$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 25: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 620

In the blink of an eye and less than an hour back from dinner, the Main Event is down to the last two tables and tournament staff redrew seats for the last 18 players.

The interesting pairing sits on Table 2 where Rex Clinkscales and Michael Cohen are sitting side-by-side a year since they finished first and second in last years Main Event.

Table 1
Seat 1: Joshua Garber
Seat 2: Charles Kahrs
Seat 3: Daniel Johnson
Seat 4: Lewis Gallo
Seat 5: Li Zhou
Seat 6: Justin Donato
Seat 7: Andrew Pacifico
Seat 8: Jonathan Toth
Seat 9: Quentin Jones

Table 2
Seat 1: Rex Clinkscales
Seat 2: Michael Cohen
Seat 3: Charlie Kapetanakos
Seat 4: Christopher Agnello
Seat 5: Brandon Byars
Seat 6: Ory Hen
Seat 7: Chaz Wexler
Seat 8: John O’Neal
Seat 9: Elie Williams

Remaining payouts:

1st: $116,435 *
2nd: $79,530
3rd: $51,180
4th: $36,860
5th: $28,290
6th: $22,835
7th: $18,970
8th: $15,120
9th: $11,340
10th – 12th: $9,480
13th – 15th: $7,550
16th – 18th: $6,310

19th: Ahmad Hamoush – $5,320
20th: Corey Lipke – $5,320
21st: Michael Turton – $5,320
22nd: Julio Marrero – $4,420
23rd: Len Demchak – $4,420
24th: Dino Patsourakis – $4,420
25th: Joseph Acquavella – $3,760
26th: Romeo Montano – $3,760
27th: David Roy – $3,760

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 24: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 23 of 620

Elie Williams open-shoved for 71,000 and Dino Patsourakis asked for a count from the small blind. Before the dealer could finish counting Williams’s stack, Patsourakis called.

Williams:
Patsourakis:

Wexler was in trouble of hitting the rail but ,instead he hit the flop for aces up. The board finished and to give Williams the double and Patsourakis down near the felt. He folded his next hand but was gone one hand later against John O’Neal.

$250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 115

Not long after the Main Event returned from dinner, we had another big moment on the other side of the room. The turbo tournament reached its final table ten and they are closer to crowning their champion. Abraham Kahsoy leads them and Geneva Pinney is making her second straight WPTDeepStacks Turbo final table.

Seat 1: Sanjib Acharya – 253,000
Seat 2: Abraham Kahsoy – 748,000
Seat 3: Anthony Vitale – 251,000
Seat 4: Daniel Kasper – 193,000
Seat 5: Craig Henderson – 200,000
Seat 6: Justin Fawcett – 225,000
Seat 7: Jared Reinstein – 190,000
Seat 8: Kevin Blewitt – 114,000
Seat 9: Paul Huffer – 219,000
Seat 10: Geneva Pinney – 482,000

Remaining payouts:

1st: $7,125
2nd: $4,407
3rd: $2,632
4th: $1,691
5th: $1,280
6th: $1,063
7th: $918
8th: $809
9th: $712
10th: $628

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 24: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 620

Main Event players returned from break and they redrew seats at the final three tables before getting back underway. Michael Cohen is the massive chip leader but there’s a long way to go.

Table 1
Seat 1: Len Demchak
Seat 2: Michael Cohen
Seat 3: Li Zhou
Seat 4: Daniel Johnson
Seat 5: Ory Hen
Seat 6: Charles Kahrs
Seat 7: Joshua Garber
Seat 8: Lewis Gallo
Seat 9: Michael Turton

Table 2
Seat 1: Corey Lipke
Seat 2: Jonathan Toft
Seat 3: Joseph Acquavella
Seat 4: Julio Marrero
Seat 5: Andrew Pacifico
Seat 6: Romeo Montano
Seat 7: David Roy
Seat 8: Quentin Jones
Seat 9: Rex Clinkscales

Table 13
Seat 1: Charlie Kapetanakos
Seat 2: Justin Donato
Seat 3: Ahmad Hamoush
Seat 4: Dino Patsourakis
Seat 5: John O’Neal
Seat 6: Christopher Agnello
Seat 7: Chaz Wexler
Seat 8: Elie Williams
Seat 9: Brandon Byars

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 23: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 620

The dinner break is here but not before we had some drama. Former monster stack Barry Wiedemann ran bad and his pocket kings lost to the big slick of Michael Cohen to leave him short and then out before dinner in 30th place.

Cohen, runner-up to Rex Clinkscales last year, now holds a huge lead with 2,900,000 heading into the late stages of the tournament.

Tournament staff will redraw new seats at the last three tables when the players return.

28th: Rodney Rodrigue – $3,115
29th: Andrea Ruosi – $3,115
30th: Barry Wiedemann – $3,115
31st: Karl Manouchakian – $3,115
32nd: Anthony Astarita – $3,115
33rd: David Loveless – $3,115
34th: Charles Johnson – $3,115
35th: Wayne Daley – $3,115
36th: Phil Strickland – $3,115

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 23: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 32 of 620

Anthony Astarita was having a pretty good run on Day 2. And then he had his kings cracked by 7-6 to leave him short.

Soon after, he moved all in from early position for 72,000 and the move made it around to Julio Marrero in the small blind. He called and Ahmad Hamoush released his big.

Astarita:
Marrero:

Our 2016 champ had two live, suited cards to double up but Marrero moved further ahead on the flop. The turn and river were no help and he was sent out in 33rd place.

Julio Marrero – 640,000 (40 bb)
Anthony Astarita – Eliminated

$250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 38 of 115

The final tournament on the WPTDeepStacks schedule closed out the series with another great turnout. Event 5 drew 115 entries to the $250 buy-in Turbo tournament to surpass the $20,000 Guarantee.

They combine to create a prize pool worth $24,150 and the tournament will pay out the last 15 spots. A min-cash will walk away with $543 and the Event 5 will earn $7,125 plus the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Guitar Trophy.

2018 WPTDeepStacks Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 5
$20,000 Guaranteed
$250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 115
Prize Pool: $24,150
June 17, 2018

1st: $7,125
2nd: $4,407
3rd: $2,632
4th: $1,691
5th: $1,280
6th: $1,063
7th: $918
8th: $809
9th: $712
10th – 12th: $628
13th – 15th: $543

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 23: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 36 of 620

The Main Event dropped down to the last four tables shortly after the second break and we grabbed the lineup as Table 14 spread its players among the others.

Both Rex Clinkscales and Anthony Astarita are alive for a second title along with Quentin Jones and Andrew Pacifico who earned their seat via a prelim win.

Table 1
Seat 1: Karl Manouchakian
Seat 2: Quentin Jones
Seat 3: Christopher Agnello
Seat 4: Romeo Montano
Seat 5: Andrew Pacifico
Seat 6: Rodney Rodrigue
Seat 7: Charles Kahrs
Seat 8: Corey Lipke
Seat 9: Jonathan Toth

Table 2
Seat 1: John O’Neal
Seat 2: Chaz Wexler
Seat 3: Len Demchak
Seat 4: Julio Marrero
Seat 5: Ahmad Hamoush
Seat 6: Daniel Johnson
Seat 7: Anthony Astarita
Seat 8: David Roy
Seat 9: Wayne Daley

Table 3
Seat 1: Charlie Kapetanakos
Seat 2: Michael Turton
Seat 3: Charles Johnson
Seat 4: Brandon Byars
Seat 5: Lewis Gallo
Seat 6: Justin Donato
Seat 7: Dino Patsourakis
Seat 8: Joshua Garber
Seat 9: Rex Clinkscales

Table 13
Seat 1: David Loveless
Seat 2: Ory Hen
Seat 3: Joseph Acquavella
Seat 4: Barry Wiedemann
Seat 5: Li Zhou
Seat 6: Michael Cohen
Seat 7: Phil Stickland
Seat 8: Andrea Ruosi
Seat 9: Elie Williams

Results 37th through 45th:

37th: Alban Fresheri – $2,690
38th: Gary Cordeiro – $2,690
39th: David Tuthill – $2,690
40th: Joseph Skarzynski – $2,690
41st: Dominick Minaya – $2,690
42nd: Mark “Bud” Wiser – $2,690
43rd: Kyle Jensen – $2,690
44th: Terri-Anne Crawford – $2,690
45th: Derek Ecenarro – $2,690

While Flight C was playing out yesterday afternoon, some of the WPTDeepStacks staff joined 2016 champ Anthony Astarita for a day at the beach and on the water.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 40 of 620

The pace of play is about 45 minutes behind schedule thanks to the extended money bubble. The 40 remaining players are on dinner break and will return for two more levels before dinner.

Barry Wiedemann is your new chip leader and the only one in seven-digits. He will return to a 1,049,000 stack with Ahmad Hamoush in second with 974,000.