$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight D Entries:  591

DeVaughn Smith raised to 2,000 preflop UTG+1, and Steve Buckner called from middle position before the flop was dealt . They both checked to the on the turn before Buckner bet 4,000, and Smtih check-called.

The river delivered the , both players checked, and Buckner flipped over . Smith held to win the hand and grow his stack to 26,000. Buckener was at 47,000 after the hand.

DeVaughn Smith – 26,000 (86 bb)
Steve Buckner – 47,000 (156 bb)

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  108 of 729

The cutoff got all in preflop with in the hole, and Marvin “Duckman” Karlins had him covered holding from the big blind.

The final board read , and the cutoff was eliminated on the hand. Karlins stacked up 100,000 after collecting the pot.

Marvin Karlins – 100,000 (25 bb)

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Flight D Entries:  247

We didn’t think it would take long and that was correct. Before the end of Level 1, Flight D added 247 entries to the prize pool to put the combined total at 1,924 and the prize pool is officially over the $1,000,000 guarantee.

With Flight D registration open until 9:30 pm and two more huge flights tomorrow. It’s going to get big.

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The fourth of six starting flights for Event 1 is set to go at the top of the hour and it will provide us with the first milestone of the tournament. The tournament is less than 250 entries away from pushing the prize pool over the $1,000,000 guarantee and it should get there pretty early.

Players start with 20K stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, going up to 40 minutes at the start of Day 2. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 9:30 pm. Flight D will continue until 10% of the field remains and those players will advance to Day 2 on Sunday 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 (9:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 10% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$1,100 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Entries: 75

Event 5 has yet to reach its first break and the $50,000 guarantee is already long gone with 75 entries so far. There’s still a long time to run it up and we’ll pick up some players who bust from Event 1.

A few notables so far include Ken Fishman, Jeremy Becker, Ivan Ruban, AJ Kelsall, Cary Rosenthal, Nicole Diaz, Daniel Pearlman, Jason Block, Aaron Thivyanathan, and reigning WPT Player of the Year Jake Ferro.

Fishman owns half of the trophies awarded in the series (one of the two so far) after he won the $1,100 Six-Handed tournament last night.

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  167 of 729

The Flight C field is set for the day and now they are grinding their way down towards the money. With 167 remaining and only 73 advancing, there’s still a lot of work to get done before they bag their chips.

Josias Santos, Ryan Luker, James Calderaro, and Evan Teitelbaum are a few still trying to slide into Day 2 on Sunday.

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight C Entries:  729

Registration closed for Flight C of WPT Tampa Event 1 with 729 entries, pushing the combined total to 1,677 for the tournament. That leaves the prize pool less the 250 entries away from topping $1,000,000 and it will get there very early in Flight D.

Flight C will play into the evening and come to an end when 73 players remain. They will bag their chips and return for Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm in the money.

Chip counts through Flight B

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

Registration closed on the record-setting Ladies Event with an incredible 123 entries registered over two hours. They easily set the record for the biggest Ladies Event field in Seminole Hard Rock Poker History (and probably for the state but we need to research a few other places).

The previous record was set in Hollywood when they drew 91 entries for the tournament during the 2022 WPT Poker Showdown.

Great job!

They combined to create a prize worth $25,830 and the last 16 spots will be paid. A min-cash is worth $500 while the WPT Tampa Ladies Champ will earn $7,510 and the WPT trophy.

1st: $7,510 + WPT trophy
2nd: $4,650
3rd: $2,780
4th: $1,740
5th: $1,290
6th: $1,110
7th: $960
8th: $850
9th: $750
10th-12th: $660
13th-15th: $570
16th: $500

$250 Ladies Event (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Entries:  123

The Ladies Event was sent on the first break and returned to action with the registration closed on the huge tournament. The unofficial count shows 123 entries; we will post the official numbers as soon as they are available.

Bryna Winchell looks like the early frontrunner for the title, coming back to a stack worth 68,000 as the person to catch.

$1,100 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Another one-day trophy event gets underway at 2 pm with a $1,100 buy-in Eight-Handed tournament. It features a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool and should have a lot of talent in the hunt.

Players start with 20,000 stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 6:55 pm following the 40-minute dinner break.

They will return to play down to the final table and our next WPT Tampa champ.

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes each
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (6:55pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 5 Structure Sheet