Event 5: Mario De La Puente Bags Big Again

$1,650 Mega Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 13: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 55

Mario De La Puente

Day 1 of WPTDeepStacks Tampa Event 5 came to an end with 13 players remaining of the 55 who entered today. Registration is still open for the $1,650 buy-in tournament until the restart on Monday at 2 pm, so there’s plenty of time to get in the game for what might turn into an overlay on the $100,000 Guarantee.

Event 2 champion Mario De La Puente has a huge lead for the return with his 484,000 nearly 200K more than second place Woodrow Pass. We still have some talent in the field who will not give up including Karl Manouchakian, Joseph Orsino, and 2016 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event champion Anthony Astarita.

Below you can find the current table and seat assignments. If more than five players enter before the restart, there will be a three-table redraw before cards go in the air. We will also publish the prize pool and payout information as soon as it is available on Monday afternoon.

Event 5 gets back underway at 2 pm and we will track them throughout until we have a champion.

Table 10
Seat 1: Mario De La Puente – 484,000 (194 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Karl Manouchakian – 145,500 (58 bb)
Seat 4: Stephen Brite – 103,500 (41 bb)
Seat 5: Guy Ward – 41,000 (16 bb)
Seat 6: Rodney Turvin – 104,000 (42 bb)
Seat 7: Abdelouahed Bouanani – 187,500 (75 bb)
Seat 8: Anthony Astarita – 222,500 (89 bb)
Seat 9: — Empty —

Table 11
Seat 1: Steven Rash – 117,500 (47 bb)
Seat 2: Joseph Orsino – 179,500 (72 bb)
Seat 3: Aric Pluskat – 42,000 (17 bb)
Seat 4: Thomas Gralton – 24,500 (10 bb)
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Woodrow Pass – 288,000 (115 bb)
Seat 7: Russell Jaicks – 268,000 (107 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —
Seat 9: — Empty —

Listed by chip count:

  1. Mario De La Puente – 484,000 (194 bb)
  2. Woodrow Pass – 288,000 (115 bb)
  3. Russell Jaicks – 268,000 (107 bb)
  4. Anthony Astarita – 222,500 (89 bb)
  5. Abdelouahed Bouanani – 187,500 (75 bb)
  6. Joseph Orsino – 179,500 (72 bb)
  7. Karl Manouchakian – 145,500 (58 bb)
  8. Steven Rash – 117,500 (47 bb)
  9. Rodney Turvin – 104,000 (42 bb)
  10. Stephen Brite – 103,500 (41 bb)
  11. Aric Pluskat – 42,000 (17 bb)
  12. Guy Ward – 41,000 (16 bb)
  13. Thomas Gralton – 24,500 (10 bb)