Wow they rushed that thru.

Congrats DFish, what a hero

Thanks to all who played in our WPT Winter Poker Open Regional Series. Below are the results for all seven events. Look for our next series coming up in the spring!

Event #1 December 2, 2011
$175+$25 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
459 Players
Total Prize Pool $80,325 – Paid 45 places
1st $20,451 + $2,250 Championship Event Ticket – Natasha Barbour – Tampa, FL
2nd $11,968 Devon G. – Ruskin, FL
3rd $7,743 James G. – Ocala, FL
4th $4,932 Kimberly G. – Orlando, FL
5th $3,518 Louis M. – Plant City, FL
6th $3,028 Brian B. – Bellingham, MA
Top 2 chopped for $16209.50 each.

Event #2 December 3-4, 2011
$690+$60 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack
243 Players
Total Prize Pool $167,670 – Paid 24 places
1st Place $47,014 + $2,250 Championship Event Ticket – Ryan Franklin – Apollo Beach, FL
2nd Place $27,531 Daniel C. – Riverview, FL
3rd Place $17,840 Harvey V. – Ocala, FL
4th Place $11,351 George G. – Brandon, FL
5th Place $8,098 Marc D. – Orlando, FL
6th Place $6,975 Tyler D. – New Smyrna Beach, FL

Event #3 December 5, 2011
$175+$25 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Turbo
198 Players
Total Prize Pool $34,650 – Paid 19 places
1st Place $10,325 + $2,250 Championship Event Ticket – William McBride Jr. – Thonotosassa, FL
2nd Place $5,960 Douglas L. – Delmar, NY
3rd Place $3,812 William B. – Deer Park, NY
4th Place $2,426 Natasha B. – Tampa, FL
5th Place $1,733 Amelio A. – Sarasota, FL
6th Place $1,559 David H. – Nokomis, FL

Event #4 December 6, 2011
$175+$25 Buy-in Limit Omaha Hi/Lo
157 Players
Total Prize Pool $27,475 – Paid 15 places
1st Place $8,655 + $2,250 Championship Event Ticket – Ramses Rosa – Brandon, FL
2nd Place $4,946 Victor P. – Kissimmee, FL
3rd Place $3,242 Ryan F. – Apollo Beach, FL
4th Place $2,253 Spencer B. – Riverview, FL
5th Place $1,676 John B. – Tampa, FL
6th Place $1,291 Cristobal T. – Lakeland, FL
Top 4 chopped for $4774 each.

Event #5 December 7, 2011
$400+$40 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Six Handed
160 Players
Total Prize Pool $64,000 – Paid 16 places
1st Place $20,160 + $2,250 Championship Event Ticket – John Cofhlin III – Fort Pierce, FL
2nd Place $11,520 Joseph P. – Riverview, FL
3rd Place $7,552 Ricardo R. – Tampa, FL
4th Place $5,248 William U. – Orlando, FL
5th Place $3,904 Devon G. – Ruskin, FL
6th Place $3,008 Torrey K. – Osprey, FL
Top 3 chopped for $13078 each.

Event #6 December 8, 2011
$175+$25 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
394 Players
Total Prize Pool $68,950 – Paid 39 places
1st Place $17,906 + $2,250 Championship Event Ticket – Christopher Hyden – St. Petersburg, FL
Multi-Player chop resulted in each receiving $4806.

Event #7 December 9-10-11, 2011
$2,000+$200+$50 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
245 Players
Total Prize Pool $490,000 – Paid 24 places
1st Place $137,396 Daniel Clemente – Wesley Chapel, FL
2nd Place $80,458 Darryll F. – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
3rd Place $52,136 Corey B. – Davie, FL
4th Place $33,173 Harvey V. – Ocala, FL
5th Place $23,667 Shaun H. – Winter Haven, FL
6th Place $20,384 Andrew K. – Tampa, FL

Total prize money paid for the series - $933,070.

Congrats to all the winners! ~ Jack of Rock

Thank you for posting the results Jack of Rock! Congratulations on a successful series.

Are you open to discussing structures for your next WPT tournament series with some of the players? Since this was your first series there will obviously be growing pains. It seems that there have been several ideas floated that could improve the experience for the players and result in larger fields in the future, with the actual structures being a major issue. One suggestion might be to review the structures for the WSOPc events, particularly the one at the Palm Beach Kennel Club which was awesome.

I'm sure there are several players who would be willing to spend some time and give you some valuable input on how to better structure these tournaments. ParisRon might be one to check with, he seems to be in the flow of things at THR.

BOOOOOOM That's my name... TWICE!
Loved all 3 tournaments I played in, do it again soon please.
Also feel free to grab me if you want feedback next time I stop by (which may not be until January), youll always recognize me with my brown coat and snowman.