2020 WSOP Circuit – February
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 1
$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 2,433
Prize Pool: $1,252,995
February 6-10, 2020

The first-ever Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Poker WSOP Circuit series kicked off with a bang. Event 1 drew an incredible 2,433 entries for the opener and Byron Johnson, a poker room cash game regular, walked away with the title along with $166,176.

The tournament featured five starting flights including the record-setting Flight E field the had a massive 1,023 entries. They pushed the $500,000 guaranteed prize pool all the way up to $1,252,995 and the series was off to a great start.

Johnson came into Day 2 near the bottom of the counts, his 143,000 good for 219th out of 242 come back. But he cruised through the long Day 2 field and hit the final table in the middle of the pack.

Fabian Foster was dominating the final table and held the majority of the chips until he was heads-up with Johnson for the WSOP Circuit ring. Everything went for Johnson from that point forward with a fortunate river and a small pair locking up his first career win and second career WSOP cash.

Final table results:

1st: Byron Johnson – $166,176 + WSOP Circuit ring
2nd: Fabian Foster – $102,705
3rd: Juan Restrepo – $78,741
4th: Massimo Dirienzo – $60,856
5th: Corey Zedo – $47,378
6th: Carlo Loving – $37,168
7th: Mike Spada – $29,384
8th: John Racener – $23,410
9th: Filipp Khavin – $18,797