Event 2: $250 Pot Limit Omaha, $20K Gtd
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 3/143

Mehdi Belhassan was under the gun and got his last 33,000 in the middle preflop. Charles Davis folded the button while Ryan Carter and Sean Hampson called from the blinds.

Carter and Hampson checked down an runout. The hands were turned up and it was Carter’s straight that took down the pot. Belhassan, who held for two pair, was no good and busted in fourth place.

Mehdi Belhassan – Eliminated in 4th place ($2,402)

Event 2: $250 Pot Limit Omaha, $20K Gtd
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 4/143

Glenn Pulver — Eliminated in 5th place ($1,802)

Event 2: $250 Pot Limit Omaha, $20K Gtd
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 5/143

Short stack Richard Horswell just got all-in on the flop with top pair. Ryan Carter called with an ace-high flush draw. The turn was a blank, but the river hit Carter’s draw. Horswell was left second best and hit the rail in sixth place for $1,502.

Richard Horswell – Eliminated in 6th place ($1,502)

Event 2: $250 Pot Limit Omaha, $20K Gtd
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 6/143

With a stack of 750,000, Sean Hampson now leads the final six in the $250 Pot Limit Omaha event. Most recently, Wagner Wysotchanski busted seventh and A.J. Kelsall sixth. They were preceded on the rail by Jim Hagan.

9th: Jim Hagan – $676

Event 2: $250 Pot Limit Omaha, $20K Gtd
Level 16: 2,500/5,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 9/143

Today’s 2pm $250 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha tournament is down to the final nine and combined to one table. Charles Davis still owns the event with 900,000 of the just over 2,100,000 chips in play. All have locked up $676 with the tournament’s champion earning $9,007 along with a guitar trophy.

Event update:

Seat 1: Ryan Carter – 172,300
Seat 2: Sean Hampson – 211,000
Seat 3: Wagner Wysotchanski – 441,000
Seat 4: Jim Hagan – 71,500
Seat 5: Mehdi Belhassan – 160,000
Seat 6: Richard Horswell – 43,000
Seat 7: Glenn Pulver – 88,000
Seat 8: A.J. Kelsall – 70,700
Seat 9: Charles Davis – 900,000

1st – $9,007 + Guitar Trophy
2nd – $4,955
3rd – $2,853
4th – $2,402
5th – $1,802
6th – $1,502
7th – $1,201
8th – $901
9th – $676

10th: William Marsh – $601
11th: Kevin Greene – $601
12th: Wally Maddah – $601
13th: Alberto Martinez – $526
14th: Martin Markov – $526
15th: Alex Ivan – $526
16th: Alonzo Cherry – $450
17th: Mike Raimon – $450
18th: Jeffrey Higgins – $450

Event 2: $250 Pot Limit Omaha, $20K Gtd
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 16/143

The aforementioned Jeffrey Higgins and Charles Davis butt heads shortly after the money bubble burst. On a flop, the duo got Higgins stack all in. Higgins had the best of it with a set of jacks, while Davis only had a set of nines. With a pair of queens behind, a queen on the turn was a welcomed sight for Davis. He took a stranglehold in the hand with a better set and went on to fade the river. Higgins was eliminated in 19th place while Davis raked in nearly 800,000 of the 2,145,000 chips in play with 18 players left.

Charles Davis – 755,000
Jeffrey Higgins – Eliminated in 18th place ($450)

Event 2: $250 Pot Limit Omaha, $20K Gtd
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 18/143

Jeffrey Higgins burst the Pot Limit Omaha bubble moments ago eliminating an unknown player in 19th place. The pair got 27,000 in the pot preflop, then another roughly 50,000 in on an burn and turn. The turn fell the . Higgins lead, the unknown player shoved and Higgins called for less.

Unknown player:
Higgins:

The unknown player had top set while Higgins had a few different draws to a straight.

River:

Higgins hit Broadway nabbing the pot in dramatic fashion. His all-in call was for about 88,000 and left the unknown player, who busted the very next hand, crippled.

With that, the final 18 players were sent into the money.

1st – $9,007 + Guitar Trophy
2nd – $4,955
3rd – $2,853
4th – $2,402
5th – $1,802
6th – $1,502
7th – $1,201
8th – $901
9th – $676
10th-12th – $601
13th-15th – $526
16th-18th – $450

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa poker ambassador Wally Maddah, Event 1 chip leader Andrew Kelsall and Mike Raimon are among those still in the action.

We will provide another update at the 10-handed final table.

Event 2: $250 Pot Limit Omaha, $20K Gtd
Level 9: 500/1,000 | Structure
Players Remaining: 46/143

Registration is closed and the prize pool is final in Event 2 of the Winter Poker Open, a $250 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha Re-Entry tournament with a $20,000 guarantee. A stout field of 143 entries marked a year-over-year attendance increase of over 33 percent. The $30,030 prize pool eclipsed the $20,000 guarantee handily and pays the top 18 finishers at least $450. In addition to $9,007 in cash, the winner earns the property’s token guitar trophy.

Prize pool and payout details:

2017 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Tampa, Florida
Event 2
$250 Pot Limit Omaha Re-Entry
Entries: 143
Prize Pool: $30,030
December 8, 2017

1st – $9,007 + Guitar Trophy
2nd – $4,955
3rd – $2,853
4th – $2,402
5th – $1,802
6th – $1,502
7th – $1,201
8th – $901
9th – $676
10th-12th – $601
13th-15th – $526
16th-18th – $450

We will provide another update at the 10-handed final table.

Event 2: $250 Pot Limit Omaha, $20K Gtd
Level 4: 100/200 | Structure
Entries: 102

With the 96th entry, the $20,000 guarantee in today’s $250 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha Re-Entry tournament has officially been bested. Each additional buy-in will simply pad the prize pool and grow it further past the $20,000 figure. The number jumped, too, as it now reads over 100 total at the tables.

There’s a a strong field so far with the Event 1 leader in the clubhouse Andrew Kelsall, Seminole Hard Rock Tampa poker ambassador Wally Maddah and traveling pro John Holley all in. There’s about another two-and-a-half hours of registration and re-entry available until the desk closes at roughly 6:30pm local time.

The full prize pool and payout information will be posted when it’s made available to us.

Event 2: $250 Pot Limit Omaha, $20K Gtd
Level 1: 25/50 | Structure
Entries: 39

For those interested in some four-card poker, there’s a $250 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha Re-Entry tournament freshly underway in the poker room. Players are set to sit to 15,000 chips and will play 30-minute levels throughout. Registration and re-entry are available until about 6:30pm and the tournament is structured to play to its conclusion. It boasts a $20,000 guarantee and will see its champ earn one of the property’s token guitar trophies.

Here are the details:

2pm: $250 Pot Limit Omaha Re-Entry

• $250 buy-in and $20,000 guaranteed
• 15,000 chips and 30-minute levels
• Registration and unlimited re-entry available until the start of Level 9 (~6:30pm)
• Structure sheet

We’ll take a peek at how the field is filling in in the next hour or two.