Event 1: First Break Update; Bubble Approaching

June 12, 2016 @ 2:13PM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Heading to Level 18: 3,000/6,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 74/698

Players are in the midst of their first 15-minute break of the day and tournament staff is coloring up the purple 500 chips. There’s a log jam toward the top of the counts as a handful of notable players are stuck right around the 400,000 mark.

Charlie Miller – 436,000
Seyed Ali – 390,000
Parm Mehmi – 387,000
Marvin Karlins – 379,000

The clock shows 74 players remaining with only the top 63 finishing in the money. With the field so close to the money, play should tighten up a bit when cards go back in the air momentarily.

Here’s a look at the payouts:

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Event 2: Shuffle Up and Deal in the $250 Turbo

June 12, 2016 @ 2:01PM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 2: $250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em
Level 1: 25/50

It’s 2 p.m. and Event 2 of the five-tournament WPTDeepStacks-Tampa series is underway. The $250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em event sees its players sit down to deep, 20,000-chip stacks and compete over 15-minute levels. Late registration and re-entry are available until 5:30 p.m. with the tournament expected to conclude sometime before midnight.

More details:

$250 buy-in, $20,000 guaranteed
20,000 starting chips
Level are 15 minutes in length
Registration available until the start of Level 13 (~5:30pm)

Structure Sheet

We’ll take a look at the tournament’s field size closer to the first break.

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Event 1: Players Gambling, Tables Breaking

June 12, 2016 @ 1:35PM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 17: 2,500/5,000/500 Ante
Players Remaining: 86/698

Per usual for the Tampa room, players are getting it in and doubling up or hitting the rail at the a frenzied pace. The field has narrowed from 133 starting to just 86 following barely 90 minutes of play. Paying only the top 63 players, the bubble is right around the corner.

Prize Pool

Among those to hit the rail to this point is Seminole Hard Rock Tampa ambassador Wally Maddah.

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Event 1: Seminole Hard Rock Guitar Trophy

June 12, 2016 @ 1:16PM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em

In addition to over $80,000 in prizes and a $1,100 seat in the $300,000 guaranteed WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Main Event, the winner of Event 1 earns the token Seminole Hard Rock Tampa guitar trophy pictured below.

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Event 1: “Whatever It Is It Could Go Real Fast”

June 12, 2016 @ 1:10PM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 16: 2,000/4,000/500 Ante
Players Remaining: 103/698

At the 2,000/4,000 level, Marvin Karlins splashed 35,000 in the pot to the open the action. It folded around to the small blind and he shoved for about 50,000. Karlins called and flipped over putting the small blind’s at risk.

In a classic race, Karlins’ queens held on the runout. The small blind busted while Karlins added to his castle of chips. Following, some deciphering of his mismatched stack, Karlins’ holdings were pegged at just over 400,000.

“Whatever it is it could go real fast,” Karlins said eying his own stack.

Marvin Karlins – 405,000

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Event 1: Dillon Burns Busts One, Jumps Toward the Top

June 12, 2016 @ 12:30PM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 15: 1,500/3,000/500 Ante
Players Remaining: 127/698

The flop read and an unknown under-the-gun player was all in for roughly 100,000. Action was on Dillon Burns in late position and he called.

Burns: for top pair with a queen kicker
UTG Player: for top pair with a jack kicker

The board completed with the and improving Burns to aces-up. He earned the pot and now sits with a top-five stack.

Dillon Burns – 300,000

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Event 1: Day 2 Underway; Miller Leads as 133 Advance

June 12, 2016 @ 12:01PM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 15: 1,500/3,000/500 Ante
Players Remaining: 133/698

Day 2 of the opening event of the WPTDeepStacks-Tampa at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is underway! The $570 buy-in tournament saw a field 698 entries smash the $200,000 guarantee to the tune of a $349,000 prize pool. After three days and six starting flights, the tournament is down to 133 with Charlie Miller of Palmetto, Fla. topping the counts.

Day 2 Chip Counts | Table Draws | Prize Pool | Structure Sheet

Miller claims a monster stack of 417,500 and is the only player above the 400,000 mark. The next closes player, Parm Mehmi, sits at 382,500 while the largest stack after hers belong to Carlos Evangelista who holds 255,000.

Others still around for Day 2 include Marvin Karlins (214,000), Cheri Beatty (87,500), Jeffrey Fullmer (72,000) and Seminole Hard Rock Tampa ambassador Wally Maddah (60,500).

With only the top 63 finishing in the money, the bubble is quite a ways away. A min-cash in the event earns $1,187 while the tournament’s champion pockets $83,782.

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

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WPTDeepStacks Event 1 Day 2 Chip Counts

June 12, 2016 @ 9:57AM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Day 2 Blinds: 1,500/3,000/500 Ante
Players Remaining: 133/698

Flight A: 104 Entries, 22 Advanced
Flight B: 72 Entries, 17 Advanced
Flight C: 87 Entries, 16 Advanced
Flight D: 114 Entries, 17 Advanced
Flight E: 183 Entries, 31 Advanced*
Flight F: 138 Entries, 31 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at Noon

Updated Total: 698 Entries, 133 Advanced

Day 2 Chip Counts:

RANK	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	CHIP COUNT	TABLE	SEAT
1	CHARLIE	MILLER	417,500	43	3
2	PARMINDERJIT	MEHMI	382,500	32	1
3	CARLOS	EVANGELISTA	255,000	43	9
4	ANDREW	PERSONETTE	253,000	33	6
5	YAZAN	MUSA	251,500	32	2
6	MICHAEL	SOARES	243,000	37	3
7	CONRAD	LAU III T	228,000	32	8
8	VINCENT	CENSABELLA	217,000	46	1
9	MARVIN	KARLINS	214,000	45	7
10	TOM	NGUYEN	212,000	35	1
11	LAZARO	REMOLINA	205,000	32	4
12	MARK	SMITH	204,500	43	2
13	GERALD	SILVA	200,000	35	3
14	BRIAN	ARBAUGH	198,500	48	7
15	MICHAEL	CUSUMANO	191,000	34	7
16	TONY	MILES	188,000	42	9
17	COREY	BRYSMAN	177,000	42	2
18	PAUL	DEROSA	174,000	33	7
19	CHRISTIAN	JABBOUR	171,500	48	4
20	JASON	LA MADELEINE	166,000	37	9
21	DILLON	BURNS	163,500	43	6
22	DANIEL	WILSON	162,500	36	1
23	JEFFREY	MORZELLA	161,000	46	9
24	JOSIAS	SANTOS	160,000	44	2
25	JACOB	MAST	159,500	48	10
26	MICHAEL	MCKINLEY	153,000	44	1
27	NARSAREDDY	VANGA	150,000	42	10
28	HUNG	LE A	148,000	48	6
29	DAIANE	MENDES	141,000	46	3
30	EDWARD	MROCZKOWSKI	135,000	34	3
31	seyedali	rad	133,000	43	7
32	MARC	JARETT	133,000	34	1
33	JEFFREY	GARBUS	132,000	36	9
34	IOANNIS	PATSOURAKIS	132,000	32	7
35	FARISHTA	ASEEM	131,500	48	5
36	CAMERON	UA	127,000	47	10
37	THONGLITH	VILAIHONG	126,500	36	6
38	CLAUDEMIR	OSORIO	124,000	35	6
39	JUSTIN	MADDOX	124,000	36	5
40	PAUL	STANECHEWSKI	123,500	43	1
41	ROBERTO	MELO	122,000	46	8
42	WILLIAM	MCKOWN	119,000	37	8
43	Joel	Paoner	117,500	44	6
44	KENNETH	FISHMAN	117,000	42	7
45	EARL	VANLANDINGHAM III	117,000	38	2
46	kelley	slay	113,500	32	3
47	NICHOLAS	MANN	112,000	44	3
48	JAMES	BRINKLEY	111,500	34	4
49	NATHAN	STENFORS	110,500	33	10
50	RICHARD	CALLEDARE	109,000	36	4
51	JOAQUIN	PEREIRA	108,000	36	8
52	RONALD	BROWN	107,500	38	1
53	Sufian	Soufan	106,000	35	2
54	Jason	Serrano	105,500	46	2
55	ALEXANDER	BEECE	105,500	34	5
56	KARL	MANOUCHAKIAN	102,500	44	4
57	ARIAN	BAHRAMI	100,500	33	9
58	EDWARD	KOFLER	96,000	35	9
59	JOSEPH	ORSINO	96,000	36	3
60	DANIEL	LOBATO	94,000	45	1
61	DAVID	DEBOER	93,000	38	4
62	JOHN	ARYEE-ANNAN	93,000	42	8
63	MANELIC	MINAYA	91,000	48	3
64	RUSSELL	JAICKS	90,500	35	5
65	DEREK	BOWERS	89,000	43	10
66	CHERI	BEATTY	87,500	45	2
67	JOHN	O'NEAL	86,500	36	2
68	MICHAEL	MONACO	86,500	42	1
69	Lewis	Gallo Jr	86,000	44	8
70	JAMES	WOOD	86,000	38	5
71	TIMOTHY	HARRELL	85,500	48	8
72	DIANCEL	MACHADO	84,500	48	9
73	TYRONE	SCARBOROUGH	83,500	38	9
74	THOMAS	HUNNICUTT	80,500	43	4
75	HUYEN	VO	80,500	42	5
76	CHRISTOPHER	BOYLE	78,500	34	9
77	AMELIO	AMATO	77,500	45	8
78	EDWARD	GIBBS	77,500	47	2
79	GLENN	NEWMAN	77,500	33	8
80	ANDREW	WENNING	77,000	37	1
81	MICHAEL	POELTLER	77,000	32	10
82	ZACHARY	MESSNER	76,000	35	8
83	JOSEPH	BROWN	75,000	35	4
84	ADAM	WEBSTER	73,000	33	3
85	JEFFREY	FULLMER	72,000	47	6
86	Brian	Blanchard	70,000	45	3
87	JODY	KEELING	68,000	37	7
88	TIMOTHY	KEGEL	68,000	38	3
89	Jamie	Custalow	67,000	32	6
90	KEVIN	BLEWITT	67,000	32	9
91	Lawrence	Dowling	65,500	47	1
92	JAMES	SUTHERLAND	65,500	34	2
93	JOSHUA	FULFORD	64,500	38	10
94	YONG	LIU	64,000	47	9
95	DANIEL	GRIGGS	61,000	36	7
96	SEBASTIEN	CHARLES	61,000	46	4
97	JOHN	ALEGRIA	60,500	48	2
98	FILIPP	KHAVIN	60,500	37	10
99	WALID	MADDAH	60,500	35	10
100	TONY	JACKS	59,500	44	9
101	BRUCE	SNELL	58,000	48	1
102	PLAMEN	STOYANOV	58,000	45	6
103	BRYAN	MAGUIRE	57,500	44	10
104	DANIEL	WALTERS	54,000	45	9
105	ROBERT	LEBEAU	53,500	34	10
106	JASON	STRAND	52,000	47	8
107	ARCH	MCLAUCHLIN	52,000	38	6
108	JORDAN	CHIZICK	51,500	37	6
109	ALLEN	TURNER	51,000	42	3
110	WILLIAM	DUBAY	49,500	38	8
111	ROBBIE	GODBEY	49,500	46	6
112	ANTHONY	ASTARITA	48,500	33	1
113	TUAN	PHAM	47,000	33	5
114	SELMA	SAYIN	46,500	33	4
115	JASON	SHINBAUM	45,500	45	10
116	HEATHER	RARDIN	45,000	42	4
117	BRADLEY	PATTON	45,000	46	10
118	ROBERT	CORNETTE	44,000	44	7
119	JUAN	MARTELL-SALINAS	44,000	35	7
120	JEFF	METAJAN	43,500	38	7
121	JULIUS	GADUANG	37,500	47	3
122	SOURINAY	CHANDARA	37,000	47	7
123	JORDAN	WUNDER	36,500	34	6
124	KENNETH	C	36,000	43	8
125	DANIEL	KASPER	34,000	37	2
126	JAMES	CARNATHAN	34,000	36	10
127	ALEC	BRADLOW	33,500	46	7
128	NICHOLAS	NARDELLO	33,000	33	2
129	GARY	COHEN	32,500	47	4
130	SARA	HALL	32,000	37	4
131	JUSTIN	MATECKI	30,500	34	8
132	CHRISTOPHER	GUNTER	22,000	45	4
133	CARMINE	CHIOCCARIELLO	5,000	37	5

*A player bagged Flight E and F advancing their Flight F stack while taking the Flight E stack out of play

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WPTDeepStacks Event 1 Day 2 Table Draws

June 12, 2016 @ 9:50AM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Day 2 Blinds: 1,500/3,000/500 Ante
Players Remaining: 133/698

Updated Total: 698 Entries, 133 Advanced

Day 2 table draws:

RANK	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	CHIP COUNT	TABLE	SEAT
2	PARMINDERJIT	MEHMI	382,500	32	1
5	YAZAN	MUSA	251,500	32	2
46	kelley	slay	113,500	32	3
11	LAZARO	REMOLINA	205,000	32	4
89	Jamie	Custalow	67,000	32	6
34	IOANNIS	PATSOURAKIS	132,000	32	7
7	CONRAD	LAU III T	228,000	32	8
90	KEVIN	BLEWITT	67,000	32	9
81	MICHAEL	POELTLER	77,000	32	10
112	ANTHONY	ASTARITA	48,500	33	1
128	NICHOLAS	NARDELLO	33,000	33	2
84	ADAM	WEBSTER	73,000	33	3
114	SELMA	SAYIN	46,500	33	4
113	TUAN	PHAM	47,000	33	5
4	ANDREW	PERSONETTE	253,000	33	6
18	PAUL	DEROSA	174,000	33	7
79	GLENN	NEWMAN	77,500	33	8
57	ARIAN	BAHRAMI	100,500	33	9
49	NATHAN	STENFORS	110,500	33	10
32	MARC	JARETT	133,000	34	1
92	JAMES	SUTHERLAND	65,500	34	2
30	EDWARD	MROCZKOWSKI	135,000	34	3
48	JAMES	BRINKLEY	111,500	34	4
55	ALEXANDER	BEECE	105,500	34	5
123	JORDAN	WUNDER	36,500	34	6
15	MICHAEL	CUSUMANO	191,000	34	7
131	JUSTIN	MATECKI	30,500	34	8
76	CHRISTOPHER	BOYLE	78,500	34	9
105	ROBERT	LEBEAU	53,500	34	10
10	TOM	NGUYEN	212,000	35	1
53	Sufian	Soufan	106,000	35	2
13	GERALD	SILVA	200,000	35	3
83	JOSEPH	BROWN	75,000	35	4
64	RUSSELL	JAICKS	90,500	35	5
38	CLAUDEMIR	OSORIO	124,000	35	6
119	JUAN	MARTELL-SALINAS	44,000	35	7
82	ZACHARY	MESSNER	76,000	35	8
58	EDWARD	KOFLER	96,000	35	9
99	WALID	MADDAH	60,500	35	10
22	DANIEL	WILSON	162,500	36	1
67	JOHN	O'NEAL	86,500	36	2
59	JOSEPH	ORSINO	96,000	36	3
50	RICHARD	CALLEDARE	109,000	36	4
39	JUSTIN	MADDOX	124,000	36	5
37	THONGLITH	VILAIHONG	126,500	36	6
95	DANIEL	GRIGGS	61,000	36	7
51	JOAQUIN	PEREIRA	108,000	36	8
33	JEFFREY	GARBUS	132,000	36	9
126	JAMES	CARNATHAN	34,000	36	10
80	ANDREW	WENNING	77,000	37	1
125	DANIEL	KASPER	34,000	37	2
6	MICHAEL	SOARES	243,000	37	3
130	SARA	HALL	32,000	37	4
133	CARMINE	CHIOCCARIELLO	5,000	37	5
108	JORDAN	CHIZICK	51,500	37	6
87	JODY	KEELING	68,000	37	7
42	WILLIAM	MCKOWN	119,000	37	8
20	JASON	LA MADELEINE	166,000	37	9
98	FILIPP	KHAVIN	60,500	37	10
52	RONALD	BROWN	107,500	38	1
45	EARL	VANLANDINGHAM III	117,000	38	2
88	TIMOTHY	KEGEL	68,000	38	3
61	DAVID	DEBOER	93,000	38	4
70	JAMES	WOOD	86,000	38	5
107	ARCH	MCLAUCHLIN	52,000	38	6
120	JEFF	METAJAN	43,500	38	7
110	WILLIAM	DUBAY	49,500	38	8
73	TYRONE	SCARBOROUGH	83,500	38	9
93	JOSHUA	FULFORD	64,500	38	10
68	MICHAEL	MONACO	86,500	42	1
17	COREY	BRYSMAN	177,000	42	2
109	ALLEN	TURNER	51,000	42	3
116	HEATHER	RARDIN	45,000	42	4
75	HUYEN	VO	80,500	42	5
44	KENNETH	FISHMAN	117,000	42	7
62	JOHN	ARYEE-ANNAN	93,000	42	8
16	TONY	MILES	188,000	42	9
27	NARSAREDDY	VANGA	150,000	42	10
40	PAUL	STANECHEWSKI	123,500	43	1
12	MARK	SMITH	204,500	43	2
1	CHARLIE	MILLER	417,500	43	3
74	THOMAS	HUNNICUTT	80,500	43	4
21	DILLON	BURNS	163,500	43	6
31	seyedali	rad	133,000	43	7
124	KENNETH	C	36,000	43	8
3	CARLOS	EVANGELISTA	255,000	43	9
65	DEREK	BOWERS	89,000	43	10
26	MICHAEL	MCKINLEY	153,000	44	1
24	JOSIAS	SANTOS	160,000	44	2
47	NICHOLAS	MANN	112,000	44	3
56	KARL	MANOUCHAKIAN	102,500	44	4
43	Joel	Paoner	117,500	44	6
118	ROBERT	CORNETTE	44,000	44	7
69	Lewis	Gallo Jr	86,000	44	8
100	TONY	JACKS	59,500	44	9
103	BRYAN	MAGUIRE	57,500	44	10
60	DANIEL	LOBATO	94,000	45	1
66	CHERI	BEATTY	87,500	45	2
86	Brian	Blanchard	70,000	45	3
132	CHRISTOPHER	GUNTER	22,000	45	4
102	PLAMEN	STOYANOV	58,000	45	6
9	MARVIN	KARLINS	214,000	45	7
77	AMELIO	AMATO	77,500	45	8
104	DANIEL	WALTERS	54,000	45	9
115	JASON	SHINBAUM	45,500	45	10
8	VINCENT	CENSABELLA	217,000	46	1
54	Jason	Serrano	105,500	46	2
29	DAIANE	MENDES	141,000	46	3
96	SEBASTIEN	CHARLES	61,000	46	4
111	ROBBIE	GODBEY	49,500	46	6
127	ALEC	BRADLOW	33,500	46	7
41	ROBERTO	MELO	122,000	46	8
23	JEFFREY	MORZELLA	161,000	46	9
117	BRADLEY	PATTON	45,000	46	10
91	Lawrence	Dowling	65,500	47	1
78	EDWARD	GIBBS	77,500	47	2
121	JULIUS	GADUANG	37,500	47	3
129	GARY	COHEN	32,500	47	4
85	JEFFREY	FULLMER	72,000	47	6
122	SOURINAY	CHANDARA	37,000	47	7
106	JASON	STRAND	52,000	47	8
94	YONG	LIU	64,000	47	9
36	CAMERON	UA	127,000	47	10
101	BRUCE	SNELL	58,000	48	1
97	JOHN	ALEGRIA	60,500	48	2
63	MANELIC	MINAYA	91,000	48	3
19	CHRISTIAN	JABBOUR	171,500	48	4
35	FARISHTA	ASEEM	131,500	48	5
28	HUNG	LE A	148,000	48	6
14	BRIAN	ARBAUGH	198,500	48	7
71	TIMOTHY	HARRELL	85,500	48	8
72	DIANCEL	MACHADO	84,500	48	9
25	JACOB	MAST	159,500	48	10

*A player bagged Flight E and F advancing their Flight F stack while taking the Flight E stack out of play

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WPTDeepStacks Day 4 Schedule

June 12, 2016 @ 7:30AM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Sunday marks Day 2 of the WPTDeepStacks-Tampa opening event and the crowning of the series’ first two champions! Here’s a look at the complete schedule of play:

12pm: Event 1, $570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em – Day 2

Day 2 chip counts and table draws posted by 10:15 a.m.
Prize pool
Chip Counts with seat assignments through Flight E

2pm: Event 2, $250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em – One-Day Event

$250 buy-in, $20,000 guaranteed
20,000 starting chips
Level are 15 minutes in length
Registration available until the start of Level 13 (~5:30pm)

Structure Sheet

Updates from the tournament floor begin when cards go in the air for the Event 1 restart at noon. See you then!