$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 34: 300,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 1,165
The final three players have agreed to a payout adjustment at the final table of the Championship Event. Here is a look at those new payouts:
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 34: 300,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 1,165
Corey Wade raised to 1 million on the button, and Steven McKoy reraised all in for 8.7 million from the small blind. Wade called to cover him so they flipped over their cards.
Wade: McKoy:
Board:
McKoy was eliminated in fourth place, good for $226,000, and Wade stacked up 22.7 million after collecting the pot.
Corey Wade – 22,700,000 (45 bb) Steven McKoy – Eliminated in Fourth Place ($226,00)
2022 WPT Tampa Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 32 $5,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Entries: 77 Prize Pool: $365,750 September 6, 2022
Jim Collopy won Event 32 tonight to take home one of the last WPT Trophies of the tournament series here in Tampa. He topped a talented field to take home the top prize worth $87,346.
“Pretty good, this series is a nice series. I’m looking forward to seeing Tampa start to rival Hollywood as a new Florida scene,” said Collopy right after the win.
“I think that some kind of POY or contest, the same way the Cali Swing used to have would be a good idea. I don’t know if the East Coast Swing was as good as the Cali Swing, but I think a Florida Swing would be real nice. Regional leader boards are the key to domestic success,” said Collopy when he was asked about playing at both the Hollywood and Tampa series at Seminole properties these past few weeks.
When he was asked about his journey on the final day of the tournament, Collopy replied, “I got off to a good start with eliminating the player that resulted in the final table, and then I drew a seat to the direct left of the other big stack so I think that my table and seat draw winded up quite well for me.”
“I think all events have their own appeal. I liked mixed-game events, any rotation event is my favorite kind of event. Less about mixed or limits specifically, but what I really like is rotational. I like half hold’em, half Omaha. Any sort of half and half is a fun variation to tournament poker,” said Collopy.
When he was asked how he was going to celebrate, he had a very fitting reply for Florida: “I’m going to Disney World.”
Place
First Name
Last Name
Prize Payout
1
Jim
Collopy
$87,346+ + WPT Trophy
2
Stephen
Song
$76,443*
3
Michael
Rossitto
$72,821*
4
Justin
Saliba
$34,620
5
Paul
Brooks
$25,120
6
Javier
Zarco Sanchez
$19,080
7
AJ
Kelsall
$15,190
8
Justin
Zaki
$12,710
9
James
Calderaro
$11,210
10
Jennifer
Shahade
$11,210
*: Denotes payouts based upon the three-way chop that ended play.
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 33: 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 of 1,165
Here is a look at the updated chip counts from the previous break in play for the Championship Event.
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 33: 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 of 1,165
Corey Wade limped on the button, Seth Berger raised all in for 3.6 million from the small blind, and Wade called to cover him so the two players flipped over their cards.
Berger: Wade:
Board:
Berger was eliminated in fifth place, good for $170,000, and Wade stacked up 18.6 million after the hand.
Corey Wade – 18,600,000 (46 bb) Seth Berger – Eliminated in Fifth Place ($170,000)
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 33: 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 of 1,165
Brock Wilson raised to 800,000 preflop UTG, and David Tuthill got all in preflop for about 7.4 million from the small blind with , and Fred Paradis reraised over the top of him holding on the big blind.
Wilson got out of the way before the board ran out , and Tuthill was eliminated in sixth place thanks to the ill-timed cooler to take home $130,000. Paradis stacked up over 15 million after collecting the pot.
Fred Paradis – 18,200,000 (46 bb) David Tuthill – Eliminated in Sixth Place ($130,000)
Before the 2022 WPT Tampa series ended, Clemen Deng locked up the top spot as the WPT Player of the Festival. Four players had a shot at the title as the penultimate night was rounding down.
Clyde Maliauka was leading the race with Brock Wilson (at the Championship final table), AJ Kelsall (deep in the $5K), and Deng (in the $10K High Roller) trying to chase him down.
Deng went on to win the $10,000 High Roller Tuesday evening and locked up the title. Even with a win in the Championship, Wilson would fall short, and a $5K win by Kelsall would give him the same amount of points as Deng, but he would finish second based on tiebreakers.
Deng cashed three times during the series; in addition to the High Roller win, he also finished second in $1,700 NLH Event 17 and fifth in $2,200 Event 19.
He earned a $1,100 WPT Prime Passport and another WPT trophy.
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 32: 150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 1,165
After Level 31, players were sent on a quick five-minute break and return with Brock Wilson still out front.
Blinds are up to 150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante and the average stack is about 9,700,000 (32 bb).
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 31: 125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 1,165
Corey Wade opened to 500,000 from the hijack and Fred Paradis called to see the flop. Paradis checked, Wade bet 350,000 and Paradis called.
The turn was , Wade bet enough to put Paradis all in, and he called for 2,600,000.
Paradis: Wade:
Paradis was ahead with his paired king but needed to fade 12 outs on the river to double (diamonds and a gutshot). The river was safe and Paradis doubled up.
$5,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante Remaining Players: 10 of 77 entries
The Championship final table isn’t the only outcome to determine today, we also have to finish out the $5,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament with ten players returning at the top of the hour.
Michael Rossitto leads a very tough field coming back, so it’s still anyone’s game this afternoon.
Table 1 Seat 1: AJ Kelsall – 95,000 Seat 2: James Calderaro – 143,000 (button) Seat 6: Justin Saliba – 178,000 Seat 7: Stephen Song – 141,000 Seat 8: Michael Rossitto – 339,000
Table 2 Seat 1: Jennifer Shahade – 58,000 Seat 2: Pablo Camp – 74,000 Seat 3: Justin Zaki – 53,000 (button) Seat 4: Javier Zarco – 124,000 Seat 5: James Collopy – 124,000