$250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 Ante Players Remaining: 41/142
Today’s 2 p.m. Event 5 — $250 Turbo — drew 142 entries generating a prize pool of $29,820. The top 18 spots finish in the money with a min-cash worth $447. Payouts escalate from there and top out in the form of a $8,947 top prize.
The clock strikes 2 p.m. and the final primary event of the WPTDeepStacks-Tampa series is underway. The $250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em tournament boasts 20,000 starting chips and a $20,000 guarantee. Additionally, it’s points eligible in the Series Champion race lead by Karl Manouchakian who finished runner up in Event 1 before winning Event 3.
2015 Winter Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa Event #5 $250 Pot-Limit Omaha Total Entries: 103 Prize Pool: $19,980 December 9, 2015
Tampa, Fla. (December 9, 2015) – Pot Limit Omaha is a very popular cash game here in the poker room, so it was no surprise that the 2015 Winter Poker Open tournament drew so well. After battling through more than 100 opponents, local regular Anthony Pellegrini took the title in a three-way deal
There was a $15,000 guarantee on this tournament and it was surpassed before the first break. The action-oriented game quickly played down towards the bubble but slowed a few spots from the money. The tournament went on dinner break two eliminations away and got there soon after their return.
Seminole Hard Rock Tampa ambassador Wally Maddah earned his second cash of the series but was unable to reach the final table. There were three PLO cash game regulars in the final nine including popular player Adamastor AJ “Doc” Santos. He held the chip lead for much of the final table but was unable to finish it out.
Three players remained in the early morning hours, including fellow cash grinder Anthony Pellegrini, when they made a deal to divide the remaining prize pool evenly. Pellegrini earned top honors for holding the biggest stack at the time and picked up the $1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship seat in the process.
It was a great mid-week tournament that pulled in some great PLO players. That was evident in the quality of play at the final table and Pellegrini earned his title with timely moves and was happy to have his seat in the Championship.
Event 6 results:
1st: Anthony Pellegrini – $3,729* + $1,650 WPO Championship Seat 2nd: AJ Santos – $3,729* 3rd: Jeremy Stakes – $3,729* 4th: AnonyMouse – $1,598 5th: Brian Anonymous – $1,199 6th: Greg Lilley – $999 7th: Greg Kimble – $799 8th: Mostafa Asari – $599 9th: Mark Edwards – $450 10th: Ramses Rosa – $400 11th: Lior Kimchi – $400 12th: Mohammad Affanch – $400 13th: Wally Maddah – $350 14th: John Holley – $350 15th: Mark Cain – $350 16th: Russell Waggoner – $300 17th: Frank Muir – $300 18th: Kevin Greene – $300
We have two players at the final table who requested as much anonymity as we could give them, and we granted their request.
The two of them went at it and the chips were in the middle pre-flop with Brian Anonymous ahead of Completely Anonymous with against .
BA flopped a set on the board but CA picked up a flush draw. He added straight outs on the turn and the river complete the straight to send Brian out in 5th place for $1,199.
Greg Lilley opened the action with a pot-sized raise and AJ Santos repotted next to act, enough to put Lilley all-in. It folded around to Lilley and he called with .
Santos had him dominated with and had a virtual lock on the hand after the flop. Lilley was drawing dead after the turn, sending him out in 6th place and giving Santos a commanding lead.
It was a four-way limped pot to the flop with Greg Kimble and Greg Lilley in the blinds. Kimble checked and Lilley bet the pot (64,000) to get two folds and Kimble moved all-in.
Lilley quickly called with two-pair and Kimble was looking at a flush and gutshot draw with . He called for a club or Five but missed as the board ran out to send him out in 7th.
Mostafa Asari moved all-in from the small blind and Jeremy Stakes called in the big blind. An earlier limper let his go and the hands were tabled.
Asari: Stakes:
Asari caught a pair on the flop but his flush draw was no good. Stakes had a big wrap draw on top of the best hand and straightened out on the turn to leave Asari drawing dead to 8th place.
Mark Edwards came back from the break, lost a big part of his stack, and mixed it up with AJ Santos. Then came out on the wrong end.
It was heads up to the flop, Edwards led out, Santos raised it up, and Edwards moved all-in. Santos called with against Edwards’ .
Santos was calling for his cards to hit but they didn’t on the turn or . He seemed a little despondent until he realized his AK was good for the pot and KO. After that he was very happy.
Two eliminations by Santos, one with a single pair and the other with AK-high.