2022 Everglades Poker Open
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  20 of 97

Roni Zelichonok was all in for roughly 30,000 from the small blind with against Willie Wiggins in the hijack leading with .

The board ran out , safe for Wiggins to score the elimination.

Willie Wiggins  –  128,000  (64 bb)

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  800/1,600 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  24 of 97

A player in early position raised to 3,500, Roni Zelichonok called in middle position, and Philip Consolo three-bet to 14,500 in the small blind. The initial raiser folded and Zelichonok called.

The flop came , Consolo continued for 14,500, Zelichonok raised all in for 42,100, and Consolo called for a pair of queens, leading Zelichonok’s for an open-ended straight draw.

The turn was the , locking up the pot for Zelichonok with a five-high straight, rendering the river moot.

Roni Zelichonok  –  119,900  (75 bb)
Philip Consolo  –  12,500  (8 bb)

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  27 of 97

With roughly 34,000 in the pot and the board reading , Willie Wiggins was all in for 26,800 from middle position with for a pair of jacks. His opponent in the hijack trailed with for a pair of sevens.

The river was the , further improving Wiggins to queens and jacks to double up.

Willie Wiggins  –  87,000  (73 bb)

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  36 of 97

John Binns  –  114,000  (14 bb)
Raffaello Locatelli  –  104,000  (104 bb)
Roni Zelichonok  –  72,000  (72 bb)
David Vurgait  –  60,000  (60 bb)
Caleb Piderit  –  36,000  (36 bb)
Steve Karp  –  34,000  (34 bb)
Nancy Birnbaum  –  32,000  (32 bb)
Willie Wiggins  –  32,000  (32 bb)
Scott Baumstein  –  21,000  (21 bb)
Jake Schwartz  –  15,500  (16 bb)
Raminder Singh  –  15,000  (15 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  10,000  (10 bb)

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries:  97

Flight A of the 2022 Everglades Poker Open Event 8 drew 97 entries, generating $51,410 toward the $200,000 guarantee.

Play will continue until 13 players remain. Players must bag a stack in order to make the money, and those who do will return for Day 2 on Sunday at noon.

Primary Event Schedule

11 a.m. – Event #8 Flight A – $600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• 20,000 chips and 30-minute levels
• Late Registration until 3:30 p.m.
• Flight A will conclude when 12.5% of the field remains
• Players must bag chips in order to cash
• Event 8 Structure Sheet

6 p.m. – Event #8 Flight B – $600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• 20,000 chips and 30-minute levels
• Late Registration until 10:30 p.m.
• Flight B will conclude when 12.5% of the field remains
• Players must bag chips in order to cash
• Event 8 Structure Sheet

Tournament updates will begin at about 3:30 p.m.

2022 Everglades Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 7
$200 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty (Freezeout)
Entries:  254
$30,000 Guaranteed
Prize Pool:  $28,702
Bounty Prize Pool:  $12,700
September 20, 2022

Event 7 of the 2022 Everglades Poker Open drew 254 entries, generating a prize pool of $28,702 with an additional $12,700 set aside for bounties. The final 32 players will cash, with a min-cash paying $205.

Up top for the winner is $6,492 and a guitar trophy.

1st:  $6,492 + Guitar Trophy
2nd:  $4,460
3rd:  $2,940
4th:  $1,790
5th:  $1,385
6th:  $1,145
7th:  $960
8th:  $805
9th-10th:  $690
11th-12th:  $580
13th-15th:  $485
16th-18th:  $405
19th-21st:  $335
22nd-24th:  $265
25th-27th:  $230
28th-32nd:  $205

2022 Everglades Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 6
$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Entries:  35
Prize Pool:  $7,315
September 20, 2022

Event 6 of the 2022 Everglades Poker Open was a $250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry). There were 35 entries, creating a prize pool of $7,315. A heads-up deal was made and as the chip leader, George Kraynak was the official winner for $2,558.

*denotes heads-up deal

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 35

Before heads-up play began, George Kraynak and Maksim Pisarenko agreed to a deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

George Kraynak  –  331,000  (17 big bets)
Maksim Pisarenko  –  194,000  (10 big bets)

Here were the resulting payouts:

George Kraynak  –  $2,558
Maksim Pisarenko  –  $2,270

As the chip leader, George Kraynak is the official winner of Event 6 of the 2022 Everglades Poker Open!

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 35

Stud 8

On fifth street, Efthimios Piperakis was all in with for a flush draw against Maksim Pisarenko with for sixes and fives.

Piperakis failed to improve on his flush draw, busting in third place.

Maksim Pisarenko  –  194,000  (10 big bets)
Efthimios Piperakis  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($1,097)