$5,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante Remaining Players: 12 of 77 entries
Michael Rossitto
Michael Rossitto is the chip leader down the stretch with just 12 players remaining in Event 32, and the top ten will cash for at least $11,210. Rossitto holds 298,000 to pace the field with 99 big blinds.
2022 WPT Tampa Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 30 $10,000 High Roller (Re-Entry) Entries: 62 Prize Pool: $595,200 September 5, 2022
Clemen Deng
Clemen Deng won the WPT Trophy along with $158,778 thanks to a three-way chop in a talented high roller field in Event 30 this evening in Tampa. Here’s what he had to say after the win: “It feels great, It’s pretty surreal. We chopped it three ways but it’s pretty crazy. It’s my first $10k ever, besides the Main.”
“I want to be playing with the best in a few years, so I really enjoy this and putting my skills to the test,” said Deng when he was asked why he likes playing in the higher buy-in tournaments.
Deng had a group of friends on his rail near the end of play, and when he was asked about their support tonight he replied, “Yeah, definitely they made it fun. Maybe celebrate with them after this, but I might play in the $5k maybe. But sometimes you want to just chill too.”
“I came in with the chip lead and I just ran really hot initially. I lost a few pots and then just chilled until we were three-handed. I just ran really well, and won the all-ins, and that’s how you do it,” said Deng when he was asked about his journey through the final table today.
And in response to the last question about what he enjoys about coming to play tournaments here in Tampa, Deng said, “I like the people here, just being in the live environment. I don’t play live poker too much, so it’s nice just chatting with all the pros, especially in the $10k, just seeing what they do, and they just all know each other,”
Place
First Name
Last Name
Prize Payout
1
Clemen
Deng
$158,778* + WPT Trophy
2
Tsz
Shing
$136,330*
3
John
Racener
$114,992*
4
Taylor
von Kriegenbergh
$55,350
5
Rodney
Turvin
$38,090
6
Brian
Altman
$28,570
7
Shankar
Pillai
$23,210
8
Taylor
Wilson
$20,240
9
Stephen
Song
$19,640
*: Denotes the payouts decided by a three-way chop.
2022 WPT Tampa Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 28 $600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed Entries: 486 Prize Pool: $255,150 September 5-6, 2022
Brendan Shiller
Brendan Shiller took home the top prize worth $50,330 along with the WPT Trophy at the end of Day 2 in Event 28. The final three bagged up late last night at 4 am, and Shiller fought his way back from the short stack to claim the title this evening down in the Poker Room in Tampa.
Here is what he had to say right after the win: “It feels kind of good, it’s always nice to win a title, so that’s really cool, I like it.”
“My life is a celebration. I don’t know what I will do tonight, but I always have a good time, and I like being around other people. I like being generous with my time and talking with people so I’m sure I will have something fun to do tonight,” said Shiller when he was asked about his plans to celebrate later this evening.
Shiller continued, “the social aspect of the game is one of the things that attracts me to poker, but it is also the challenge of staying patient and disciplined.
“I just got very, very lucky. I came into the final three as the short stack. I sucked out a lot, I got very lucky,” said Shiller when he was asked about his journey on the final day of the tournament.
“The WPT always runs a really good tournament, and they brought out some big guns to be the tournament directors, and they’ve got some really good people and dealers that travel with them. I needed to win this (laughs). I fired some bullets in the $2,200, the $1,700, and in the Main, and I didn’t cash in any of them, but hey, we’re ahead now” said Shiller about his overall tournament experience at this series.
Place
First Name
Last Name
Prize Payout
1
Brendan
Shiller
$50,330
2
Luke
Blindert
$35,260
3
Jovan
Jojic
$22,790
4
Daniel
Kasper
$15,600
5
Jeremy
Becker
$11,970
6
Clyde
Maliauka
$9,980
7
Jack
Ranallo
$8,330
8
Danyal
Huang
$6,680
9
Adam
Isaacson
$5,030
Here were the rest of the payouts on the way down to the final table.
10th: Jeffrey Yanchek – $4,160 11th: Michael Wang – $4,160 12th: Andrei Karas – $4,160 13th: Tuck Foong – $3,290 14th: Joshua Wilson – $3,290 15th: Anthony Pellegrini – $3,290 16th: Brett Murray – $2,780 17th: Greg Robinson – $2,780 18th: Matthew Sandt – $2,780 19th: Narimaan Ahmadi – $2,340 20th: Michael Noor – $2,340 21st: Nam Moon – $2,340 22nd: James Carmadella – $1,960 23rd: Joseph Bell – $1,960 24th: Grant Missonis – $1,960 25th: Ronald Groeller – $1,690 26th: David Baize – $1,690 27th: Donna Owens – $1,690 28th: Elias Kiwan – $1,470 29th: Irfanullah Khairi – $1,470 30th: Anes Kovacevic – $1,470 31st: Daniel Chalifour – $1,470 32nd: Joan Dekler – $1,470 33rd: Jigesh Patel – $1,470 34th: Larry Hoffman – $1,470 35th: Jason Goldman – $1,470 36th: Tam Nguyen – $1,470 37th: Frank Menendez – $1,260 38th: Peter Hsu – $1,260 39th: Hobart Adkins – $1,260 40th: Cesar Fuentes – $1,260 41st: Srinivs Gottiparthi – $1,260 42nd: Richard Gole – $1,260 43rd: Toan Pham – $1,260 44th: Timothy Conner – $1,260 45th: Spencer Sweisford – $1,260 46th: Joao Figueiredo – $1,070 47th: Frederick Collado – $1,070 48th: Diego Paulo Uez – $1,070 49th: Andrew Dansicker – $1,070 50th: Antonio Serrao – $1,070 51st: Walter Thornton – $1,070 52nd: Victor Paulino – $1,070 53rd: Raymond Brint – $1,070 54th: Kerr Jean – $1,070 55th: Did not collect – $920 56th: Paul Crump Brooks – $920 57th: Julio Degado Reyes – $920 58th: Jiandong Xu – $920 59th: Jason Klipman – $920 60th: Bobby Amin – $920 61st: Nuno Duarte – $920
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 30: 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 1,165
Steven McKoy
The final six players have bagged for the night, and they will return tomorrow at Noon. The chip leader at the end of play will be Steven McKoy with 13,350,000.
Play ended with 1:08:03 remaining in Level 30, and that’s where play will resume tomorrow with blinds at 100,000-200,000 with a 200,000 ante.
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 30: 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 of 1,165
Kevin Ragusa – Photo Credit: Drew Amato
Kevin Ragusa raised all in for 4,050,000 on the cutoff, and Brock Wilson quickly called on the big blind. The two players then flipped over their cards.
Wilson: Ragusa:
Board:
Ragusa was eliminated in seventh place, good for $100,000. Wilson stacked up 12.1 million after collecting the pot.
Brock Wilson – 12,100,000 (61 bb) Kevin Ragusa – Eliminated in Seventh Place ($100,000)
Play has now ended with the final table of six set for the final day of the tournament tomorrow at Noon. Stay tuned for final chip counts.
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 29: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 of 1,165
Fred Paradis raised to 350,000 under the gun, Corey Wade reraised to 850,000, and Donnie Phan reraised all in for 2,125,000. Paradis folded, and Wade called to cover so they tabled their cards.
Wade: Phan:
Board:
Phan was eliminated in eighth place, good for $78,000, and Wade stacked up 9,475,000 after collecting the pot.
Corey Wade – 9,475,000 (63 bb) Donnie Phan – Eliminated in Eighth Place ($78,000)
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 29: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante Players Remaining: 8 of 1,165
Aaron Olshan
Steven McKoy raised on the button preflop, and Aaron Olshan called on the big blind before the flop was dealt .
McKoy bet 350,000, and Olshan check-raised all in for about a million. McKoy called to cover him so they flipped over their cards.
McKoy: Olshan:
Turn and River:
Olshan was eliminated in ninth place, good for $61,500 in prize money, and McKoy stacks up 9,650,000 after the hand.
Steven McKoy – 9,650,000 (64 bb) Aaron Olshan – Eliminated in Ninth Place ($61,500)
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 29: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante Players Remaining: 9 of 1,165
Here is a look at the chip counts from the final table from the last break in play.
$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 28: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 486
Luke Blindert
The final three players bagged up at a hard stop at 4 am this morning in Tampa in Event 28, and Luke Blindert was the chip leader with 6.9 million. The final three players will return to play down to a champion at 3 pm down in the poker room where play will resume Level 28 with blinds at 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante.
Here is a look at how they will be seated tomorrow when cards get back into the air, along with their chip counts.
Seat 3: Luke Blindert – 6,900,000 Seat 5: Brendan Shiller – 2,300,000 Seat 8: Jovan Jojic – 5,375,000
Here is a look at the remaining prize pool and results of the tournament so far:
1st: $50,330 2nd: $35,260 3rd: $22,790 4th: Daniel Kasper – $15,600 5th: Jeremy Becker – $11,970 6th: Clyde Maliauka – $9,980 7th: Jack Ranallo – $8,330 8th: Danyal Huang – $6,680 9th: Adam Isaacson – $5,030 10th: Jeffrey Yanchek – $4,160 11th: Michael Wang – $4,160 12th: Andrei Karas – $4,160 13th: Tuck Foong – $3,290 14th: Joshua Wilson – $3,290 15th: Anthony Pellegrini – $3,290 16th: Brett Murray – $2,780 17th: Greg Robinson – $2,780 18th: Matthew Sandt – $2,780 19th: Narimaan Ahmadi – $2,340 20th: Michael Noor – $2,340 21st: Nam Moon – $2,340 22nd: James Carmadella – $1,960 23rd: Joseph Bell – $1,960 24th: Grant Missonis – $1,960 25th: Ronald Groeller – $1,690 26th: David Baize – $1,690 27th: Donna Owens – $1,690 28th: Elias Kiwan – $1,470 29th: Irfanullah Khairi – $1,470 30th: Anes Kovacevic – $1,470 31st: Daniel Chalifour – $1,470 32nd: Joan Dekler – $1,470 33rd: Jigesh Patel – $1,470 34th: Larry Hoffman – $1,470 35th: Jason Goldman – $1,470 36th: Tam Nguyen – $1,470 37th: Frank Menendez – $1,260 38th: Peter Hsu – $1,260 39th: Hobart Adkins – $1,260 40th: Cesar Fuentes – $1,260 41st: Srinivs Gottiparthi – $1,260 42nd: Richard Gole – $1,260 43rd: Toan Pham – $1,260 44th: Timothy Conner – $1,260 45th: Spencer Sweisford – $1,260 46th: Joao Figueiredo – $1,070 47th: Frederick Collado – $1,070 48th: Diego Paulo Uez – $1,070 49th: Andrew Dansicker – $1,070 50th: Antonio Serrao – $1,070 51st: Walter Thornton – $1,070 52nd: Victor Paulino – $1,070 53rd: Raymond Brint – $1,070 54th: Kerr Jean – $1,070 55th: Did not collect – $920 56th: Paul Crump Brooks – $920 57th: Julio Degado Reyes – $920 58th: Jiandong Xu – $920 59th: Jason Klipman – $920 60th: Bobby Amin – $920 61st: Nuno Duarte – $920