2022 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 16
$400 Seniors 50+ (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 317
Prize Pool: $106,195
August 31, 2022
Jeffrey Nemes topped the field in the Senior Event tonight to take home the WPT Trophy along with the top prize worth $20,383 after a three-way chop to end play. Here is what he had to say after the victory tonight.
“This was a grind, but because I’m in my late 50s I guess I can only play in Seniors events (laughs), that’s what I’ve been telling everybody. It was great players tonight, card dead all day, but I held out. But when I got to the final table I couldn’t miss, and it worked out in my favor. That’s exactly how it went,” said Nemes.
“My wife is my poker coach, we live, eat, and breath poker, we play all the time, and we love the game. We will back in a couple days,” said Nemes about his supportive rail bird during the late stages of the tournament.
“We play at all the Hard Rock properties, we mostly go to Fort Lauderdale because it’s closer, but they treat us very well here, we had a great room, and the improvements that they’ve made at the property are great. But I have to say that the tournament staff and floor staff here are outstanding. The dealers are great, not one problem, they know the rules, they keep a tight ship, and that’s what makes the game a pleasure, the staff handles it,” said the Naples, FL resident Nemes about his tournament experience a little north of home up here in Tampa.
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeffrey | Nemes | $20,383* +WPT Trophy |
| 2 | Stevie | Tziris | $15,872* |
| 3 | Anthony | De Cresci | $13,450* |
| 4 | Joan | Delker | $6,600 |
| 5 | Ben | Smith | $5,090 |
| 6 | Paul | Bright | $4,220 |
| 7 | John | Burdin | $3,540 |
| 8 | Jennifer | Longwood | $2,910 |
| 9 | Alan | Abramson | $2,310 |
*: Denotes the payouts decided upon in a three-way chop.
And here are the rest of the final results:
10th: Michael Slate – $1,940
11th: Herbert Turner – $1,940
12th: Ebrahim Figueroa Noboa – $1,940
13th: Michael Brown – $1,650
14th: Charles Eison – $1,650
15th: Victoria Ondis – $1,650
16th: Tom Nguyen – $1,380
17th: William Linderman – $1,380
18th: Trevilynn Blakeslee – $1,380
19th: Christian Bayer – $1,130
20th: Dennis Asbel – $1,130
21st: Kristine Glassman – $1,130
22nd: Michael Halprin – $920
23rd: Lisa Karl – $920
24th: Stacy Matin – $920
25th: Christopher Stoltzfus – $800
26th: Andrew Marks – $800
27th: Gary Brudner – $800
28th: Marsha Wolak – $680
29th: Michael King – $680
30th: Sylvia Bernstein – $680
31st: Anthony Palumbo – $680
32nd: Michael Cohen – $680
33rd: Julio Delgado Reyes – $680
34th: Pasquale Hudson – $680
35th: James Schwamman – $680
36th: Andrew Palace – $680
37th: Robert Tannenbaum – $560
38th: David Thomas – $560
39th: Vladimir Gekhter – $560
40th: Paul Morin – $560
in the hole, and Michael G. Brown had him covered holding 
on the button.
, and Brown stacked up 483,000 after collecting the pot.
from the small blind, and Sylvia Bernstein had him covered holding 
on the button.
, and Brudner doubled up to survive with 72,000. Bernstein was down to 59,000 after the hand.
