$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Live Streamed Final Table
Level 1: 25/50 | Structure Sheet
Flight A Entries: 134

As with most Seminole Hard Rock Poker events, the staff at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa gave away free entries in the WPTDeepStacks series Main Event via a Win a Seat contest. Players simply visited HardRockPoker.com, provided their name and zip code along with their e-mail address and were entered in the contest. Entry was open for the better part of two months, and when it closed the property chose three names at random and presented them a free $1,100 buy-in to the Main Event.

The WPTDeepStacks winners were Jeffrey Tamulski, Charles Montgomery and Bryan Menendez.

All three promptly redeemed the entry and were in their seats before cards went in the air today.

While the WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Win a Seat contest is over, the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood is running one for their $5,250 buy-in Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship in August. Like in Tampa, the Hollywood property is giving away three entries.

Enter the SHRPO Win a Seat Contest HERE

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Live Streamed Final Table
Level 1: 25/50 | Structure Sheet
Flight A Entries: 118

It’s the top of the hour as the clock strikes 12-noon at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa, Florida. Freshly underway in the property’s new, state-of-the-art poker room, is Flight A of the $1,100 buy-in, $300,000 guaranteed WPTDeepStacks Main Event. The event marks the 10th stop for Season 4 of the global tour and will see players from all over the map converge on Central Florida between now and Monday’s live streamed final table.

The event sees its participants take their seats to 25,000 starting chips and they are set to log 40-minute levels throughout. Late registration and re-entry are available until the start of Level 10 (that’s about 7:30pm).

Here are the details:

12pm: Main Event ($1,100 No Limit Hold’em) – Flight A

• $300,000 guaranteed, live streamed final table
• 25,000 chips and 40-minute levels
• Late registration and re-entry available until the start of Level 10 (~7:30pm)
• Play concludes following Level 15 (~11:45pm)
• Flight B begins tomorrow at 12pm, Flight C Saturday at 12pm
• Day 2 begins Sunday at 12pm
• Structure Sheet

Updates throughout the event’s conclusion will be available throughout the day right here at SHRTPoker.com.

LINK: WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Tournament Schedule

12pm: Main Event ($1,100 No Limit Hold’em) – Flight A

• $300,000 guaranteed, live streamed final table
• 25,000 chips and 40-minute levels
• Late registration and re-entry available until the start of Level 10 (~7:30pm)
• Play concludes following Level 15 (~11:45pm)
• Flight B begins tomorrow at 12pm, Flight C Saturday at 12pm
• Day 2 begins Sunday at 12pm
• Structure Sheet

3pm: $140 Main Event Satellite (No Limit Hold’em)

• 5 seats guaranteed
• 7,000 chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration and re-entry available until the start of Level 9 (~6:10pm)
• Structure Sheet

7pm: $140 Main Event Satellite (No Limit Hold’em)

• 5 seats guaranteed
• 7,000 chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration and re-entry available until the start of Level 9 (~10:10pm)
• Structure Sheet

$350 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 28: 30,000/60,000/10,000
Players Remaining: 2/513

After a couple hands of heads-up play, Bob Gallo and Collin Wilson decided to chop it up. Gallo had a slight chip advantage, but opted for an even split, each player going home with $29,930. As chip leader, Gallo went down as the champion earning the top spot along with the trophy.

For Wilson, the runner-up finish was a sweet deal after beginning the restart 91st of the 102 returning players.

A full report on the event will be posted Thursday. In the meantime, here’s a look at the final results:

1st: Bob Gallo – $29,930 + Guitar Trophy
2nd: Collin Wilson – $29,930
3rd: Joe Buonodono – $13,851
4th: Herbert Woodbery – $11,004
5th: Chris Hyden – $8,618
6th: Rob Manjura – $7,079
7th: Frank Menendez – $5,617
8th: Stepas Tindziulis – $4,386
9th: Joey Alegria – $3,078
10th: Rob Benford – $2,001
11th: Quentin Jones – $2,001
12th: Zoltan Czinkota – $2,001
13th: John Redlitz – $1,539
14th: Harmeet Singh – $1,539
15th: Nicholas Owens – $1,539
16th: Joseph Ramsey – $1,154
17th: Larry Ram – $1,154
18th: Wesley Skinner – $1,154
19th: Glen Ballenger – $846
20th: Woodrow Pass – $846
21st: Kwi Paek – $846
22nd: Justin Fawcett – $846
23rd: Bruce Snell – $846
24th: Chris Boyle – $846
25th: Steven Zakarias – $846
26th: Sufian Soufan – $846
27th: Jason Lynn – $846
28th: Jody Keeling – $770
29th: Christine Holubeck – $770
30th: Richard Horswell – $770
31st: Adam Tencza – $770
32nd: Sanjib Acharya – $770
33rd: Rafik Abdel-Halim – $770
34th: Enzo Romano – $770
35th: Robert Woodward – $770
36th: Erik Zika – $770
37th: Stanley Tavanese – $693
38th: Michael Cohen – $693
39th: Daniel Lobato – $693
40th: Antuan Bunkley – $693
41st: Gholamreza Khoshkhou – $693
42nd: Steve Trizis – $693
43rd: Richard Doss – $693
44th: Khanh Le – $693
45th: Aaron Martin – $693
46th: Erik Eberts – $616
47th: Alexandru Ivan – $616
48th: Mark Smyrski – $616
49th: Albert Cohen – $616
50th: Nikolaos Costarelis – $616
51st: Pompy Luanglatbandith – $616
52nd: Larry Marklan – $616
53rd: Curtis Hoftyzer – $616
54th: Joseph Orsino – $616

$350 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 28: 30,000/60,000/10,000
Players Remaining: 2/513

Joe Buonodono was at about 1,000,000 chips and got them in in a blind-versus-blind battle against Collin Wilson.

Wilson:
Buonodono:

Buonodono could only watch as the dealer burned and turned the runout. He never spiked his set and was eliminated in third place leaving Wilson and Bob Gallo to battle it out.

Joe Buonodono – Eliminated in 3rd place ($13,851)

$350 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 28: 30,000/60,000/10,000
Players Remaining: 3/513

Short stack Herbert Woodbery got all-in preflop holding against Collin Wilson’s . Woodbery never improved on the runout and he was eliminated in fourth place.

Herbert Woodbery – Eliminated in 4th place ($11,004)

$350 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 28: 30,000/60,000/10,000
Players Remaining: 4/513

Bob Gallo raised to 140,000 from the cutoff and Chris Hyden three-bet to 405,000 from the small blind. Gallo called and they were heads up.

Flop:

Hyden lead for 575,000. Gallo called.

Turn:

Hyden, who held the second biggest stack behind Gallo following break, shoved. Gallo called.

“Straight?” Hyden asked, shocked.

Gallo: for Broadway
Hyden: for top two

River:

Hyden was left shocked as his two pair was second best. He was eliminated in fifth place while Gallo took a massive chip leader.

Bob Gallo – 6,475,000
Chris Hyden – Eliminated in 5th place ($8,618)

$350 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 28: 30,000/60,000/10,000
Players Remaining: 5/513

Players are freshly back in their seats following a break. During break, tournament stack colored up some of the stacks and put yellow 100,000 chips in play.

Updated chip counts and remaining payouts:

Bob Gallo – 3,365,000
Chris Hyden – 2,745,000
Collin Wilson – 2,350,000
Herbert Woodbery – 1,090,000
Joe Buonodono – 695,000

1st – $38,314 + Guitar Trophy
2nd – $21,546
3rd – $13,851
4th – $11,004
5th – $8,618

$350 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 27: 25,000/50,000/5,000
Players Remaining: 5/513

Bob Gallo struck again holding against the of Rob Manjura. Manjura was all-in preflop and never improved. He busted sixth earning $7,097.

Rob Manjura – Eliminated in 6th place ($7,097)