2022 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 12
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  1,146
Prize Pool:  $383,910
August 29-31, 2022

Carlos Rodriguez won the top prize worth $55,085 and the WPT Trophy as the champion of Event 12 here in Tampa tonight as the results of a two-way chop against another Carlos with the last name Loving. Here is what Rodriguez had to say after the win.

“This my first WPT trophy, this is really a big thing for me. This is my second trophy overall, and my first one was at the Hard Rock in Hollywood. The field was tough, and this is a pretty complicated tournament because you have to grind and grind and grind,” said Rodriguez.

“At the final table when I could just play my game I’m known for chipping up very, very fast. I was very happy that the other Carlos and I ended heads-up. He’s a nice guy, he knows me, and I have respect for him, he’s a good player,” said Rodriguez when he was asked about his journey at the final table.

“Oh yes, I’m here for the rest of the series, the whole way through, I’m free running it (laughs). It’s very, very nice here, the food is good, and I always have a good time when I come here to Tampa. The Hard Rock in Hollywood is my home, my poker room, but whenever you go out you like to find something new,” said Rodriguez when he was asked about his plans for the tournament series.

*: Denotes the payouts decided by the two-way chop to end play.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30: 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 1,146

Here is a look at the most recent list of results from Event 12 as they play deep into the money on the final day of the tournament.

5th: Walt Rossi – $17,900
6th: Nicholas Visconti – $13,760
7th: Gus Kalathakis – $10,700
8th: Stephen Johnson – $8,410
9th: Jack Rush – $6,690
10th: Robert Taylor – $5,380
11th: Walter Thornton – $5,380
12th: Mark Dickstein – $5,380
13th: Richard Ogle – $4,380
14th: Richard Kincaid – $4,380
15th: Elias Kiwan – $4,380
16th: Shane Melert – $3,610
17th: Marvin Karlins – $3,610
18th: Aaron Klausman – $3,610

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 1,146

The final nine players have taken their seat the final table of Event 18, and here is a look at the seat draw with chip counts.

Seat 1: Jack Rush – 670,000
Seat 2: Stephen Johnson – 1,380,000
Seat 3: Gus Kalathakis – 730,000
Seat 4:  Sean Lockwood – 4,670,000
Seat 5: Carlos Rodriguez – 5,200,000
Seat 6: Michael Jagroo – 2,020,000
Seat 7: Walt Rossi – 1,830,000
Seat 8: Carlos Loving – 3,300,000
Seat 9: Nichaolas Visconti – 1,030,000

Here is a look at the remaining prize pool up for grabs:

1st: $53,920 + WPT Trophy
2nd: $35,950
3rd: $25,500
4th: $18,510
5th: $13,760
6th: $10,480
7th: $8,190
8th: $6,560
9th: $5,390

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 1,146

Marvin Karlins got all in with from the hijack, but Carlos Rodriguez had him covered holding from late position.

The board was dealt , and Karlins was eliminated on the hand. Rodriguez stacked up 1.85 million after collecting the pot.

Marvin Karlins – 1,850,000 (37 bb)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 1,146

Here is a look at the most recent list of results from Event 12 as they play deep into the money on the final day of the tournament.

19th: James Farnsworth – $3,010
20th: Gerald Dunn – $3,010
21st: James Zannone – $3,010

22nd: Jakob Parks – $2,540
23rd: Christopher Calhoun – $2,540
24th: Gerard Sukhram – $2,540

25th: Steven Young – $2,170
26th: Lamont Townsend – $2,170
27th: Ruben Costa – $2,170

28th: Maurice Paradis – $1,870
29th: Joseph Henry – $1,870
30th: Steve Karp – $1,870

31st: Joao Figueiredo – $1,640
32nd: Jamiel Asghar – $1,640
33rd: Chris Perry – $1,640

34th: Dante Collier – $1,460
35th: Brian Johnson – $1,460
36th: Michael Collins – $1,460

37th: William Henderson – $1,310
38th: Donnie Phan – $1,310
39th: Leonard Demchak – $1,310
40th: Christopher Wilson – $1,310
41st: Eric Siegel – $1,310
42nd: Carl Zalak – $1,310
43rd: Timothy Burden – $1,310
44th: Brian Britton – $1,310
45th: John Weber – $1,310

46th: Kelley Slay – $1,190
47th: Gary Elliott – $1,190
48th: Adam Midowicz – $1,190
49th: Tam Nguyen – $1,190
50th: Trevor Phelps – $1,190
51st: John Wolfe – $1,190
52nd: Jacob Naumann – $1,190
53rd: Eric Roberts – $1,190
54th: Nicolas Egarhos – $1,190

55th: Daniel Tanco – $1,100
56th: Robert Panetta Jr – $1,100
57th: Alec Bradlow – $1,100
58th: Luke Blindert – $1,100
59th: Kevin Blewitt – $1,100
60th: Shanmukha Meruga – $1,100
61st: Kilen Nhoung – $1,100
62nd: Norman Michalek – $1,100
63rd: Nicholas Martz – $1,100

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 20,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 1,146

Stephen Johnson was all in with in the hole from the small blind, and the button had him covered holding .

The board ran out , and Johnson stacked up 650,000 after collecting the pot.

Stephen Johnson – 650,000 (16 bb)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 20,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 1,146

Walt Rossi raised to 65,000 from middle position preflop, the cutoff moved all in for 560,000, and Rossi called to cover him. The two players then flipped over their cards.

Rossi:
Cutoff:

Board:

Rossi took out his opponent to stack up 1.18 million after the hand.

Walt Rossi – 1,180,000 (39 bb)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 54 of 1,146

While the players were on break, we tracked down another group of results from the payout desk. Among the recent group we found Ray St Jacques’s storybook comeback falling short and Luz Sanchez was sent out when her aces were cracked by queens.

64th: Ray St Jacques Carrion – $1,030
65th: Rachel Usack – $1,030
66th: Ashraf Ibrahim – $1,030
67th: Donald Beysiegel – $1,030
68th: Michael Tweedlie – $1,030
69th: Lucas Tae – $1,030
70th: Edward Compton – $1,030
71st: Luz Sanchez – $1,030
72nd: Patrick Murphy – $1,030

73rd: Adam Zeltser – $970
74th: Michael Guzzardi – $970
75th: Michael Bickford – $970
76th: Christopher Brown – $970
77th: Blancy Mitchell – $970
78th: Stephen Ippolito – $970
79th: Michael Noor – $970
80th: David Sideri – $970
81st: Stephen Sandoval – $970

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 54 of 1,146

Tournament sent the remaining six tables on a 15-minute break while the orange 1K chips were taken out of play and the 100K bumblebee chips were introduced.

Sean Lockwood is back at the top of the counts and leads the field with 1,170,000. Gerard Sukhram began the day in sixth place on the chip count list but is now second with 995,000 followed by Chris Calhoun with 900,000.

Players were informed that they will play three more levels (two hours) before they will take a 40-minute dinner break.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 63 of 1,146

Catching up on the results, we tracked down another group of those who cashed but fell short of the title.

82nd: Timothy Diedrich – $940
83rd: John Doyle – $940
84th: Phillip Krnyaich – $940
85th: Lynn Nemes – $940
86th: Joseph De Lucia – $940
87th: Jonathan Johns – $940
88th: Roman Ilin – $940
89th: Kumar Kantamaneni – $940
90th: Hung Tran – $940

91st: Parker Bennett – $910
92nd: Robert Aleman – $910
93rd: Oleg Marchenko – $910
94th: Austin Sullivan – $910
95th: Paul Lenkeit – $910
96th: Ernest Perry – $910
97th: Minh Phan – $910
98th: Dante Cianfarra – $910
99th: Frank Menedez – $910