2022 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 8
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  296
Prize Pool:  $99,160
August 28, 2022

Michael Hermoza topped the field in Event 8 to take home the WPT Trophy and first-place prize worth $21,890. Here is what he had to say right after the victory: “I’m from Colombia, so I just traveled here to start living in New York so this is a very high experience. I played down in Miami, in the opening event I came 27th, so I see that it’s a very good tournament to play so I decided to come here to Tampa.”

“I actually knocked out seven players at the final table, and when it got down to three-handed play I had some really easy decisions most of the time. I did good things at the final table, I never felt too much pressure, I just won my hands and the ICM is very important in these situations,” said Hermoza when he was asked about his journey through the final table.

Hermoza also mentioned that he was inspired by his recent success at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open to make the trip down here to Tampa. “This whole chain of casinos are really, really good. Miami was amazing, and here the structure of the tournaments was really, really nice. I never felt the pressure of the blinds. It doesn’t matter what the price of the buy-in is, they do really good things. And know I’m going to play some more events,” said Hermoza.

Here is a look at the final table results for the event:

And here are the results from earlier tonight:

10th: Timothy Diederich – $1,850
11th: Brian Britton – $1,850
12th: Julio Novo – $1,850
13th: Brent Ballentine – $1,570
14th: Ali Farik – $1,570
15th: Spencer Sanchez – $1,570
16th: Philip Starner – $1,310
17th: Michael Mestey – $1,310
18th: Cathy Schenone – $1,310
19th: Patrick McConnell – $1,070
20th: Michael Jimenez – $1,070
21st: Shawn Pecora – $1,070
22nd: Timothy Turner – $860
23rd: Steven Queen – $860
24th: Barbara Cardin – $860
25th: Jakob Parks – $760
26th: Robert Brandl – $760
27th: Jerome Bocquet – $760
28th: Nicholas Visconti – $670
29th: Jason Kaplan – $670
30th: Eric Valerio – $670
31st:  Lisa Karl – $670
32nd: Samm Wiggins – $670
33rd: Vincent Censabella – $670
34th: John Disantis – $670
35th: Phillip Krnyaichi – $670
36th: Michael Guzzardi – $670
37th: Phillip Theard – $600

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante

The final nine players have taken their seats at the final table for Event 8, and here is a look at the seat draw with chip counts:

Seat 1: Daniel Couzens – 985,000
Seat 2: Harvey Shifrin – 475,000
Seat 3: Richard Lyon – 305,000
Seat 4: Chun Wang – 890,000
Seat 5: Alex Vazquez – 400,000
Seat 6: Nick Ahmazi – 160,000
Seat 7: Raymond Parks – 625,000
Seat 8: Brad Jarrett – Eliminated in Ninth Place ($2,190)
Seat 9: Michael Hermoza – 1,350,000

Here is the remaining prize pool up for grabs:

1st: $21,890 + WPT Trophy
2nd: $15,370
3rd: $9,890
4th: $6,170
5th: $4,760
6th: $3,950
7th: $3,320
8th: $2,730

2022 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 8
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  296
Prize Pool:  $99,160
August 28, 2022

We had a huge turnout of the Sunday one-day event with 296 entries in the $400 No Limit Hold’em tournament. It began with a $20,000 guarantee but they nearly quintupled that when they settled on a prize pool worth $99,160.

The last 37 players will make some money later this evening with $600 for a min-cash and $21,890 for the Event 8 champ.

1st: $21,890 + WPT Trophy
2nd: $15,370
3rd: $9,890
4th: $6,170
5th: $4,760
6th: $3,950
7th: $3,320
8th: $2,730
9th: $2,190
10th-12th: $1,850
13th-15th: $1,570
16th-18th: $1,310
19th-21st: $1,070
22nd-24th: $860
25th-27th: $760
28th-36th: $670
37th: $600

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

There’s nothing real fancy about Event 8 at 1 pm; nice buy-in with big money and a trophy at the end. It is a $400 No Limit Hold’em with a $20,000 guaranteed prize pool and one-day structure to find a winner later this evening.

They’ll start with 20,000 in chips and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 5:30 pm and they may re-enter as often as needed during that time. There is a 40-minute dinner break scheduled at 7:30 pm and they will come back to find our next champ.

• $20,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration available until start of Level 9 (5:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 8 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

10AM: Event 7 – $400 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 12,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration available until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 7 Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 1 Day 2 – $600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Event 1 Day 2 Chip Counts
• Event 1 Day 2 Table and Seat Assignments
• Event 1 Payouts

1PM: Event 8 – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $20,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration available until start of Level 9 (5:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 8 Structure Sheet

4PM: Event 9 Day 1 – $1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-12 last 30 minutes; Levels 13+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (9:00pm)
• Day 1 will end after Level 15 or tournament director discretion
• Event 9 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 10 – $400 Turbo Mixed PLO (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration available until start of Level 9 (8:55pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 10 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

11AM: $140 Event 9 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 1-in-10 win a seat into $1,100/$50,000 GTD Event 9
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (1:10pm)
• Structure Sheet

8PM: $150 Event 13 Turbo Satellite (1-in-5)

• 1-in-5 win a seat into $600/$30,000 GTD Event 9
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:10pm)
• Structure Sheet