2016 WPTDeepStacks-Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Tampa, Fla.
Event #1
$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 698
Prize Pool: $349,000
June 9-12, 2016

Season 3 of the WPTDeepStacks set up shop at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa beginning Thursday, June 9. It was then that the first of five primary events kicked off in what would be a 12-day series that ran parallel with the game’s biggest festival, the World Series of Poker. To those familiar with Tampa and its core group of loyal players, the tremendous reception didn’t come as a surprise. The field in the $570 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed opener drew an impressive 698 entries generating a $349,000 kiddie smashing the six-figure target. Following six flights and four days of action, Claudemir Osorio emerged victorious in a six-way chop. There were some unverified, verbal agreements between the players, but for record keeping purposes, the final six split evenly with Osorio pocketing $36,620, as well as a $1,100 seat in the Main Event and the Seminole Hard Rock guitar trophy.

The opener set the pace for what was expected — and what appears will be — a smashing success of a series. In addition to the $200,000 guarantee, the schedule is headlined by a $350 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed prelim and, of course, the $1,100 buy-in, $300,000 guaranteed Main Event. Joining Osorio in that headliner will be Paul Neessen who claimed victory in Event 2, a one-day turbo that ran alongside the Event 1 restart.

Osorio was born in Brazil but now resides in Orlando. The win marks his second at the Tampa property having previously laid claim to a title in a $560 event during the Deep Stack Spring Poker Series last may. Additionally, his most recent achievement moves him into six-figure territory in career earnings and tops him out at just over $125,000.

Chopping with Osorio were Karl Manouchakian, Parm Mehmi, Hung Le, Mark Smith and James Sutherland. Other notables to finish in the money included Jordan Chizick (23rd), Jeffrey Fullmer (24th) and Marvin Karlins (38th). The Day 2 restart included other notable faces as well such as Seminole Hard Rock Poker Tampa ambassador Wally Maddah and tournament regular Cheri Beatty. Both players battled it out early, but ultimately fell short of the money.

While it’s the opener that got things started, the WPTDeepStacks-Tampa series has the $1,100 next on the list. That tournament begins June 16 and wraps on June 20 with the live streamed final table.

Event 1 final results:

1st: Claudemir Osorio – $36,620
2nd: Karl Manouchakian – $36,620
3rd: Parm Mehmi – $36,620
4th: Hung Le – $36,620
5th: Mark Smith – $36,620
6th: James Sutherland – $36,620
7th: Tom Nguyen – $12,739
8th: Ioannis Patsourakis – $9,598
9th: Joaquin Pereira – $6,631
10th: James Wood – $4,537
11th: Huyen Vo – $4,537
12th: Vincent Censabella – $4,537
13th: Nathan Stenfors – $3,316
14th: Manny Minaya – $3,316
15th: Seyedali Rad – $3,316
16th: Arch McLauchlin – $2,443
17th: Jacob Mast – $2,443
18th: Michael Cusumano – $2,443
19th: Brian Blanchard – $1,920
20th: Michael McKinley – $1,920
21st: Roberto Melo – $1,920
22nd: Josias Santos – $1,920
23rd: Jordan Chizick – $1,920
24th: Jeffrey Fullmer – $1,920
25th: Thomas Hunnicutt – $1,920
26th: Juan Martell-Salinas – $1,920
27th: Michael Poeltler – $1,920
28th: William McKown – $1,710
29th: Arian Bahrami – $1,710
30th: Jeffrey Garbus – $1,710
31st: Conrad Lau – $1,710
32nd: John O’neal – $1,710
33rd: Kevin Blewitt – $1,710
34th: Brian Arbaugh – $1,710
35th: Joseph Brown – $1,710
36th: Selma Sayin – $1,710
37th: Kenneth Fishman – $1,536
38th: Marvin Karlins – $1,536
39th: Andrew Personette – $1,536
40th: Daniel Wilson – $1,536
41st: Joshua Fulford – $1,536
42nd: Alexander Beece – $1,536
43rd: Heather Rardin – $1,536
44th: Paul Derosa – $1,536
45th: Michael Soares – $1,536
46th: Adam Webster – $1,361
47th: William Dubay – $1,361
48th: Cameron Ua – $1,361
49th: Yazan Musa – $1,361
50th: Sufian Soufan – $1,361
51st: Tony Miles – $1,361
52nd: Daniel Walters – $1,361
53rd: Christian Jabbour – $1,361
54th: Daniel Griggs – $1,361
55th: Anthony Astarita – $1,187
56th: Christopher Boyle – $1,187
57th: Jamie Custalow – $1,187
58th: Jody Keeling – $1,187
59th: Thonglith Vilaihong – $1,187
60th: Charlie Miller – $1,187
61st: Lazaro Remolina – $1,187
62nd: Lawrence Dowling – $1,187
63rd: Jason La Madeleine – $1,187