$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 149

Registration has closed for Flight C of Event 9 with 149 entries, so the final 15 will advance to Day 2 on Wednesday.

After Flight A saw 122 entries, and Flight B had 115 entries, that puts the current field size at 386. There are three more starting flights on Tuesday starting at 10 am, 2 pm, and 6 pm, so the tournament is well on its way to smashing the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 90

Wally Maddah recently busted out in fourth place for $3,660 for his 100th cash here at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa (above is a photo from one of his most recent wins here from 2022).

Maddah holds more than $700,000 in career earnings, with over 350 cashes on his poker resume. He has won 16 poker tournaments, and the majority of those victories have come here in Tampa. The largest cash for the tournament grinder was for $37,361 at the Rock-N-Roll Poker Open at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood back in 2016.

Current chip counts for the remaining three players:

Seat 4: Shane Melert – 1,330,000
Seat 6: Scott “Scooter” Nichols – 480,000
Seat 9: Liam Higgins – 890,000

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 90

Recent payouts in Event 10 include:

5th: Dana Caruso – $2,840
6th: Jamison Alford – $2,240
7th: Tom Nguyen – $1,890
8th: Paul Strandquist – $1,650

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 115

Here is a look at the chip counts from the end of play in Flight B. Tournament poker stalwart and local player Raminder Singh is up top with a stack of 347,000.

Raminder Singh – 347,000
Eugene Castagliuolo – 326,000
Grant Missonis – 255,000
Amie Martini – 221,000
Patrick Ibrahim – 215,000
Joe Porto – 203,000
Motyk Scott – 200,000
An-Ming Hwang – 143,000
Moises Jattin – 117,000
Woodrow Pass – 110,000
Attye Vasquez – 89,000
Andrew Marks – 72,500

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 115

The hijack was all in preflop with in the hole, and Amie Martini had him covered holding under the gun.

The final board read for a roller-coaster ride that saw the hijack celebrate prematurely before the river sealed his fate. Martini won the hand to stack up 221,000 after collecting the pot. Flight B has now ended with 14:40 remaining in Level 15, and stay tuned for official chip counts.

Amie Martini – 221,000 (36 bb)

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 90

Here is a look at the seating chart with chip counts at the final table for Event 10.

Seat 1: Jameson Alford – 120,000
Seat 2: Wally Maddah – 280,000
Seat 3: Tom Nguyen – 135,000
Seat 4: Shane Melert – 430,000
Seat 5: Paul Stradquist – 415,000
Seat 6: Scott “Scooter” Nichols – 310,000
Seat 7: Ashraf Chehata – Eliminated in Ninth Place ($1,500)
Seat 8: Dana Caruso – 370,000
Seat 9: Liam Higgins – 425,000

Players that have cashed along the way to the final table include:

10: John Colucci – $1,370
11: Gabriel Fuller – $1,280
12: Carlos Loving – $1,180

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 68,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 90

A short stack pegged his tournament hopes on a flush draw with 9-7 suited, and Shane Melert had him covered holding .

The board bricked out to change nothing, and Melert took out his opponent to stack up more than 400,000 after the hand. Every player remaining will now cash for at least $1,180 in prize money.

Shane Melert – 408,000 (51 bb)

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 68,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 90

The field has reached the money bubble, so play will continue until one more player busts. The min-cash is good for $1,180, and the eventual champion will take home $14,900 up top.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 90

Aaron Thivyanathan was all in preflop for about 70,000 from the cutoff holding , and Scott Nichols had him covered on the small blind holding .

The final board read , and Thivyanathan was eliminated from the tournament. Nichols stacked up 186,000 after collecting the pot.

Scott Nichols – 186,000 (31 bb)
Aaron Thivyanathan – Eliminated

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 90

Two notables remaining in Event 10 are Wally Maddah and Aaron Thivyanathan, and they are seated right next to each other at one of the two remaining tables in the tournament. The stacks for the two Seminole Hard Rock Tampa regulars are both hovering around 100,000 with Maddah at 93,000, and Thivyanathan holding 106,000.

Maddah holds more than $700,000 in career earnings, with over 350 cashes on his poker resume. He has won 16 poker tournaments, and the majority of those victories have come here in Tampa. The largest cash for the tournament grinder was for $37,361 at the Rock-N-Roll Poker Open at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood back in 2016.

Thivyanathan was a major player in the Player of the Series race last year here in Tampa, and he has many cashes recorded here as well. He holds more than $750,000 in career earnings thanks to 170 total cashes. Thivyanathan has five tournament titles to his credit, and his largest cash was good for $63,498 when he finished runner-up in a $2,200 buy-in no-limit hold’em prelim hosted here back in 2021.