The 2015 Winter Poker Open at the Seminole Hard Hotel and Casino in Tampa kicked off Thursday, December 3 with the first of 14 numbered events. In the days since, 12 new winners have been crowned with the Championship and the series-closing $150 Deep Stack Turbo still to come.
With today’s off day in preparation for tomorrow’s finale, we thought now was as good a time as any to take a look back at the winners from this year’s WPO.
2015 WPO champions:
Click the text below each winner’s photo for a full tournament recap
Steven Bennett defeated 741 entries in Event 1 ($350 Deep Stack NLH) for $24,583
Jean Miccio defeated 40 entries in Event 2 ($150 Ladies NLH) for $1,000 and $600 spa package
John Duhig defeated 199 entries in Event 3 ($150 Deep Stack NLH Turbo) for $4,668
Eric Wert defeated 546 entries in Event 4 ($150 Big Stack NLH) for $7,752
Anthony Pellegrini defeated 103 entries in Event 5 ($250 PLO) for $3,729
Jami Cvek defeated 124 entries in Event 6 ($150 Double Green Chip Bounty NLH) for $1,621
Mike Laake defeated 634 entries in Event 7 ($560 Deep Stack NLH) for $54,756
John Pappas defeated 202 entries in Event 8 ($150 Deep Stack NLH Turbo) for $3,485
Dean Morris defeated 120 entries in Event 9 ($250 Deep Stack NLH) for $4,599
Mike Sinicola defeated 60 entries in Event 10 ($125 Green Chip Bounty NLH) for $1,708
Robert “Bo” Bloom defeated 210 entries in Event 11 ($180 Senior Classic Rockers 50+ NLH) for $8,066
John Pishos defeated 86 entries in Event 12 ($150 Deep Stack NLH Turbo) for $2,948