$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 120 of 797

Rami Mikhail is doing a lot of work to get deep in Event 1. He bagged up in Flight D but was not happy with his result then returned yesterday afternoon to try to bag bigger. Mikhail was one of two players to take advantage of the “best stack forward” format and improved from 32,500 to 123,000 coming into the day.

But he slid from the start and had to move all in for his final 28,000. Benjamin Thompkins called with the bigger stack and Mikhail crossed his fingers.

Mikhail:
Thompkins:

Mikhail found a good time for the rockets and they held on the to get some breathing room.

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 141 of 797

The pace was snappy at the start of Day 2 and we’ve lost more than a table of players in the first few minutes. We also had some double ups along the way.

Cheri Beatty commented she needed a few doubles to start the day and she picked up the first one. She open-shoved for 32,500 from the small blind and Alex Ribeiro called in the big.

Beatty:
Ribeiro:

Beatty had the dominating hand and faded the over card on the board for a double up.

On a nearby table, Alan Fink was all in for 30,500 with and Derek Bowers had him at risk with the outkicked . The likely chopped pot looked like it would go in Bowers favor after the flop. The turn changed nothing but Fink hit the gutshot wheel on the river to double.

It wasn’t good news for Jeremiah Williams on Table 6. The former Day 1 big stack was all in for 36,000 and racing with against . His opponent had the lead then virtually locked up the hand on the flop. Williams had four wheel outs to double and four chop outs to stay in the game but blanked the river to exit.

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 152 of 797

After a few moments delay to get everyone in their proper seats, cards are in the air for Day 2 of the $200,000 Guarantee Event 1.

There are 152 players remaining with 100 getting paid and the money bubble should get here around the time of the first break. Blind levels increase to 40 minutes for the rest of the tournament until they go into heads-up play.

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 152 of 797

The end of the weekend is here and so is the first event on the WPTDeepStacks series schedule. The opening flights are complete and today all remaining players come together as one to play down to the Event 1 champion.

The tournament drew 797 entries across six starting flights to put $397,500 up for grabs today. There are 152 players returning today but only 100 of them will take home a piece of that prize pool.

Erik Morian grabbed the overall chip lead at the end of Flight B and no one was able to catch him the rest of way. Flight A chip leader Corey Major held on to the second spot and only 12 players return with a stack over 200,000.

Other Day 2 notables include Wally Maddah, Steve Trizis, Andra Zachow, Cheri Beatty, and 2016 WPTDeepStacks Main Event champ Anthony Astarita.

They will return to the poker room at noon for the restart and continue on through the day until we have one player holding the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa guitar trophy.

Top ten returning stacks:

1. Erik Morian – 265,500 (66 bb)
2. Corey Major – 254,500 (64 bb)
3. Thomas Hunnicutt – 250,000 (63 bb)
4. Nicholas Luczyk – 247,000 (62 bb)
5. David Smith – 242,000 (61 bb)
6. Andrew Pacifico – 237,500 (59 bb)
7. Seth Templeton – 237,500 (59 bb)
8. Zachary Hammons – 234,500 (59 bb)
9. Susan MacPherson – 222,000 (56 bb)
10. Matthew Longfellow – 221,500 (55 bb)

Day 2 Chips | Day 2 Seats | Payouts

Primary Event Schedule

12PM: Event 1 Day 2 – $570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Event 1 Day 2 Chip Counts
• Event 1 Day 2 Table/Seat Assignments
• Event 1 Payouts

2PM: Event 2 – $250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $20,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 25,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 13
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 2 Structure Sheet

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 152 of 797

Flight A: 113 Entries, 22 Advanced
Flight B: 93 Entries, 18 Advanced
Flight C: 95 Entries, 17 Advanced
Flight D: 124 Entries, 22 Advanced
Flight E: 209 Entries, 43 Advanced
Flight F: 163 Entries, 30 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at 12pm

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 152 of 797

Flight A: 113 Entries, 22 Advanced
Flight B: 93 Entries, 18 Advanced
Flight C: 95 Entries, 17 Advanced
Flight D: 124 Entries, 22 Advanced
Flight E: 209 Entries, 43 Advanced
Flight F: 163 Entries, 30 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at 12pm

2018 WPTDeepStacks Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 1
$200,000 Guaranteed
$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 797
Prize Pool: $398,500
June 7-10, 2018

Registration closed on the opening event of the 2018 WPTDeepStack series and the turnout was great. The tournament combined to draw 797 entries to almost double the $200,000 guaranteed prize pool.

There will be $398,500 up for grabs with the last 100 spots getting paid. A min-cash is worth $803 for 100th place with the Event 1 champion walking away with $70,972 and the coveted Guitar Trophy.

1st: $70,972 + $1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event seat
2nd: $49,762
3rd: $32,118
4th: $23,757
5th: $18,121
6th: $14,374
7th: $11,902
8th: $9,466
9th: $7,098
10th – 12th: $5,842
13th – 15th: $4,630
16th – 18th: $3,835
19th – 21st: $3,151
22nd – 24th: $2,671
25th – 27th: $2,214
28th – 36th: $1,836
37th – 45th: $1,598
46th – 54th: $1,419
55th – 63rd: $1,280
64th – 72nd: $1,168
73rd – 81st: $1,061
82nd – 90th: $974
91st – 99th: $886
100th: $803

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Returning to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 123 of 634

Flight A: 113 Entries, 22 Advanced
Flight B: 93 Entries, 18 Advanced
Flight C: 95 Entries, 17 Advanced
Flight D: 124 Entries, 23 Advanced
Flight E: 209 Entries, 43 Advanced
Flight F: Underway
Day 2: Sunday at 12pm

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 100/200
Flight F Entries: 129 (Total Entries: 763)

Flight F players are just about through the fourth level of the day and a break is on the horizon. They are working hard to hit a $400,000 prize pool and we will keep an eye on it throughout the night.

We are wrapping up the live updates portion of the day but we will still be watching the major moments. We will post the prize pool information once registration is closed and follow that with Day 2 table/seat assignments when the night is through.

Tomorrow’s schedule:

12pm: Event 1 Day 2 playing down to a winner
2pm: Event 2 – $250 buy-in/$20,000 Guarantee Turbo trophy event