$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Level 5: 100/200/25 Ante
Entries: 177

Timothy Miles, who sits second on the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year leaderboard, opened for 525 from the cutoff. Robert Melo called from the button and the big blind came along as well.

Flop:

The big blind checked to Miles. He made a continuation bet of 900. Melo quickly and calmly raised to 2,000. The big blind folded and Myles got out of the way as well. Melo took the pot.

With that, Melo continued his upward trend while Miles has yet to get much traction.

Roberto Melo – 39,500
Timothy Miles – 15,000

$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Level 4: 75/150/25 Ante
Entries: 161

Paul DeRosa is a regular of the Tampa room who hails from nearby South Pasadena, Fla. He had taken some time away from the felt, but a difficult set of circumstances brought him back to the Seminole Hard Rock poker room to play in his daughter’s honor.

Not long ago, DeRosa’s daughter, Savannah, was involved in a car accident in which the vehicle she was riding in overturned five times. She broke her neck and had numerous other fractures throughout her body. While she was in recovery, DeRosa took family medical leave from work to be by her side. With the WPTDeepStacks in town and with his daughter’s condition improving, DeRosa decided to come try his luck on the poker table with one caveat — all of his winnings would go toward her medical bills.

DeRosa has done Savannah well to this point. He finished 44th of 698 in the $570 opener pocketing $1,536. A few days later he made another deep run finishing 11th of 495 in the $350. All told, he’s pocketed $3,452 and hopes to add to that total here in the Main Event.

Paul DeRosa – 28,500

$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Level 4: 75/150/25 Ante
Entries: 161

Play has resumed following the first 15-minute break of the day. The clock reads 61 players registered to this point and it appears to be Ralph Dyer and Jake Raymond to sit at the top of the chip counts.

Dyer holds a stack of 75,000 while Raymond sits just under that — about 74,500. Each has effectively tripled their 25,000-chip starting stacks and holds 500 big blinds as play in the 75/150 level is underway.

Ralph Dyer – 75,000
Jake Raymond – 74,500

$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Level 2: 50/100
Entries: 124

The $300,000 guarantee in the WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Main Event was bested before cards even went in the air for Flight C. Now, less than an hour later, the tournament has hit another milestone — $400,000.

With 124 entries thus far, the combined field sits at a running 416 entries surging the prize pool up past $400,000 and topping it out at $407,680.

Late registration and unlimited re-entry are available until 6:30 p.m.

$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Level 2: 50/100
Entries: 120

Jesse Kage’s poker face in full force as he’s among the field in today’s Flight C of the WPTDeepStacks-Tampa $1,100 Main Event. Kage, the Afternoon Drive personality on 98.7 No Rules Rock, has been prepping for the appearance for some time and even received some training from our very own Hard Rock Girls.

We’ll keep on eye on Kage’s progress as he maneuvers his way through what appears will be the largest of the three starting flights.

Getting set to head to the @SHRTampa for the #deepstacks! Wish me luck #KageKult! https://t.co/sttUr5WluE for details! #poker

— Jesse Kage (@JesseKage) June 18, 2

$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Level 2: 50/100
Entries: 111

$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Level 1: 25/50
Entries: 81

I think today is Father's Day. @SHRTPoker : Is it true you're giving dads 10K in extra starting chips? 🙂

— Marvin Karlins (@TheDuckman22) June 18, 2016

WPTDS day 1c @SHRTPoker time to grind a bag….

— Wes Haigh (@HaighWes) June 18, 2016

$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Level 1: 25/50
Entries: 47

It’s 11 a.m. here at the WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Main Event and the last of three starting flights in the $1,100 finale is underway. The field sits at 292 entries generating a running prize pool of more than $286,000. Today’s flight is expected to be the largest of the three and surge the combined prize pool well over $400,000.

Like yesterday and the day before, players begin with 25,000 chips and log 15, 40-minute levels. Late registration and unlimited re-entry are available until the start of Level 10.

Here’s more on the schedule:

11am: Event 4, $1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em – Flight C

• $1,100 buy-in, $300,000 guaranteed
• 25,000 starting chips
• Levels are 40 minutes in length, heads up levels are 30 minutes
• A one-hour dinner break occurs following Level 9 (~5:30 p.m.)
• Registration available until the start of Level 10 (~6:30 p.m.)
• Play concludes following Level 15 (~10:45 p.m.)
• Day 2 begins Sunday, June 19 at 12 p.m.
• Final table begins Monday, June 20 at 12 p.m.

Structure Sheet

Updates throughout the day’s conclusion will be available right here at SHRTPoker.com.