$1,100 Six-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Entries: 50
They six-handed tournament is quickly building after a slow start, mostly due to players dropping out of the Event 1 field and jumping immediately into the bigger $1,100 buy-in tournament. They are only a couple new entries away from topping the $50,000 and spinning it up.
A few early notables include Ryan Hogan, Romeo Mendoza, Ryan Luker, and Michael Laake.
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight A Entries: 511
Registration closed for Flight A of WPT Tampa Event 1 with 511 entries putting more than $265,000 towards the $1,000,000 guarantee with five more flights to go.
Flight A will continue into the evening until only 52 players remain to advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm.
| Flight | Day | Entries | Advanced |
| A | Thurs at 10am | 511 | TBD |
| B | Thurs at 5pm | — | — |
| C | Friday at 10am | — | — |
| D | Friday at 5pm | — | — |
| E | Sat at 10am | — | — |
| F | Sat at 5pm | — | — |
| Total | 511 | TBD |
$1,100 Six-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
The third trophy event on the WPT Tampa schedule gets underway at 2 pm with a big one. Event 3 is a $1,100 buy-in tournament with a $50,000 guarantee and a one-day structure. A lot of money up for grabs before the end of the night.
Players start with 20K stacks out front and they will have 30-minute levels all day long. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 6:55 pm following the 40-minute dinner break.
They will return and play down to the final table and eventual Event 3 champ later this evening.
$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 4: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Entries: 110
The Pot Limit Omaha tournament is off to a great start with more than 100 entries before the first break. It’s turning out to be a fantastic start to the series.
Friendly faces in early action include AJ Kelsall, Cary Rosenthal, Wally Maddah, Vinny Montiero, and Dan Clemente.
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight A Entries: 437
The Flight A field continued to expand after the first break and we found more familiar faces in the field including our defending champ.
Last year, the opening event of the series was a $500 Big Stack that produced a prize pool over $2,000,000. Shawn Mohamed cruised to the final table and took the top spot for nearly $200K after a four-way deal. He’s back today trying to do it again.
Other new notables include former WSOP Millionaire Maker champ Femi Fashakin, Solange Lucas, and Jacob Naumann.
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries: 380
Cards went back in the air for Flight A and we tracked down our first leader while they were gone. Scott Woodring is the early front-runner with 97,700 after four levels of play and he is the player to catch with a lot of time to go.
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight A Entries: 370
Event 1 players were sent on their first break with 370 entries setting a nice pace for the tournament. There is little doubt the $1,000,000 guarantee will be topped this weekend, now we need to see when it will happen.
$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 100/100 with a 100 ante
Tampa loves its Omaha games and we have a schedule chock full of trophy events featuring the four-card game. The first gets underway at noon with a $400 Pot Limit Omaha tournament.
Players start with 20K stacks out front and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm. They will take a 40-minute dinner break at 6:30 pm and return to play down to a winner late this evening.
We look forward to a lot of Omaha champs this series!
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Entries: 340
We have a steady line at the registration desk and the entry count continued to climb as the players begin to think about their first break. With 350 entries so far, we are looking a big early number heading into the weekend.
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 100/100 with a 100 ante
Flight A Entries: 299
The first half of the Event Center filled up in a hurry and the field is already pushing into new areas with a bigger push coming in the afternoon.
Some early friendly faces in action today include Shawn Lucas, Nancy Birnbaum (and Buddy), WSOP bracelet winner Al Krux, and WSOP Ladies Champ Marsha Wolak.
