2021 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 16
$600 Turbo NLH / PLO (Re-Entry)
Entries:  47
Prize Pool:  $24,675
June 20, 2021

With Day 2 of the Championship playing out on the other side of the room, the $600 Turbo No Limit Hold’em event started at 6:00 pm (after the Championship burst the Money Bubble), and played for a little over six hours until Michael Rosenberg outlasted the field of 47 entries to claim victory shortly after 12:00 midnight.

1st:  Michael Rosenberg  –  $10,117 + Trophy
2nd:  Kammar Andries  –  $6,169
3rd:  Dan Stavila  –  $3,701
4th:  Louis Frank  –  $2,714
5th:  Zhen Cai  –  $1,974

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 1,165

Day 2 came to an end with 40 players remaining, and the chipleader is Jonathan Jaffe, who bagged 3,035,000  (121 big blinds).

Here is the top of the leaderboard:

1.  Jonathan Jaffe  –  3,035,000  (121 bb)
2.  Peter Vitantonio  –  2,735,000  (109 bb)
3.  Kevin Garosshen  –  2,245,000  (90 bb)
4.  Jon Borenstein  –  2,000,000  (80 bb)
5.  Yuri Dzivielevski  –  1,970,000  (79 bb)

With 40 players remaining from a field of 1,165, the average chip stack is about 1,165,000 (47 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $15,690 each. The next pay jump will be $18,420 for 32nd place.

Day 3 begins tomorrow (Monday) at 12:00 noon, and the field will play seven 90-minute levels, or down to the final six players, whichever comes first.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 1,165

Here are the most recent players who have been eliminated near the end of Day 2, along with their payouts:

41st:  Francisco Martinez  –  $13,520
42nd:  Martin Carnero  –  $13,520
43rd:  John Gorsuch  –  $13,520
44th:  Maurice Paradis  –  $13,520
45th:  Benjamin Earley  –  $13,520
46th:  Christian Harder  –  $13,520
47th:  Victor Nissim  –  $13,520
48th:  Vincent Giuliano  –  $13,520

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 1,165

There was a three-way all-in situation as play was coming to an end on Day 2, with Martin Carnero all in from the small blind for 495,000, Francisco Martinez all in under the gun for 510,000, and Zachary Smiley covering them both from UTG+1.

Zachary Smiley:  
Francisco Martinez:  
Martin Carnero:  

The board came , and the pocket jacks held up for Smiley to win the entire pot, eliminating Martinez and Carnero in the final minutes of the night.

Zachary Smiley  –  1,705,000  (68 bb)
Francisco Martinez  –  Eliminated in 41st Place  ($13,520)
Martin Carnero  –  Eliminated in 42nd Place  ($13,520)

With 40 players remaining from a field of 1,165, the average chip stack is about 1,165,000 (47 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $15,690 each. The next pay jump will be $18,420 for 32nd place.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  42 of 1,165

John Gorsuch moved all in under the gun for 415,000, and Derek Bowers called from the cutoff with .

Gorsuch turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket kings held up for Bowers to win the pot and eliminate Gorsuch in 43rd place.

Derek Bowers  –  1,075,000  (43 bb)
John Gorsuch  –  Eliminated in 43rd Place  ($13,520)

With 42 players remaining from a field of 1,165, the average chip stack is about 1.11 million (44 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $13,520 each. The next pay jump will be $15,690 for 40th place.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of this level, around 11:45 pm.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 1,165

Here are the most recent players who have been eliminated, along with their payouts:

49th:  Matthew Zazaian  –  $11,795
50th:  Juan Jiang  –  $11,795
51st:  Chad Deberry  –  $11,795
52nd:  Nashaat Antonious  –  $11,795
53rd:  Mansoor Kader  –  $11,795
54th:  Marsha Wolak  –  $11,795
55th:  Emanuel Ibarry Quinonez  –  $11,795
56th:  James Calderaro  –  $11,795

$1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 10:  500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining:  60 of 173

Day 1 of this second-chance tournament came to an end with 60 players remaining from a field of 173, and an average chip stack around 57,500 (38 big blinds).

The chipleader is Raymond McBeth, who bagged 137,000 (91 big blinds). Here’s a look at the top five:

1.  Raymond McBeth  –  137,000  (91 bb)
2.  Gregory Back  –  126,000  (84 bb)
3.  Matt Sesso  –  122,000  (81 bb)
4.  Jeiko Milivoj Palma Kuzmicic  –  120,000  (80 bb)
5.  Austin Peck  –  117,500  (78 bb)

Registration remains open with re-entries until the start of Day 2, which is tomorrow (Monday) at 2:00 pm.

The prizepool and payouts will be released tomorrow after registration closes, and the official chip counts and the Day 2 seat draw will be posted later tonight.

$600 Turbo NLH / PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 47

After two players were eliminated on the final table bubble, the final eight had a redraw for random seats. Here is the lineup with their updated chip counts:

Seat 1.  Louis Frank  –  108,000  (22 bb)
Seat 2.  Mark Dube  –  41,000  (8 bb)
Seat 3.  Renato Labadan  –  36,000  (7 bb)
Seat 4.  George Kelly  –  41,000  (8 bb)
Seat 5.  Dan Stavila  –  165,000  (33 bb)
Seat 6.  Kammar Jahan Ali Andries  –  141,000  (28 bb)
Seat 7.  Michael Rosenberg  –  236,000  (47 bb)
Seat 8.  Zhen Cai  –  157,000  (31 bb)

Only the final five will finish in the money, and here are the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $10,117 + Trophy
2nd:  $6,169
3rd:  $3,701
4th:  $2,714
5th:  $1,974

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  55 of 1,165

James Calderaro was all in from the cutoff for 355,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Faysal Smile in the small blind.

The board came , and Smile won the pot with two pair, aces and sevens, to eliminate Calderaro in 56th place.

Faysal Smile  –  1,955,000  (98 bb)
James Calderaro  –  Eliminated in 56th Place  ($11,795)

With 55 players remaining from a field of 1,165, the average chip stack is about 845,000 (42 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $11,795 each. The next pay jump will be $13,520 for 48th place.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 21, around 11:45 pm.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  56 of 1,165

Here are the most recent players who have been eliminated, along with their payouts:

57th:  Orson Young  –  $10,410
58th:  Tsz “Philip” Shing  –  $10,410
59th:  Hieu Nguyen  –  $10,410
60th:  Jon Hoellein  –  $10,410
61st:  Toby Boas  –  $10,410
62nd:  Alexander Farin  –  $10,410
63rd:  Jonathan Hilton  –  $10,410
64th:  Donald Himpele  –  $10,410