$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante
Michael Cohen is the most recent elimination in Event 7. After starting the day third in the counts, he’s on the rail 25th after shoving all in for 246,000 on a 
board. After some time in the tank, his opponent called.
“You’re good,” Cohen said.
The opponent tabled 
for a pair of queens and bested Cohen’s 
. Cohen busted 25th earning $1,734.
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante
Players are back in their seats following the second break of the day and Level 21 is freshly underway with 26 remaining. Here’s a look at the updated results:
27th: Gary Lucci – $1,734
28th: Charles Carragher – $1,545
29th: Femi Fashakin – $1,545
30th: Michael Traficante – $1,545
31st: Paul Stanechewski – $1,545
32nd: Mansoor Kader – $1,545
33rd: Jimmy Dowda – $1,545
34th: Michael Turton – $1,545
35th: Chris Mitchell – $1,545
36th: Jeffrey Russell – $1,545
37th: Maury Barrett – $1,388
38th: AJr Santos – $1,388
39th: Daniel Ramirez – $1,388
40th: Jenny Marczynski – $1,388
41st: Leif Oskarsson – $1,388
42nd: Dustin Geselius – $1,388
43rd: Raul Gonzales – $1,388
44th: Jared Reinstein – $1,388
45th: Mitchell Gottlieb – $1,388
46th: Mohammed Tarkmani – $1,230
47th: Wally Maddah – $1,230
48th: Sufian Soufan – $1,230
49th: Robert Mascarelli – $1,230
50th: Raphael Doromal – $1,230
51st: Anthony March – $1,230
52nd: Zachary Gilbert – $1,230
53rd: Christopher DeOliveira – $1,230
54th: John DePersio – $1,230
55th: James Love – $1,072
56th: Ariel Velazquez – $1,072
57th: Austin Buchanan – $1,072
58th: Jared Brintz – $1,072
59th: Jordan Wunder – $1,072
60th: Eric Lorenzi – $1,072
61st: Victoria Jubb – $1,072
62nd: Mark Wiser – $1,072
63rd: Salvador Ramos – $1,072
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Following just over five hours of Day 2 play, the 132-player restart is down to the final 27 players and freshly redrawn to three tables.
Here’s a look at some of the notable stacks still in contention:
All remaining players have locked up $1,734 with the winner pocketing $75,718 and a $1,650 WPO Championship seat.
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Seminole Hard Rock Poker ambassador Mike Laake has been on a tear since bursting the bubble about three hours ago. Laake now holds 1,700,000 chips and is second only to chip leader Tom Nguyen. Nguyen is the only player whose stack is greater than 2,000,000.
The clock reads 33 players remaining.
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante
Ron Puleo and Jenny Marczynski got the last of Marczynski’s stack in the middle in what seemed to be a friendly, harmless aces versus aces battle. Puleo held 
and was matched against the 
of Marczynski.
All was well on a 
flop.
A 
turn brought a third spade and improved Puleo to a flush draw. Honestly, though. He couldn’t hit a flush in this spot, could he?
Sure enough. The 
reared its ugly head on the river and the table let out a collective groan.
“In the worst way,” Puleo empathized giving Marczynski hug.
Marczynski left the tables stunned. She busted 40th earning $1,388. Puleo now holds 900,000 chips.
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante
After his late arrival, things haven’t gone the way of the start-of-day chip leader Chris Mitchell. With under 100,000 chips and less than 10 big blinds, he’s relegated to one move.
He recently open shoved from middle position for about 80,000. Mitchel watched as player after player mucked before it got to the big blind. He folded as well. Mitchell faded a call and got to live another hand here on Day 2.
We’ll be sure to keep an eye on the previous chip leader as he tries to build a stack back up.
As of now, the clock reads 42 players remaining. They’ve all locked up $1,388.
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Florida pro Austin Buchanan’s run at a Winter Poker Open title has come to an end. Buchanan, who owns more than $425,000 in tournament earnings, was in the big blind and faced a button raise to 23,000. Buchanan called and they saw a flop of 
. Buchanan checked and the button bet what appeared to be 35,000. Buchanan check-raised all in and the button didn’t waste anytime calling. The button held 
and was comfortably ahead of Buchanan’s 
. The board completed blanks and Buchanan gathered his things.
He busted 57th earning $1,072.
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Victoria (Jubb) Moser began the day with a top ten chip stack but she was unable to ride it further than a min-cash. Nothing went well for her since she sent an opponent out at the start of the day and ran into a big coin flip with Paul Stanechewski.
All the chips were in the middle preflop and their stacks were very close. Stanechewski was ahead with 
against Moser’s 
and nothing changed as the board ran 
.
It was a tough end to her day while Stanechewski moved over 400,000.
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Beginning of Level 18: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Tom Nguyen leads the way following the first break of Event 2. Nguyen holds 1,300,000 chips and is one of just two players over the 1,000,000 mark. The other, Seminole Hard Rock Poker ambassador Mike Laake, claims 1,100,000 and sits second in the counts.
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Beginning of Level 18: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Seminole Hard Rock Poker ambassador Mike Laake — who also happens to be seated next to Tampa ambassador Wally Maddah — did the dirty work on the Event 7 money bubble. A few hands after he and another player chopped a pot that saw a third player in the hand hit the rail, Laake peeked down at 
. Another player at the table got the last of his 202,000 chips in with 
and it was a race.
The board ran out 
and Laake’s pair was best. The hand busted an unknown player 64th leaving the remaining 63 in the money. They are now on their first 15-minute break of the day.
Here’s a look at the prize structure:
1st – $75,718 + $1,650 WPO Championship seat
2nd – $42,572
3rd – $26,805
4th – $21,759
5th – $17,344
6th – $14,348
7th – $11,510
8th – $8,672
9th – $5,992
10th-12th – $4,100
13th-15th – $2,996
16th-18th – $2,207
19th-27th – $1,734
28th-36th – $1,545
37th-45th – $1,388
46th-54th – $1,230
55th-63rd – $1,072