$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Live Streamed Final Table
Level 10: 400/800/100 | Structure Sheet
Flight A Players Remaining: 85/191

The preflop action is unclear, but the  result is unmistakable. Over at Table 7 there was some huge commotion as last year’s third-place finisher Justin Fawcett stood from the table busted.

Fawcett was in the small blind holding . Hung Le was in early position and also held pocket aces, the for him. Before the runout, Fawcett was heard jokingly asking if they could chop it up. Unfortunately, they couldn’t.

Runout:

Le did the unthinkable improving an ace-high flush to bust Fawcett in dramatic fashion. The all-in bet was counted down to 61,700 and all of it was shipped the way of Le.

Hung Le – 145,000
Justin Fawcett – Eliminated

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Live Streamed Final Table
Level 10: 400/800/100 | Structure Sheet
Flight A Players Remaining: 103/191

Registration is closed in Flight A of the WPTDeepStacks Main Event, the first of three starting flights in the series finale. The field is final at 191 entries accounting for nearly $190,000 of the event’s $300,000 guarantee. Two more flights remaining tomorrow and Saturday at noon.

Tournament breakdown:

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Live Streamed Final Table
Level 9: 300/600/75 | Structure Sheet
Flight A Entries: 190

Players are heading on their one-hour dinner break. Cards go back in the air at roughly 7:30pm and registration closes at that time.

Here’s some of the notables still in the event:

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Live Streamed Final Table
Level 9: 300/600/75 | Structure Sheet
Flight A Entries: 189

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa regular Mirza Sopovic kicked off the 2017 WPTDeepStacks series in solid fashion bagging second in chips in the $570. Sopovic skidded a bit on Day2, ultimately finishing 22nd. He’s continuing his chip-stacking ways here in the Main Event and sits on about 123,000 midway through Level 9.

The clock currently shows 189 entries with late registration available until 7:30pm.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Live Streamed Final Table
Level 6: 150/300/50 | Structure Sheet
Flight A Entries: 175

With defending champion Anthony Astarita already on the rail in Flight A, another past final tablist eyes a follow-up run. Justin Fawcett got a bit unlucky last year to finish third in the Main Event. He was sent home with a consolation prize of nearly $50,000 and returned this year hoping to repeat the feat with a slightly better result.

He chipped up recently chasing a flush draw before hitting a pair on the river to take a nice pot.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Live Streamed Final Table
Level 5: 100/200/25 | Structure Sheet
Flight A Entries: 163

A slew of notables have contributed to a continued upward trend in the entry count. Now with 161 at the beginning of Level 5, the field is assured to pass last year’s number in the opening flight and will likely put the tournament in position to best the overall year over year figure.

Most notable among the notables is the defending champion, Anthony Astarita. Astarita is a recent entry in the event and his title defense is officially underway.

Last year, Astarita bested 538 earning over $130,000. He went on to score another $18,000 a few months later in the property’s $570 Fall Deep Stack Poker Series.

Astarita hopes to continue his good play and add another notch to his tournament belt here in the 2017 WPTDeepStacks Main Event.

2017 WPTDeepStacks
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event #3
$350 Deep Stack
No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 513
Prize Pool: $153,900
June 12-14, 2017

(Tampa, Fla.) — Having left the 2016 WPTDeepStacks series on a high note with a final table appearance and seventh-place finish in the Main Event, Bob Gallo returned to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino hungry for another deep run. The Bradenton, Fla. business owner satisfied his appetite in Event 3, a $350 no limit hold’em tournament, late Wednesday night. Gallo dominated the late stages of the tournament, ultimately claiming the chip lead heads up before agreeing to an even chop that saw him earn $29,930 along with the guitar trophy.

The third of five events on the 2017 WPTDeepStacks schedule, Event 3 drew 513 entries marking a slight increase in attendance year over year. The prize pool smashed the $100,000 guarantee before topping out at $153,900. The top 54 players were paid with Zoltan Czinkota (12th, $2,001), Justin Fawcett (22nd, $846), Christine Holubeck (29th, $770) and Steve Trizis (42nd, $693) among the in-the-money finishers.

Joining Gallo at the final table were notables Joey Alegria, Herbert Woodbery and Rob Manjura. Gallo went on a heater, busting Rob Benford 10th, Alegria ninth and Manjura sixth. With five players remaining, Gallo and Chris Hyden owned the top two stacks and played an all-in pot that saw Hyden hit the rail speechless. Hyden was in the small blind and three-bet a Gallo late-position raise. The flop fell and Hyden lead for 575,000. Gallo called. The turn was the and Hyden shoved for over 2,000,000. Gallo snapped and turned over for the nuts. Hyden owned for two pair and was stunned. The river was no help and he busted fifth. Gallo, meanwhile, raked a pot worth well over half the total chips in play. He cruised to heads up action before chopping with Collin Wilson.

Gallo is 55 years old and owns his own construction company. He’s a regular at Seminole poker events and earned over $19,000 for his seventh-place finish in last year’s WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Main Event.

Event 3 final results:

1st: Bob Gallo – $29,930 + Guitar Trophy
2nd: Collin Wilson – $29,930
3rd: Joe Buonodono – $13,851
4th: Herbert Woodbery – $11,004
5th: Chris Hyden – $8,618
6th: Rob Manjura – $7,079
7th: Frank Menendez – $5,617
8th: Stepas Tindziulis – $4,386
9th: Joey Alegria – $3,078
10th: Rob Benford – $2,001
11th: Quentin Jones – $2,001
12th: Zoltan Czinkota – $2,001
13th: John Redlitz – $1,539
14th: Harmeet Singh – $1,539
15th: Nicholas Owens – $1,539
16th: Joseph Ramsey – $1,154
17th: Larry Ram – $1,154
18th: Wesley Skinner – $1,154
19th: Glen Ballenger – $846
20th: Woodrow Pass – $846
21st: Kwi Paek – $846
22nd: Justin Fawcett – $846
23rd: Bruce Snell – $846
24th: Chris Boyle – $846
25th: Steven Zakarias – $846
26th: Sufian Soufan – $846
27th: Jason Lynn – $846
28th: Jody Keeling – $770
29th: Christine Holubeck – $770
30th: Richard Horswell – $770
31st: Adam Tencza – $770
32nd: Sanjib Acharya – $770
33rd: Rafik Abdel-Halim – $770
34th: Enzo Romano – $770
35th: Robert Woodward – $770
36th: Erik Zika – $770
37th: Stanley Tavanese – $693
38th: Michael Cohen – $693
39th: Daniel Lobato – $693
40th: Antuan Bunkley – $693
41st: Gholamreza Khoshkhou – $693
42nd: Steve Trizis – $693
43rd: Richard Doss – $693
44th: Khanh Le – $693
45th: Aaron Martin – $693
46th: Erik Eberts – $616
47th: Alexandru Ivan – $616
48th: Mark Smyrski – $616
49th: Albert Cohen – $616
50th: Nikolaos Costarelis – $616
51st: Pompy Luanglatbandith – $616
52nd: Larry Marklan – $616
53rd: Curtis Hoftyzer – $616
54th: Joseph Orsino – $616

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Live Streamed Final Table
Level 3: 75/150 | Structure Sheet
Flight A Entries: 152

In addition to the lion’s share of the $300,000 guarantee, the WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Main Event champion is set to head home with the property’s token guitar trophy.

Players are about to go on their first break of the day with the clock showing 152 to this point.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Live Streamed Final Table
Level 2: 50/100 | Structure Sheet
Flight A Entries: 143

With more than 140 entries in Flight A before Level 3, the WPTDeepStacks Main Event is in great position to pass last year’s turnout and is projected to surpass 600 total entries.

Registration in Flight A is open until 7:30pm tonight while Flight B and C begin tomorrow and Saturday at 12-noon.