$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em Level 29: 30,000/60,000/10,000 Ante Players Remaining: 8/538
Steve Tziris
Sam Grizzle opened for 155,000 and it folded to Steve Tziris on the button. He three-bet all in for 835,000 sending it to Mario Lopez in the small blind. Lopez broke down his stack before making an all-in bet of his own. He had Tziris covered and it was back on Grizzle who quickly folded.
Lopez: Tziris:
The runout didn’t change a thing. With that, Steve Tziris was the first elimination of the day coming roughly 20 minutes into the final table.
Mario Lopez – 2,040,000 Steve Tziris – Eliminated 9th ($10,485)
$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em Level 29: 30,000/60,000/10,000 Ante Players Remaining: 9/538
The final nine are in their seats and cards are in the air for the final table of the WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Main Event. The 538-entry field is down to the last few and they’re about to battle it out for the tournament’s $130,541 top prize.
Here’s a look at the seating assignments with chip counts followed by the remaining payouts:
Seat 1: Samuel Grizzle – 785,000 Seat 2: George Wolfe – 1,735,000 Seat 3: Cody Sullivan – 1,250,000 Seat 4: Lewis Gallo, Jr. – 985,000 Seat 5: Steve Trizis – 985,000 Seat 6: Mario Lopez – 1,205,000 Seat 7: Justin Fawcett – 3,005,000 Seat 8: Tim Kegel – 795,000 Seat 9: Anthony Astarita – 3,035,000
$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em Level 29: 30,000/60,000/10,000 Ante Players Remaining: 9/538
Anthony Astarita
The $1,100 WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Main Event is down to the final nine following nearly 12 hours of action on Sunday. Out in front of the finale is a pair of chip leaders at the top. Anthony Astarita claims 3,035,000 chips giving him a slight edge over second place Justin Fawcett’s 3,005,000.
Justin Fawcett
The nine remaining mark all that’s left of a 538-entry field and they’ll return Sunday at noon to battle for the tournament’s $130,541 top prize.
The final table will be streamed with hole cards on a 30-minute delay at WPTDSLive.com.
Here’s where the event stands:
Seat 1: Samuel Grizzle – 785,000 Seat 2: George Wolfe – 1,735,000 Seat 3: Cody Sullivan – 1,250,000 Seat 4: Lewis Gallo, Jr. – 985,000 Seat 5: Steve Trizis – 985,000 Seat 6: Mario Lopez – 1,205,000 Seat 7: Justin Fawcett – 3,005,000 Seat 8: Tim Kegel – 795,000 Seat 9: Anthony Astarita – 3,035,000
2016 WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa, Fla. Event #5 $250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em Entries: 142 Prize Pool: $29,820 June 19, 2016
Chris DiBari won the fifth and final primary event of the 2016 WPTDeepStacks-Tampa series Sunday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. DiBari came out on top of a field of 142 entries in the $250 Turbo following a heads-up chop with Justin Matecki. DiBari took home the lion’s share of the prize pool in the form of a $6,934 first prize. Matecki earned $6,933 as the runner up.
Following the victory, DiBari owns seven tournament cashes totaling more than $36,000. His Sunday night performance marks his second tournament win and the crowning achievement in a young career as a professional poker player. He is 26 years old and resides in Palm City, Fla.
The 2016 WPTDeepStacks-Tampa series began Thursday, June 9 with a $570 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed tournament. The event drew a massive, 698-entry field generating a $349,000 prize pool. From there, a $350 buy-in, $100,000 guarantee picked up the action. As expected, it drew a healthy field of 495 entries generating a $147,400 prize pool. Finally, the 12-day series was headlined by the $1,100 Main Event. In addition to a $300,000 guarantee, the finale, which played down alongside the $250 Turbo, is set to have a live streamed final table beginning Monday, June 20 at noon.
Event 4 final results:
1st: Chris DiBari – $6,934 2nd: Justin Matecki – $6,933 3rd: Tyler Wilson – $2,833 4th: David Garcia – $2,386 5th: Gerald Aiello – $1,789 6th: Carlos Guerrero – $1,491 7th: Jeffrey Krusinski – $1,193 8th: David Edwards – $895 9th: Brett Apter – $671 10th: Gregory Garvy – $596 11th: Peter Kosakowski – $596 12th: Frederick Gaines – $596 13th: Mark Smith – $522 14th: Justin Peckholot – $522 15th: James Darcangelis – $522 16th: Anthony Berouty – $447 17th: John Dollinger – $447 18th: Sufian Soufan – $447
$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em Level 29: 30,000/60,000/10,000 Ante Players Remaining: 9/538
Plamen Stoyanov
Justin Fawcett opened for 160,000 and Anthony Astarita called from the button. It was on Plamen Stoyanov in the small blind and he shoved for 235,000. Both Fawcett and Astarita called. They were three handed with Stoyanov at risk.
Flop:
Fawcett checked and Astarita moved all in. Fawcett folded and Astarita turned over for a flopped fullhouse. Stoyanov’s was drawing very slim.
A turn left Stoyanov drawing dead, but Astarita hits quads — the — on the river just for good measure. Ployanov was eliminated 10th earning $6,815 and the final nine baggged and tagged set to return Monday at noon for the live streamed final table.
Updated chip counts for the remaining nine will be posted shortly.
$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em Level 28: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante Players Remaining: 11/538
Matthew Rose
The flop was dealt and it laid 5s 4s 3h]. In a heads up pot, Matthew Rose was in the small blind and shoved for 515,000. Tim Kegel called from late position and Rose was at risk.
Kegel: for a flush draw Rose: for an open-ended straight draw
The turn and river fell the and . Both draws bricked, but Kegel’s 10-high was best. Rose busted 12th earning $6,815.
runout didn’t change a thing. With that, Steve Tziris was the first elimination of the day coming roughly 20 minutes into the final table.
for a flopped fullhouse. Stoyanov’s 
left Stoyanov drawing dead, but Astarita hits quads — the 
— on the river just for good measure. Ployanov was eliminated 10th earning $6,815 and the final nine baggged and tagged set to return Monday at noon for the live streamed final table.
for a flush draw
for an open-ended straight draw
. Both draws bricked, but Kegel’s 10-high was best. Rose busted 12th earning $6,815.