$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Level 30: 40,000/80,000/10,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 6/538

George Wolfe open-shoved the button for 785,000. Bob Gallo called off from the big blind and the hands were tabled.

Gallo:
Wolfe:

The flop paired Wolfe, falling . The turn and river didn’t bring any help for Gallo. Wolfe’s stack was counted down to 785,000 and he had Gallo barely covered. Gallo busted 7th earning $19,135.

George Wolfe – 1,750,000
Bob Gallo – Eliminated 7th ($19,135)

$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Level 30: 40,000/80,000/10,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 7/538

Start-of-day leader Anthony Astarita opened the action from under the gun and Justin Fawcett defended from the big blind.

The flop fell and Fawcett checked. Astarita bet 425,000 and Fawcett, who was the chip leader, moved all in. Astarita went into the tank for a minute or so before he called.

Astarita:
Fawcett:

Astarita’s overpair of aces was best. The turn and river completed the board with the and . Astarita’s all-in call was counted down to 2,140,000

Anthony Astarita – 4,780,000
Justin Fawcett – 1,725,000

$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Level 29: 30,000/60,000/10,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 7/538

Justin Fawcett opened from late position and Tim Kegel jammed all in for 490,000 from the cutoff. The button and blinds folded and Fawcett quickly called tabling . Kegel was behind holding .

Runout:

Fawcett’s ace-queen high held and he busted Kegel 8th sending him home with $14,941.

Justin Fawcett – 4,250,000
Tim Kegel – Eliminated 8th ($14,941)

$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Level 29: 30,000/60,000/10,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 8/538

Start-of-day chip leader Anthony Astarita opened the action for a min-raise and Sam Grizzle moved all in for 530,000 from his direct left. The remaining players folded and Astarita called putting the shortstacked Grizzle at risk.

Astarita:
Grizzle:

An flop and turn kept Astarita the lead. The river changed that as it improved Grizzle to a pair of aces. Grizzle doubled through Astarita.

Anthony Astarita – 2,475,000
Sam Grizzle – 1,230,000

$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Level 29: 30,000/60,000/10,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 8/538

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

1st – $130,541 + $3,000 Package
2nd – $73,394
3rd – $47,182
4th – $37,483
5th – $29,357
6th – $24,115
7th – $19,135
8th – $14,941
9th – $10,485

$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em

The final nine in the WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Main Event return at noon to play it out for the tournament’s $130,541 top prize.

Meet the final nine:

$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Level 29: 30,000/60,000/10,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 9/538

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.

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

1st – $130,541 + $3,000 Package
2nd – $73,394
3rd – $47,182
4th – $37,483
5th – $29,357
6th – $24,115
7th – $19,135
8th – $14,941
9th – $10,485

10th: Plamen Stoyanov – $6,815
11th: Sam Wynder – $6,815
12th: Matthew Rose – $6,815
13th: Daniel Griggs – $5,242
14th: Aaron Young – $5,242
15th: Brian Reinert – $5,242
16th: Joel Gossett – $3,932
17th: Mark Wiser – $3,932
18th: Cody Hernandez – $3,932
19th: Daiane Mendes – $2,883
20th: Benjamin Van Klink – $2,883
21st: Jeff Trudeau – $2,883
22nd: Seth Bobet – $2,883
23rd: Jose Alicea – $2,883
24th: Wally Maddah – $2,883
25th: Alvin Cotton-Lovett – $2,883
26th: Dwayne Sullivan – $2,883
27th: Claudemir Osorio – $2,883
28th: Nicholas Williams – $2,621
29th: Ricardo Rodriguez – $2,621
30th: John O’Neal – $2,621
31st: Alexander Beece – $2,621
32nd: Michael Stokes – $2,621
33rd: Gregory Marcus – $2,621
34th: Charlemagne Benjamin – $2,621
35th: Bob Heinz – $2,621
36th: Ryan Wyant – $2,621
37th: Tom Nguyen – $2,359
38th: Andrew Leadbetter – $2,359
39th: Alfred Muncey – $2,359
40th: Matthew O’Donnell – $2,359
41st: William McPhillips – $2,359
42nd: Len Nhoung – $2,359
43rd: Ioannis Patsourakis – $2,359
44th: Timothy H. – $2,359
45th: Zoltan Czinkota – $2,359
46th: Amelio Amato – $2,097
47th: Antuan Bunkley – $2,097
48th: Alban Frasheri – $2,097
49th: Anthony Pellegrini – $2,097
50th: Michael Turton – $2,097
51st: Geoffrey Creagh – $2,097
52nd: David Prociak – $2,097
53rd: Albert Cohen – $2,097
54th: Michael Newman – $2,097

$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Level 29: 30,000/60,000/10,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 9/538

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.

Plamen Stoyanov – Eliminated 10th ($6,815)