2025 Champions Club Winter Poker Open

$1,100 PLO Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2025 Champions Club Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q1083
Prize
$50,730
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$204,580
Entries
212
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
40,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
26
Players Left
1

He Feng Eliminated in 3rd Place ($20,970)

Level 24 : 25,000/50,000, 25,000 ante
He Feng
He Feng

Hand #81

Vladyslav Shovkovyi opened to 175,000 with Q1087 and He Feng made the call with KQJ3 to see a flop of 5Q10.

Shovkovyi bet out 375,000 top two pair but Feng check-raised all in with his straight and flush combo draw. Shovkovyi quickly called to put him at risk and they were off to the races.

Unfortunately for Feng, the board completely bricked out with 68 and he was eliminated in 3rd place while Shovkovyi was shipped yet another pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Vladyslav Shovkovyi
5,310,000
1,660,000
1,660,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
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He Feng
Busted

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Jake White Eliminated in 4th Place ($12,980)

Level 24 : 25,000/50,000, 25,000 ante
Jake White
Jake White

Hand #80

Vladyslav Shovkovyi opened to 125,000 with AAJ4 and then Jake White moved all in for 475,000 with QQ103. The action folded back to Shovkovyi who quickly called to put him at risk and they were off to the races.

White would need some help to stay alive against the aces of Shovkovyi, but help did not come on the J8847 runout and he was eliminated in fourth place.

Player Chips Progress
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Vladyslav Shovkovyi
3,650,000
475,000
475,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
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Jake White
Busted

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Level: 24

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 25,000

Carl Masters Eliminated in 5th Place ($9,850)

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 20,000 ante
Carl Masters
Carl Masters

Hand #78

Carl Masters opened to 150,000 from the cutoff with AK33 and then Vladyslav Shovlovyi three-bet to 525,000 from the small blind with A987. Masters then responded by moving all in for 1,175,000 and Shovkovyi made the call to put him at risk.

Masters was ahead with his pair, but unfortunately for him, the flop of 667 gave Shovkovyi a better pair of sevens and the runout of 45 further improved him to a straight to eliminate Masters in 5th place.

Player Chips Progress
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Vladyslav Shovkovyi
3,175,000
1,145,000
1,145,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
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Carl Masters
Busted

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Joshua Barney Eliminated in 6th Place ($8,160)

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 20,000 ante
Joshua Barney
Joshua Barney

Hand #63-65

For the second time in a row, Jake White moved all in and Joshua Barney made the call to put him at risk.

Jake White: AK42
Joshua Barney: AK107

Barney had the lead with his superior holding, but the flop of 92Q gave White the lead with his deuce. The runout of 95 changed nothing and White doubled up while Barney was left with less than one big blind.

Crazily enough, Barney then got it in with AA104 the next hand and managed to triple up but then fell when he ran 101094 into the AK95 of Liu.

Both an ace and a king appeared on the flop to give Liu a big lead and Barney failed to improve on the runout, eliminating him in 6th place.

Player Chips Progress
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Nan Liu
3,880,000
760,000
760,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
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Jake White
530,000
120,000
120,000
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Joshua Barney
Busted

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Level: 23

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 20,000

Feng and Barney Share a Pot

Level 22 : 15,000/30,000, 15,000 ante

He Feng opened to 100,000 under-the-gun with AKQ9 and the action folded to Joshua Barney on the button who moved all in for 275,000 once he looked down at AKQ10. Feng quickly made the call and they tabled their hands, Barney at risk.

They both held similar hands and sure enough, the runout of 448AK gave them both ace-king and they chopped it up.

Player Chips Progress
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He Feng
1,295,000
85,000
85,000
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Joshua Barney
305,000
60,000
60,000

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Flashback: Tommy Zhang Wins Champions Club WPO $1,500 Main Event!

Level 22 : 15,000/30,000, 15,000 ante
Thomas Zhang
Thomas Zhang

Last February. the 2024 Champions Club Winter Poker Open $1,500 Main Event saw Tommy Zhang hoist the trophy after defeating Spencer Champlin in a lengthy heads-up battle. Along with the trophy and the title, Zhang took home $209,730, while Champlin was awarded the runner-up prize of $164,430.

“It honestly feels like I’m in a dream,” Zhang said after the grueling two-hour heads-up battle,” It’s kind of crazy, actually, because the only tournament I won was ten years ago in Macao, and I told myself at the end of last year that I really wanted to win another one before I die, and I just feel like I manifested this.” This was prevalent throughout all of the stages of the tournament, as he was heard saying that he could just feel like he couldn’t lose.

The UK-born Shanghai resident did not even plan on playing in the tournament, but the private equity broker just happened to be close in Missouri City, where he was tending to a property. “Yeah, 99% of the time, I just play cash, but I saw there was a $1 mil tournament going on, so I just decided to flick it in.”

2024 WPO Main Event Final Table Results

PlacePlayerPrize
1Tommy Zhang$209,730
2Spencer Champlin$164,430
3Andrew Esposito$131,540
4Jerry Yen$78,750
5Adam Hendrix$59,910
6Cedrric Trevino$48,180
7David Diaz$40,000
8Chris Staats$31,920
9Charles Sinn$24,020

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White Doubles Through Barney

Level 22 : 15,000/30,000, 15,000 ante

Hand #44

Joshua Barney opened under-the-gun to 75,000 with AK97 but then Jake White moved all in for 190,000 with AA104. the action folded back to Barney who made the call and they were off to the races.

White was in good shape with his aces, and the flop of A52 was above average as he made top set. The runout of 9J changed nothing and he was awarded the pot for the double.

Player Chips Progress
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Jake White
410,000
310,000
310,000
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Joshua Barney
365,000
260,000
260,000

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