$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 98

After a flop of , Sherman Supley was all in from middle position for 50,000 with (pair of jacks), but he needed to improve to stay alive against the (pair of kings) of Davy Ridout in the big blind.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Ridout won the pot with his pair of kings to eliminate Supley in eighth place.

Davy Ridout  –  525,000  (66 bb)
Sherman Supley  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($1,313)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 280,000 (35 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $1,445 each.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 98

Eric Tarikas entered the pot from middle position, Grant Missonis moved all in from the small blind for about 50,000, and Tarikas called with .

Missonis turned over , and he needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Tarikas flopped trip jacks and rivered a full house to win the pot and eliminate Missonis in ninth place.

Eric Tarikas  –  317,000  (53 bb)
Grant Missonis  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($1,116)

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is about 245,000 (41 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $1,313 each.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 98

With 10 players remaining, Eric Mutschler moved all in under the gun for 18,000, Rishi Srivastava called from the small blind, and Davy Ridout called from the big blind.

The flop came , Srivastava bet, and Ridout folded.

Mutschler showed , but he needed to improve to stay alive against Srivastava’s .

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the pocket aces held up for Srivastava to win the pot and eliminate Mutschler in 10th place.

Eric Mutschler  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($985)

After the elimination of Mutschler, the final nine players redraw for random seats at the final table. Here is the lineup with their updated chip counts:

Seat 1.  Rishi Srivastava  –  614,000  (102 bb)
Seat 2.  Ben Miner  –  284,000  (47 bb)
Seat 3.  Sherman Supley  –  60,000  (10 bb)
Seat 4.  Eric Tarikas  –  260,000  (43 bb)
Seat 5.  Mark “Bud” Wiser  –  57,000  (10 bb)
Seat 6.  Justin Fulbright  –  115,000  (19 bb)
Seat 7.  Wilmer Chavira  –  199,000  (33 bb)
Seat 8.  Grant Missonis  –  60,000  (10 bb)
Seat 9.  Davy Ridout  –  298,000  (50 bb)

And here are the payouts:

1st:  $11,162 + Trophy
2nd:  $6,402
3rd:  $4,005
4th:  $2,708
5th:  $2,052
6th:  $1,642
7th:  $1,445
8th:  $1,313
9th:  $1,116
10th:  Eric Mutschler  –  $985

2021 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 18
$2,200 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  41
Prize Pool:  $82,000
June 21, 2021

Event 18 attracted 41 entries, generating a prizepool of $82,000 that would pay out to the final five players.

Originally scheduled as a two-day tournament, the final tablists voted to play down to a winner tonight, which they reached shortly before 3:00 am when Ethan Harris defeated Jim Collopy heads-up for the title, the trophy, and the first prize of $32,733.

1st:  Ethan Harris  –  $32,733 + Trophy
2nd:  Jim Collopy  –  $20,231
3rd:  David Bansmer  –  $13,640
4th:  Drake Pitoniak  –  $9,196
5th:  Aleksey Filatov  –  $6,200

2021 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 17
$300 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  427
Prize Pool:  $106,750
June 21, 2021

The $300 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em event started at 11:00 am, attracting a total field of 427 entries to generate a prizepool worth $106,750.

The final 44 players finished in the money, and shortly before 2:00 am, Adam Deisley was crowned champion, earning $19,059.

$300 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em Survivor (Re-Entry)
Structure
Players Remaining:  12 of 97

The Survivor Tournament was originally scheduled to pay out the final 10 players, but when it was down to 12 and getting past 1:00 am, they agreed to split it 12 ways.

Henry Van Putten finished as the chipleader, though that doesn’t earn him anything beyond bragging rights. So the payouts below are listed in alphabetical order by last name:

Gerald Aiello  –  $2,020
Andrew Apostol  –  $2,021
Alexander Chiang  –  $2,021
Justin Daniels  –  $2,021
Duong Dieu  –  $2,021
John Gordon  –  $2,021
Ching Lo  –  $2,020
Mohamed Maghraoui  –  $2,021
Oduok Ntuk  –  $2,021
John Ostberg III  –  $2,021
Juan Ramirez Parodi  –  $2,021
Henry Van Putten  –  $2,021

Because they chopped the prizepool early, the amounts didn’t balance out, so two players were chosen at random to receive $1 less — Gerald Aiello and Ching Lo.

2021 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 15
$1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  189
Prize Pool:  $292,950
June 20-21, 2021

Event 15 began on Sunday, but registration remained open until the start of Day 2 on Monday. There were 189 entries who created a total prizepool worth $292,950. The final 19 players finished in the money.

Victor Figueroa began the final table with a massive chip lead, holding more chips than the next three players combined, and he carried that momentum all the way to the finish line, winning the event outright to earn $80,872.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,165

Day 3 of the WPT Tampa Championship comes to an end with nine players remaining, and they will come back tomorrow at 1:00 pm EDT to play down to a winner.

With nine players remaining from a field of 1,165, the average chip stack is about 5,175,000 (35 big blinds). Here are the official chip counts:

Seat 1.  Steve Queen  –  6,875,000  (46 bb)
Seat 2.  Will Berry  –  3,600,000  (24 bb)
Seat 3.  John Haas  –  4,050,000  (27 bb)
Seat 4.  Brian Altman  –  10,800,000  (72 bb)
Seat 5.  Gabriel Abusada  –  5,950,000  (40 bb)
Seat 6.  Dave Berman  –  2,325,000  (16 bb)
Seat 7.  T.K. Miles  –  2,225,000  (15 bb)
Seat 8.  Zachary Smiley  –  4,975,000  (33 bb)
Seat 9.  Jonathan Jaffe  –  5,875,000  (39 bb)

The chipleader is reigning Hublot WPT Player of the Year Brian Altman, who is going for his third WPT title. And he’s not the only WPT champion at the table, as Zachary Smiley and Jonathan Jaffe have titles as well. And T.K. Miles has won more money in poker tournaments at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa than any player in history, and he’ll need to finish no lower than fourth to have a chance to defend his position on the all-time leaderboard.

Here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $613,225
2nd:  $408,825
3rd:  $302,200
4th:  $225,675
5th:  $170,275
6th:  $129,825
7th:  $100,030
8th:  $77,900
9th:  $61,325

Day 4 begins tomorrow at 1:00 pm EDT, and they will play down to a winner. Return to SHRTPoker.com for continuing coverage of the 2021 WPT Tampa series.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,165

Brian Altman raised UTG+1 to 250,000, Jonathan Jaffe called from the button, and Steve Queen reraised from the small blind to 875,000. Altman folded, and Jaffe called.

The flop came , Queen bet 550,000, and Jaffe called.

The turn card was the , Queen checked, Jaffe bet 950,000, and Queen check-raised all in for 2,900,000. Jaffe used one Time Chip to tank for nearly a minute before he folded.

Somebody asked Queen to show his cards in this big spot, and he turned over as he took the pot — he had turned a set of aces.

Jaffe breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Appreciate it.”

Steve Queen  –  7,200,000  (58 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe  –  7,400,000  (59 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 1,165, the average chip stack is about 5,175,000 (41 big blinds).

Action will continue tonight until the end of this level, or until there are six players left, whichever comes first.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,165

Nobody has won more money in tournaments at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa than T.K. Miles, who has earned $433,289 here over the years.

However, since the winner of this event will earn $613,225, Miles was told a while back that whoever won this event would pass him on the all-time casino money list.

Not so fast, because Miles is now at the final table and in position to defend his status as the biggest tournament money winner in history for this casino.

Even if Miles finishes as low as fourth place, he could potentially hold the number one spot, depending on the career earnings of those who finish ahead of him.

Of course, none of that will matter if Miles wins this event himself, which would catapult him to more than $1 million earned here at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa.