$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Level 26: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 14/538

Brian Reinert, who had hung around for a while after being shortstacked during Level 25, open shoved his last 305,000 in the cutoff. It folded to Steve Trizis in the big blind and he called. Reinert was at risk.

Trizis:
Reinert:

The dealer burned and turned a board and Trizis’ pair held. Reinert busted 15th earning $5,242.

Steve Trizis – 1,115,000
Brian Reinert – Eliminated 15th ($5,242)

$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Heading to Level 26: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 16/538

The final 16 players are on a quick, 15-minute break while tournament staff colors up the orange 1,000 chips. Tim Kegel is the new chip leader claiming over 2,000,000.

$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Level 25: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 18/538

Following the elimination of Daiane Mendes in 19th place, the field is down to the final 18 players and consolidated to two tables. Leading the way is Daniel Griggs with a stack of 1,850,000.

Here’s a look at the final two tables followed by the updated results since dinner break:

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

$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Level 25: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 20/538

Jeff Trudeau – Eliminated 21st ($2,883)

$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Level 24: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 21/538

Aaron Young was under the gun and raised to 50,000. It folded to Daiane Mednes in the cutoff and she moved all in having Young covered. The button and blinds folded. Young called off his last roughly 250,000 and the hands were tabled.

Young:
Mendes:

Runout:

Young’s aces held and he doubled. Mendes thought she had been eliminated, but she was left with 178,000.

Aaron Young – 557,000
Daiane Mendes – 178,000

$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Level 24: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 23/538

Daniel Griggs opened the button for 45,000. The small blind folded and Seminole Hard Rock Poker Tampa ambassador Wally Maddah defended his big blind.

Flop:

Maddah checked. Griggs bet 50,000. Maddah, after a minute or so, called.

Turn:

Maddah checked again. Griggs bet 85,000. Maddah took even more time, but called.

River:

Maddah checked a third time. Griggs slid forward a stack of 25,000 chips that had Maddah covered. Maddah, who had 200,000 behind, studied his opponent. He called off and Griggs flipped over for an overpair. Maddah lost the pot and busted 24th for $2,883.

Wally Maddah – Eliminated 24th ($2,883)

$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Heading to Level 24: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 27/538

The remaining 27 players are in the midst of their one-hour dinner break. Cards go back in the air just after 7 p.m. local time with blinds of 10,000 and 20,000 with a 3,000 ante. Here’s a look at who’s left followed by the remaining payouts and updated results:

Table 39

Seat 1: Steve Trizis
Seat 2: Cody Sullivan
Seat 3: Matthew Rose
Seat 4: Benjamin Van Klink
Seat 5: Plamen Stoyanov
Seat 6: Alvin Cotton-Lovett
Seat 7: Daniel Griggs
Seat 8: Anthony Astarita
Seat 9: Wally Maddah

Table 40

Seat 1: Dwayne Sullivan
Seat 2: Timothy Kegel
Seat 3: George Wolfe
Seat 4: Bob Gallo
Seat 5: Seth Bobet
Seat 6: Mario Lopez
Seat 7: Justin Fawcett
Seat 8: Unknown
Seat 9: Jose Alicea

Table 49

Seat 1: Mark Wiser
Seat 2: Claudemir Osorio
Seat 3: Joel Gossett
Seat 4: Daiane Mendes
Seat 5: Brian Reinert
Seat 6: Jeff Trudeau
Seat 7: Sam Grizzle
Seat 8: Cody Hernandez
Seat 9: Aaron Young

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-12th – $6,815
13th-15th – $5,242
16th-18th – $3,932
19th-27th – $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

$250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em
Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 Ante
Players Remaining: 41/142

Today’s 2 p.m. Event 5 — $250 Turbo — drew 142 entries generating a prize pool of $29,820. The top 18 spots finish in the money with a min-cash worth $447. Payouts escalate from there and top out in the form of a $8,947 top prize.

Full payout structure:

1st – $8,947
2nd – $4,920
3rd – $2,833
4th – $2,386
5th – $1,789
6th – $1,491
7th – $1,193
8th – $895
9th – $671
10th-12th – $596
13th-15th – $522
16th-18th – $447

Among this still in contention are Series Champion leader Karl Manouchakian, Ray Ruszkowski, Gary Britt and Mark Smith.

We will provide the final results, winner’s photo and a write up shortly after play concludes.

$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Level 23: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 27/538

The WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Main Event is down to the final 27 players and just redrew to three tables. It appears Bob Gallo retains the chip lead with 1,520,000. Other still in the hunt include Seminole Hard Rock Poker Tampa ambassador Wally Maddah, George Wolfe and Brian Reinert.

Final three tables:

Remaining payouts:

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-12th – $6,815
13th-15th – $5,242
16th-18th – $3,932
19th-27th – $2,883

$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Level 23: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 30/538

Bob Gallo was in the big blind and checked the action to Sam Wynder in middle position. The flop was and Wynder bet 50,000. Gallo called and it was turn time.

Turn:

Both players checked.

The river fell the and Gallo lead for 50,000. Wynder called and Gallo tabled for trip 10s. He took the pot and moved over 1,300,000 chips.

Bob Gallo – 1,365,000
Sam Wynder – 188,000