wilkinson – 725,000 (60 bb)
Seat 3: Steve Karp – 129,000 (11 bb)
Seat 4: Ron West – 913,000 (76 bb)
Seat 5: Steve Cohen – 660,000 (55 bb)
Seat 6: Robert Melo – 168,000 (14 bb)
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: David Lappano – 564,000 (47 bb)
Seat 9: Paul Stanechewski – 490,000 (41 bb)
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Table 1
Seat 1: Cory Waaland
Seat 2: Timothy Miles
Seat 3: Carl Carodenuto
Seat 4: Corey Thompson
Seat 5: Shawn Barnett
Seat 6: Sheddy Siddiqui
Seat 7: Jonathan Lagace-Bastien
Seat 8: John Holley
Seat 9: Antuan Bunkley
Table 2
Seat 1: Michael Raimon
Seat 2: John Duhig
Seat 3: Alex Ivan
Seat 4: Thomas Jackson
Seat 5: — empty —
Seat 6: Robert Georato
Seat 7: Steve Karp
Seat 8: John-Christian Templeton
Seat 9: Jon Graham
Table 3
Seat 1: Michael Ferrer
Seat 2: Eric Wilkinson
Seat 3: Craig Eshleman
Seat 4: Ron West
Seat 5: Steve Cohen
Seat 6: Robert Melo
Seat 7: Tony March
Seat 8: David Lappano
Seat 9: Paul Stanechewski
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
With nine minutes remaining in Level 20, former WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown final table member Andre Crooks was sent out of the Championship in 28th place.
Tournament staff paused the clock for the three-table redraw but Todd Breyfogle wouldn’t be a part of it either. He moved in with 
but couldn’t catch up to 
to leave us with 26 after they all receive new seats.
Alex Ivan, Antuan Bunkley, Jonathan Lagace-Bastien, John Holley, and Seminole Hard Rock Poker ambassador Sheddy Siddiqui are still around.
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Sean Shah doubled fellow Florida pro John Holley to get short. A few hands later, he got his last 74,000 in from under the gun and David Lappano called from his direct left. It folded all the way around and Shah was at risk against a lone opponent.
Lappano: 
Shah: 
The dealer burned and turned a 
runout eliminating Shah 31st for $3,737.
Lappano’s stack, meanwhile, grew to roughly 630,000 chips.
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Alex Ivan had a top five chip stack coming into Day 2 but lost a few before he showed up. He’s pulled those back and added enough chips to put him at 1,250,000 as the field crawls down toward the three-table redraw.
With 31 players remaining, the redraw is racing with the dinner-break set for the end of the level in 20 minutes.
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
James Smith is the latest victim of chip leader Jonathan Lagace-Bastien. The 
flop was out. Smith got the last of his chips in and Lagace-Bastien called.
Lagace-Bastien: 
for a set
Smith: 
for top pair
The turn 
and river 
completed the action and Smith busted 32nd earning $3,737.
Lagace-Bastien retains the chip lead with a stack of 1,300,000.
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Level 19: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante
It didn’t take long for the Championship field to lose an entire table worth of players after getting in the money. They weren’t tearing things up after the first break but the quick bubble let a few shorter stacks slide into the money.
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Tampa ambassador was among those to cash in the Championship, his seventh of the series. He had to settle for a min-cash but he immediately jumped into the Turbo event to close out his Winter Poker Open
37th: Konstantinos Pantaridis – $3,398
38th: Aric Pluskat – $3,398
39th: Herbert Woodbery – $3,398
40th: Wally Maddah – $3,398
41st: William Burdick – $3,398
42nd: Saum Sharifi – $3,398
43rd: Chris Mitchell – $3,398
44th: David Dibernardi – $3,398
45th: Jimmy Dowda – $3,398
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Level 19: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante
Jonathan Lagace-Bastien is your Championship chip leader following a pot against previous leader Antuan Bunkley. The board laid 
. Bunkley lead for 100,000 and Lagace-Bastien called. Bunkley flipped over 
and was second best to Lagace-Bastien’s 
for two pair.
The pot put Lagace-Bastien at 1,350,000 chips while Bunkley claimed 690,000.