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November 14, 2022 @ 10:53 PM
The Bar Poker Open Main Event at the Florida World Championship has come to an end and Phil Hoff is the winner after he defeated Stephanie Devito in heads-up play to win the $40,000 top prize.
Hoff beat out 39 players that survived two opening flights to take down the tournament after he dominated the final table. The tournament drew 446 players to generate a prize pool of $126,648. Devito takes home $22,537 for second place after a great run at the final table that was buoyed by a very large and vocal rail of supporters.
2022 Bar Poker Open Florida World Championship Final Table Results
| Place | Name | Poker League | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Hoff | New York Free Poker | $40,000 |
| 2 | Stephanie Devito | No Limit New York | $22,537 |
| 3 | Nick Sims | Eastern Poker Tour | $12,256 |
| 4 | Johnny Kelly | Eastern Poker Tour | $8,052 |
| 5 | Durwood Flournoy | Bar Poker Open Online | $6,321 |
| 6 | Ellen Schirmer | Deepstacks Poker League | $5,484 |
| 7 | Susanne Spritzer | No Limit Pub Poker Tour | $3,894 |
| 8 | James Boynton | Eastern Poker Tour | $2,688 |
| 9 | Jhonny Ortiz | Eastern Poker Tour | $1,893 |
This was Hoff's third Bar Poker Open cash, and it improves on his previous best finish of second place for $28,775 at the 2019 BPO National Championship at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas.
"I started playing shortly after retirement with a local senior's group and at Bar Poker Open events," Hoff said in his post-win interview with PokerNews. "Since then, I have done a lot of studying."
Hoff has put his studying to good work and he has now earned the largest first prize in Bar Poker Open history.
"I study a lot of Jonathan Little's training programs and I've been working hard on learning. I am a member of his website."
Hoff is a member of the New York Free Poker league, which operates out of eight locations throughout New York. He qualified for the Florida event back in July and came to the Palm Beach Kennel Club in the ninth spot on the league's rankings leaderboard.
Day 2 Action
The eliminations kicked off right away and Hoff held the lead when the final two tables were reached in just under two hours. Gregg Bloom, David Edwards, Tuan Pham, Andrew Upton, David Silva, Tom Heinlein, and opening flight chip leaders Chris Weaver and Joseph Fleming fell before an unofficial final table of 10 was formed.
Other Day 2 standouts include Jan Scotto, who bagged in both flights to earn a $1,000 bonus. She was joined on Day 2 by her husband, Dan Scotto. Weaver also survived both flights for a $1,000 bonus.
John Sarappa was out in tenth when his ace-queen couldn't improve against Johnny Kelly's pocket tens and the tournament took a break for interviews and final table preparation before the final nine convened to play down to a winner.
Jhonny Ortiz was out in ninth when his king-ten shove ran into Kelly's pocket aces, while James Boynton wasn't far behind in eighth when Ellen Schirmer spiked a pair of nines on the river to beat his Big Slick.
Susanne Spritzer was next to go in seventh when Hoff made a pair of jacks on the river to beat her suited ace-four for the first of his many final table eliminations. Action slowed down for the final six and they battled for an entire level before Schirmer's ace-nine fell to Devito's ace-jack in sixth place. Durwood "Doc" Flournoy was right behind in fifth when his suited ten-seven couldn't improve in a short stack shove against Hoff.
Hoff kept going with yet another knockout when his pocket jacks held against Kelly's shove with ace-king. It was just minutes later when he picked up another one when Nick Sims shoved with a suited king-jack but Hoff once again held on with ace-seven to win a hand where no one paired the board.
The rail reached a fever pitch as Devito's supporters drowned out the entire room with their support. The New York No Limit league was out in force with several members playing well throughout the weekend, but Devito was their standard bearer and they made their presence known throughout the final stages of the tournament.
Heads-up play commenced and Devito quickly closed the gap with well-timed several aggressive bets against Hoff's large chip lead, but her aggression got the best of her when she couldn't get Hoff to give up his pair of tens for a large pot. The big moment came just a few moments later when Devito shoved with two pair and received a call from Hoff's one pair, but he picked up the better hand when his second pair fell on the river for the big win.
This wraps up coverage of the Bar Poker Open Florida World Championship at the Palm Beach Kennel Club in West Palm Beach Florida. Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team for live updates from all of your favorite tournaments around the world.
November 14, 2022 @ 10:14 PM
Stephanie Devito raised to 600,000 and Phil Hoff called. The flop was 
.
Hoff bet 500,000 and called quickly when Devito shoved for a total of 1,500,000. Hoff called and the cards were turned up.
Stephanie Devito: 
Phil Hoff: 
Devito was ahead with two pair, but the board ran out 
and Hoff caught up on the river to eliminate Devito in second place for $22,537.
| Phil Hoff | 13,000,000 | 2,000,000  |
| Stephanie Devito | 0 | -2,700,000  |
November 14, 2022 @ 10:03 PM
Phil Hoff raised to 600,000 with 
and Stephanie Devito called with 
. The flop was 
.
Devito bet 500,000 and Hoff raised to 2,000,000. Devito called.
The turn was 
and Devito continued on the river for 1,000,000. Hoff called and the river was 
.
Devito fired 1,000,000 at the river and Hoff called after a short tank to take a huge pot with a pair of tens and put Devito near the felt.
| Phil Hoff | 11,000,000 | 4,400,000 |
| Stephanie Devito | 2,700,000 | -3,600,000 |
November 14, 2022 @ 09:55 PM
Stephanie Devito has closed the gap with aggressive betting in the opening hands of heads-up play.
| Phil Hoff | 6,600,000 | -2,600,000 |
| Stephanie Devito | 6,300,000 | 3,100,000 |
November 14, 2022 @ 09:49 PM
Nick Sims got his last 2,100,000 in and Phil Hoff wanted another knockout.
Nick Sims: 
Phil Hoff: 
The board ran out 
and Hoff held on with the ace to eliminate Sims in third place for $12,256.
| Phil Hoff | 9,200,000 | 1,600,000 |
| Nick Sims | 0 | -2,300,000 |
November 14, 2022 @ 09:40 PM
Johnny Kelly shoved with 900,000 and Phil Hoff went for yet another knockout.
Johnny Kelly: 
Phil Hoff: 
The board ran out 
and the jacks held to eliminate Kelly in fourth place for $8,052.
| Phil Hoff | 7,600,000 | 900,000 |
| John Kelly | 0 | -1,300,000 |
November 14, 2022 @ 09:37 PM
Durwood Flournoy got the last of it in and Phil Hoff was there to put him at risk.
Durwood Flournoy: 
Phil Hoff: 
The board ran out 
and Hoff had fours full of deuces to eliminate Flournoy in fifth place for $6,321.
| Phil Hoff | 6,700,000 | 1,300,000 |
| Durwood Flournoy | 0 | -530,000 |
November 14, 2022 @ 09:34 PM
Ellen Schirmer was all in for 575,000 and Stephanie Devito looked her up.
Ellen Schirmer: 
Stephanie Devito: 
The board ran out 
and Devito flopped a pair of jacks to eliminate Schirmer in sixth place for $5,484.
| Stephanie Devito | 3,200,000 | 900,000 |
| Ellen Schirmer | 0 | -1,100,000 |
November 14, 2022 @ 09:19 PM
The final six players are now on a 15-minute break.
| Phil Hoff | 5,400,000 | 0 |
| Nick Sims | 2,300,000 | 0 |
| Stephanie Devito | 2,300,000 | -200,000 |
| John Kelly | 1,300,000 | -300,000 |
| Ellen Schirmer | 1,100,000 | 0 |
| Durwood Flournoy | 530,000 | -50,000 |
November 14, 2022 @ 09:18 PM
Ellen Schirmer raised to 275,000 from under the gun and Nick Sims shoved 1,100,000 from the small blind. Schirmer called and the cards were turned up.
Nick Sims:
Ellen Schirmer:
The board ran out and Sims held on with fours to secure the double.
| Nick Sims | 2,300,000 | 1,200,000 |
| Ellen Schirmer | 1,100,000 | -1,000,000 |
November 14, 2022 @ 09:15 PM
Stephanie Devito limped in from under the gun with 
and Ellen Schirmer raised to 375,000 from late position with 
. Devito called and the flop was 
.
Devito jammed the flop with top pair and it was too much so Schirmer threw her hand in the muck to give up the pot.
| Stephanie Devito | 2,500,000 | 600,000 |
| Ellen Schirmer | 2,100,000 | -200,000 |
November 14, 2022 @ 09:12 PM
Stephanie Devito raised to 250,000 with 
from late position and Phil Hoff three-bet to 600,000 with 
from the big blind. Devito went into the tank for a few moments before she made the correct decision to get away from it.
| Phil Hoff | 5,400,000 | 300,000 |
| Stephanie Devito | 1,900,000 | 700,000 |
November 14, 2022 @ 08:59 PM
Ellen Schirmer raised to 325,000 with from the small blind and Stephanie Devito called from the button after she limped in.
The flop was 
and Schirmer bet 475,000. Devito gave it a moment of thought before she tossed her hand in the muck and gave the pot to Schirmer.
| Ellen Schirmer | 2,300,000 | -100,000 |
| Stephanie Devito | 1,200,000 | 0 |
November 14, 2022 @ 08:48 PM
Nick Sims raised to 230,000 with and Johnny Kelly shoved for 1,100,000 from the small blind. Sims went into the tank and counted out his chips before he decided against getting his stack into the middle.
| John Kelly | 1,600,000 | -100,000 |
| Nick Sims | 1,100,000 | -700,000 |
Payouts
1: Phil Hoff
$40000 USD
2: Stephanie Devito
$22537 USD
3: Nick Sims
$12256 USD
4: John Kelly
$8052 USD
5: Durwood Flournoy
$6321 USD
6: Ellen Schirmer
$5484 USD
7: Susanne Spritzer
$3894 USD
8: James Boynton
$2688 USD
9: Jhonny Ortiz
$1893 USD
10: John Sarappa
$1129 USD
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11: Joseph Fleming
$1129 USD
12: Chris Weaver
$1129 USD
13: Tom Heinlein
$1129 USD
14: David Silva
$1129 USD
15: Andrew Upton
$1129 USD
16: Tuan Pham
$926 USD
17: Gregg Bloom
$926 USD
18: David Edwards
$926 USD
19: TBD
$926 USD
20: TBD
$926 USD
21: TBD
$776 USD
22: TBD
$776 USD
23: TBD
$776 USD
24: TBD
$776 USD
25: TBD
$776 USD
26: TBD
$657 USD
27: TBD
$657 USD
28: TBD
$657 USD
29: TBD
$657 USD
30: TBD
$657 USD
31: TBD
$551 USD
32: TBD
$551 USD
33: TBD
$551 USD
34: TBD
$551 USD
35: TBD
$550 USD
36: TBD
$500 USD
37: TBD
$500 USD
38: TBD
$500 USD
39: TBD
$500 USD
Top Chip Counts
1: Phil Hoff
13,000,000 Chips
2: Jhonny Ortiz
575,000 Chips
3: Stephanie Devito
Busted
4: Nick Sims
Busted
5: John Kelly
Busted
6: Durwood Flournoy
Busted
7: Ellen Schirmer
Busted
8: Susanne Spritzer
Busted
9: James Boynton
Busted
10: John Sarappa
Busted
