$175 + $25 + $20 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 11: 600/1,200

Tam Nguyen

The elimination of Tam Nguyen (Winter Garden) in 11th place sends the remaining 10 players to the final table.

We’re now one spot from the money.

Final Table

Seat-Name-Chip Count

1 Dominick Minaya (Tampa) 18k
2 Dan Havill (Palm Coast) 18k
3 Daniel Tirrell (Tampa) 114k
4 Allan Yi (Tampa) 54k
5 Core Diniz (Lousiville, KY) 55k
6 A. Nonymous (Falling Rock, CO) 22k
7 Paul Wolfe (Wallkill, NY) 185k
8 Alex Quinones (Blacksburg, VA) 88k
9 Jim Hagan (Brandon) 49k
10 Bobby Sahgal (Winter Haven) 227k

$175 + $25 + $20 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 11: Blinds 600/1,200

Wally Maddah’s (Tampa) elimination in 13th place leads to a table change for Daniel Tirrell (Tampa), who proceeds to knock out Michael Masella (Daytona Beach) in 12th place.

That leaves 11 players, one from the final table redraw, two from the money.

Masella will be back noon Sunday as one of the 52 returning players going for the top prize of $41,844 in Event 1 (NLH).

$175 + $25 + $20 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 10: Blinds 500/1k

Manny Minaya (Tampa) is the latest casualty as we’re down to 13 players.

Recent Eliminations
Manny Minaya (Tampa)
Wayne Brown (Babson Park)
Nelson Pearson (Harlem, NY)
Carlos Sarmiento (Tampa)

$175 + $25 + $20 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 9: Blinds 400/800

Just back from break and 17 players remain with an average stack of 49k (61 bb). The chip leader is Bobby Sahgal (Winter Haven) who has 148k (185 bb).

The top 9 players make the money as they go for the $4,939 first place prize.

Table 1

Core Diniz (Lousiville, KY)
Alex Quinones (Blacksburg, VA)
Wayne Brown (Babson Park)
Manny Minaya (Tampa)
Paul Wolfe (Wallkill, NY)
Nelson Pearson (Harlem, NY)
Wally Maddah (Tampa, FL)
Dominick Minaya (Tampa)
Michael Masella (Daytona Beach)

Table 2

Jim Hagan (Bradon)
Daniel Tirrell (Tampa)
Anonymous
Tam Nguyen (Winter Garden)
Allan Yi (Tampa)
Carlos Sarmiento (Tampa)
Dan Havill (Palm Coast)
Bobby Sahgal (Winter Haven)

$490 + $45 + $20 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

$490 + $45 + $20 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Entries: 322
Total Buy-Ins: $178,710

$175 + $25 + $20 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

Entries: 83
Total Buy-Ins: $18,260

$175 + $25 + $20 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 6: Blinds 200/400

Steve Stays with Read

On a board of A-A-9-K, Steve Sandoval (Tampa) bets 5k and his opponent raises 10k on top.

“Did we really both flop a full house,” ponders Sandoval, who is virtually all in if he commits any more chips to the pot. “Did you turn the blade on me, this is brutal.”

After replaying the action, Sandoval says he’s all in and gets a call.

Sandoval: T-9-9-6 (9s full of Aces)
Opponent: A-T-8-4 (trip Aces)

The river is a blank and Sandoval gets the double-up to take his stack to 50k (125 bb).

“I figured I was good,” says Sandoval to the player to his right, “but she had a lot of chips and I was confused.”

46 players remain with an average stack of 18k (45 bb); Sandavol’s opponent busts a few hands later after having close to 60k.

PLO:  $175 + $25 + $20 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 5: Blinds 150/300

Masella Multi Tabling Events 1 & 2

Just coming back from break, Michael Masella (Daytona Beach) says, “the reasons we hate this game, are the reasons we love it so much.”

Case in point is a hand that Masella, “shouldn’t have been in,” but he had two pairs and “couldn’t fold.”

Masella ran his stack to 50k, but gave some back before the break and is now at 36k.

The chip leaders are currently in the 45k-50k range and include Alex Quinones (Riverview) and Core Dinic (Louisville, KY).

Not only is Mesella looking for a deep run in PLO, but he’s one of the returning players in Event 1 with an average stack of 91k. “I’m looking forward to it, it’s going to be fun,” he says.

With registration closed, the cage is verifying the total entries and the prize pool will be available shortly as this one-day tournament will wrap-up after midnight.

$490 + $45 + $20 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Play Resumes 12 pm Sunday

Kirk Adams, Chip Leader

Local Pro Kirk Adams (St. Pete Beach, FL) returns as the chip leader for Day 2 in the premiere event of the WPT Regional Winter Tampa Bay open at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.  Adams leads with 206k (69 bb), while Tampa amateur Bobby Rosetta is second, just shy of 200k.

52 players, of 322 total entries, return for their shot at the $41,844 first place prize and are just 20 spots from the money ($994 min cash, 32nd place).

The average chip stack is 93k (31 bb) with blinds heading to 1,500/3k/500 ante when play resumes noon Sunday.

Top 10 Stacks

Kirk Adams 206,100
Robert Rosetta 199,600
Lane Phillips 189,600
Wayne Alesia 179,100
Jimmy Dowda 177,300
Michael Nykoliation 167,800
Alan Korpi 149,800
Alex Ivan 147,400
Jeff Coutroulis 145,000
Jon Godwin 139,700

A full list of chip counts and table draws will be posted later tonight