2017 WPTDeepStacks
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event #3
$350 Deep Stack
No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 513
Prize Pool: $153,900
June 12-14, 2017

(Tampa, Fla.) — Having left the 2016 WPTDeepStacks series on a high note with a final table appearance and seventh-place finish in the Main Event, Bob Gallo returned to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino hungry for another deep run. The Bradenton, Fla. business owner satisfied his appetite in Event 3, a $350 no limit hold’em tournament, late Wednesday night. Gallo dominated the late stages of the tournament, ultimately claiming the chip lead heads up before agreeing to an even chop that saw him earn $29,930 along with the guitar trophy.

The third of five events on the 2017 WPTDeepStacks schedule, Event 3 drew 513 entries marking a slight increase in attendance year over year. The prize pool smashed the $100,000 guarantee before topping out at $153,900. The top 54 players were paid with Zoltan Czinkota (12th, $2,001), Justin Fawcett (22nd, $846), Christine Holubeck (29th, $770) and Steve Trizis (42nd, $693) among the in-the-money finishers.

Joining Gallo at the final table were notables Joey Alegria, Herbert Woodbery and Rob Manjura. Gallo went on a heater, busting Rob Benford 10th, Alegria ninth and Manjura sixth. With five players remaining, Gallo and Chris Hyden owned the top two stacks and played an all-in pot that saw Hyden hit the rail speechless. Hyden was in the small blind and three-bet a Gallo late-position raise. The flop fell and Hyden lead for 575,000. Gallo called. The turn was the and Hyden shoved for over 2,000,000. Gallo snapped and turned over for the nuts. Hyden owned for two pair and was stunned. The river was no help and he busted fifth. Gallo, meanwhile, raked a pot worth well over half the total chips in play. He cruised to heads up action before chopping with Collin Wilson.

Gallo is 55 years old and owns his own construction company. He’s a regular at Seminole poker events and earned over $19,000 for his seventh-place finish in last year’s WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Main Event.

Event 3 final results:

1st: Bob Gallo – $29,930 + Guitar Trophy
2nd: Collin Wilson – $29,930
3rd: Joe Buonodono – $13,851
4th: Herbert Woodbery – $11,004
5th: Chris Hyden – $8,618
6th: Rob Manjura – $7,079
7th: Frank Menendez – $5,617
8th: Stepas Tindziulis – $4,386
9th: Joey Alegria – $3,078
10th: Rob Benford – $2,001
11th: Quentin Jones – $2,001
12th: Zoltan Czinkota – $2,001
13th: John Redlitz – $1,539
14th: Harmeet Singh – $1,539
15th: Nicholas Owens – $1,539
16th: Joseph Ramsey – $1,154
17th: Larry Ram – $1,154
18th: Wesley Skinner – $1,154
19th: Glen Ballenger – $846
20th: Woodrow Pass – $846
21st: Kwi Paek – $846
22nd: Justin Fawcett – $846
23rd: Bruce Snell – $846
24th: Chris Boyle – $846
25th: Steven Zakarias – $846
26th: Sufian Soufan – $846
27th: Jason Lynn – $846
28th: Jody Keeling – $770
29th: Christine Holubeck – $770
30th: Richard Horswell – $770
31st: Adam Tencza – $770
32nd: Sanjib Acharya – $770
33rd: Rafik Abdel-Halim – $770
34th: Enzo Romano – $770
35th: Robert Woodward – $770
36th: Erik Zika – $770
37th: Stanley Tavanese – $693
38th: Michael Cohen – $693
39th: Daniel Lobato – $693
40th: Antuan Bunkley – $693
41st: Gholamreza Khoshkhou – $693
42nd: Steve Trizis – $693
43rd: Richard Doss – $693
44th: Khanh Le – $693
45th: Aaron Martin – $693
46th: Erik Eberts – $616
47th: Alexandru Ivan – $616
48th: Mark Smyrski – $616
49th: Albert Cohen – $616
50th: Nikolaos Costarelis – $616
51st: Pompy Luanglatbandith – $616
52nd: Larry Marklan – $616
53rd: Curtis Hoftyzer – $616
54th: Joseph Orsino – $616