$490 + $45 + $20 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Day 2 Resumes 12 pm Sunday

Robert Rosetta 199,600
Lane Phillips 189,600
Wayne Alesia 179,100
Michael Nykoliation 167,800
Jon Godwin 139,700
Raphael Doromal 124,800
Rawitej Garlapati 115,900
Dominic Minaya 108,200
Dennis Schmitt 108,000
Amelio Amato 108,200
Dan Duda 89,200
Pete Walsworth 67,900
Adam Templeman 61,800
Christian McKean 59,800
Hai Ly 57,500
Richard Calledare 53,300
Chris Langrad 51,800
George Weirich 45,300
Charles Fawcett 32,600
Alan Phillips 24,200

$490 + $45 + $20 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Day 1 Complete

Rosetta, 1B Chip Leader – 2nd Overall

Bobby Rosetta (Tampa via Philadelphia, PA) is the chip leader of the third and final flight with 199,600.

“I was never above the (overall) chip leader,” says Rosetta, who will take the second biggest chip stack into Day 2. “It was slow and steady and more of a grind,” he says, “No big hands.”

20 players bagged and tagged for the night, which sets the overall remaining number of players at 52.  Kirk Adams (St. Pete Beach, FL) returns as the chip leader with 206,100.

The field returns at noon Saturday, just 20 spots from the money. The top 32 get paid as they play for the $41,844 first prize.

“I feel pretty comfortable,” adds Rosetta, who works in IT and plays Hard Rock Tampa cash games mostly on weekends.

$490 + $45 + $20 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 ante

The third and final flight is winding down to the end of level 14 and with 10 minutes left on the night, the clock is paused. Each table will play 5 more hands and then bag and tag.

25 players remain with an average stack of 79k (33 bb).

$175 + $25 + $20 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool

After three flights of No Limit Hold’em, the Winter Tampa Bay Open switches gear with PLO action.

Players start with 10k in chips and the levels are 30 minutes each.

Late Registration/Re-Entry is open until the conclusion of the first break of the night (~9:15 pm).

In addition to first place cash, the winner of this event receives $1,650 entry into the WPT Hard Rock Tampa Bay Winter Poker Open Championship (Dec. 13-15).

$490 + $45 + $20 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: Blinds 1k/2k/300 ante

34 players are back from dinner break, including chip leader Dominick Minaya (Tampa) to finish out the last two levels of the night. At the conclusion of Level 14 (~7:45 pm) the remaining players will bag and tag.

Holiday High Hands

The Butler Did it, $100 Bonus

In addition to 11 events over 10 days of the Winter Tampa Bay Open, and the bevy of cash games, the Poker Room continues to offer some of the best promotions in Florida.

Tonight the High Hand period continues until 8 pm, where one winner every 30 minutes wins $100 just for having the best hand in a cash game.

Earlier today Hard Rock regular Nick Butler (Tampa) earned his bonus with a King-high straight flush while holding K♠ J♠. Just 30 minutes later, a player who wishes to remain anonymous, not only got $100 for a Royal Flush, but because he used both hole cards, got the everyday bonus of $500.

That’s $600 for a Royal just by playing at the Tampa cash table!

Upcoming High Hand Schedule:

Sunday 12/8: 12pm-10pm
Monday 12/9: 5pm-11:59pm
Tuesday 12/10: 12am-3am & 5pm-11:59pm
Wednesday 12/11: 12am-3am & 5pm-11:59pm
Thursday 12/12: 12am-3am & 5pm-11:59pm
Friday 12/13: 12a-3am & 10am-8pm
Saturday 12/14: 10am-8pm

***6:30pm Update****

High hand from 6pm-6:30pm was QQQQ8

$490 + $45 + $20 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Dinner Break, Play Resumes 6:43 pm

Poker Room Breather

After 12 levels of play, the field is on a one hour dinner break.

We have a new chip leader which belongs to Dominick Minaya (Tampa) who is up to 136k .

Dan Duda (Rockaway, NJ), once the clear chip leader, has come back to the pack and is now even with Bobby Rosetta (Tampa) and fighting for second place with both in the 126k range.

The average stack is 58k (29 bb) with blinds going to 1k/2k/300 ante.

$490 + $45 + $20 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 800/1,600/200 ante

Heather & Bill

Players grinding there way to Day 2 can take the edge off with a Rock’n Massage in the Poker Room.

“Make sure you put ‘The’ Heather,” says Bill Smith (Ocoee), who is clearly a fan of her work.

Smith has a chance to relax as he’s well above average with a healthy 90k stack (56 bb).

40 players remain with an average stack of 49k (31 bb) as we heads towards the one hour dinner break (~5:40 pm).

$490 + $45 + $20 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: Blinds 500/1k/100 ante

Dan Duda

Dan Duda (Rockaway, NJ) has been on a tear since returning from break. He’s doubled his stack from 78k to more than 150k (150 bb) and is the clear chip leader.

While all he says is, “lucky,” another player prompts him to reveal his secret. “Eggs and I went for a run,” says Duda , who’s chip count is nearly twice as much as the next biggest stack.

Bobby Rosetta and a player known only as DJ, both from Tampa, are among a slew of player in the 75k-80k range, good for second overall. 49 players remain with an average stack of 40k (40 bb).

Bobby Rosetta

$490 + $45 + $20 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800/100 ante

Chip-a-saurus

Players are back from their second break of the time as the green (25) chips have been removed from play.

Currently 70 players remain with an average stack of 28k (35 bb).

The big stacks are approaching 80k (100 bb) and the most coveted chip is the gray 5k chip which Chris McKean (Geneseo, IL) has well guarded. His chip-a-saurus card protector keeps an eye on both his 55k stack and his pocket pairs.