$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 75/150 with a 25 ante
Flight C Entries: 169 (Total Entries: 514)

The defending champion is back in the house. Rex Clinkscales came to town yesterday to defend his WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event title from last year but his day did not end well. He’s back in the room this afternoon with a rested mind and stacks out front.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 75/150
Flight C Entries: 163 (Total Entries: 508)

Level 3 has come to an end and Flight C players are enjoying taking some time away from the tables. They crossed the 500 combined entry mark early in the afternoon and it will continue to climb until registration closes at 6:30pm.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 75/150
Flight C Entries: 145 (Total Entries: 490)

We didn’t see when the chips went in the middle at Table 5 but we heard when the matter was settled. Austin L, wishing to remain mostly anonymous at this point, was all in for 25,525 and Robert Ortiz had him at risk.

Austin:
Ortiz:

Austin was in great shape for a double starting stack and nothing happened on the flop. Ortiz turned a two-out for the set and potential bad bead but Austin returned the favor on the river to take the pot.

Austin L – 52,000
Robert Ortiz – 12,000

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 75/150
Flight C Entries: 138

We are two levels into the day and we located our reigning Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year.

Nathan Papp earned that honor after a first and second place finish in two Immokalee Main Events including a win in the WPTDeepStacks series in September of 2016. His winner package included a seat in ten different Seminole Hard Rock Poker Main Events/Championships and this is the ninth. Papp will wrap up in his POY tour in August during the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 50/100
Flight C Entries: 129

The rest of the poker room is slowing waking as the cash tables begin to fill but the tournament side has already filled most of their tables. We still have a bit to go before the next big number but we’re getting there as we move into the afternoon hours.

Marie Harrell made her return to the Main Event after a tough run in the opening flight. She fell short of a Day 2 bag and back trying to make her way to her second WPTDeepStacks final table.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 25/50
Flight C Entries: 107

We had 72 entries at the start of the day and more than 100 before the first half hour was complete. We are watching and waiting for entry number 268 to double up the $300,000 Guarantee into a $600,000 prize pool.

Ory Hen is firing another round trying to make it through to Day 2. The multiple SHRP champ is also a former Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year. Hen had a great run in 2015 to top the leaderboard and add to his South Florida poker legend.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 25/50
Flight C Entries: 72

The player instructions were issued and cards are in the air for the final flight of the WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event with 72 souls in the game at the start.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 25/50

The dealers are ready to go and the early entry players are milling around the poker room waiting to kick off the final flight of the $300,000 Guarantee WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event. The prize pool crossed over the guarantee early yesterday and today we expect to push to nearly double that amount.

The $1,100 buy-in tournament a combined 345 entries over the first two flights and Saturday afternoon in the poker room should be hopping.

Each entrant will sit down to a 25,000 deep starting stack and all levels last 40 minutes. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 6:30pm, closing down new entries into the Main Event for good. They will play through 15 full levels and survivors will bag up for a Day 2 return tomorrow joining the 66 that advanced from the first two flights.

We’re set to go, now we need to get cards in the air.

• $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 25,000 in chips
• All levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration available until start of Level 10
• Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
• Main Event Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1C – $1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event

• $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 25,000 in chips
• All levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration available until start of Level 10
• Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
• Main Event Structure Sheet

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Returning to Level 16: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 66 of 345

Flight A: 189 Entries, 36 Advanced
Flight B: 156 Entries, 30 Advanced
Flight C: Saturday at 11am
Day 2: Sunday at 12pm