$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  42 of 398

As expected, there was a quick run to the payout desk after the start with the short stacks taking a shot to double or get paid since they did not have to worry about a money bubble anymore.

One name on the result list was a little surprising. Charles Honkonen came in with the second biggest stack but had to settle for a 45th place finish. From the looks of the stacks, Nick Ahmadi did a lot of the damage since he is now hovering around 700,000.

43rd: Frederick Goldberg – $1,055
44th: Neal David – $1,055
45th: Charles Honkonen – $1,055
46th: Sanjib Acharya – $930
47th: Ok Haselton – $930
48th: Robert Wuestner – $930
49th: John Haas – $930
50th: Aria Homayoun Nejad – $930
51st: Nick Carter – $930

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  50 of 398

On the second hand of the day, Manny Minaya opened to 20,000 from the cutoff and Nick Carter moved all in for 100,000 even on the button. The blinds folded and Minaya called.

Minaya:
Carter:

Carter had a suited ace trying to double up but missed the run out to exit in 51st place.

Manny Minaya – 676,000 (68 bb)
Nick Carter – Eliminated in 51st Place ($930)

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  51 of 398

Cards are back in the air for Day 2 of WPT Tampa Event 6 with 51 players remaining and just under four minutes remaining in Level 18.

When they hit Level 19, blinds will increase to 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante and the average stack 234,000 (23 bb). This will go fast at the start with everyone in the money and no bubble to sweat.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  51 of 398

Two starting flights of WPT Tampa Event 6 drew a combined 398 entries to the $600 buy-in tournament. They combined to put more than $200,000 in the prize pool and we are paying it all out today.

Each flight played down to the last 12.5% of the starting field and those players bagged up for a return today at 10 am in the money. Maurice Paradis bagged the chip lead at the end of Flight B with Charles Honkonen sitting in second.

Everyone today is guaranteed at least $930 but the goal is the $42,920 awaiting the winner at the end.

Cards go back in the air at the top of the hour and continue until we award another trophy.

Top 10 returning stacks:

1. Maurice Paradis – 758,000 (95 bb)
2. Charles Honkonen – 644,000 (81 bb)
3. Manny Minaya – 556,000 (70 bb)
4. Jason Kapoor – 484,000 (61 bb)
5. Nick Ahmadi – 448,000 (56 bb)
6. Olamide Otti – 438,000 (55 bb)
7. Christian Roberts – 390,000 (49 bb)
8. Bryan Hunter – 388,000 (49 bb)
9. Lawrence Eckhardt – 352,000 (44 bb)
10. Ronnie Day Jr – 351,000 (44 bb)

Day 2 Chips | Day 2 Seats | Payouts

Primary Event Schedule

10AM: Event 6 Day 2 – $600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Event 6 Day 2 Chip Counts
• Event 6 Day 2 Table and Seat Assignments
• Event 6 Payouts

11AM: Event 11 – $400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration available until the start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 11 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 12 – $1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration available until the start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 12 Structure Sheet

2PM: Event 10 Day 2 – $1,100 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

• Event 10 Day 2 Seats and Chip Counts
• Event 10 Payouts

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: $130 Event 12 Satellite (1-in-10)

• Satellite will be held in the Poker Room
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 6
• Structure Sheet

3PM: $400 Championship Mega Satellite (Re-Entry)

• Satellite will be held in the Poker Room
• 5 seats guaranteed into the WPT Tampa Championship
• Satellite winners will be entered into Flight A of the WPT Tampa Championship
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
• Structure Sheet

6PM: $400 Championship Mega Satellite (Re-Entry)

• 5 seats guaranteed into the WPT Tampa Championship
• Satellite winners will be entered into Flight A of the WPT Tampa Championship
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
• Structure Sheet

9PM: $250 Event 13 Satellite (1-in-10)

• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 6
• Structure Sheet

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  51 of 398

Flight A: 109 Entries; 14 Advanced
Flight B: 289 Entries; 37 Advanced
Day 2: Wednesday at 10 am

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  51 of 398

Flight A: 109 Entries; 14 Advanced
Flight B: 289 Entries; 37 Advanced
Day 2: Wednesday at 10 am

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  51 of 398

The WPT Tampa $600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em event drew 398 entries across two starting flights to create a total prizepool worth $208,950. All 51 players who survived to Day 2 will finish in the money, guaranteed to earn at least $930 each, while first prize is worth $42,920 and a WPT Tampa trophy.

2021 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 6
$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  398
Prize Pool:  $208,950
June 14-16, 2021

1st:  $42,920 + Trophy
2nd:  $30,080
3rd:  $19,340
4th:  $12,870
5th:  $9,905
6th:  $8,200
7th:  $6,885
8th:  $5,590
9th:  $4,295
10th-12th:  $3,615
13th-15th:  $3,030
16th-18th:  $2,485
19th-21st:  $2,070
22nd-24th:  $1,740
25th-27th:  $1,450
28th-36th:  $1,180
37th-45th:  $1,055
46th-51st:  $930

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  37 of 289

Flight B came to an end with 3:45 remaining in Level 18, with blinds at 4,000-8,000 and an 8,000 ante. Since this was earlier than Flight A, this is where action will resume at the start of Day 2.

Here are the official chip counts for the 37 survivors from Flight B, with Maurice Paradis leading the pack with 758,000.

The Day 2 seat draw will be posted later tonight, along with the prizepool. Day 2 begins tomorrow (Wednesday) at 10:00 am.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  37 of 289

With the field one spot away from hand-for-hand on the Money Bubble (which was also the end-of-day bubble), Justin Haas down to just 15,000 in chips, and he would be forced all in from the big blind if/when it reached him.

That’s when Aria Homayoun Nejad got it all in from middle position for 92,000 with , and his opponent turned over in the hijack — a cooler situation so close to the Money Bubble.

The board came , and Homayoun Nejad won the pot with a flopped set of aces to double up in chips, knocking his opponent all the way down to just 12,000 in chips — this player would also be forced all in from the big blind in five hands.

Aria Homayoun Nejad  –  224,000  (28 bb)

A short while later, Charles Honkonen limped from middle position for 8,000 at another table, the player in the small blind moved all in for about 110,000, and Honkonen called with . His opponent turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Honkonen flopped a full house, fours full of jacks, to eliminate his opponent in 39th place.

Charles Honkonen  –  644,000  (81 bb)

At that point, the hands in progress would play to conclusion so the field could begin hand-for-hand play.

But one of those hands that was in progress had the player who ran kings into aces all in against four other players. As you might expect, the other four players checked all the way down, and when the hands were revealed, the short stack was eliminated in 38th place, bursting the Money Bubble before hand-for-hand play even began.

Meanwhile, the short stack everyone had originally been waiting for, John Haas, survived the flight with his 15,000.

The remaining 37 players began bagging up their chips for Day 2, where they will join the 14 survivors from Day 1A to play down to a winner. Every player that survived to Day 2 will finish in the money, and the prizepool and payouts will be posted later tonight.

Stay tuned for official chip counts from this Day 1B flight.