$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  431 of 4,363

Flight A: 511 Entries; 52 Advanced
Flight B: 437 Entries; 44 Advanced
Flight C: 729 Entries; 73 Advanced
Flight D: 649 Entries; 65 Advanced
Flight E: 1,102 Entries; 111 Advanced
Flight F: 935 Entries; 94 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at 1 pm

The following eight players were able to take advance two bags in the best-stack-forward format and will receive a min-cash of $1,410 for their smallest bag while playing their biggest on Day 2:

Jonathan Albert, Diomig Delgado, Rami Fakhoury, Stephen Jufer, Christopher Kean, Solange Lucas, Tyler Mitchell, and Ashley Spring.

2022 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 1
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  4,363
Prize Pool:  $2,268,760
August 25-28, 2022

Registration closed for the huge WPT Tampa opener with 4,363 entries over six starting flights. They turned the $1,000,000 guarantee into an incredible prize pool worth $2,268,760. The entry county made this our second biggest field ever and the prize pool is our biggest for a non-Main Event/Championship.

Thank you. Thank you.

The last 439 players will make some money with $1,410 for a min-cash and $284,870 sitting up top waiting for our Event 1 champion.

1st: $284,870 + WPT Trophy
2nd: $176,110
3rd: $138,030
4th: $108,760
5th: $86,140
6th: $68,600
7th: $54,910
8th: $44,200
9th: $35,770
10th-12th: $29,100
13th-15th: $23,800
16th-18th: $19,580
19th-21st: $16,190
22nd-24th: $13,470
25th-27th: $11,260
28th-30th: $9,470
31st-33rd: $8,010
34th-36th: $6,810
37th-45th: $5,830
46th-54th: $5,010
55th-63rd: $4,340
64th-72nd: $3,780
73rd-81st: $3,310
82nd-90th: $2,910
91st-99th: $2,580
100th-153rd: $2,300
154th-207th: $2,060
208th-261st: $1,860
262nd-315th: $1,680
316th-369th: $1,540
370th-439th: $1,410

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight F Players Remaining:  94 of 935

Flight F has come to a close with the final 94 players advancing to Day 2 on Sunday. Play ended with 5:23 remaining in Level 17.

Ray Thomas was the chip leader at the end of play with 650,000. Other top stacks were bagged up by Tuan Pham (511,000), Antonio Concepcion (479,000), Aralar Muguerza (471,000),  David C. Smith (427,000), Adam Quimby (425,000), and Michael Berk (400,000). Three of those players were surprisingly seated all together at Table 62 to end the night.

Jack Rush will be the overall chip leader in the tournament with a stack of 1,004,000 when the remaining 433 players (with the six double bags taken out of play) return for Day 2.

Stay tuned for full updated chip counts, and the table and seat draw. The full payout structure will be released tomorrow for this massive field of 4,363 players that created a total prize pool worth $2,268,760.

2022 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 6
$400 Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  84
Prize Pool:  $33,600
August 27, 2022

Raminder Singh took home the WPT Trophy at the conclusion of Event 6 after a four-way chop was decided upon to end play. Here is what he had to say after picking up the victory.

“The day before yesterday I made Day 2 for the million dollar guarantee, so today was a day off for me, so I ended up playing in this turbo this evening. I just tried to keep my stack and double up before the close of registration, and after that I was blessed with some good hands, some good luck, and I made some good calls as well for all my chips for my tournament life. Overall it was a great experience,” said Singh.

“Absolutely, I want to carry forward this good karma and momentum into Day 2, because I have won that tournament down south (at Hard Rock Seminole Hollywood), that $600 buy-in $1 million. The real reward will come at the final two-three tables, and that is where the real competition and real money is,” said Singh when he was asked about getting ready for another deep run in Event 1 on Sunday.

He also wanted to give a shout out to the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa staff at the end of the interview. “I also want to thank the staff, it’s top notch here. Yi Li is one of the best in the business, and all of the dealers here and all of the floor staff are really high quality. We have a great staff in Hollywood, and this staff is very comparable and really quality as well. The way they are set up, and the way they are running these tournaments is quite commendable,” said Singh.

*: Denotes the payouts decided by the four-way chop to end play.

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight F Entries: 126 of 935

David Sathue got all in for 15,000 preflop from the small blind, and both the big blind and button called.

The board ran out , and was checked down by the two live players left with action in the hand.

The button quickly flashed his cards and folded his hand, the big blind revealed , and Sathue showed to win the hand and triple up with 58,000 after collecting the pot.

David Sathue – 58,000 (11 bb)

$400 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 84 entries

The final table has begun for Event 6, and here is a look at the seat draw with chip counts among the final nine players in the event.

Seat 1: Tammy Ehrhart – 200,000
Seat 2: Marcello Aparecido – 130,000
Seat 3: Raminder Singh – 645,000
Seat 4: Anthony Calderaro – 155,000
Seat 5: Aaron Thivyanathan – 62,000
Seat 6: David Barbieri – 65,000
Seat 7: Howard Leung – 180,000
Seat 8: Mick Muzac – 151,000
Seat 9: Clyde Maliauka – 112,000

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight F Entries: 225 of 935

Blake Robinson survived from the small blind with 30,000 when his made a straight on a board dealt against his opponent, who also held the eight-high straight with in the hole from late position.

Blake Robinson – 30,000 ( bb)

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight F Entries: 243 of 935

Alex Mitchell got all in preflop for a short stack on the big blind with in the hole, and a player in late position had him covered holding .

The board was dealt , and Mitchell doubled up to survive with 25,000 after collecting the pot.

Alex Mitchell – 25,000 (12 bb)

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight F Entries: 306 of 935

Stephen Blackman got all in preflop for 24,500 from the button with in the hole, and UTG+1 had him covered holding .

The board ran out , and Blackman doubled up to survive with  53,000 after collecting the pot.

Stephen Blackman – 53,000 (33 bb)

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  345 of 3,428

Flight A: 511 Entries; 52 Advanced
Flight B: 437 Entries; 44 Advanced
Flight C: 729 Entries; 73 Advanced
Flight D: 649 Entries; 65 Advanced
Flight E: 1,102 Entries; 111 Advanced
Flight F: Underway
Day 2: Sunday at 1 pm