2022 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 6
$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  94
Prize Pool:  $91,180
December 6, 2022

With time running out before the 2022 Tampa Winter Poker Open Championship, we ran the first of two big preliminary tournaments with the $1,100 Deep Stack. Event 6 drew 94 tough entries and Seminole Hard Rock Poker legend Raminder Singh took the top spot for $21,486 after a three-way final table deal.

The tournament surpassed its $75,000 guarantee and put up a prize pool worth $91,180. The last 12 players made the money, and Singh was in the bottom half of the counts as the final table neared. He had only nine big blinds with four players remaining, went up from there in a hurry, and was posing with the trophy less than an hour later.

Singh battled, doubled a few times, and eliminated Tom McDonald, our 2022 Tampa Poker Classic Championship third-place finisher, in fourth place. Two more doubles and he wrestled the lead from Shane Melert and Philip Jackson.

With three players remaining, they made a deal to divide up the remaining prize pool with Singh holding more than half of the chips in play and getting the lion’s share of the prize pool.

This marks the fourth time Singh has finished a major Tampa tournament in the top. In addition to this title, he earned two trophies during the WPT Tampa series in August and won this WPO tournament in 2020.

2020 WPO $600 Deep Stack NLH
2022 WPT Tampa $400 Turbo NLH
2022 WPT Tampa $600 Deep Stack NLH
2022 WPO $1,100 Deep Stack NLH

The Event 6 result pushes Singh’s dominance across the board in Seminole Hard Rock Poker events. Add these four Tampa titles to the incredible nine in Hollywood, plus a RunGood Poker Series Main Event ring from Coconut Creek, and no one has finished it out more times.

Congratulations to Raminder for extending the legend!

Results:

* – denotes results of a three-way deal

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante

After a few times around the three-handed table, they decided to take a look at the ICM numbers. Everyone liked what they saw and Raminder Singh is the WPO Event 6 champ thanks to his big chip lead after a three-way deal.

Shane Melert earned $16,375 for third place, Philip Jackson banked $17,619 as the runner-up, and Singh walked away with $21,486 plus another trophy.

Raminder Singh – 1,540,000 (77 bb)
Philip Jackson – 725,000 (36 bb)
Shane Melert – 555,000 (28 bb)

1st: Raminder Singh – $21,486 + WPO trophy
2nd: Philip Jackson – $17,619
3rd: Shane Melert – $16,375

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players remaining:  3 of 94

After another double for Raminder Singh versus Philip Jackson, he was heads up with Shane Melert to a flop. Singh checked from the big blind, Melert bet 50,000 and Singh check-raised to 90,000.

Melert called, the turn was , Singh fired 240,000 and Melert called. The river was , Singh moved all in for 385,000 and Melert called.

Singh:
Melert:

Both players flopped a queen but Singh outkicked Melert to double into the lead.

Raminder Singh – 1,530,000 (77 bb)
Shane Melert – 710,000 (36 bb)

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players remaining:  3 of 94

Raminder Singh open-shoved for 275,000 from under the gun and Tom McDonald called in the big blind with a slightly bigger stack.

Singh:
McDonald:

Singh was behind, asked for a chop, but did it better when he paired his four on the flop. The turn and river finished the board and Singh doubled up.

McDonald was left with only 35K and eliminated on the next hand.

Raminder Singh – 580,000 (29 bb)
Tom McDonald – Eliminated in 4th Place ($8,330)

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players remaining:  4 of 94

Seat 1: Raminder Singh – 180,000 (9 bb)
Seat 3: Shane Melert – 1,045,000 (52 bb)
Seat 7: Philip Jackson – 1,205,000 (60 bb)
Seat 8: Tom McDonald – 390,000 (20 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $26,180 + WPO trophy
2nd: $17,460
3rd: $11,840
4th: $8,330

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players remaining:  4 of 94

It folded to Cody Hernandez in the small blind and he moved all in for 381,000. Philip Jackson took a minute to think about the move and called in the big blind.

Hernadez:
Jackson:

It was a race and Hernandez needed his jacks to hold to stay in the game. Jackson took the lead when he paired his ace on the flop and Hernandez could not come back on the turn or river to go out in fifth place.

Philip Jackson – 1,080,000 (68 bb)
Cody Hernandez – Eliminated in 5th Place ($6,080)