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2022 WPT Tampa

Event 1 Flight D: Registration Closes with 649 Entries

August 26, 2022 @ 10:46PM by Luccrazy

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight C Entries: 729

Registration closed for Flight D of WPT Tampa Event 1 with 649 entries, pushing the combined total to 2,326 for the tournament. The tournament has now easily topped the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool with two more starting flights remaining.

Flight D will play late into the night and come to an end when 65 players remain. They will bag their chips and return for Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm in the money.

Flight	Day	Entries	Advanced
A	Thurs at 10am	511	52
B	Thurs at 5pm	437	44
C	Friday at 10pm	729	73
D	Friday at 5pm	649	TBD
E	Sat at 10am	_	_
F	Sat at 5pm	_	_
Total		2,326	169

Event 5: Doug Marro Doubles Up

August 26, 2022 @ 9:51PM by Luccrazy

$1,100 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Remaining Players: 21 of 119 entries

Doug Marro got all in with 10h in the hole from the button for 14,500, and the cutoff had him covered holding .

The final board read , and Marro doubled up to survive with 36,500 after collecting the pot.

Doug Marro – 36,500 (12 bb)

2022 WPT Tampa

Ladies Event: Final Table Begins

August 26, 2022 @ 9:34PM by Luccrazy

$250 Ladies Event (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Remaining Players: 9 of 123 entries

The final nine players have taken their seats at the final table of Event 4. Here is a look at the seat draw with chip counts.

Seat 1: Lisa Seamans – 93,000
Seat 2: Nancy Brett – 112,000
Seat 3: Deborah Bianchi – 365,000
Seat 4: Tara Schwartz – 100,000
Seat 5: Hee Jung Kang – 305,000
Seat 6: Bryna Winchell – 450,000
Seat 7: Lisa Karl – 106,000
Seat 8: Lori Schulte – 355,000
Seat 9: Nikita Patalinghug – 325,000

2022 WPT Tampa

Event 1: Chip Counts Through Flight C

August 26, 2022 @ 9:16PM by Luccrazy

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 169 of 1,677

Flight A: 511 Entries; 52 Advanced
Flight B: 437 Entries; 44 Advanced
Flight C: 729 Entries; 73 Advanced
Flight D: Friday at 5 pm
Flight E: Saturday at 10 am
Flight F: Saturday at 5 pm
Day 2: Sunday at 1 pm

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
1	Salvatore	Troiano	899,000
2	Maurice	Paradis	842,000
3	Michael	Lee	621,000
4	Adam	Wells	617,000
5	Kenneth	O 'Donnell	579,000
6	Weston	Wells	520,000
7	Donnie	Phan	518,000
8	Christopher	Horter	476,000
9	Hristos	Tsironis	451,000
10	Samuel	Laskowitz	437,000
11	Angel	Alvarez Castillo	436,000
12	Dylan	Nadeau	432,000
13	Hamid	Izadi	420,000
14	Corel	Theuma	416,000
15	Robert	Clark	413,000
16	Brian	Ray	413,000
17	Scott	Davis	389,000
18	Diego	Paulo Uez	382,000
19	Zhengxiong	Zouxu	370,000
20	Ivan	Ruban	361,000
21	Edward	Gibbs	360,000
22	Norman	Michalek	358,000
23	Bruno	Dias Lanzarini De Carvalh	354,000
24	Raminder	Singh	354,000
25	Daniel	Grazul	336,000
26	Daniel	Pearlman	333,000
27	Gerson	Marquez Da Silva	331,000
28	David	Cox	330,000
29	Jackie	Shepherd	329,000
30	Adnan	Khabbaz	328,000
31	Harvey	Vandeven	326,000
32	Shawn	Borrack	324,000
33	Gary	Ziffer	324,000
34	Wasim	Assaf	321,000
35	Albert	Kang	313,000
36	Michael	Stashin	309,000
37	Barrett	Worst	308,000
38	Tom	Nguyen	303,000
39	Dustin	Coffee	302,000
40	Zachary	Korman	295,000
41	Joseph	Skarzynski	292,000
42	Adam	Henry	288,000
43	Shane	Dellus	275,000
44	Estther	Petiote	270,000
45	Matthew	Meter	268,000
46	Lawrence	Broome	262,000
47	Chase	Kalivas	258,000
48	Brian	Cooper	257,000
49	Jody	Ashton	251,000
50	Hung	Tran	248,000
51	Clyde	Maliauka	248,000
52	Jeremy	Becker	247,000
53	Haung	Wong	238,000
54	Alexander	Venovski	235,000
55	Drew	Dodge	233,000
56	Colby	Miller	231,000
57	Kristine	Glassman	229,000
58	Diomig	Delgado	225,000
59	Patrick	Dearth	224,000
60	Igor	Evseev	221,000
61	Philip	Oreilly	221,000
62	Gregory	Salem	217,000
63	Derek	Worley	216,000
64	Tyler	Hyde	208,000
65	Jordan	Holt	206,000
66	Bradley	Miller	198,000
67	Kevin	Grabel	195,000
68	Frank	Menendez	190,000
69	Byron	Sisson	188,000
70	Jordan	Schneible	185,000
71	Anatoly	Zharnits	184,000
72	Grant	Missonis	183,000
73	Antonio	Velasquez	183,000
74	Alexi	Hernandez	182,000
75	Jordan	DeGrenier	177,000
76	Christopher	Kean	176,000
77	Nicholas	De Gren	176,000
78	John	O'Neal	176,000
79	Shawn	Pecora	173,000
80	Steve	Blackmon	169,000
81	Chrisopther	Kean	169,000
82	Vamsi	Magam	169,000
83	Richard	Palase	163,000
84	Michael	Tait	162,000
85	Kyle	Givens	161,000
86	Jerimiah	Booher	161,000
87	Jovan	Jojic	161,000
88	Joao	Figueirido	159,000
89	Michael	Tufaro	157,000
90	Phi	Nguyen	156,000
91	Mafiz	Keshwani	152,000
92	Long	Chen	145,000
93	John	Mcconnell	141,000
94	Kevin	Blewitt	139,000
95	Josias	Cardoso Dos Santos	139,000
96	Alexander	Perez	138,000
97	Mark	Wiser	137,000
98	Tarun	Gulati	133,000
99	Yazdi	Mehta	131,000
100	Jeffrey	Morzella	129,000
101	Robert	Rivera	127,000
102	Marsha	Wolak-Barnett	127,000
103	Bruce	Bailey	127,000
104	Bradley	Jarrett	126,000
105	Fabio	Lozano	124,000
106	Dallas	Henderson	121,000
107	Laurence	Appelli	119,000
108	Joseph	Maher	117,000
109	Joseph	Bell	114,000
110	Jason	Giles	113,000
111	Collins	Delperico	113,000
112	Matthew	Kirkwood	108,000
113	Michael	Oliveros	105,000
114	Michael	Guest	105,000
115	Abdelilah	Fahsi	104,000
116	Anthony	Morelli	104,000
117	John	Sacher	103,000
118	Thomas	Perkins	101,000
119	Nathan	Lee	96,000
120	John	Gordon	95,000
121	John	Andersen	94,000
122	Kyle	Dempsey	94,000
123	Jimmy	Mc Millen	93,000
124	Stephen	Jufer	85,000
125	Justin	Turmel	84,000
126	Bradley	Yeates	82,000
127	Kyle	Caplis	81,000
128	Lewis	Gallo Jr	81,000
129	John	Domey	80,000
130	Samuel	Ronalds	80,000
131	Zachary	Messner	78,000
132	Fiilipp	Khavin	78,000
133	Chad	Lipton	78,000
134	Angel	Ashton	77,000
135	Tammy	Ehrhart	75,000
136	Nicholas	Yuryey	73,000
137	David	Edwards	70,000
138	Fabio	Tadeu	70,000
139	Rett	Hubbard	69,000
140	Marvin	Karlins	68,000
141	Thomas	Lance	67,000
142	Derrick	Cutler	66,000
143	Tam	Nguyen	66,000
144	Keith	Oakley	62,000
145	Leonard	Demchak	62,000
146	Bobby	Rice	61,000
147	Kostas	Kalathakis	58,000
148	Adam	Goldgell	57,000
149	Stephen	Kats	54,000
150	Mathieu	Aymerich	53,000
151	Michael	Monaco	52,000
152	Stephen	Brite	52,000
153	Rami	Fakhoury	52,000
154	Michael	Scoma	51,000
155	Eric	Roberts	47,000
156	Harpreet	Padda	46,000
157	Nadeem	Elalami	42,000
158	Tyler	Mitchell	41,000
159	James	Fisher	41,000
160	Eric	Valerio	40,000
161	John	Conroy	36,000
162	Victoria	Ondis	36,000
163	Christopher	Biemer	35,000
164	Rami	Fakhoury	32,000
165	Salvador	Olarte	31,000
166	Aaron	Klausman	27,000
167	Humberto	Salinas-Gonzalez	23,000
168	Kenneth	Westmoreland	22,000
169	Johnny	Sanchez	19,000

2022 WPT Tampa

Ladies Event: Nancy Brett Takes One Out on the Money Bubble

August 26, 2022 @ 8:19PM by Luccrazy

$250 Ladies Event (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Remaining Players: 16 of 123 entries

A player in middle position got all in preflop for 55,000, and Nancy Brett called to cover her from the cutoff. The two players then tabled their cards.

Nancy:
Middle Position: 10h

Board:

Nancy took out her opponent on the money bubble, and she stacked up 234,500 after collecting the pot. Every player remaining is now guaranteed at least $500 in prize money.

Nancy Brett – 234,500 (39 bb)

2022 WPT Tampa

Event 1 Flight D: DeVaughn Smith vs. Steve Buckner

August 26, 2022 @ 7:11PM by Luccrazy

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight D Entries: 591

DeVaughn Smith raised to 2,000 preflop UTG+1, and Steve Buckner called from middle position before the flop was dealt . They both checked to the on the turn before Buckner bet 4,000, and Smtih check-called.

The river delivered the , both players checked, and Buckner flipped over 10d . Smith held to win the hand and grow his stack to 26,000. Buckener was at 47,000 after the hand.

DeVaughn Smith – 26,000 (86 bb)
Steve Buckner – 47,000 (156 bb)

2022 WPT Tampa

Event 1 Flight C: Marvin “Duckman” Karlins Takes One Out

August 26, 2022 @ 6:23PM by Luccrazy

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 108 of 729

The cutoff got all in preflop with in the hole, and Marvin “Duckman” Karlins had him covered holding from the big blind.

The final board read , and the cutoff was eliminated on the hand. Karlins stacked up 100,000 after collecting the pot.

Marvin Karlins – 100,000 (25 bb)

2022 WPT Tampa

Event 1: Chip Counts Through Flight B

August 26, 2022 @ 5:37AM by Luccrazy

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 96 of 948

Flight A: 511 Entries; 52 Advanced
Flight B: 437 Entries; 44 Advanced
Flight C: Friday at 10 am
Flight D: Friday at 5 pm
Flight E: Saturday at 10 am
Flight F: Saturday at 5 pm
Day 2: Sunday at 1 pm

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
1	Salvatore	Troiano	899,000
2	Maurice	Paradis	842,000
3	Michael	Lee	621,000
4	Kenneth	O 'Donnell	579,000
5	Donnie	Phan	518,000
6	Christopher	Horter	476,000
7	Hristos	Tsironis	451,000
8	Samuel	Laskowitz	437,000
9	Dylan	Nadeau	432,000
10	Corel	Theuma	416,000
11	Robert	Clark	413,000
12	Scott	Davis	389,000
13	Diego	Paulo Uez	382,000
14	Ivan	Ruban	361,000
15	Edward	Gibbs	360,000
16	Norman	Michalek	358,000
17	Bruno	Dias Lanzarini De Carvalh	354,000
18	Daniel	Pearlman	333,000
19	Harvey	Vandeven	326,000
20	Shawn	Borrack	324,000
21	Tom	Nguyen	303,000
22	Dustin	Coffee	302,000
23	Zachary	Korman	295,000
24	Joseph	Skarzynski	292,000
25	Brian	Cooper	257,000
26	Jody	Ashton	251,000
27	Hung	Tran	248,000
28	Clyde	Maliauka	248,000
29	Jeremy	Becker	247,000
30	Haung	Wong	238,000
31	Alexander	Venovski	235,000
32	Drew	Dodge	233,000
33	Kristine	Glassman	229,000
34	Diomig	Delgado	225,000
35	Igor	Evseev	221,000
36	Philip	Oreilly	221,000
37	Derek	Worley	216,000
38	Frank	Menendez	190,000
39	Anatoly	Zharnits	184,000
40	Alexi	Hernandez	182,000
41	Christopher	Kean	176,000
42	Nicholas	De Gren	176,000
43	Steve	Blackmon	169,000
44	Richard	Palase	163,000
45	Phi	Nguyen	156,000
46	Long	Chen	145,000
47	John	Mcconnell	141,000
48	Kevin	Blewitt	139,000
49	Alexander	Perez	138,000
50	Yazdi	Mehta	131,000
51	Jeffrey	Morzella	129,000
52	Robert	Rivera	127,000
53	Marsha	Wolak-Barnett	127,000
54	Laurence	Appelli	119,000
55	Joseph	Maher	117,000
56	Jason	Giles	113,000
57	Matthew	Kirkwood	108,000
58	Michael	Oliveros	105,000
59	Abdelilah	Fahsi	104,000
60	Thomas	Perkins	101,000
61	Nathan	Lee	96,000
62	John	Gordon	95,000
63	John	Andersen	94,000
64	Kyle	Dempsey	94,000
65	Stephen	Jufer	85,000
66	Bradley	Yeates	82,000
67	Kyle	Caplis	81,000
68	Lewis	Gallo Jr	81,000
69	John	Domey	80,000
70	Samuel	Ronalds	80,000
71	Zachary	Messner	78,000
72	Angel	Ashton	77,000
73	Tammy	Ehrhart	75,000
74	David	Edwards	70,000
75	Rett	Hubbard	69,000
76	Thomas	Lance	67,000
77	Derrick	Cutler	66,000
78	Tam	Nguyen	66,000
79	Keith	Oakley	62,000
80	Bobby	Rice	61,000
81	Kostas	Kalathakis	58,000
82	Adam	Goldgell	57,000
83	Michael	Monaco	52,000
84	Stephen	Brite	52,000
85	Michael	Scoma	51,000
86	Eric	Roberts	47,000
87	Harpreet	Padda	46,000
88	Tyler	Mitchell	41,000
89	John	Conroy	36,000
90	Victoria	Ondis	36,000
91	Rami	Fakhoury	32,000
92	Salvador	Olarte	31,000
93	Aaron	Klausman	27,000
94	Humberto	Salinas-Gonzalez	23,000
95	Kenneth	Westmoreland	22,000
96	Johnny	Sanchez	19,000

2022 WPT Tampa

Ken Fishman Wins Event 3 Against a Strong Final Table

August 26, 2022 @ 5:07AM by Luccrazy

2022 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 3
$1,100 Six-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 76
Prize Pool: $73,720
August 25, 2022

Ken Fishman won Event 3 tonight against a strong lineup at the final table that included Jacob Ferro, AJ Kelsall, and his heads-up opponent Aaron Thivyanathan. Fishman persevered to win the top prize money of $21,980 and the WPT trophy. Here is what he had to say after the tournament victory. “It feels great, really good to close one out,” said Fishman.

The final stages of the tournament saw a particularly long slowdown in play at the money bubble and during five-handed action. This is where Fishman dug deep to persevere. “I was just trying to hang in there and survive and wait for a good spot. I just tried to stay patient, it was a lot of trial and error you know for sure,” said Fishman.

“I’m a little tired, but I’m going to play another tournament tomorrow. I’m going to try for another trophy,” said Fishman when he was asked about his plans to celebrate the tournament win.

Fishman is a local regular here at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa, so he was happy to take home the win close to home. “Oh, I love it here, the competition is great, the food is good here, and I love to hang out with all my buddies here, all my friends,” said Fishman.

Here is a look at the final results for the tournament:

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Ken	Fishman	$21,980 + WPT Trophy
2	Aaron	Thivyanathan	$14,080
3	Jeremy	Joseph	$9,330
4	Jason	Block	$6,400
5	Jacob	Ferro	$4,540
6	AJ	Kelsall	$3,350
7	Joseph	Henry	$2,560
8	Maroun	Akiki	$2,560
9	Michael	Tweedlie	$2,040
10	Jared	Penney	$2,040
11	Bradley	Matherne	$1,690
12	Oscar	Lindo Zeledon	$1,690
13	Romel	Mendoza	$1,460

2022 WPT Tampa

Vinny Monteiro Wins Event 2 with Commanding Chip Lead in a Chop

August 26, 2022 @ 4:37AM by Luccrazy

2022 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 2
$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries: 174
Prize Pool: $58,920
August 25, 2022

Vinny Monteiro claimed the first tournament trophy of the series tonight along with $13,135 thanks to a large chip lead when the final three players decided to chop at the conclusion of Event 2 at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa.

Here is a what Monteiro had to say a short time after his victory. “It feels good, this is my first trophy. This is the third time I’ve played in a PLO tournament live, and it’s my second final table, and this one I took it down. Now let’s go for the hold’em tournaments and see if we can take those down too.”

“I came from Hollywood, I live in Boca Raton, so I came with the family and we’re all going to stay here the whole week. I brought the wife, the kids, everybody. It’s going to be fun, I plan on staying until at least the Main Event,” said Monteiro when he was asked about his plans for the tournament series.

Monteiro took control of the final table with over half the chips in play during the later stages of the night. “There was a guy that was super big when we got to the final table, and I was able to capitalize on him since he we playing every hand. I was able to get most of his chips to my side, and then I was able to just pressure the table all the time, and that was it,” said Monteiro about his journey through the final table.

Here is a look at the final results in the tournament:

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Vinny	Monteiro	$13,135* + WPT Trophy
2	Andrew	Donabedian	$10,000*
3	John	Travers	$8,295*
4	Alex	Whitten	$3,640
5	Austin	Sullivan	$2,810
6	William	Lee	$2,330
7	Alexandru	Ivan	$2,010
8	Zachary	Henry	$1,760
9	Cory	Wood	$1,760
10	Liam	Hagens	$1,310
11	Scott	Riddell	$1,310
12	Martin	Brooks	$1,310
13	William	Damron	$1,100
14	Jonathan	Stoeber	$1,100
15	Hyndi	Khomutetsky	$1,100
16	Matthew	Molzan	$920
17	Franklin	Lewis	$920
18	Patrick	Cindrich	$920
19	AJ	Kelsall	$740
20	Kenneth	Po	$740
21	Arlinda	Johns	$740
22	Evan	Hunt	$570

*: Denotes three-way deal