$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 471

Sean Boland opened the action from middle position and Tom Nguye three-bet to 105,000 from the cutoff. The button and blinds folded, Boland moved all in for about 500,000 and Nguyen called.

Nguyen:
Boland:

It was a race and Boland was still ahead after the flop. Nguyen added a diamond draw to his over cards and the turn got him there. Boland was unable to boat up on the river and was eliminated in 16th place.

Tom Nguyen – 2,400,000 (96 bb)
Sean Boland – Eliminated in 16th Place ($7,200)

$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 471

With the elimination of Jeevan Nomula in 17th place, tournament staff redrew seats at the last two tables and cards are back in the air. Here’s the line-up and we will update chip counts when things settle.

Table 21
Seat 1: Jeffrey Yancek
Seat 2: Jamie Smith
Seat 3: Sean Boland
Seat 4: James Rumptz
Seat 5: Tom Nguyen
Seat 6: David DiBernardi
Seat 7: David Kozma
Seat 8: Tyler Kennedy

Table 22
Seat 1: Philip Jackson
Seat 2: Jordan Lowery
Seat 3: Mark Koeln
Seat 4: Karl Manouchakian
Seat 5: Jerry Silva
Seat 6: T.K. Miles
Seat 7: Steven Ogilvie
Seat 8: Ken McAdams

Remaining payouts:

1st: $140,000
2nd: $90,000
3rd: $65,000
4th: $50,000
5th: $37,000
6th: $28,000
7th: $22,000
8th: $17,000
9th-10th: $13,500
11th-12th: $10,500
13th-14th: $8,700
15th-16th: $7,200

17th: Jeevan Nomula – $6,100
18th: Clayton Mullinax – $6,100
19th: Brian Ray – $6,100
20th: Charles Johnson – $6,100
21st: Bud Waggoner – $5,200
22nd: Aftab Patni – $5,200
23rd: Talesh Patel – $5,200
24th: Bryce McVay – $5,200

$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 471

With the flop reading , Brian Ray and Tom Nguyen checked from early position and James Rumptz bet 55,000. Ray check-raised all in for 365,000 and Nguyen called. Rumptz thought for a minute before he folded.

Nguyen:
Ray:

Ray flopped top pair but Nguyen was ahead with middle pair of jacks. The board finished turn and river and Ray was eliminated in 19th place.

Tom Nguyen – 1,700,000 (68 bb)
Brian Ray – Eliminated in 19th Place ($6,100)

While that hand was going down, Clayton Mullinax was eliminated in 18th place to leave the field one knockout away from a two-table redraw.

Clayton Mullinax – Eliminated in 18th Place ($6,100)

$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 471

Players returned to their seats with 19 remaining and the late stages underway. Ken McAdams continues to lead but Mark Koeln is not far behind, both playing more than two million.

Blinds are up to 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante and the average stack is about 940,000 (38 bb).

Table 11
Seat 1: T.K. Miles – 1,695,000 (68 bb)
Seat 2: David DiBernardi – 945,000 (38 bb)
Seat 3: Jamie Smith – 895,000 (36 bb)
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Ken McAdams – 2,125,000 (85 bb)
Seat 6: Philip Jackson – 1,160,000 (46 bb)
Seat 7: Sean Boland – 850,000 (34 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —

Table 21
Seat 1: Jordan Lowery – 930,000 (37 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Steven Ogilvie – 270,000 (11 bb)
Seat 4: James Rumptz – 760,000 (30 bb)
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Jeffrey Yancek – 965,000 (39 bb)
Seat 7: Brian Ray – 665,000 (27 bb)
Seat 8: Tom Nguyen – 1,105,000 (44 bb)

Table 22
Seat 1: Mark Koeln – 2,080,000 (83 bb)
Seat 2: Jerry Silva – 1,555,000 (62 bb)
Seat 3: Clayton Mullinax – 185,000 (7 bb)
Seat 4: Karl Manouchakian – 410,000 (16 bb)
Seat 5: TBD – 880,000 (35 bb)
Seat 6: David Kozma – 875,000 (35 bb)
Seat 7: Jeevan Nomula – 340,000 (14 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —

1st: $140,000
2nd: $90,000
3rd: $65,000
4th: $50,000
5th: $37,000
6th: $28,000
7th: $22,000
8th: $17,000
9th-10th: $13,500
11th-12th: $10,500
13th-14th: $8,700
15th-16th: $7,200
17th-19th: $6,100

$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 471

Level 20 ended and tournament staff sent the 20 remaining players on a 60-minute dinner break.

$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 471

Blinds are up in the WPO Championship with 20 players remaining and $6,100 locked up. They are now playing 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante and the average stack is about 940,000 (47 bb).

After Level 20, players will take a 60-minute dinner break.

21st: Bud Waggoner – $5,200
22nd: Aftab Patni – $5,200
23rd: Talesh Patel – $5,200
24th: Bryce McVay – $5,200

$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 471

Bryce McVay opened to 30,000 from the bottom and Philip Jackson three-bet to 100,000 from the big blind. McVay shipped for 400,000 and Jackson called.

Jackson:
McVay:

McVay was in great shape for a double up but the dealer put a ten on the flop to put Jackson in front. McVay couldn’t find another king on the turn or river to go out in 24th.

Another close call for McVay in our Championship events, this run coming on the heels of a runner-up finish in the Tampa Poker Classic Championship last March.

Philip Jackson – 1,425,000 (95 bb)
Bryce McVay – Eliminated in 24th Place ($5,200)

$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 471

With the elimination of Diego Uez in 25th place, tournament staff paused the clock and the last 24 players redrew seats at the last three tables. They are each guaranteed at least $5,200 with the pay jumps now coming every four spots.

25th: Diego Uez – $4,500
26th: Patrick Chan – $4,500
27th: Heitor Saraiva – $4,500
28th: Cody Hernandez – $4,500

$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 471

Heitor Saraiva was one of the big stacks before the last break but lost a big one to Jerry Silva to drop him down. He was sitting with 360,000 and moved all in. Silva reshipped next to act and the rest of the table folded.

Silva:
Saraiva:

Saraiva ran into #1 and Silva’s aces held on the board to send Saraiva out in the 27th place.

Jerry Silva – 1,420,000 (95 bb)
Heitor Saraiva – Eliminated in 27th Place ($4,500)

Meanwhile on the other table, Ken McAdams climbed to 2,200,000 and continued to lead the field.

$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 471

After riding a short stack for most of the day, Tampa regular Jerry Silva is now among the leaders with 1,160,000 heading into the late stages of the WPO Championship.

29th: Patrick Murphy – $4,500
30th: Tony March – $4,500
31st: Veton Kastrati – $4,500
32nd: Harvey Vandeven – $4,500