$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
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Level 15: 1,200/2,400/400 | Payouts | Structure Sheet
Flight C Players Remaining: 54/314

Tournament Director Byron Rodriguez stopped the clock moments ago announcing players would log four more hands before Flight C concludes. The board reads 54 remaining and Karl Manouchakian appears to be in position to bag the lead with about 400,000. Others still in include:

• Anthony Astarita
• Rex Clinkscales
• Kyle Kitagawa
• Shawn Barnett
• Nick Costarelis
• Chris Hyden

The larger field and crowded Saturday night poker room are expected to cause a slight delay in posting the chip counts and table draws. Look for them by 2am local time.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
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Level 15: 1,200/2,400/400 | Payouts | Structure Sheet
Flight C Players Remaining: 63/314

Level 15 is here and it marks the final level of the night. When it concludes, those still in will bag and tag set to return for Day 2 tomorrow at 12pm.

Day 2 chip counts and seat draws will be posted by 2am.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Live Streamed Final Table
Level 15: 1,200/2,400/400 | Payouts | Structure Sheet
Flight C Players Remaining: 63/314

The board laid queen-high on the turn and defending champion Anthony Astarita was in position in a heads up pot. His opponent lead and Astarita called. The river fell a king. Astarita’s opponent lead again, this time for a bit more. Astarita went into the tank before he called. The opponent sheepishly turned over a pair of threes. Astarita tabled pocket sevens and took the pot.

“Reigning champ!” a tablemate said acknowledging the tough call.

That was the second pot in a row earned by Astarita and his stack now sits at 245,000.

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Flight C Players Remaining: 85/314

Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Mike Laake was short and all-in from late position for his last 11,800. Michael Cohen called from the small blind as did a short stack from the big blind.

The flop fell and Cohen and the big blind got the last of the big blind’s minimal holdings in.

Cohen: for an overpair
Big blind: for a pair of sevens
Laake: for queen high

Turn and river:

Cohen’s overpair was best and he scooped the pot eliminating two players in the process. He grew his stack to about 172,000.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
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Level 13: 800/1,600/200 | Payouts | Structure Sheet
Flight C Players Remaining: 92/314

It folded around to Kyle Kitagawa in the small blind and he raised. The big blind defended and they saw a flop.

Flop: — Kitagawa C-bet 4,000. The big blind called.

Turn: — Both players checked.

River — Kitagawa bet 7,500. The big blind folded and Kitagawa took the pot.

The hand was ultimately inconsequential, but it helped Kitagawa grow his holdings to over 250,000.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Live Streamed Final Table
Level 13: 800/1,600/200 | Payouts | Structure Sheet
Flight C Players Remaining: 98/314

In addition to Karl Manouchakian — who leads the way following the last break of the night — there are two more Seminole standouts still in the WPTDeepStacks Main Event.

Defending champion Anthony Astarita is running it up after being unable to find any traction in the prelims or earlier Main Event flights.

Meanwhile, Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year points leader Nathan Papp holds one of the top stacks in the event.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
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End of Level 12: 600/1,200/200 | Payouts | Structure Sheet
Flight C Players Remaining: 106/314

Level 12 is a wrap and players are on their final break of the night. The clock shows 106 remaining with two more hours — three levels — of play left in the night.

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$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Live Streamed Final Table
Level 12: 600/1,200/200 | Payouts | Structure Sheet
Flight C Players Remaining: 116/314

With only a min-cash in the $570 opener, the reigning WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Player of the Series Karl Manouchakian has had an uncharacteristically slow event. He’s in for at least two bullets here in the Main Event, but his most recent is reminiscent of his winning ways from last year.

Early in Level 12, Manouchakian sits on a stack of about 245,000 and is at or near the top of the counts.

2017 WPTDeepStacks
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Main Event
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 704
Prize Pool: $689,920
June 15-19, 2017

1st – $162,354* + Guitar Trophy/$5,250 SHRPO Seat
2nd – $92,734
3rd – $56,671
4th – $46,711
5th – $37,781
6th – $30,911
7th – $24,729
8th – $18,890
9th – $13,051
10th-12th – $8,587
13th-15th – $6,182
16th-18th – $4,259
19th-27th – $3,641
28th-36th – $3,229
37th-45th – $2,885
46th-54th – $2,542
55th-63rd – $2,267
64th-72nd – $1,992

*Top prize includes a $3,000 WPTDeepStacks Championship package