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Level 10: 500/1,000/100
Flight A Players Remaining: 49/103

With the blinds climbing, players busting and tables breaking, it’s David Lee who’s rising to the top. At present, Lee sits on about 110,000 and is toward the top of the counts. Lots can happen with more than four more levels left in the day, but Lee is in good position to find an early WPTDeepStacks bag.

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Level 10: 500/1,000/100
Flight A Players Remaining: 51/103

In addition to Lewis Gallo, Bill McKown, Mark “Bud” Wiser, Tim Kegel and Joey Alegria, there’s a handful of other familiar faces in the event.

Here’s a look at some of those we recognize:

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Level 9: 400/800/100
Flight A Players Remaining: 56/103

Registration is closed in Flight A of the WPTDeepStacks-Tampa opener with a final field of 103 entries. That’s basically level with last year’s opener — 104 entries — and puts the event in position for a huge Friday and beyond.

Here’s a look at the remaining tournament schedule:

Flight B – Tonight at 6pm
Flight C – Tomorrow at 11am
Flight D – Tomorrow at 6pm
Flight E – Saturday at 11am
Flight F – Saturday at 6pm
Day 2 – Sunday at 12pm

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Level 8: 300/600/75
Flight A Entries: 102

Level 8 is off and running and it marks players’ final chance to get in on the Flight A action. The desk closes at roughly 3:30pm local time (following the break) and they’ll be locked out after that.

As of now, the clock shows 102 entries on pace to match or best last year’s opening figure.

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Level 6: 200/400/50
Flight A Entries: 97

The board was dealt through the turn:

There was three-way action versus the small blind, Lewis Gallo in the big and Anthony Hobbs in late position. It checked to Hobbs who announce 3,000 before throwing in a 5,000 chips. The small blind folded and Gallo called.

River:

Gallo checked again. Hobbs, who owned about 12,000 behind, bet 3,000 again. It was back on Gallo who promptly jammed just over 12,000. Hobbs hated the bet and thought out loud trying to put Gallo on a hand.

It took a minute or so before he called Gallo’s all-in and saw the bad news.

Gallo: for a fullhouse
Hobbs: for a king-high flush

After anteeing the next hand, Hobbs was left with just 50 chips. He busted shortly thereafter, but promptly hit registration and got back in with 20,000 chips.

Anthony Hobbs – Eliminated and Re-Entered

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Level 5: 150/300/50
Flight A Entries: 90

Cards are freshly back in the air following the first break and it’s Bill McKown who leads the way. After his busted a short stack’s 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.

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Level 4: 100/200/25
Flight A Entries: 89

Tim Kegel took a hit holding on a board. He had the middle end of the straight, but was second best to his opponent’s 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.

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Level 3: 50/100/25
Flight A Entries: 80

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.

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Level 2: 50/100
Flight A Entries: 71

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.