Flight A: $350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 12: 800/1,600/200 Ante
Players Remaining: 36/126

Bruce Snell, Sr., who final tabled yesterday’s $250 turbo, moved all in for 25,100. It folded all the way around to Hung Le, who final tabled yesterday’s $570, and he called.

Snell:
Le:

Snell was ahead in the hand, but the stacks were close. It was unclear which player was at risk.

The flop fell improving Snell to a set and giving him a stranglehold in the hand. The turn came the . While Snell retained his lead, Le had outs to the flush. As it sometimes does, fifth street with a furry when it reared the improving Le to an ace-high flush. Both players jumped from the table, Le a bit more emphatically than Snell.

The dealer began to count down Le’s stack, but stopped in his tracks when he hit the 25,100 threshold.

“He’s got him,” the dealer said awarding the pot to Le.

Snell was eliminated from Flight A of the WPTDeepStacks-Tampe $350 while Le was able to hang around to try to for another final table run.

Hung Le – 55,000
Bruce Snell, Sr. – Eliminated

Flight A: $350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 11: 600/1,200/200 Ante
Players Remaining: 41/126

Roberto Melo is putting himself in position to bag a big stack here in Flight A of the WTPDeepStacks-Tampa $350. Melo has been chipping up consistently and now claims nearly 160,000 midway through Level 11.

The Lakeland resident owns nearly $150,000 in tournament earnings. Most recently, he finished 21st among a field of 698 entries in yesterday’s $570 event. That deep run earned him a payout of $1,902.

Robert Melo – 157,000

Flight A: $350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 9: 400/800/100 Ante
Players Remaining: 65/126

Hung Le experienced some success in Event 1 participating in the six-way even chop for $36,620. Despite the deep run, he’s not getting any respect from Frederick Gaines on the felt here in Event 3.

Gaines check-called a river bet of 12,000 on a board of .

“Good call,” Le said conceding the pot and exposing for a busted draw.

Gaines flipped over for ace-king high and took the medium-sized pot from the Event 1 final tablist.

While it’s Gaines who held the advantage in that pot, Le holds a significant edge in the career earnings department. With over $280,000 in reported scores, Le has a laundry list of cashes that includes a $29,883 payout in the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event.

Frederick Gaines – 87,500
Hung Le – 50,000

Flight A: $350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 9: 400/800/100 Ante
Entries: 126

The first of four starting flights in Event 3 of the WPTDeepStacks series, a $350 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed no limit hold’em tournament, drew 126 entries generating an unofficial $37,800 toward the prize pool. The healthy turnout means the remaining three flights need only draw 70 players on average to best the six-figure guaranteed.

Here’s a look at the tournament at a glance:

Flight A is set to log six more 30-minute levels before play concludes following Level 14. Complete chip counts will be posted at that time.

Flight A: $350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 7: 250/500/75 Ante
Entries: 120

The clock shows 120 Flight A entries with roughly 45 minutes of late registration still available. We will provide the final attendance figure shortly after its verified.

Flight A: $350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 5: 150/300/50 Ante
Entries: 107

Play is back underway following the first 15-minute break of the day and it appears Victor Hernandez sits atop the counts thus far in the $350 event. Hernandez, who hails from Tampa and is a regular in the room, amassed a stack of 69,000 more than tripling his 20,000 starting chips.

That stack puts him at 230 big blinds but there’s a long way to go as 10 more levels are scheduled for the remainder of the day.

Victor Hernandez – 69,000

Flight A: $350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 4: 100/200/25 Ante
Entries: 105

Familiar faces are starting to trickle in as Event 3 stretches into the middle levels of play here at the Seminole Hard Rock. Two players familiar with the room and who know what it takes to win here in Tampa are Eric Wert and Anthony Pellegrini. Both claimed victory during the 2015 Winter Poker Open last December.

Wert’s win came at the hands a 546-entry field in a $150 Big Stack tournament. For his efforts, he went home with $7,752.

Pellegrini’s moment in the spotlight came on the exact same day as Wert’s as he claimed victory in a one-day, $250 pot-limit Omaha tournament that ran alongside the $150 Big Stack. Pellegrini bested 103 entries in that event earning $3,729.

Both players are back at it in Tampa in search of another victory here in Event 3 of the WPTDeepStacks series.

Flight A: $350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 3: 75/150/25 Ante
Entries: 86

As a surprise to no one, the clock just recently ticked over 83 Flight A entries and the tournament is officially on pace to best its $100,000 guarantee. Needing a total of 334 entries, Flight A has done its part and is expected to pull its weight even more during the three-and-a-half hours of late registration.

Tournament schedule:

• Flight A, Underway, late registration until ~3:30 p.m.
• Flight B, Tonight at 6 p.m.
• Flight C, Tomorrow at 11 a.m.
• Flight D, Tomorrow at 6 p.m.

Flight A: $350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 2: 50/100
Entries: 81

A pair of final tablists in yesterday’s events — Tom Nguyen (Event 1) and Bruce Snell, Sr. (Event 2) — are right back at today here at the Seminole Hard Rock. Both players bubbled their respective tournament’s chops, so to speak.

First, Nguyen busted 7th in Event 1 for $12,739 only to see the final six agree to an even chop worth $36,620. Snell, meanwhile, exited the $250 Turbo 5th for $1,988 while the final four negotiated a chop that saw Paul Neessen earn $6,001 as well as a $1,100 Main Event seat.

Both players were undeterred by their close calls and they’re right back on the horse in Event 3. With their deep runs, they earned valuable points toward the WPTDeepStacks Series Champion race and are in the thick of it with three points-eligible tournaments still undecided.

Flight A: $350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 1: 25/50
Entries: 50

The third of five primary events on the WPTDeepStacks-Tampa schedule is here. Cards went in the air just moments ago for the first of four starting flights in the $350 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed tournament. Subsequent flights begin tonight at 6 p.m. and tomorrow at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Players in all flights begin with 20,000 chips and log 14, 30-minute levels on Day 1 before play concludes. Late registration and unlimited re-entry are available until the start of Level 9.

Here’s more on today’s 11 a.m. installment:

11am: Event 3, $350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em – Flight A

• $350 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
• 20,000 starting chips
• Day 1 levels are 30 minutes, Day 2 levels 40 minutes
• Registration available until the start of Level 9 (~3:30pm)
• Day 1 concludes following Level 14 (~6:45pm)
• Tournament follows Best Stack Forward format
• Day 2 begins Wednesday, June 15 at noon

Structure Sheet

With the 698-entry opener in the rear view, the $350 event is expected to keep the momentum going heading into this weekend’s $1,100, $300,000 guaranteed Main Event.

Updates throughout the day — including registration figures and end-of-flight chip counts — will be posted right here at SHRTPoker.com.

Good luck, players!