Tag Archives: 2017 WPTDeepStacks

Event 1 Flight A: Bill McKown Leads Following Break

$570 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Sheet
Level 5: 150/300/50
Flight A Entries: 90

Bill McKown

Cards are freshly back in the air following the first break and it’s Bill McKown who leads the way. After his KhQh busted a short stack’s 8d7d on the first hand back, McKown sits at about 60,000 chips and has tripled up in the first ~two hours of play.

The clock currently shows 90 entries in the action and the opening flight is all but assured to past year’s figure of 104.

Event 1 Flight A: Tim Kegel Cruising Despite a Speed Bump

$570 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Sheet
Level 4: 100/200/25
Flight A Entries: 89

Tim Kegel

Tim Kegel took a hit holding 7c3c on a 6s5h4cKd board. He had the middle end of the straight, but was second best to his opponent’s 8d7s top end. The opponent was all in for almost 20,000 and Kegel doubled him up.

Despite losing the pot, Kegel still sits at just under double starting stack in Level 4.

Event 1 Flight A: Mark “Bud” Wiser Looks for Another Run

$570 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Sheet
Level 3: 50/100/25
Flight A Entries: 80

Mark “Bud” Wiser

Mark “Bud” Wiser experienced some success in last year’s WPTDeepStacks Main Event ultimately finishing 17th for a score of $3,932. In the years since, he’s recorded 11 additional cashes at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa including a final table appearance in a $150 during last December’s Winter Poker Open.

After being down a bit early in today’s $570 Flight A, Wiser is back to about starting stack in Level 3. He recently played in a three-way raised pot. Following flop and turn action, it was heads up to the river. Wiser and his lone opponent checked it down and Wiser turned over the best of it with a rivered pair.

Event 1 Flight A: Joey Alegria Back on the Tournament Grind

$570 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Sheet
Level 2: 50/100
Flight A Entries: 71

Joey Alegria

Joey Alegria is a regular in the new Seminole Hard Rock Tampa poker room. While the majority of his time is spent at the cash tables, he’s branched out into tournament play over the last year.

Alegria’s first reported cash came in August of 2016 during the property’s Summer Deep Stack series. His tournament career, young as it may be, is headlined by a $23,000 score in last December’s Winter Poker Open $570 as well as a $21,000 score in that series’ Championship.

With just south of $50,000 in earnings, Alegria has taken to the tournament scene. He’s been spotted at the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood and Seminole Casino Hotel Immokalee during their major events and is back it again today in the WPTDeepStacks-Tampa opener.

Alegria sits on just over starting stack late in Level 2 and eyes another deep run.

Event 1 Flight A: WPTDeepStacks Opener Underway

$570 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Sheet
Level 1: 25/50
Flight A Entries: 37

The clock strikes 11am at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa and cards are in the air for Event 1 of the property’s WPTDeepStacks series. The first of five primary tournaments on the series schedule, Event 1 is a multi-flight no limit hold’em re-entry tournament with a $570 buy-in and a $200,000 guarantee.

Here are the details:

11am: Event 1 ($570 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry) – Flight A

  • $200,000 guaranteed
  • 20,000 chips and 30-/40-minute levels
  • Late registration and re-entry available until the start of Level 9 (~3:30pm)
  • Play concludes following Level 14 (~6:45pm)
  • Day 2 begins Sunday, June 11 at 12pm
  • Structure Sheet

The WPTDeepStacks-Tampa runs now through June 19th when action concludes with the live streamed Main Event final table. Between now and then, $570, $350 and $1,100 events headline along with $250 buy-in, $20,000 guaranteed turbos.

LINK: WTPDeepStacks-Tampa Tournament Schedule

Daily updates throughout the series will be available right here at SHRTPoker.com.

Good luck, players!

WPTDeepStacks Day 1 (Thursday, June 8)

LINK: WTPDeepStacks-Tampa Tournament Schedule

11am: Event 1 ($570 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry) – Flight A

  • $200,000 guaranteed
  • 20,000 chips and 30-/40-minute levels
  • Late registration and re-entry available until the start of Level 9 (~3:30pm)
  • Play concludes following Level 14 (~6:45pm)
  • Day 2 begins Sunday, June 11 at 12pm
  • Structure Sheet

6pm: Event 1 ($570 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry) – Flight B

  • $200,000 guaranteed
  • 20,000 chips and 30-/40-minute levels
  • Late registration and re-entry available until the start of Level 9 (~10:30pm)
  • Play concludes following Level 14 (~1:45am)
  • Day 2 begins Sunday, June 11 at 12pm
  • Structure Sheet