$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Day 2 Blinds: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 119 of 659

Flight A: 155 Entries, 27 Advanced
Flight B: 185 Entries, 34 Advanced
Flight C: 319 Entries, 58 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at 12pm

Day 2 chip counts:

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1C Players Remaining: 59 of 319

Roughly 11 hours and 15 levels of play are in the books and it’s on to Day 2 for those remaining in Day 1C of the WPTDeepStacks Main Event. Action began at 11am local time and the clock shows an unofficial 59 left at the end of the day.

Leading the Saturday pack with a stack of 376,000 is Kevin Greene. It was a logjam at the top, though, with Justin Busiere holding 360,000 at end of day, Blaise Ingoglia 350,000, Joe Censabella 331,000 and his brother Vincent Censabella 292,000 and David Tuthill with 302,000.

Others moving on include Karl Manouchakian, Wally Maddah and Anthony Astarita, but not everyone was so lucky. Defending champion Quentin Jones, Tom Nguyen and Hyndi Khomutetsky are among those who will not be joining the Day 2 party.

Action is schedule to restart Sunday at 12-noon and play down to the nine-handed final table.

Complete chip counts and table draws will be posted before 1am.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1C Players Remaining: 59 of 319

Tournament staff just announced dealers will deal four more hands before the bagging process. The clock shows 59 entries left and there are a number of individuals competing for the chip lead including brothers Joe and Vincent Censabella, Justin Busiere, Kevin Greene and Blaise Ingoglia.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1C Players Remaining: 71 of 319

Level 15 is underway marking the final level of the night. Players will log 30 more minutes of action plus an undetermined number of hands before bagging and tagging for Day 2.

We will post a brief recap after play concludes as well as the complete Day 2 chip counts and table draws before 1am.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1C Players Remaining: 107 of 319

It’s back underway following a 15-minute break and the clock reads 107 players remaining on Day 1C. Jeff Trudeau leads them all with over 300,000 while Vincent Censabella, Wally Maddah, David Tuthill, Marvin Karlins and Karl Manouchakian are among those searching for a bag.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
End of Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Day 1C Players Remaining: 108 of 319

Players are in the midst of their final break of the night and it’s moving time in Day 1C. One individual making their way up the counts is Anthony Astarita. Astarita, the 2016 champion of this event, holds better than 140,000 and looks to finish strong with three more levels to come in the night.

2019 WPTDeepStacks Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 8
$1,100 Buy-in Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 659
Prize Pool: $639,230
June 13-17, 2019

1st – $120,842*
2nd – $82,627
3rd – $53,259
4th – $38,765
5th – $29,712
6th – $23,776
7th – $19,704
8th – $15,689
9th – $11,783
10th-12th – $9,792
13th-15th – $7,794
16th-18th – $6,490
19th-21st – $5,319
22nd-24th – $4,492
25th-27th – $3,798
28th-36th – $3,118
37th-45th – $2,736
46th-54th – $2,418
55th-63rd – $2,163
64th-72nd – $1,934
73rd-81st – $1,731
82nd-83rd – $1,559

*First prize inclusive of $3,000 WPTDeepStacks Championship package

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1C Players Remaining: 132 of 319

Tampa regular Jeff Trudeau ate his Wheaties on dinner break and returned with a fury building castles. Trudeau, never one to shy away from getting his chips in the middle, has run hot in today’s play and is putting a hurt on the late stages of Day 1C play.

Midway through Level 11, he posses comfortably over 350,000 chips and tops the field.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1C Entries: 319 (Total Entries: 659)

Dinner break is done and registration is officially closed for Day 1C of the WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event. The unofficial tally is 319 entries bringing the total to 659. If that number holds, the prize pool will stand at $639,230.

Here’s a tournament breakdown:

We will post the complete payouts as soon as they are available.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 9: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1C Entries: 311 (Total Entries: 651)

Level 9 expires and it’s dinner time on Day 1C of the WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event. Play resumes shortly after 6:30pm local time and registration closes at that time.

Stay tuned for the final prize pool numbers.