$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Level 9: Blinds 400/800/75 ante
Despite sharing the felt with Jim Brinkley, Peter Walsworth, and John Holley, Phil Wasserman (Sarasota, FL) is the chip leader with about 120k.
In a recent hand, seat 4 opened for 2,550, Phil called, than John shoved for 20,675 more. Both opponents folded and John collected the dead money.
“Would I have had 30k more if I had called?” Phil asked John. “Depends on the flop,” he replied.
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Level 9: Blinds 400/800/75 ante
Levels are now 40 minutes long and they’ll play through level 12 before bagging up for the night.
Registration is closed with (unofficially) 59 entries in this flight. 28 of them are still in action.
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Level 8: Blinds 300/600/75 ante
They’re approaching the end of level 8 which is also the last level to re-enter this flight. They’ll get a 15-minute break during which they can make up their minds on that.
Once level 9 starts, registration will be closed for this flight and players will have to wait until 11am Friday for their next opportunity to get in this event.
There are 54 entries so far to go with the 60 entries in Flight A.
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Level 6: Blinds 200/400/50 ante
Over 50 entries in this flight with a couple more levels to play before registration closes.
Some of the frequent fliers spotted in this field:
John Holley
Tony Antonious
Ryan Sponaugle
Manny Minaya
Wally Maddah
Adam Santos
Peter Walsworth
Lachen Imkhaoun
Alexander Beece
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
End of Level 12: Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante
Out of 60 entrants in this flight, only 12 survived to bag chips. Average stack for this flight is 125k.
Here are the baggers and how much they bagged:
Stephen Diamantas 239,900
Roberto Barba 235,700
Brett Streicher 162,100
Shawn Cunix 159,000
Daniel Lobato 130,200
Tam Nguyen 97,800
Ricardo Rodriguez 92,000
Jeff Buffenbarger 88,900
Jebhar Patterson 77,500
Julio Novo 77,200
Ronald Tosi 76,000
John Pizano 53,700
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Level 1: Blinds 25/50
Players began with 25,000 chips and 30-minute levels. Once registration closes at the start of level 9, they will get 40-minute levels.
This event features six flights over three days.
Event 5 Schedule
December 11-14, 2014
Day 1A: 60 Entries, nearing completion
Day 1B: Underway
Day 1C: 11 am Friday
Day 1D: 6 pm Friday
Day 1E: 10 am Saturday
Day 1F: 6 pm Saturday
Day 2: 12 pm Sunday
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: Blinds 400/800/75 ante
60 Entries
With registration closing, levels are now 40 minutes long each.
A look at familiar faces still in the field:
Sean Cunix
Jebhar Patterson
David Light
Armando Rosal
Stephen Diamantas
John Pappas
Dani Mae
Julio Novo
Derek Bowers
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: Blinds 75/150
32 Entries (Reg/RE Until ~3:30 pm)
Friends of Seminole Hard Rock Tampa are in the field, including Winter Poker Open Ladies Champion Dani Mae (St. Petersburg, FL), who earned her seat into this event as part of her first place prize.
Well known tournament player Sean Cunix (Columbus, OH) is also in the field. Last month Cunix finished in third place at the Hollywood Championship event for ~$750,000 to push his career earnings past $2 million.
Other familiar faces included Robert Melo and Frank Gomez.
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Level 1: Blinds 25/50
After easily reaching the first two guarantees of the Tampa Winter Poker Open, players look to go three-for-three with the start of the $200,000 Guarantee.
This is the first deep stack of the series; players start with 25k in chips while playing 30 minute levels to start.
Once registration and re-entry closes (approximately 3:30 pm), levels increase to 40 minutes.
This event features six flights over three days.
Event 5 Schedule
December 11-14, 2014
Day 1A: Underway
Day 1B: 6 pm Thursday
Day 1C: 11 am Friday
Day 1D: 6 pm Friday
Day 1E: 10 am Saturday
Day 1F: 6 pm Saturday
Day 2: 12 pm Sunday