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 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 11: 1,500/3,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 14 of 36

The Event 2 players will take a 30-minute dinner break when Level 11 comes to an end and that will conclude our updates for the Limit Omaha 8. It was a fun start to the one-day events and will we post the complete results first thing in the morning.

$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

$360 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 9: 1,000/2,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 23 of 36

Registration closes on the first one-day event of the tournament and the Limit Omaha/8 game drew 36 entries to create a prize pool worth $10,800. The last four spots will be paid with a min-cash worth $1,404 while the winner will take home $4,752 along with the WPTDeepStacks Tampa guitar trophy.

2019 Seminole Hard Rock WPTDeepStacks Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 2
$360 Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries: 36
Prize Pool: $10,800
June 5, 2019

1st: $4,752 + Guitar trophy
2nd: $2,700
3rd: $1,944
4th: $1,404

$360 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 8: 800/1,600 Limits
Entries: 35

Level 8 has come to an end in the Limit Omaha 8 tournament and players are taking another break. There are 35 entries in so far and registration will close when they return.

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

Flight A of Event 1 is nearing an end to its day and now we kick off the second flight of the day. The 11am session drew 106 entries for a great start and we expect another nice crowd this evening.

The $360 buy-in tournament features a $250,000 guaranteed prize pool and seven starting flights. Players start with 20,000 stacks and 30-minute levels from start to finish. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 around 10:25pm and they will continue playing through 14 full levels. Those with chips at that time will put them in a bag for a Day 2 return on Sunday.

They will get underway shortly and try to join the Flight A survivors.

• $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 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 29 of 106

The last break of Flight A is complete and a closer look at the stacks found the biggest. Kenneth James returned to a stack worth 163,000 but there are more than a few in the neighborhood.

They have three more levels to play today before bagging up.

$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 36 of 106

Flight A is about to take its final break of the day not long after dropping down to 36 players remaining at four tables.

We’ll take a longer look at the stacks once they depart the area but right now it appears Edward Kane leads the way with 137,500 with three more levels to go.