$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 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.

$5,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Remaining Players: 15 of 77 entries

AJ Kelsall got all in with in the hole from the big blind, and Stephen Song had him covered from the button holding .

The final board read , and Kelsall doubled up to survive with 61,000. Song held 93,000 after the hand.

AJ Kelsall – 61,000 (20 bb)
Stephen Song – 93,000 (31 bb)

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 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,”

*: 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 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.

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

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.

Seat 1:  David Tuthill  –  9,850,000  (49 bb)
Seat 2:  Fred Paradis  –  11,075,000  (55 bb)
Seat 3:  Brock Wilson  – 12,100,000  (61 bb)
Seat 4:  Corey Wade  –   6,550,000  (33 bb)
Seat 5:  Seth Berger  –  5,025,000  (25 bb)
Seat 6:  Steven McKoy  –  13,350,000  (67 bb)

Here are the remaining payouts up for grabs:

1st:  $615,050
2nd:  $410,000
3rd:  $300,000
4th:  $226,000
5th:  $170,000
6th:  $130,000

$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 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

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.

Seat 1:  Kevin Ragusa  –  10,875,000  (73 bb)
Seat 2:  Aaron Olshan  –  2,850,000  (19 bb)
Seat 3:  David Tuthill  –  6,575,000  (44 bb)
Seat 4:  Fred Paradis  –  11,875,000  (79 bb)
Seat 5:  Brock Wilson  –  6,450,000  (43 bb)
Seat 6:  Corey Wade  –   5,025,000  (34 bb)
Seat 7:  Donnie Phan  –   5,225,000  (35 bb)
Seat 8:  Seth Berger  –  2,400,000  (16 bb)
Seat 9:  Steven McKoy  –  6,675,000  (45 bb)

$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

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