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Championship Day 1B: Patrick Murphy Leads

$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  91

Patrick Murphy

The first break is over and players returned to their seats for another three levels. The count topped 90 while they were gone and registration will remain open until 6:30 pm.

Patrick Murphy roared out of the gates this morning and turned his 40K starting stack into 125,300 over three levels.

“Just tell them it was luck,” Murphy said.

Jerry Silva is the next biggest stack with 109,400 with a handful of other hovering around the six-digit mark.

Jerry Silva

Championship Day 1B: More Arrivals

$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  76

MT Tawfik (left) and Anthony Astarita (right)

More players are joining the fast-growing Flight B field and the Championship crossed over the halfway point toward the $500,000 guarantee with a ton of time to get there.

More friends in the crowd include MT Tawfik, Anthony Astarita, Davidi Meagher, and Steve Trizis.

David Meagher

Championship Day 1B: Early Friends

$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries:  55

Karl Manouchakian (left) and Marie Harrell (right)

The count is moving up as more people wake and make their way to the Poker Room. We are closing on 60 after the first level and our late sleepers will be there soon.

Some of those here early include Karl Manouchakian, Marie Harrell, Jerry Silva, Raminder Singh, Chris Tryba, Peter Vitantonio, and Brian Arbaugh.

Jerry Silva

Championship Day 1B: Aiming High

$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The last weekend of the series is officially here and we have the second of three flights of the 2022 Tampa Winter Poker Open Championship starting at 11 am. The $1,700 buy-in tournament has a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool and we will get one step closer today.

Players start with huge 40K stacks and all Day 1 levels last 40 minutes, increasing to 60 minutes at the start of Day 2. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 6:30 pm following the 60-minute dinner break.

They will play down through Level 14 and survivors will bag their chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday at noon.

  • $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 40,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 40 minutes
  • Day 2+ levels last 60  minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry until start of Level 10 (6:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end after Level 14
  • Championship Structure Sheet

Chip counts through Flight A

WPO Day 10 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1B – $1,700 WPO Championship

  • $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 40,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 40 minutes
  • Day 2+ levels last 60  minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry until start of Level 10 (6:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end after Level 14
  • Championship Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

1PM: $300 Championship Satellite

  • Five seats guaranteed into $1,700 WPO Championship
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 8 (4:50pm)
  • Structure Sheet

6PM: $200 Championship Satellite

  • Five seats guaranteed into $1,700 WPO Championship
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 8 (9:50pm)
  • Structure Sheet

2022 Winter Poker Open Schedule

Championship: Chip Counts Through Flight A

$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 15: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  20 of 95

Flight A: 95 Entries; 20 Advanced
Flight B: Friday at 11 am
Flight C: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at noon

RankFirst NameLast NameCitySTChip Count
1BudWaggonerNokomisFL445,000
2JustinJonesScottdalePA386,000
3TaleshPatelSt AugustineFL372,000
4JordanLowerySarasotaFL333,000
5BoGraySaint PetersburgFL289,000
6VincentNicastroPalm HarborFL219,000
7AlanTaylorClearwaterFL205,000
8DionJagrooOrlandoFL180,000
9JorgeNounon SayeghKissimmeeFL177,000
10ClaytonMullinaxMount DoraFL173,000
11AdamDavisBradentonFL161,000
12ClydeMaliaukaClearwaterFL144,000
13LukeGrahamPalm CityFL137,000
14TarunGulatiTampaFL124,000
15RJSullivanRiverviewFL109,000
16JackSumner JrSaint JohnsFL97,000
17OlegRutskinTampaFL72,000
18KennethMcAdamsLas VegasNV70,000
19DavidArrowooSarasotaFL61,000
20WilmerChaviraApopkaFL38,000

Championship Day 1A: Bud Waggoner Bags the Lead

$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  20 of 95

Bud Waggoner

Bud Waggoner took the lead near the end of the day and extended it over the last two levels. He put 445,000 in his bag for the Day 2 return on Sunday followed by Justin Jones (386,000), and Talesh Patel (372,000).

Flight B kicks off tomorrow at 11 am with the last flight on Saturday at the same time.

Full chip counts will be posted as soon as they are available.

Championship Day 1A: Bud Waggoner Leads Late

$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  27 of 95

Bud Waggoner

We have a lot of hotshot young, tough players remaining in the field, but it is old school leading the way. Bud Waggoner sits at the top of the counts with 345,000 and can’t be bothered with some shenanigans from the other players, he keeps stacking.

Clayton Mullinax’s 322,000 and Bo Gray’s 318,000 round out the list of those over 300K with Justin Jones nearing that mark with 271,000.