$1,650 Mega Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 12 of 59
Tony March
Action folded to Russell Jaicks in the small blind and he raised to 7,500. Tony March moved all in for 71,500 from the big blind and Jaicks put his thinking hat on.
“I don’t mind losing to you,” Jaicks said before calling.
Jaicks: March:
“Oh no,” March said. “You know what’s coming.”
“Oh Tony I’m sorry,” Jaicks said as the board ran out to crack March’s kings with a nine-high straight.
Russell Jaicks – 241,000 (80 bb) Tony March – Eliminated
$1,650 Mega Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 13: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante Players Remaining: 13 of 59
Two-Tabling Tony March
Of the four new entries today, only three made it through the early parts of the restart. Tony March doubled when he sent fellow new entrant Jared Shipley out on the very first hand. Jordan Joeckel and Victor Wasik also failed to run up their 40,000 stacks while returning short-stacked Tom Gralton hit the rail as well.
Table 10 Seat 1: Mario De La Puente Seat 2: — Empty — Seat 3: Karl Manouchakian Seat 4: Stephen Brite Seat 5: Guy Ward Seat 6: Rodney Turvin Seat 7: Abdelouahed Bouanani Seat 8: Anthony Astarita Seat 9: — Empty —
Table 11 Seat 1: Steven Rash Seat 2: Joseph Orsino Seat 3: Aric Pluskat Seat 4: — Empty — Seat 5: — Empty — Seat 6: Woodrow Pass Seat 7: Russell Jaicks Seat 8: Tony March Seat 9: — Empty —
$1,650 Mega Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 13: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante Players Remaining: 17 of 59
With the start of action on Day 2, registration officially closed on Event 5 with 59 entries. There was a bit of an overlay and they will play it out for the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool. The last six spots will be paid with $6,000 for a min-cash and the Event 5 champ takes home $39,000 plus the guitar trophy.
2019 Seminole Hard Rock WPTDeepStacks Tampa Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 5 $1,650 Mega Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed Entries: 59 Prize Pool: $100,000 June 9-10, 2019
$1,650 Mega Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 13: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante Players Remaining: 17 of 59
Cards are back in the air for Day 2 of Event 5 and we had four new players enter before registration closed. Jordan Joeckel, Jared Shipley, Victor Wasik, and Tony March are new to the tournament. March is doing double duty this afternoon, he still has a stack in Flight A of Event 7 and two-tabling the tournaments.
Updated lineup:
Table 10 Seat 1: Mario De La Puente – 484,000 (194 bb) Seat 2: Victor Wasik – 40,000 (16 bb) Seat 3: Karl Manouchakian – 145,500 (58 bb) Seat 4: Stephen Brite – 103,500 (41 bb) Seat 5: Guy Ward – 41,000 (16 bb) Seat 6: Rodney Turvin – 104,000 (42 bb) Seat 7: Abdelouahed Bouanani – 187,500 (75 bb) Seat 8: Anthony Astarita – 222,500 (89 bb) Seat 9: — Empty —
Table 11 Seat 1: Steven Rash – 117,500 (47 bb) Seat 2: Joseph Orsino – 179,500 (72 bb) Seat 3: Aric Pluskat – 42,000 (17 bb) Seat 4: Thomas Gralton – 24,500 (10 bb) Seat 5: Jordan Joeckel – 40,000 (16 bb) Seat 6: Woodrow Pass – 288,000 (115 bb) Seat 7: Russell Jaicks – 268,000 (107 bb) Seat 8: Tony March – 40,000 (16 bb) Seat 9: Jared Shipley – 40,000 (16 bb)
$1,650 Mega Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 13: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante Players Remaining: 13 of 55
Mario De La Puente
Event 5 is ready to restart for Day 2 and we’ll find out shortly exactly how many entered the tournament. The halted play on Day 1 after Level 12 and registration remained open overnight. It drew 55 entries yesterday with a few more needed to hit the $100,000 Guarantee on the $1,650 buy-in tournament.
Mario De La Puente is way out front but there’s a lot of talent in the 13 remaining players.
Once we know the identities of any new entrants, we will update the seat draw and have some payout information.
Table 10 Seat 1: Mario De La Puente – 484,000 (194 bb) Seat 2: — Empty — Seat 3: Karl Manouchakian – 145,500 (58 bb) Seat 4: Stephen Brite – 103,500 (41 bb) Seat 5: Guy Ward – 41,000 (16 bb) Seat 6: Rodney Turvin – 104,000 (42 bb) Seat 7: Abdelouahed Bouanani – 187,500 (75 bb) Seat 8: Anthony Astarita – 222,500 (89 bb) Seat 9: — Empty —
$1,650 Mega Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure Return to Level 13: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante Players Remaining: 13 of 55
Mario De La Puente
Day 1 of WPTDeepStacks Tampa Event 5 came to an end with 13 players remaining of the 55 who entered today. Registration is still open for the $1,650 buy-in tournament until the restart on Monday at 2 pm, so there’s plenty of time to get in the game for what might turn into an overlay on the $100,000 Guarantee.
Event 2 champion Mario De La Puente has a huge lead for the return with his 484,000 nearly 200K more than second place Woodrow Pass. We still have some talent in the field who will not give up including Karl Manouchakian, Joseph Orsino, and 2016 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event champion Anthony Astarita.
Below you can find the current table and seat assignments. If more than five players enter before the restart, there will be a three-table redraw before cards go in the air. We will also publish the prize pool and payout information as soon as it is available on Monday afternoon.
Event 5 gets back underway at 2 pm and we will track them throughout until we have a champion.
Table 10 Seat 1: Mario De La Puente – 484,000 (194 bb) Seat 2: — Empty — Seat 3: Karl Manouchakian – 145,500 (58 bb) Seat 4: Stephen Brite – 103,500 (41 bb) Seat 5: Guy Ward – 41,000 (16 bb) Seat 6: Rodney Turvin – 104,000 (42 bb) Seat 7: Abdelouahed Bouanani – 187,500 (75 bb) Seat 8: Anthony Astarita – 222,500 (89 bb) Seat 9: — Empty —
While WPTDeepStacks Tampa Event 1 plays down in the Poker Room, we have another big game kicking off as well at 2 pm. Event 5 has the biggest buy-in of the entire series and the $1,650 price tag gets you a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool, two-day structure, and late registration until the start of Day 2.
The Mega Stack players will start with 40,000 out front and all levels last 40 minutes long until they reach heads-up play. They will continue playing it out today until the end of Level 12 and survivors will bag up for a Day 2 return on Monday. Once they restart the game, registration will close and we’ll know how much is up for grabs.
We’ll one eye on them throughout the day and wrap it up when they are done.
$100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 40,000 in chips with 40-minute levels
Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Day 2
Day 1 will end after Level 12 or Tournament Director discretion
to crack March’s kings with a nine-high straight.
