$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 77 of 620

Our long bubble is finally over after 14 hands, 28 minutes of clock time, and one hour of real time.

Anthony Astarita opened to 13,000 from middle position and Barry Wiedmann called on the button. Michael Newman moved all in for 19,000 from the big blind and picked up calls from both players.

Then they waited.

Waited for the other tables to finish their action before running the hands where there was another all-in called.

Astarita and Wiedmann checked down the board and Newman gave the table a little smack. He flopped an open-ended straight draw with but never got there. Wiedmann took the pot with against Astarita’s .

On the other table, Roberto Mello open-shoved for 12,000 and Merlin Schenk called from the big blind.

Mello:
Schenk:

Mello was ahead for the double and dodged the flop. Schenk paired the and Mello was eliminated after the river for the double knockout.

Due to his (slightly) bigger stack, Newman was awarded 78th place money while Mello was the bubble boy.

Barry Wiedmann – 470,000 (78 bb)
Merlin Schenk – 224,000 (37 bb)
Anthony Astarita – 113,000 (19 bb)
Michael Newman – Eliminated in 78th place ($1,480)
Roberto Mello – Eliminated in 79th place