$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries: 290
In addition to defending champ Brian Altman, we have another handful of former WPT winners in early action trying to put their name on the Champions Cup one more time.
Among the field, we also found Darren Elias, Chance Kornuth, Tony Sinishtaj, Daniel Weinman, and WPT Hollywood Poker Showdown champ Mark Davis.
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1A Entries: 252
The early entry lists include the last two players from the last time we ran this tournament. The 2021 WPT Tampa Championship title came down to a heads-up battle before Brian Altman and Gabe Abusada with Altman walking away with his third WPT win.
The two combined to take more than $1,000,000 of the $3.7 million prize pool, and both wouldn’t mind being in the same position next week, going for the win.
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1A Entries: 201
At 11 am on the dot, tournament director Charlie Ceresi (along with WPT Executive Tour Director Matt Savage) put cards in the air for Flight A of the 2022 WPT Tampa Championship.
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
The preliminaries are all wrapped up, and it is time to roll out the headline event on the schedule. Day 1A of the WPT Tampa Championship kicks off at 11 am, the first of two starting flights with the second going tomorrow.
Three-time WPT champ Brian Altman is the defending champion and will be part of a very talented group of players coming to town this weekend for the big series along with our local regulars.
Championship players sit down to 50K starting stacks and levels last one hour through Day 3. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at ~9:15 pm. There is a 90-minute dinner break scheduled after Level 6 and they’ll play through ten levels on the opening flights.
We expect a fantastic last weekend of the series and look forward to seeing old friends and making new ones.
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Day 1A – $3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
10AM: $550 WPT Tampa Championship Satellite (1-in-7)
12PM: $400 WPT Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
2PM: $550 WPT Tampa Championship Satellite (1-in-7)
6PM: $400 WPT Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
8PM: $400 WPT Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
2022 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 19
$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 204
Prize Pool: $408,000
September 1, 2022
Jacob Ferro won the trophy in Event 19 to bring the night to a close here in Tampa, and he was awarded the WPT Trophy along with $94,490 in prize money. Here is what the tournament professional from Florida had to say after the victory.
“I’m actually very happy because I haven’t been able to close out lately the last two years. I’ve made some deep runs, second, third, ninth; I’ve been doing pretty well, I can’t complain, but it’s good to close it out. I’m probably just going to give the trophy to my Mom, she’ll be very happy with that,” said Ferro.
“I gotta play the Main tomorrow, so maybe I’ll buy the table some drinks or something, and we’ll just have a good time during the tournament. It was a fun final table, I had a bunch of the guys I knew, so it was fun and we were joking around the whole time. It’s serious stuff, but it was a fun final table. Anyone who plays with me knows that I’m just a fun time at the table, I like to have fun. It’s serious business in these tournaments, but it’s all about having a good time,” said Ferro when he was asked about his plans to celebrate and having fun at the tables.
“I live an hour north, and this place is like home to me, I play here all the time. All the people are great, but I want to give a shout out to the dealers, they are unbelievable, so shout out to them,” said Ferro when he was asked about his many experiences at the property here in Tampa.
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | Ferro | $94,490 + WPT Trophy |
| 2 | Connor | Rash | $63,010 |
| 3 | Brian | Altman | $45,870 |
| 4 | Kahlil | Francis | $33,900 |
| 5 | Clemen | Deng | $25,440 |
| 6 | David | Nathaniel | $19,390 |
| 7 | Frank | Weigel | $15,020 |
| 8 | Romeo | Mendoza | $11,820 |
| 9 | Nicholas | Palma | $9,450 |
| 10 | Michael | Wang | $9,450 |
| 11 | Mike | Gao | $7,690 |
| 12 | Bryce | McVay | $7,690 |
| 13 | Max | Brown | $6,360 |
| 14 | Jeremy | Eyer | $6,360 |
| 15 | Joseph | Rivers | $5,350 |
| 16 | Justin | Zaki | $5,350 |
| 17 | Antonio | Serrao | $4,580 |
| 18 | Ivan | Rubin | $4,580 |
| 19 | Ethan | Yau | $4,580 |
| 20 | Miguel | Hernandez | $4,580 |
| 21 | Jason | Gooch | $3,990 |
| 22 | Artem | Metaldi | $3,990 |
| 23 | James | Collopy | $3,990 |
| 24 | Brandon | Wilson | $3,990 |
| 25 | AJ | Kelsall | $3,540 |
| 26 | Luz | Sanchez Garcia | $3,540 |
2022 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 20
$1,100 Pot Limit Omaha Turbo (Re-Entry)
Entries: 109
Prize Pool: $105,730
September 1, 2022
Sean Troha took home the top prize worth $31,740, along with the WPT Trophy tonight at the conclusion of a quick turbo pot-limit Omaha event tonight in Tampa. Here is what he had to say after the victory. “It was pretty crazy that it all happened super fast. Heads-up was just one hand. I was trying to order food three-handed, and then all of a sudden it was over,” said Troha.
“I just won every big hand in this tournament, whether I got it in behind, ahead, 50-50, I just won every time, so it made it easy for me, I didn’t take many big hits this whole tournament,” said Troha when he was asked about his journey through the tournament field.
With some newfound bankroll, and an extra boost of confidence, Troha is also going to jump into the Main Event: “I think I’m going to play the main tomorrow, and maybe the next day too, and see what happens there. I will be here through the end of it. I’m more of a four-card guy, so when there is PLO on the schedule I’m more likely to come, and now they’ve got me for the Main Event because I came for the PLO.”
“This has been great, the casino is huge, it’s really nice. There is a ton of food, I didn’t expect it to be this much like a resort with a pool, spa, and all of that,” said Troha when he was asked about his experience at the property so far here in Tampa.
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sean | Troha | $31,740 + WPT Trophy |
| 2 | AJ | Kelsall | $19,560 |
| 3 | Raj | Vohra | $11,740 |
| 4 | Joseph | Iannacone | $7,670 |
| 5 | Michelle | Chin | $5,920 |
| 6 | Ryan | Luppino | $4,860 |
| 7 | Alan | Fink | $4,120 |
| 8 | Kenneth | Brossoit | $3,590 |
| 9 | Brandon | Cantu | $3,170 |
| 10 | Mohammed | Al Balushi | $2,800 |
| 11 | Nitis | Udornpim | $2,800 |
| 12 | John | Terlep | $2,800 |
| 13 | Peter | Moore | $2,480 |
| 14 | Joshua | Adcock | $2,480 |
$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 204 entries
Connor Rash got all in with 
in the hole from the button, and Jacob Ferro had him covered holding 
.
The board was dealt 
, and Rash was eliminated in second place, good for $63,010. That made Ferro the champion of the tournament, and he took home $94,490 along with the WPT Trophy.
Stay tuned for a winner photo, interview with the champion, and official results.
$1,100 Pot Limit Omaha Turbo (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21 8,000/16,000
Players Remaining: 1 of 109 entries
AJ Kelsall was all in with 
-x, and Sean Troha had him covered holding 
on the button.
The final board read 
, and Kelsall was eliminated in second place good for $19,560. Troha won the top prize worth $31,740, and the WPT Trophy.
Stay tuned for a winner photo, interview with the champion, and official results.
$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 204 entries
Clemen Deng was all in preflop on a short stack with 
from the cutoff, and Jacob Ferro had him covered holding on the button.
The board ran out 
, and Deng was eliminated in fifth place, good for $25,440. Ferro stacked up 875,000 after collecting the pot.
Jacob Ferro – 875,000 (21 bb)
Clemen Deng – Eliminated in Fifth Place ($25,440)