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

(Tampa, FL) — The WPTDeepStacks Main Event concluded Monday evening at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa. Claiming an outright win in the $1,100 buy-in series finale was Jeff Trudeau, a Seminole regular, earning $120,842. That prize figure is inclusive of a $3,000 package into the season-ending WPTDeepStacks Champions where Trudeau will represent the Seminole Hard Rock.

Trudeau was a man of few words following the win.

“Pretty good,” he laughed when asked how it felt to be a WPTDeepStacks Tampa champion.

Running over the course of three starting flights and two restart days, Trudeau’s win was a marathon that went deep into the structure. His Day 2 bag came in Flight C and he stayed toward the top of the list before bagging the second biggest stack at the final table.

Monday’s final session action was fast, losing the first six players in just over two hours. Trudeau was a spectator for much of that and could only watch as tablemate Fabian Foster built a huge stack. Following Wendy Vo’s third-place elimination, it was heads and Trudeau was a 2-to-1 underdog. He doubled to level the stacks, but gave up a double a few hands later was a 4-to-1 chip underdog. In the end, he overcame Foster to be crowned a WPTDeepStacks champion. Foster, who was born and raised in Jamaica, earned $82,627 for his second-place finish.

Trudeau is a 25-year-old poker professional from nearby Mount Dora. His WPTDeepStacks victory is a career highlight, but the winner’s circle is familiar territory for the accomplished pro. Dating back to 2011, he’s recorded more than 170 tournament cashes including 19 tournament wins and totaling more than $1,500,000. Monday’s six-figure score marks his second-largest cash to date behind only a 26th-place finish in last year’s $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event.

The WPTDeepStacks Main Event marked the eighth of 10 trophy events on the Tampa schedule which began June 5. With 659 entries, the $500,000 prize pool was easily surpassed topping out at $639,230. Additionally, the turnout marked a notable year-over-year attendance increase of nearly 40 entries.

It was Trudeau that got the best of it, but a slew of other notables finished in the money; Jonathan Hilton (12th, $9,792), Jordan Joeckel (13th, $7,794), Steve Trizis (30th, $3,118), Wally Maddah (39th, $2,736), Tony March (40th, $2,736) and Anthony Astarita (68th, $1,934). Astarita’s 68th-place finish might not seem like much, but he won the inaugural WPTDeepStacks Tampa in 2016 and has recorded cashes every since.

Thank you to everyone who played this event and see you next year!

WPTDeepStacks Tampa results:

1st: Jeff Trudeau – $120,842 + Trophy
2nd: Fabian Foster – $82,627
3rd: Wendy Vo – $53,259
4th: Saj Illikal – $38,765
5th: Dan Chalifour – $29,712
6th: Mark Scacewater – $23,776
7th: Peter Walsworth – $19,704
8th: Ryan Anderkin – $15,689
9th: Alex Kimpel – $11,783

Complete tournament results available by clicking the link below

10th: Blaise Ingoglia – $9,792
11th: Carleen Heath – $9,792
12th: Jonathan Hilton – $9,792
13th: Jordan Joeckel – $7,794
14th: Adam Templeman – $7,794
15th: Richard Carr – $7,794
16th: Johann Castrillon – $6,490
17th: Kevin Greene – $6,490
18th: Mark Picarazzi – $6,490
19th: Mitchell King – $5,319
20th: Woodrow Pass – $5,319
21st: David Hunt – $5,319
22nd: Eric Fetter – $4,492
23rd: Adam Fauser – $4,492
24th: Kyle Simpkins – $4,492
25th: Rodney Turvin – $3,798
26th: Robert Schmal – $3,798
27th: Plamen Stoyanov – $3,798
28th: Ken O’Donnell- $3,118
29th: Derrick Cutler – $3,118
30th: Steve Trizis – $3,118
31st: Justin Busiere – $3,118
32nd: Thomas Bean – $3,118
33rd: Nathan Lee – $3,118
34th: Huan Ngo – $3,118
35th: Michael Turton – $3,118
36th: Jarod Thompson – $3,118
37th: Joel Wadsworth – $2,736
38th: Joe Censabella – $2,736
39th: Wally Maddah – $2,736
40th: Tony March – $2,736
41st: Kevin Maingot – $2,736
42nd: Jennifer Haselton – $2,736
43rd: Zoltan Anda – $2,736
44th: Jebhar Patterson – $2,736
45th: Quan Ngo – $2,736
46th: Peter Burrell – $2,418
47th: Frederick Turner – $2,418
48th: Khanh Truong – $2,418
49th: Brian Arbaugh – $2,418
50th: Marvin Karlins – $2,418
51st: Mark Winchell – $2,418
52nd: Ok Haselton – $2,418
53rd: Karl Manouchakian – $2,418
54th: Ricky Harstvedt – $2,418
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
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