2016 WPTDeepStacks-Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Tampa, Fla.
Event #3
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 495
Prize Pool: $147,400
June 13-15, 2016
Manouchakian makes his second final table appearance of the series count, scores victory and $24,140 payday.
Karl Manouchakian is making a name for himself early in the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa WPTDeepStacks series. Manouchakian, a resident of Tampa, began hot taking part in a six-way chop in the opening $570 event. With that $36,620 score behind him, he entered the very next prelim — Event 3, a $350 Deep Stack tournament. The event drew a stout field of 495 entries and played out over the course of three days concluding during the early morning hours of Thursday.
Manouchakian began Day 2 with a modest, 99,000-chip stack. He spun it up and eventually took things into his own hands when he burst the money bubble in style rivering quads. From there, he maneuvered his way to the final table with a medium-sized stack and took control as the blinds and antes continued to climb. As in Event 1, the final few players found a chop, this time using ICM. Manouchakian scored $24,140, the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa guitar trophy and a $1,100 seat in the Main Event.
Manouchakian is 40 years old and was born in Lebanon before coming to the United States. Impressively, his Event 3 win moves him over $60,000 in earnings over the last four days of the WPTDeepStacks-Tampa series alone. With another massive, 495-entry field, the top spot in Event 3 was hard to find. Manouchakian bested an in-the-money crew that included start-of-Day-2 chip leader Victor Hernandez (40th), Seminole Hard Rock Poker Tampa ambassador Wally Maddah (39th) and Dominick Minaya (13th). In the end, Manouchakian chopped with Hank Zheng (2nd, $21,159), David Albertson (3rd, $19,400) and Josias Santos (4th, $18,643).
He didn’t need it, but the win gave Manuochakian a head of steam going into Thursday’s $1,100 buy-in Main Event. The series finale boasts three starting flights, a $300,000 guarantee and a live streamed final table.
Event 3 final results:
1st: Karl Manouchakian – $24,140 + $1,100 Seat
2nd: Hank Zheng – $21,159
3rd: David Albertson – $19,400
4th: Josias Santos – $18,653
5th: Mike Alcalde – $8,402
6th: Andrew Lanoue – $7,002
7th: Roberto Melo – $5,601
8th: Ryan Ketterer – $4,275
9th: Gary Britt – $2,948
10th: Allen Knighton – $1,916
11th: Paul Derosa – $1,916
12th: Marvin Karlins – $1,916
13th: Dominick Minaya – $1,474
14th: Leonard Deboer – $1,474
15th: Daniel D’eugenio – $1,474
16th: Hyndi Khomutetsky – $1,164
17th: Anthony Astarita – $1,164
18th: Charlie Lo – $1,164
19th: Margo Costa – $914
20th: Joe Boccuzzi – $914
21st: David O’Connell – $914
22nd: Sumit Mantaporn – $914
23rd: Chris Gaskin – $914
24th: Bradley Patton – $914
25th: Brandon Byars – $914
26th: William Alexander – $914
27th: Jaime Tran – $914
28th: John O’Neal- $811
29th: Jamie Grantham – $811
30th: Blaise Ingoglia – $811
31st: Justin Rotta – $811
32nd: Michael Gallo – $811
33rd: Matthew Casperite – $811
34th: Erik Nelson – $811
35th: Forrest Jahn – $811
36th: William Diaz – $811
37th: Giancarlo Disalvo – $737
38th: David Moreno – $737
39th: Wally Maddah – $737
40th: Victor Hernandez – $737
41st: Richard Petrovic – $737
42nd: Dwayne Sullivan – $737
43rd: Davis Adams – $737
44th: David Brown – $737
45th: Roland Willis – $737