$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight C Entries: 75 (Total Entries: 274)

Tanner Enoch is the most recent player to build a stack and he did it quickly. Sitting in the small blind with 20,200 and a nice hand, Enoch watched one player ship all in followed by the short-stacked button calling the shove.

Enoch had to be pleased after he watched all this go down with in his hand. The bigger stack had , the shorter stack had and their was barely a sweat on the . He sent one player out, doubled through the other, and moved up to 76,000 at the midpoint of the day.

$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight C Entries: 75 (Total Entries: 260)

Flight C returned from their first break of the day as the entry count hit 75 for the day. It is on pace to top the 106 from Flight A to be the biggest so far.

We found two big stacks during the break but waiting to report of the leader. Sitting at Table 14, one player is sitting with 67,000 but has yet to return. We’ll track down our leader when they return but our second biggest stack is familiar. Previously mentioned Tom Nguyen has 65,000 after four levels for a nice boost to his 20,000 starting stack.

$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight C Entries: 54 (Total Entries: 239)

This is the fourth year we have hosted the WPTDeepStacks Tampa series and all three of our former Main Event champions made great runs to earn the title.

Anthony Astarita is back with us today and he was the first to capture the title. He outlasted 538 others to take home more than $130,000 for the win back in 2016. Astarita made a valiant effort to win another and has cashed in every WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event since the beginning.

2016: Anthony Astarita
2017: Rex Clinkscales
2018: Quentin Jones
2019: ?????

$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 100/100 with a 100 ante
Flight C Entries: 47 (Total Entries: 232)

After a mellow start to the day, we’re seeing more players join as we head towards the afternoon hours. We are closing on 50 entries after the first level and they continue to push their way towards the $250,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Local regular Tom Nguyen took his seat this morning and he can add to an already impressive list of accomplishments. He has over $500,000 in reported live tournament earnings with a handful of SHR Tampa wins. Nguyen picked up the biggest score of his career last August when he final tabled the SHRPO Hollywood Big 4 $2,650 tournament earning nearly $63,000.

$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight C Entries: 29

After a short delay to get everyone settled, Flight C of the opening event is underway with 29 entries and many more expected before registration closes at approximately 3:30 pm.

$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

The 2019 WPTDeepStacks Tampa series kicked off yesterday with a successful first day. The first two flights of Event 1 drew a combined 185 entries and we will add a bunch more today over the next two. Flight C starts at 11 am in the Poker Room, the third of seven starting flights, with another running at 6 pm.

The $360 buy-in tournament features a $250,000 guaranteed prize pool which will be matched at some point this weekend.

Entrants will sit down to 20,000 deep starting stacks and all tournament levels will last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 around 3:25 pm and they will wrap up their day after Level 14. Survivors will bag up their stacks and join the other 29 players who booked a seat for Day 2 on Sunday.

Chip counts through Flight B

• $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips with 30-minute levels
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 29 of 185

Flight A: 106 Entries; 17 Advanced
Flight B: 79 Entries; 12 Advanced
Flight C: Thursday at 11 am
Flight D: Thursday at 6 pm
Flight E: Friday at 11 am
Flight F: Friday at 6 pm
Flight G: Saturday at 11 am

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1 Day 1C – $360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips with 30-minute levels
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

2PM: Event 3 – $360 Pot Limit Omaha 8/Big O (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 3 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 1 Day 1D – $360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips with 30-minute levels
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight B Entries: 79

Registration closed on Flight B, the second of seven starting flights for Event 1, and it drew 79 entries to put the combined total at 185 with five more chances to enter. The next two flights run on Thursday at 11am and 6pm.

Chip counts through Flight A

$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 17 of 106

Play has come to an end for Flight A with 17 players remaining of the starting 106. Mark Zhang made a big move late and bagged the lead with 263,000 for his Day 2 return. Zhang is followed by Andrew Boccia (235,000) and Israr Khan (212,000) as the only other players over 200K.

We will post the full Flight A chip counts as soon as they are available.

Top five Flight A stacks:

1. Mark Zhang – 263,000
2. Andrew Boccia – 235,000
3. Israr Khan – 212,000
4. Neal Cooke – 193,000
5. Kenneth James – 159,000