$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1A Entries: 64
Championship players are off taking their first break of the tournament with 64 entries and room to grow. They’ll return to play another three levels and work on their stacks.
We will take this opportunity to check to see who is out front early.
$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries: 56
More players are making their way to the Poker Room this afternoon and most are familiar to many who spend some time at our tables.
More friendly faces include Hollywood Seniors champ Wilmer Chavira, Jeremy Becker, Terri-Anne Crawford, David DiBernardi, Igor Tretyakov, and Tony March.
They will finish out this level and take their first break at the top of the hour.
$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries: 47
The blinds are up and so is the entry count, nearing 50 heading in the afternoon hours when more players will wake up and make their way to the Poker Room.
A few early faces include Phillip Krnyaich, Angelo Jordison, Mark Wiser, Carlos Bermudez, Wally Maddah, and Alex Ivan.
$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1A Entries: 26
Cards are in the air for the 2022 Tampa Winter Poker Open Championship with 26 entries at the start and many more expected over the weekend.
They will play 14 levels today, with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 9, and aiming to build a bag for Day 2.
$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
The preliminaries are over and the time has come to launch the 2022 Tampa Winter Poker Open Championship with Flight A starting at 11 am in the Poker Room.
The $1,700 tournament has a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool and three starting flights. Flight B runs on Friday at 11 am with Flight C Saturday on the same schedule.
Players start with 40K stacks out front and all levels last 40 minutes on Day 1, increasing to 60 minutes on Day 2 and staying that way until only two players remain. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 6:30 pm following a one-hour dinner break.
All flights will play through 14 full levels and survivors will bag their chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday at noon.
It will be a great weekend of poker and we look forward to seeing everyone compete for the title.
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Day 1A – $1,700 WPO Championship
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
3PM: $200 Championship Satellite (1-in-10)
6PM: $200 Championship Satellite (1-in-10)
2022 Pinktober Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 8
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 94
Prize Pool: $91,180
October 12, 2022
We are warming up the players with some bigger buy-in tournaments as we near the Pinktober Poker Open Championship and Event 8 has a nice $1,100 buy-in with a $50,000 guarantee. Frank Weigel took the lead late in the day and held on to take the title for $25,000 and the seat into the PPO Championship.
The tournament drew 94 entries to create a prize pool worth $91,180 and the last 12 players made the money. They burst the bubble before the dinner break and quickly formed the final table. Weigel began the final table with the chip lead, lost it briefly, but moved back on top as players dropped.
After Clyde Maliauka was eliminated in third place, Weigel and runner-up John Canawati made a deal to end the tournament. Canawati earned $18,640 for his runner-up finish while Weigel took home an even $25K plus the added PPO Championship seat.
Congrats Frank!
Results:
| Place | First Name | Last Name | City | ST | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank | Weigel | Odessa | FL | $25,000 * |
| 2 | John | Canawati | Yorba Linda | CA | $18,640 * |
| 3 | Clyde | Maliauka | Clearwater | FL | $11,840 |
| 4 | Jacob | Naumann | Largo | FL | $8,330 |
| 5 | Marsha | Wolak | Lakewood Ranch | FL | $6,080 |
| 6 | Kevin | Ragusa | Largo | FL | $4,620 |
| 7 | Karl | Manouchakian | Tampa | FL | $3,660 |
| 8 | Ken | Fishman | Tarpon Springs | FL | $3,030 |
| 9 | Deborah | Farmer | Land O Lakes | FL | $2,620 |
| 10 | Mahmoud | Ahmad | Clearwater | FL | $2,620 |
| 11 | Andrei | Karas | Los Angeles | CA | $2,370 |
| 12 | Jeremy | Becker | Tampa | FL | $2,370 |
* – denotes results of a heads-up deal
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
After Clyde Maliauka was eliminated in third place, Frank Weigel and John Canawati decided to divide up the remaining prize pool. Canawati earned $18,640 for his runner-up finish and Weigel banked an even $25,000 plus the $1,700 PPO Championship seat.
Frank Weigel – 2,245,000 (75 bb)
John Canawati – 575,000 (19 bb)
1st: Frank Weigel – $25,000 + PPO Championship seat
2nd: John Canawati – $18,640
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 93
Clyde Maliauka open-shoved for about 475,000 from the small blind and Frank Weigel called in the big blind.
Weigel: 
Maliauka: 
Maliauka was in a lot of trouble but nailed the 
for the king-high straight. Weigel made two pair on the 
turn and boated up on the 
river to send Weigel out in third place.
Frank Weigel – 2,245,000 (75 bb)
Clyde Maliauka – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($11,840)
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 93
Frank Weigel opened to 65,000 from under the gun, it folded to Jacob Naumann in the big blind, and he moved all in for 210,000. Weigel double checked his cards and called.
Weigel: 
Naumann: 
Naumann was ahead with his pair of threes and they stayed ahead on the 
flop. The 
turn gave both players aces up and Weigel’s king kicker played. The river finished the board and Naumann was eliminated in fourth place.
Frank Weigel – 1,275,000 (51 bb)
Jacob Naumann – Eliminated in 4th Place ($8,330)