$250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 35 of 160

Registration closed on the Sunday Turbo tournament and Event 2 had a nice turnout. There were 160 entries in the game to create a prize pool of $32,500 and easily beat the $20,000 Guarantee.

The last 20 players will share a piece of the payouts with a min-cash taking home $455 and the winner earning $8,735.

2018 WPTDeepStacks Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 2
$20,000 Guaranteed
$250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 160
Prize Pool: $32,500
June 10, 2018

1st: $8,735
2nd: $5,666
3rd: $3,339
4th: $2,031
5th: $1,568
6th: $1,300
7th: $1,129
8th: $1,014
9th: $874
10th – 12th: $764
13th – 15th: $658
16th – 18th: $556
19th – 20th: $455

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 23 of 797

Bill McKown was riding the short stack and took a shot after two others dropped after the redraw. He was racing with against the pocket tens of Charles Kapetanakos (pictured) but never whiffed a save on the board to exit in 24th place for $2,671.

Charles Kapetanakos – 1,100,000 (46 bb)
Bill McKown – Eliminated in 24th place ($2,671)

25th: Andra Zachow – $2,214
26th: Raymond Dwyer – $2,214
27th: Mark Winchell – $2,214

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 797

Bradley Smith was all in for 124,000 and Mackenzie Ramsay was the big stack putting him in danger. Smith was dominated with against and nothing on the board could save his knockout.

Tournament staff paused the clock and the 27 remaining players are redrawing seats at the last three tables.

Table 1
Seat 1: Parm Mehmi
Seat 2: Leif Oskarsson
Seat 3: Paul Lenkeit
Seat 4: Jamie Martin
Seat 5: Corey Major
Seat 6: Bill McKown
Seat 7: Andra Zachow
Seat 8: Ahmad Hamoush
Seat 9: Charles Kapetanakos

Table 2
Seat 1: Curtis Stroman
Seat 2: Douglas Erwin
Seat 3: Timothy Steorts
Seat 4: Mark Winchell
Seat 5: Andrew Pacifico
Seat 6: Jean Brigagao
Seat 7: Nick Luczyk
Seat 8: Gerald Dunn
Seat 9: Maroun Akik

Table 13
Seat 1: Nick Avena
Seat 2: Yong Liu
Seat 3: Juan Rodriguez
Seat 4: Thomas Leonzio
Seat 5: Rocky Garieri
Seat 6: Robert Urspruch
Seat 7: Mackenzie Ramsay
Seat 8: Raymond Dwyer
Seat 9: Oscar Lindo

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 28 of 797

Event 1 is on the cusp of another big moment. Only 28 players remain and the tournament will redraw seats at the last three tables when they get down to 27.

Andrew Pacifico bagged the lead in his flight the other day and is back among the leaders. He’s the most recent to top the million-chip mark and sits with 1,481,000.

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 37 of 797

They are back underway in Event 1 and we have a new player to chase. Nick Avena began a run by knocking out Vitor Coelho earlier and now he’s the big stack in the room with 1,972,000.

Mackenzie Ramsay sits in second with 1,292,000 followed by Paul Lenkeit with 1,138,000 and Yong Liu right on 1,000,000. Maroun Akik is also sticking around the top of the counts with 975,000.

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 37 of 797

After a crazy two hours that included scores of knockouts and a quick power blip, the 37 remaining players are taking another 15-minute break from the tables.

We will round up our big stacks and see who’s pushing for a final table appearance.

When they return, they will play three more levels and then take a 40-minute dinner break.

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 41 of 797

Yong Liu continued to push his way higher and now sits with 1,100,000 as the first over seven digits. Maroun Akik is still among the leaders but Paul Lenkeit is the big mover with 900,000 as they head towards the second break.

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 46 of 797

Now that things have calmed a bit in Event 1 with them solidly grinding the last five tables, we were able to catch up on some information and find an accounting for the first half of the payouts.

Among those making the money but falling short were Carlos Loving (pictured), Doyle Scott Elliott, Steve Trizis, Mark “Bud” Wiser, and starting Day 2 chip leader Erik Morian.

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$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 48 of 797

With the flop reading , former SHR Tampa champ Vitor Coelho moved all in for 165,000. Nicholas Avena called and Coelho had a sweat.

Coelho:
Avena:

Coelho was ahead for the double with top pair/decent kicker but needed to face clubs or a four. The turn was safe but the river sent the pot to Avena. Coelho was sent out in 49th place as Avena moved up to 550,000.