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Main Event: Ken O’Donnell Leads Following Second Break

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee
| Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 47 of 659

Ken O’Donnell

Players are back in their seats following the second break of the day and action is underway to 10,000/15,000 blinds with a 15,000 ante. The clock shows 47 remaining with an average stack of about just above 420,000.

Leading the action is Ken O’Donnell with a stack of 1,050,000. Next in the counts is Kevin Greene with 1,031,000 and they’re the only two above 1,000,000. Daniel Chalifour with 985,000 and Saj Illikal with 975,000 round out the counts.

Main Event: The Last Censabella Standing

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee
| Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 54 of 659

Joe Censabella

Joe Censabella and his brother Vinny (the reigning Pinktober Poker Open Main Event champion) registered Day 1C of this WPTDeepStacks Main Event and both bagged top-15 stacks.

While Vinny was part of the last batch of Day 2 eliminations busting in 63rd, Joseph is still jockeying. Late in Level 21, Joseph sits on 627,000 with a 403,469 average stack.

The clock reads 49 players remaining each assured $2,418.

Joe Censabella – 627,000

Main Event: Results 55th through 67th

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee
| Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 54 of 659

55th: Thomas Faust – $2,163
56th: Daniel Johnson – $2,163
57th: Joseph Orsino – $2,163
58th: David Nathaniel, Jr. – $2,163
59th: Daniel Couzens – $2,163
60th: Robert Guidry – $2,163
61st: James Kerr – $2,163
62nd: Charles Kazaros – $2,163
63rd: Vinny Censabella – $2,163
64th: Jeremy Becker – $1,934
65th: James Carmadella – $1,934
66th: Frank Miceli – $1,934
67th: Ye Yao – $1,934

Additional results are available in the posts below.

Main Event: Ken O’Donnell Calls 150K on the River with Queen-High

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee
| Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 56 of 659

Ken O’Donnel (left) and Richard Carr

Ken O’Donnell was out of position in the cutoff against Richard Carr on the button. They got 80,000 in on the turn when the board laid 7h6c4s3h.

The river fell the 7c and O’Donnell checked. Carr reached deep into his stack betting what looked like 150,000 — leaving him only about 100 behind. O’Donnell went into the tank shuffling his chips while pondering his options.

After some time, he plopped the chips in.

O’Donnell: Qc2c for queen-high
Carr: JhTh for jack-high (missed heart draw)

O’Donnell’s call was correct and the table littered him with, “Nice call,” accordingly.

Ken O’Donnell – 850,000
Richard Carr – 100,000

Main Event: Ken O’Donnell Versus Kevin Maingot

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee
| Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 59 of 659

Ken O’Donnell

Kevin Maingot opened the cutoff to 30,000 and Ken O’Donnell defended his big blind.

Flop: TsTd9h – O’Donnell checked. Maingot C-bet 20,000 and O’Donnell called.

Turn: TsTd9hQs – Check-check.

River: TsTd9hQs8s – O’Donnell changed it up, leading for 85,000. Maingot thought for a minute or two, then slid forward calling chips.

O’Donnell tabled 9s5s for runner-runner flush. He took the pot.

Ken O’Donnell – 600,000
Kevin Maingot – 260,000

Main Event: Results 68th through 83rd

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee
| Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 67 of 659

68th: Anthony Astarita – $1,934
69th: Joshua Fulford – $1,934
70th: Jermaine Gerlin – $1,934
71st: Alex Ribeiro – $1,934
72nd: Chad Kitchen – $1,934
73rd: Willie Wiggins – $1,731
74th: Michael McKinley – $1,731
75th: Daniel Li – $1,731
76th: Larry Musall – $1,731
77th: Derek Gray – $1,731
78th: Michael Browne – $1,731
79th: Mark Wiser – $1,731
80th: Michael Cohen – $1,731
81st: Russell Waggoner – $1,731
82nd: Aric Pluskat – $1,559
83rd: Travis Klein – $1,559

Main Event: Anthony Astarita, Four WPTDeepStacks Main Events, Four Cashes

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee
| Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 73 of 659

Anthony Astarita

The WPTDeepStacks first came to Seminole Hard Rock Tampa in 2016 and Anthony Astarita started it off in style winning that Main Event for $130,541. From there, he finished 22nd in 2017 and 32nd in 2018.

In the money again here in 2019, Astarita has officially cashed in each of the four WPTDeepStacks Main Events.

Currently midway through Level 19, he holds about 155,00 chips with an average stack of 278,451.

Anthony Astarita – 155,000

Main Event: Michael Cohen Eliminated

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee
| Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 79 of 659

Michael Cohen

Michael Cohen has been a staple in the WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event the last two years recording back-to-back runner-up finishes. Cohen’s run at a third deep run has officially ended, as he busted 80th just a few minutes ago earning $1,731.

Michael Cohen – Eliminated in 80th place ($1,731)

Main Event: Peter Walsworth Eliminates William Medina-Diaz on the Bubble

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee
| Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 83 of 659

Heads-up action between Peter Walsworth (right) and William Medina-Diaz on the bubble

Action moved fast with the Level 18 blinds up and the bubble came and went over the course of three hands.

On the second hand of hand-for-hand, Richard Carr opened to 20,000 from early position and William Medina-Diaz called from middle position. It was on Peter Walsworth on his direct left and he three-bet to 83,000. Carr quickly got out of the way while Medina-Diaz called.

Flop: 8h3h2c – Medina-Diaz checked, staring down Walsworth all the while. Walsworth bet 51,000 and Medina-Diaz’s eyes went back toward the flop. He shoved for about 200,000 and Walsworth snapped. Medina-Diaz was the at-risk player.

Walsworth: KsKd
Medina-Diaz: TcTd

Both players had an overpair, but Walsworth’s was best.

Turn and river: AdKc

Medina-Diaz was left bust while the final 83 players were sent into the money guaranteed $1,559.

Peter Walsworth – 746,000
William Medina-Diaz – Eliminated on the Bubble