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The 2016 Fall Deep Stack Poker Series took place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa beginning Thursday, October 20th and concluding Sunday, October 30th. The six-event festival was headlined by $150, $350 and $570 multi-flight tournaments. The $350 opener drew 638 entries and was won by Tom Nguyen while the $150 prelim drew 421 entries and saw Dillon Burns earn its top prize.

Besting a field of 506 entries in the series’ $570 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed Deep Stack Main Event was Alexandru Ivan. Ivan, who pocketed $49,203 following a heads-up chop with Amie Martini, is 34 years old and resides in nearby Palm Harbor. The win marks the fourth of his career and moves him over $100,000 in reported earnings.

Recognized as Event 6 on the schedule, the $570 buy-in tournament marked the Main Event of 11-day series. It drew an impressive field including the likes of Seminole Hard Rock Tampa pros John Racener and Justin Zaki, 2010 November Niner John Dolan, tournament regular Allen Kessler and professional poker player and wine maker Brian Reinert. In the end, the event shattered its $200,000 guarantee to the tune of a $253,000 prize pool.

Here’s more on each of the Fall Deep Stack primary events:

• Event 1 ($350 NLH): Tom Nguyen defeated 638 entries for $45,954
• Event 2 ($150 NLH Turbo): Onder Ekinci defeated 149 entries for $4,300
• Event 3 ($150 NLH): Dillon Burns defeated 421 entries for $12,904
• Event 4 ($250 NLH): Matthew Silva defeated 123 entries for $3,229
• Event 5 ($570 NLH): Alexandru Ivan defeated 506 entries for $49,203
• Event 6 ($150 NLH Turbo): Gregory Greene defeated 122 entries for $2,400

That’s a wrap on the Fall Deep Stack series, but next up at the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa is the Winter Poker Open. The event kicks off December 1st with the $1,650 buy-in Championship beginning December 15th. In addition to a $300,000 guarantee, it is points eligible in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year race.

Winter Poker Open Schedule

Thank you to everyone who participated and all those who followed along with the Fall Deep Stack Poker Series!

Rock on.

2016 Fall Little Slick Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Tampa, FL
$150 No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 1,166
Prize Pool: $150,000
September 12-18, 2016

Tampa’s own Brian Blanchard won the $150 buy-in, $150,000 guaranteed Fall Little Slick Poker Series Sunday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Blanchard, a 30-year-old Emergency Room nurse, pocketed $25,000 along with the token guitar trophy for besting the 1,166-entry field.

Final results:

1st : BRIAN BLANCHARD – $25,000
2nd : ROBERTO POLANCO – $18,000
3rd : BRADLEY PAULAUSKI – $13,098
4th : MARK SCACEWATER – $13,097
5th : ANDREW KOVAL – $13,097
6th : TRAVIS WALDOR – $6,675
7th : CHRISTOPHER ARCIDIACONO – $5,250
8th : JEFFREY HIRTER – $3,900
9th : MYONG HAN – $2,753
10th : ANTUAN BUNKLEY – $1,793
11th : RICHARD HOPE – $1,793
12th : ANTHONY ASTARITA – $1,793
13th : DAVID FOSS – $1,200
14th : ANDREW LANOUE – $1,200
15th : THOMAS OSMUN – $1,200
16th : FREDERICO CAMARA – $803
17th : MATTHEW LEECY – $803
18th : JONATHAN RAMOS – $803
19th : STERLING SAVILL – $675
20th : RAFAEL MARCONDES REIS – $675
21st : JOSEPH DE LUCIA – $675
22nd : PAUL NEESSEN – $675
23rd : RAY LAMBERT – $675
24th : KHANH LE – $675
25th : JAMES BATES – $675
26th : LEONARDO MARQUES – $675
27th : MITCHELL LEE – $675
28th : JOHN UTTER – $585
29th : JAMES GAVIN – $585
30th : RAUL HERNANDEZ – $585
31st : WILLIAM AGER – $585
32nd : SANJIB ACHARYA – $585
33rd : KARL MANOUCHAKIAN – $585
34th : Gregory Courson – $585
35th : ANDREW APOSTOL – $585
36th : CHRISTY WHITEHURST – $585
37th : GERARD SUKHRAM – $510
38th : MICHAEL LOVERDE – $510
39th : KEVIN DONAHUE – $510
40th : ANTHONY MARCH – $510
41st : CHRISTOPHER POOLE – $510
42nd : QINGHAO ZHENG – $510
43rd : MICHAEL ALCALDE – $510
44th : WILL HEDDON – $510
45th : STUART KERRIDGE – $510
46th : YAZAN MUSA – $435
47th : BRITTON ROLINSKI – $435
48th : DIMAS CALIXTO – $435
49th : MELODY MURPHY – $435
50th : PAUL ROARK – $435
51st : WITOLD WASIK – $435
52nd : ELLIANNE MUNOZ – $435
53rd : KYLE RIGNOLA – $435
54th : THOMAS BURSIK – $435
55th : JEREMY BECKER – $383
56th : RYAN PHILLIPS – $383
57th : JACK TAYLOR – $383
58th : NAGABHUSHAN BEGUR – $383
59th : JUDITH GOLDSTEIN – $383
60th : OSCAR LINDO ZELEDON – $383
61st : JACOB MULLENS – $383
62nd : BARBARA GENE CARDIN – $383
63rd : CHRISTOPHER LABRIE – $383
64th : ZACHARY BOWERSOX – $350
65th : MICHAEL WALKER – $350
66th : CLAUDEMIR OSORIO – $350
67th : DANA MILLER – $350
68th : RAYMOND FARVER – $350
69th : WILLIAM MUNIZ – $350
70th : CHRISTOPHER KEAN – $350
71st : LUIZ LOPES DA SILVA – $350
72nd : ROBERT SHEETS – $350
73rd : Gregory Wytka – $323
74th : TOAN PHAM – $323
75th : SCOTT HENRY – $323
76th : GERARD VASIL – $323
77th : DAVID TWIBLE – $323
78th : OK HASELTON – $323
79th : DONALD LYERLY – $323
80th : RICHARD SOTO – $323
81st : MAURY BARRETT – $323
82nd : KIMBERLEY KILROY – $297
83rd : HUNG LE A – $297
84th : BRIAN MIRRAS – $297
85th : JOAO FIGUEIREDO – $297
86th : JEFFREY RUTLAND JR – $297
87th : STEPHEN SPEER – $297
88th : JOHN BENNETT – $297
89th : RICHARD MILROY – $297
90th : BENJAMIN VAN KLINK – $297
91st : JUNIOR GUY – $290
92nd : HRISTOS TSIRONIS – $290
93rd : ANDREW BUTTE – $290
94th : RONALD HOLT – $290
95th : SALVATORE PONTILLO – $290
96th : WOODROW PASS – $290
97th : MALLON OCONNOR – $290
98th : ROBBIE FISHER-OBRIEN – $290
99th : Miguel Paniss – $290
100th : KEVIN KEARNS – $290
101st : ADAMASTOR SANTOS – $282
102nd : DAVID DE CARVALHO – $282
103rd : GIL LEVY – $282
104th : JASON MALLAIAH – $282
105th : KERRY LISTER – $282
106th : MARK WISER – $282
107th : CHRISTOPHER BINION – $282
108th : THOMAS LANCASTER – $282
109th : CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS – $282
110th : PRAVEEN CHALLAGUNDLA – $282

2016 Labor Day Deep Stack
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Tampa, Fla.
$350 No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 354
Prize Pool: $106,200
September 4, 2016

The 2016 Summer Deep Stack Poker Series ran August 18-28 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa, FL. The 11-day festival featured five primary events and was headlined by a $570 buy-in, $200,000 guarantee. With a field of 629 entries, the six-figure target was easily bested as the prize pool topped $300,000.

Claiming victory in the series’ premier tournament was Tyrone Wilson, a 48-year-old disc jockey from Orlando. Wilson earned $47,959 along with the property’s token guitar trophy following an eight-way chop.

Summer Deep Stack Poker Series primary event results:

• Event 1: Phil Wasserman defeated 829 entries ($350 NLH) for $17,608
• Event 2: Onder Ekinci defeated 170 entries ($150 NLH) for $3,200
• Event 3: Mark Scacewater defeated 481 entries ($150 NLH) for $8,161
• Event 4: Daniel Wilson defeated 131 entries ($250 NLH) for $5,000
• Event 5: Tyrone Wilson defeated 629 entries ($570 NLH) for $47,959
• Event 6: Harvey Vandeven defeated 98 entries ($250 NLH) for $4,000

Next up at the Seminole Hard Rock is the Fall Little Slick Poker Series featuring a $150 buy-in and a $150,000 guarantee. That event begins September 12.

2016 Little Slick Summer Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Tampa, Fla.
$150 No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 1,826
Prize Pool: $219,120
July 18-24, 2016

Another massive field at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa generates prize pool in excess of $200,000.

Frederico Camara is poker’s latest champion following a victory in the Summer Little Slick Poker Series at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa Sunday night. Camara, who is 34 years old and hails from Brazil, defeated 1,826 entries in the $150 buy-in event. The win marks his third reported tournament cash and sends him home with $39,797 as well as the token guitar trophy.

Over the course of six days and 11 starting flights, the event’s massive field generated a total prize pool of $219,120 smashing the $150,000 guarantee. The top 180 players finished in the money including June’s WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Player of the Series Karl Manouchakian (eighth, $5,368), Antuan Bunkley (31st, $811), Herbert Woodbery (60th, $504) and Tom Nguyen (91st, $340).

Final table results:

1st: Frederico Camara – $39,797
2nd: Jeffrey Thompson – $25,199
3rd: Robert Irby – $16,719
4th: Raymond Sykes – $14,177
5th: Paul Mastella – $11,723
6th: Peter Harris – $9,422
7th: Liam Murphy – $7,341
8th: Karl Manouchakian – $5,368
9th: John Utter – $3,835

Little Slick Final Results

The Little Slick is just the most recent of major events taking place at the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa. Next up is the property’s Summer Deep Stack Poker Series set to run August 18-28. That series’ full schedule is available HERE.