Daniel Tanco Wins Event 25 to Take Home the Trophy in Tampa

2022 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 25
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  242
Prize Pool:  $81,070
September 4, 2022

Daniel Tanco

Daniel Tanco took home the top prize worth $18,800 along with the WPT Trophy to bring tonight to a close in Tampa. He topped a field of 242 entries, and a last opponent in Bill Davis. Here is what he had to say after picking up the win.

“It’s great, it’s a great experience. It’s definitely great to have the support from my friends because I learned a lot from them, they taught me a lot. This is a special moment because one of the things I told one of my best friends is that I was going to win a WPT event here no matter what, ” said Tanco.

“I’m probably going to eat something and then go to bed, and then play the $600 tomorrow. Or maybe the $1,000, or a satellite for the $10k,” said Tanco when he was asked about his plans to celebrate and the rest of the series.

When he was asked about what he likes about the property here in Tampa, Tanco offered this: “I like the location and the venue, it’s very, very organized over all. This is the second tournament I’ve played here, I usually play more cash games.”

“My journey to the final table was very difficult. I started very short stacked, basically since Level 5 I was at 10-15 big blinds. I built it all up from there. It ran pretty smooth during nine-handed, it took two hours for the first elimination, but after three players went out everything just happened fast,” said Tanco when he was asked about his journey through the tournament and the final table.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Payout
1DanielTanco$18,800
2BillDavis$13,200
3LauraBorn$8,310
4MatthewRose$5,050
5RobertMarcus$3,900
6BrianDube$3,230
7MarshaWolak$2,760
8MichaelWetcher$2,350
9SherlokWong$1,880

10th: Milind Naik – $1,590
11th: Matthew Duffy – $1,590
12th: Igor Evseev – $1,590
13th: Raquel De La Torre – $1,370
14th: Wally Maddah – $1,370
15th: Daniel Kasper – $1,370
16th: Kelly Webb – $1,150
17th: William Barrett – $1,150
18th: William Dubay – $1,150
19th: James Schwamman – $940
20th: Adrian Naggy – $940
21st: Tanupat Punjarojanakul – $940
22nd: Kevin Wright – $750
23rd: Michael Laake – $750
24th: Travis Hague – $750
25th: Vincent Heilman – $650
26th: Kerr Jean – $650
27th: Thomas Bona – $650
28th: Jeffrey McFarlane – $560
29th: John Feeney – $560
30th: James Rumptz – $560
31st: Sean Hampson – $560