$150 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed

Level 1: Blinds 25/50 (Click here for complete structure)

The first of nine starting flights of the $100,000 Guaranteed Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em event is underway!  For the low, low, price of $150 you can take a shot at that $100,000 guaranteed prize pool!

Players began with 20,000 chips and all levels are 30 minutes long. The plan is to play 13 levels or until only 12% of the starting entries remain, then players will bag up their chips and advance to Day 2 on Thursday at 12 noon.

Schedule of Starting Flights
Flight A:  Underway
Flight B:  Today at 3pm
Flight C:  Today at 7pm
Flight D:  Tuesday, 11am
Flight E:   Tuesday, 3pm
Flight F:  Tuesday, 7pm
Flight G:  Wednesday, 11am
Flight H:  Wednesday, 3pm
Flight I:  Wednesday, 7pm

Late registration and re-entry are available until the start of Level 7 (about 2:30pm).  Players who bust out may re-enter the same flight or any subsequent flight until registration closes.

This is NOT a best-stack forward event.  If a player has chips at the end of their flight, they must forfeit those chips if they wish to play a subsequent flight.

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Deep Stack Spring Poker Series

$350 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
May 7-10, 2015

Total Entries:  664
Total Prize Pool: $200,000

RECAP

Brad Patton (Land O Lakes, FL) was in the middle of the pack at the start of Day 2, which saw 119 players return to battle for the top 63 spots.  Just like the General he shares a name with, he fought his way to the final table and came out on top of a three-way chop.

Patton seemed to fly under the radar as other players claimed and lost the chip lead at this final table.  He didn’t move into the lead until after eliminating Rajesh Kumar in 4th place.  At that point, Patton agreed to an even money chop.  Finish positions were determined by chip counts, so Patton got 1st place and the signature Hard Rock guitar trophy.

This event had six starting flights spread over three days and drew a total of 664 entries, just a few shy of the number needed to cover the guarantee.  The $200,000 prize pool was distributed to the final 63 players.

Derek Smith was the chip leader by a large margin coming into Day 2, but he busted out in 22nd place ($1,100).  Thomas Mavor was second in chips at the start of Day 2 and he held on to make the final table, eventually finishing 8th.

Brad Patton is a local who works in the Finance industry, and said he “has to be at work in about seven hours”, so that helped encourage the deal among the final three players.  Plus they had been playing for more than 13 hours today.  This is Patton’s largest tournament cash and first title won here at the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa!

Final Table Results

1st – Brad Patton $30,673
2nd – Hector Vazquez $30,673
3rd – James Salmon $30,673
4th – Rajesh Kumar $13,800
5th – Edwin Torres $11,000
6th – Filipp Khavin $9,100
7th – Rick Sigurdson $7,300
8th – Thomas Mavor $5,500
9th – Victor Wasik $3800
10th – Michael Ferneman $2,600

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Deep Stack Spring Poker Series

Event 3: $150 Deep Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$15,000 Guaranteed
May 10, 2015

Total Entries:  136
Total Prize Pool: $16,320

RECAP

Retired painting contractor and former pro bowler Wayne Wadulak (Port Richey, FL) came back from being all-in as the short stack to having the most chips of the final three players and commanding the largest share of a three-way chop.  Wadulak has been playing poker (mostly tournaments) professionally for about 3 years and has definitely seen some results.   Today’s Turbo NLH event netted him $3,346 and his first official ‘win’ here at the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa.

The other two players involved in the chop took equal shares, so position was determined by their chip counts.  Josh Rose finished 2nd for $2,896 and Tony March took 3rd and $2,896.  This was March’s second cash of the day.  He made Day 2 of Event 1 and finished that event in 32nd place ($980) before jumping into this Turbo, which wrapped up in under 9 hours while Event 1 was still going on.  March says this is his 10th straight tournament cash.

The $15,000 guarantee on this event was covered with 136 entrants, the final 18 of which earned a cut of the total $16,320 prize pool.

Wally Maddah, who finished 7th, also booked his second cash in one day.  He finished 63rd in Event 1 before signing up for this event and making the final table.

Final Table Results

1st – Wayne Wadulak $3,346
2nd –Josh Rose $2,896
3rd – Tony March $2,896
4th – Bruno Gigante $1,306
5th – Eric Buel $979
6th – On Kim $816
7th – Wally Maddah $580
8th – Richard Thai $490
9th – Kyle Peck $367
10th – Michael Hassab $326

$350 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Level 31:  Blinds 100k/200k/30k ante

Total Entries:  664
Players Remaining:  3
Average Stack: ~5.5 million (35 big blinds)

After busting Rajesh Kumar in 4th place, Brad Patton had claimed the chip lead with over 6 million chips.  Hector Vazquez was close behind, and James Salmon was third in chips.

They decided that after playing for 13 hours, they had had enough poker for one day and made an even chop of the remaining prize pool.  As the chip leader, Brad takes the win and the signature Seminole Hard Rock Tampa guitar trophy!

1st – Brad Patton $30,673
2nd – Hector Vazquez $30,673
3rd – James Salmon $30,673

$350 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Level 31:  Blinds 100k/200k/30k ante

Total Entries:  664
Players Remaining:  3
Average Stack: ~5.5 million (35 big blinds)

Rajesh Kumar had shoved several times without getting called.  Then he got involved in a pot with Brad Patton.

After the flop, Brad bet 400k and Rajesh shoved again.  Brad called, showing pocket Kings.  Rajesh had 86 offsuit and had flopped a gutshot, but that’s all.  He whiffed his outs on the last two.

Rajesh Kumar finished in 4th place, earning $13,800.

$350 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Level 31:  Blinds 100k/200k/30k ante

Total Entries:  664
Players Remaining:  4
Average Stack: ~4.2 million (26 big blinds)

Rough counts as the final four settle in for a serious battle:

James Salmon – 5 million
Hector Vazquez – 5 million
Brad Patton – 4.1 million
Rajesh Kumar – 2.3 million

$350 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Level 30:  Blinds 80k/160k/30k ante

Total Entries:  664
Players Remaining:  4
Average Stack: ~4.2 million (26 big blinds)

Brad Patton opened from the cutoff and Edwin Torres jammed from the small blind.  Brad called, showing .  Edwin had him dominated with .

Then the board rolled out and Brad paired his kicker to take the pot.

Edwin Torres finished in 5th place, earning $11,000.

$350 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Level 30:  Blinds 80k/160k/30k ante

Total Entries:  664
Players Remaining:  5
Average Stack: ~3.3 million (21 big blinds)

Edwin Torres opened for 425k utg and got a call from Hector Vazquez on his left.

The flop came and Edwin fired 500k.  Hector flatted.  Turn was the and Edwin checked.  Hector tossed out ten ‘peppermint’ chips (100k each) for a million-chip-bet, which was more than Edwin had left.

Edwin folded his QJ offsuit.

After letting go of his big blind, Edwin was in the small blind when James Salmon shoved from the button.  Edwin called all-in for 670k straight holding pocket Queens.  James had .

It was over on the flop: .  Edwin had quadzilla and doubled up to ~1.6 million.

$350 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Level 30:  Blinds 80k/160k/30k ante

Total Entries:  664
Players Remaining:  5
Average Stack: ~3.3 million (21 big blinds)

The final five have just returned from a break.  Here are the chip counts (in millions):

Hector Vazquez – 5.3 (33 big blinds)
James Salmon – 4.7
Filipp Khavin – 2.44
Brad Patton – 2.21
Edwin Torres – 1.5 (9 big blinds)

$350 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Level 29:  Blinds 60k/120k/20k ante

Total Entries:  664
Players Remaining:  5
Average Stack: ~3.3 million (28 big blinds)

Brad Patton shoved for 1.145 million on the button and James Salmon called from the small blind.

Brad’s was racing against James’ .  The board came and Brad doubled up to ~2.5 million.

Still stuck at five players.