Mike Wakefield bet out on the turn and was called by Adam Santos with the board reading . The river is the and Wakefield doesn’t slow down, this time betting the 20,000, which was the size of the pot and more than enough to put Santos all in.

Santos picks up his cards, looks at them for a moment and throws them face up across the middle of the table as he folds. Santos shows that he missed his flush draw with and Wakefield scoops the pot. He crosses the 50,000 chip mark with that pot.

We found Peter W in the tank facing a pot sized river bet of 10,000 from Daniel Tirrell with the board reading .

“Is that more than what’s in the pot?” asked Peter W half jokingly.

It wasn’t and Peter W continued his thoughts silently. He eventually mucks his hand and Tirrell takes the pot. He is up to 27,400 in chips.

A player in the big blind gets all in for his last 2,400 and is called by Adam Santos and Mike Wakefield (pictured). The flop is and Santos checks. Wakefield bets 3,000 and Santos folds, leaving Wakefield heads-up with the all in player.

“You’re way ahead,” said Wakefield as he tabled , good for a pair of jacks.

“Just a pair of fours,” said the big blind as he showed .

“Maybe not,” replied Wakefield.

The turn is the , giving Wakefield two pair and the river is the , which sealed the deal for Wakefield and the pot was shipped his way.  He is sitting with 40,500 in chips.

The blinds have been raised to 250/500. There are 23 players remaining.

On a flop of , Bobbi Smith bets and gets check-raised to the size of the pot by Julio Novo. Smith immediately moves all in for roughly 13,000 and is snap called by Novo.

Both players flopped the nuts as Novo tabled and Smith is freerolling with her . A king or queen would give smith a bigger straight, but the turn is the 3s and the river is the 2h and they split the pot.

Novo is sitting with 36,000 in chips, while Smith has 14,000.

Peter W raises from under-the-gun to 11,000 and is called by Daniel Tirrell (pictured) from middle position and Phil Wasserman from the cutoff.

All three players check a flop of . The turn is the and Peter W bets 3,100. Tirrell calls and Wasserman goes into the tank before calling.

The river is the and Peter W checks. Tirrell bets 6,100 and Wasserman thinks for a few moments before folding. Peter W pitches his cards into the muck and Tirrell takes the pot.

Tirrell is over 20,000 in chips and has slowly been chipping up throughout the early stages.

The blinds have been increased to 200/400. There are 25 players remaining.

With the average stack currently just over 17,000, here is a look at some of the stacks who are well above it.

Julio Novo – 54,400
Peter W – 31,000
Greg C – 28,000
Adam Santos – 28,000
Bobbi Smith (pictured) – 23,000
Edwin Torres – 21,000

On a flop of , Peter W (pictured) calls an all in bet of his opponent for just over 3,000.

“I don’t have a pair, but I have a lot of outs,” said his opponent as he tabled , good for a wrap straight draw and a flush draw.

Peter tabled , good for a small pair and inferior flush draw, giving his opponent even more outs because of all the live overcards that he had.

The turn is the and the river is the and Peter makes a full house to take the pot. The whole table talked about how many outs his opponent had as he stacked the chips. He is sitting with 31,000 and well over the average stack at this point.

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Spring Poker Open
Event 1: $560 No Limit Hold’em
March 7-8, 2014

Total Entries: 249
Total Buy-In: $124,500
Players Remaining: 41
Average Chip Stack: 91,000

START OF DAY 2 TABLE ASSIGNMENTS & CHIP COUNTS

PAYOUTS:
Place Payout
1 $34,911
2 $20,443
3 $13,247
4 $8,429
5 $6,013
6 $5,179
7 $3,972
8 $2,888
9 $2,764
10 $2,652
11 $2,527
12 $2,403
13 $2,291
14 $2,166
15 $2,054
16 $1,930
17 $1,805
18 $1,681
19 $1,569
20 $1,444
21 – 24 $1,033