The first Saturday of the series is here and we expect a packed Event Center throughout the day. Flight E of Event 1 starts at 10 am and the $600 buy-in tournament already turned its $1,000,000 into a prize pool worth $1.2 million.
With two huge flights today. It’s going to be big.
Players start with 20,000 in their stacks and 30-minute levels on Day 1, going up to 40 on Day 2. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 2:30 pm. They will continue to shrink the field at that point until down to 10%. Those players will bag their chips for a Day 2 return tomorrow at 1 pm in the money.
$1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
2022 WPT Tampa Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 5 $1,100 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed Entries: 119 Prize Pool: $115,430 August 26, 2022
Clyde Maliauka topped the field in Event 5 to take home the fourth trophy of the tournament series early on Saturday. He was awarded the top prize worth $30,730, along with the WPT trophy that was the first trophy he has earned in a tournament win.
Maliauka was the big stack at the final table, and he used that to his advantage to bully his opponents on his journey to the win. “There were just so many short stacks, so my job as the big stack was to just bully everybody, and I think I did a good job of that today,” said Mailauka.
Here is a what he had to say shortly after his victory: “It means a lot, I’ve worked hard, I’ve studied a lot, and the results have shown. I’m really happy to bring home the win today.”
The local player Maliauka had many supporters on the rail at the final table, and he said he definitely uses that to his advantage. “I always run hands with all the friends I know in the poker community. I think that the best way to learn about poker is just talking about it with other people, so it’s helped a lot,” said Maliauka.
“For sure, I’m a Tampa local, I live here in Clearwater, and I definitely have my sights set on a lot of events here. I’m happy that it’s so close,” said Maliauka about his plans for the rest of the tournament series (including possibly setting his sights on the Player of the Series gold trophy).
He also had this to say about playing tournaments here at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa: “I love that the way you guys run events is really clean, you guys are clearly a step ahead of everybody else as far as tournament organization. I think the staff is fantastic, and I think you guys do an awesome job of running the tournaments, and that’s why I keep coming back.”
Here is a look at the full results from the tournament:
$1,100 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante Remaining Players: 1 of 119 entries
Jesse Greer was all in with in the hole from the button for a short stack, and Clyde Maliauka had him covered holding .
The final board read , and Greer was eliminated in second place, good for $20,490. That made Maliauka the champion of the tournament, and he took home the top prize worth $30,730 along with the WPT trophy.
Stay tuned for a winner photo, an interview with the champion, and final results for the tournament.
2022 WPT Tampa Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 4 $250 Ladies Event (Re-Entry) Entries: 123 Prize Pool: $25,830 August 26, 2022
Nikita Patalinghug won Event 4 tonight at a fun final table that saw her take home the top prize worth $6,566 along with the WPT Trophy thanks to a three-way chop right around midnight. Here is what she had to say after the victory: “Unbelievable, I tried to really push it, I almost didn’t come today.”
“The ladies are very competitive, it’s just a good feeling because sometimes when you play with the guys you feel like you’re being bullied. Maybe it’s just my imagination, but it’s like I’m home when I’m playing with the ladies,” said Patalinghug when she was asked what makes playing in the ladies event special.
“I tried my best and switched it up a little bit and went into trapping mode, so I was just folding big hands, and I just tried to play my A-game and trap somebody,” said Patalinghug about her approach at the final table.
“I love playing tournaments because I can take myself out of the cash tables and still get my fix. I just want to play, I just like to play, and play as long as I can. I don’t care if I’m the bubble, that means I played as long as I could for the buy-in,” said Patalinghug about her love of poker at the end of the interview.
Here is a look at the final results for the tournament:
Place
First Name
Last Name
Prize Payout
1
Nikita
Patalinghug
$6,566* + WPT Trophy
2
Lori
Schulte
$4,639*
3
Lisa
Karl
$3,735*
4
Nancy
Brett
$1,740
5
Bryna
Ritchie
$1,290
6
Debora
Bianchi
$1,110
7
Tara
Schwartz
$960
8
Lisa
Seamans
$850
9
Hee
Kang
$750
10
Dayanna
Ciabaton
$660
11
Bernadaette
Burgess-Stege
$570
12
Colby
Doukas
$570
13
Jennifer
Anderson
$570
14
Trevilynn
Blakeslee
$570
15
Jennifer
Daskevich
$570
16
Stella
Davila
$500
*: Denotes payouts decided by the three-way chop at the end of play.
On one of the first hands at the final table Trudel got all in with from the button, and Daniel Cousins had him covered holding on the cutoff. The board ran out , and Trudel was eliminated in ninth place, good for $3,070. Cousins stacked up 330,000 after collecting the pot.
Daniel Cousins – 330,000 (22 bb) Jameson Trudel – Eliminated in Ninth Place ($3,070)
$250 Ladies Event (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante Remaining Players: 1 of 123 entries
Nikita Patalinghug has won the ladies event after the final three players decided on a chop after the quick eliminations of Bryna Winchell in fifth place ($1,290), and Nancy Brett in fourth place ($1,740).
Here is how the final three payouts were divided in the chop.
1st: Nikita Patalinghug – $6,566* (1,720,000) + WPT Trophy 2nd: Lori Schulte – $4,639* (490,000) 3rd: Lisa Karl – $3,735* (245,000)
*: Denotes new payouts decided in the three-way chop.
Nikita is the third champion of the tournament series, and she was awarded the WPT Trophy along with prize money.
Stay tuned for a winner photo, interview with the champion, and full results from the tournament.
$250 Ladies Event (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante Remaining Players: 5 of 123 entries
Deborah Bianchi moved all in preflop for 75,000 under the gun, and Lisa Karl called to cover her on the button. The two players then flipped over their cards.
Karl: Bicanchi:
Board:
Bianchi was eliminated in sixth place, good for $1,110, and Karl stacked up 550,000 after collecting the pot thanks to a flush on the river.
Lisa Karl – 550,000 (22 bb) Deborah Bianchi – Eliminated in Sixth Place ($1,110)