2016 WPTDeepStacks-Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Tampa, Fla.
Event #3
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 495
Prize Pool: $147,400
June 13-15, 2016

Manouchakian makes his second final table appearance of the series count, scores victory and $24,140 payday.

Karl Manouchakian is making a name for himself early in the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa WPTDeepStacks series. Manouchakian, a resident of Tampa, began hot taking part in a six-way chop in the opening $570 event. With that $36,620 score behind him, he entered the very next prelim — Event 3, a $350 Deep Stack tournament. The event drew a stout field of 495 entries and played out over the course of three days concluding during the early morning hours of Thursday.

Manouchakian began Day 2 with a modest, 99,000-chip stack. He spun it up and eventually took things into his own hands when he burst the money bubble in style rivering quads. From there, he maneuvered his way to the final table with a medium-sized stack and took control as the blinds and antes continued to climb. As in Event 1, the final few players found a chop, this time using ICM. Manouchakian scored $24,140, the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa guitar trophy and a $1,100 seat in the Main Event.

Manouchakian is 40 years old and was born in Lebanon before coming to the United States. Impressively, his Event 3 win moves him over $60,000 in earnings over the last four days of the WPTDeepStacks-Tampa series alone. With another massive, 495-entry field, the top spot in Event 3 was hard to find. Manouchakian bested an in-the-money crew that included start-of-Day-2 chip leader Victor Hernandez (40th), Seminole Hard Rock Poker Tampa ambassador Wally Maddah (39th) and Dominick Minaya (13th). In the end, Manouchakian chopped with Hank Zheng (2nd, $21,159), David Albertson (3rd, $19,400) and Josias Santos (4th, $18,643).

He didn’t need it, but the win gave Manuochakian a head of steam going into Thursday’s $1,100 buy-in Main Event. The series finale boasts three starting flights, a $300,000 guarantee and a live streamed final table.

Event 3 final results:

1st: Karl Manouchakian – $24,140 + $1,100 Seat
2nd: Hank Zheng – $21,159
3rd: David Albertson – $19,400
4th: Josias Santos – $18,653
5th: Mike Alcalde – $8,402
6th: Andrew Lanoue – $7,002
7th: Roberto Melo – $5,601
8th: Ryan Ketterer – $4,275
9th: Gary Britt – $2,948
10th: Allen Knighton – $1,916
11th: Paul Derosa – $1,916
12th: Marvin Karlins – $1,916
13th: Dominick Minaya – $1,474
14th: Leonard Deboer – $1,474
15th: Daniel D’eugenio – $1,474
16th: Hyndi Khomutetsky – $1,164
17th: Anthony Astarita – $1,164
18th: Charlie Lo – $1,164
19th: Margo Costa – $914
20th: Joe Boccuzzi – $914
21st: David O’Connell – $914
22nd: Sumit Mantaporn – $914
23rd: Chris Gaskin – $914
24th: Bradley Patton – $914
25th: Brandon Byars – $914
26th: William Alexander – $914
27th: Jaime Tran – $914
28th: John O’Neal- $811
29th: Jamie Grantham – $811
30th: Blaise Ingoglia – $811
31st: Justin Rotta – $811
32nd: Michael Gallo – $811
33rd: Matthew Casperite – $811
34th: Erik Nelson – $811
35th: Forrest Jahn – $811
36th: William Diaz – $811
37th: Giancarlo Disalvo – $737
38th: David Moreno – $737
39th: Wally Maddah – $737
40th: Victor Hernandez – $737
41st: Richard Petrovic – $737
42nd: Dwayne Sullivan – $737
43rd: Davis Adams – $737
44th: David Brown – $737
45th: Roland Willis – $737

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 30: 50,000/100,000/10,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 1/495

Karl Manouchakian, Hank Zheng, David Albertson and Josias Santos agreed to a four-way ICM deal in Event 3 of the WPTDeepStacks-Tampa, a $350 Deep Stack tournament. Manouchakian went home with $24,140 as well as the $1,100 Main Event seat and the guitar trophy. Zheng scored $21,159 while Albertson pocketed $19,400 and Santos $18,653.

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

5th: Mike Alcalde – $8,402
6th: Andrew Lanoue – $7,002
7th: Roberto Melo – $5,601
8th: Ryan Ketterer – $4,275
9th: Gary Britt – $2,948
10th: Allen Knighton – $1,916
11th: Paul Derosa – $1,916
12th: Marvin Karlins – $1,916
13th: Dominick Minay – $1,474
14th: Leonard Deboer – $1,474
15th: Daniel D’eugenio – $1,474
16th: Hyndi Khomutetsky – $1,164
17th: Anthony Astarita – $1,164
18th: Charlie lo – $1,164
19th: Margo Costa – $914
20th: Joe Boccuzzi – $914
21st: David O’Connell – $914
22nd: Sumit Mantaporn – $914
23rd: Chris Gaskin – $914
24th: Bradley Patton – $914
25th: Brandon Byars – $914
26th: William Alexander – $914
27th: Jaime Tran – $914
28th: John O’Neal- $811
29th: Jamie Grantham – $811
30th: Blaise Ingoglia – $811
31st: Justin Rotta – $811
32nd: Michael Gallo – $811
33rd: Matthew Casperite – $811
34th: Erik Nelson – $811
35th: Forrest Jahn – $811
36th: William Diaz – $811
37th: Giancarlo Disalvo – $737
38th: David Moreno – $737
39th: Wally Maddah – $737
40th: Victor Hernandez – $737
41st: Richard Petrovic – $737
42nd: Dwayne Sullivan – $737
43rd: Davis Adams – $737
44th: David Brown – $737
45th: Roland Willis – $737

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 29: 40,000/80,000/10,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 4/495

Josias Santos opened from the cutoff for 305,000 and Mike Alcalde moved all in from the button for 550,000. Santos called putting Alcalde at risk.

Santos:
Alcalde:

The board ranout and Santos’ fours held. He earned the pot and busted Mike Alcalde 5th. Alcalde earned $8,402.

Mike Alcalde – Eliminated 5th ($8,402)

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 29: 40,000/80,000/10,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 5/495

David Albertson raised from late position and Andrew Lanoue shoved the big blind. Albertson called and Lanoue was at risk.

Albertson:
Lanoue:

The flop smacked Albertson coming . The turn and river didn’t improve either player with the or . Lanoue was eliminated in 6th place good for a score of $7,002. Albertson, meanwhile, took the chip lead of 2,250,000

David Albertson – 2,250,000
Andrew Lanoue – Eliminated 6th ($7,002)

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 28: 30,000/60,000/10,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 6/495

Josias Santos open shoved from the small blind and Roberto Melo snap called from the big blind. Melo was the at-risk player, but he had an edge in the hand.

Melo:
Santos:

The flop hit both players falling , b the turn brought the improving Santos to trips. Melo promptly held out his hand, shook Santos’ and started toward the rail before the had even hit the river.

Melo busted 7th and earned $5,601 for the deep run.

Roberto Melo – Eliminated 7th ($5,601)

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 28: 30,000/60,000/10,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 7/495

Ryan Ketterer shoved for 270,000 and David Albertson called from the button. The blinds folded and Ketterer was at risk.

Albertson:
Ketterer:

The board didn’t improve Ketterer. He busted 8th earning $4,275. The remaining eight players are now debating an ICM chop.

Ryan Ketterer – Eliminated 8th ($4,275)

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 28: 30,000/60,000/10,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 8/495

Gary Elvis Britt raised from early position and it folded all the way around to David Albertson in the big blind. He shoved and Britt promptly called off his stack of about 10 big blinds.

Albertson: [t]
Britt:

The board fell and, with that, Britt left the building. He busted 9th for $2,948.

Gary Britt – Eliminated 9th ($2,948)

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 27: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 9/495

The final nine players have put a lot of effort into negotiating a chop, but no dice to this point. The proposed deal saw an even chop — $12,398 — with chip leader Josias Santos earning the seat as well as a $398 payout from each of the eight players. Santos declined explaining he’ll talk further when they’re six-handed.

Play goes on.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 26: 20,000/50,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 9/495

Allen Knighton was in the cutoff and eventually got the last of his stack in the middle versus Hank Zheng in the big blind.

Zheng:
Knighton:

The board came no help to Knighton. The dealer counted down the stacks and it was revealed Zheng had Knighton covered. Knighton e busted 10th for $1,916.

Allen Knighton – Eliminated 10th ($1,916)