$250 Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 1,500/3,000
Players in the PLO tournament are on a 30-minute dinner break with 20 remaining and 18 getting paid. Ramses Rosa and Mike Anonymous (not his real last name) are leading the pack with over 200,000 and the chip average at 77,000.
John Holley, Wally Maddah, and AJ Santos are also still in the hunt for the title.
$250 Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 11: 1,000/2,000
As the big field Event 4 moves down to its final table, Event 5 is already down to the last three tables.
We have 27 players remaining including Wally Maddah, John Holley, Brian Gelrod, and AJ Santos. They are just one tables-worth of elimination before they are in the money.
$250 Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 800/1,600
Pot Limit Omaha is never boring, many consider it four card bingo with plenty of gamble, but one table is having a really good time. We took a look at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa ambassador Wally Maddah’s table and found Adamastor aka AJ aka Doc Santos rarely in his seat.
You can always tell when the popular PLO cash grinder is in an event, the noise attracts your attention. Santos is blasting away at the PLO tournament, catching cards, and bleeding the chips right back.
The tournament drew 103 entrants but they are already down to 34 remaining and no slowing in sight.
$250 Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 600/1,200
Event 6, today’s $250 pot limit Omaha tournament, drew 103 entries generating a $19,980 prize pool that surpassed the $15,000 guarantee easily. In addition to $5,991, the winner earns a $1,650 seat into the Winter Poker Open Championship.
Full payout structure:
1st – $5,991 + $1,650 WPO Championship seat
2nd – $3,297
3rd – $1,898
4th – $1,598
5th – $1,199
6th – $999
7th – $799
8th – $599
9th – $450
10th – 12th – $400
13th – 15th – $350
16th – 18th – $300
$250 Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 200/400
With 73 players registered toward the beginning of Level 5, Event 5 of the 2015 Winter Poker Open, a $350 pot-limit Omaha tournament, has officially surpassed its $15,000 guarantee. Late registration/re-entry remains open until 4:30 p.m. ET.
$250 Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 100/200
After busting Event 4, Cheri Beatty is right back it in Event 5. The clock shows 61 players registered at the start of Level 3 — 72 players are necessary to beat the $15,000 guarantee.
Busted 65th place out of 546 @SHRTPoker 10 big shove with Q8 into KK. Almost chopped with quads on the board. lol
— Cheri (@CheriBeatty) December 9, 2015
Hopped into this PLO tourney right quick ???????? @SHRTPoker pic.twitter.com/TOkY3BeIpk
— Cheri (@CheriBeatty) December 9, 2015
$250 Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50
It’s shuffle up and deal time in Event 5 of the Winter Poker Open, a $250 pot-limit Omaha tournament with a $15,000 guarantee. Players start the first non-hold’em event of the series with 15,000 chips. All levels last 30 minutes with late registration/re-entry available until the start of Level 9.
We’ll take a more in-depth look at this tournament later in the day.
Good luck, players!
Main Event Schedule
11AM: Event 4 Day 2 – $150 Big Stack No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry)
12PM: Event 5 – $250 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
6PM: Event 6 – $150 Double Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Deep Stack Spring Poker Series
$560 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed
May 14-17, 2015
Total Entries: 565
Total Prize Pool: $282,500
RECAP
Claudemir Osorio finally has a Seminole Hard Rock Tampa signature trophy guitar after a near-miss just a couple of days ago in Event 4. In back-to-back events, he held the chip lead at the end when a deal was made. In Event 4, he agreed to an even-money heads-up chop and let the cards decide who got the guitar. This time, Osorio got a larger share of the prize pool and the guitar to go along with it.
Norbert Kara, who took 1st place and the guitar in Event 4, also made the final table of this event, busting out in 7th place.
The largest buy-in event of the Spring Deep Stack Series boasted a $250,000 guarantee on the prize pool. Over six starting flights, the event drew 565 entries, pushing the prize pool up to $282,500. The final 54 players earned a payday.
Jonathan Marlow was the chip leader at the end of starting flight A and the overall chip leader coming into Day 2. He rode that big stack all the way to the final table with his father, John, watching from the rail. Marlow took 3rd place in the deal.
Thuy ‘Cindy’ Beltran was the last woman in this event. She started Day 2 in the middle of the field and was short-stacked most of the day. She held on to make it to a 5th place finish.
Originally from Brazil, Osorio now lives in Orlando and is playing poker professionally. He’s got two previous final tables and several cashes here in Tampa over the last year. He and some friends are all headed for Las Vegas for the WSOP, which starts in about ten days.
This event and the entire Spring Deep Stack Series brought out some big names looking for a warm-up before the WSOP. Seminole Hard Rock Tampa poker ambassador John Racener, who was the runner-up in the 2010 WSOP Main Event, played this event. He made it to Day 2, but was short-stacked and did not make the money.
Other big names turning out for this event were David Levi, Michael Laake, David Tuthill, and 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year, Angel Vu. Unfortunately they all failed to advance to Day 2.
Final Table Results
1st – Claudemir Osorio $41,878
2nd – Gil George $38,878
3rd – Jonathan Marlow $38,878
4th – Mike Dimitry $35,878
5th – Thuy ‘Cindy’ Beltran $15,820
6th – Jin Chen $12,995
7th – Norbert Kara $10,311
8th – Stan Holley $8,051
9th – Nick Mann $6,050
10th – Randy Raji $3,673
$560 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed
Level 32: Blinds 100k/200k/30k ante
Total Entries: 565
Players Remaining: 4
Average Stack: 4.2 million (21 big blinds)
After nearly two hours of 4-handed play, the final four agreed on a division of the remaining prize pool and are headed for bed.
As the chip leader, Claudemir Osorio is getting 1st place and the signature Hard Rock guitar trophy, along with $41,878.
Final Four Results:
1st – Claudemir Osorio $41,878
2nd – Gil George $38,878
3rd – Jonathan Marlow $38,878
4th – Mike Dimitry $35,878
Special mention goes to John Marlow, father of Jonathan Marlow, who was here all day supporting his son. Jonathan started Day 2 as the overall chip leader and played his way to the final table as his father looked on.