$5,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante Remaining Players: 10 of 77 entries
Michael Rossitto
The final ten players made it to the end of Day 1 in Event 32 when the money bubble burst, and they all will all take home at least $11,210 when Day 2 begins tomorrow at 2 pm. Blinds will begin at 3,000-5,000 with a 5,000 ante for the start of Level 16.
Michael Rossitto was the chip leader at the end of play with a stack of 339,000. Here is a look at the seat draw with chip counts for when cards get into the air tomorrow:
Table 1 Seat 1: AJ Kelsall – 95,000 Seat 2: James Calderaro – 143,000 (button) Seat 6: Justin Saliba – 178,000 Seat 7: Stephen Song – 141,000 Seat 8: Michael Rossitto – 339,000
Table 2 Seat 1: Jennifer Shahade – 58,000 Seat 2: Pablo Camp – 74,000 Seat 3: Justin Zaki – 53,000 (button) Seat 4: Javier Zarco – 124,000 Seat 5: James Collopy – 124,000
$5,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante Remaining Players: 12 of 77 entries
Michael Rossitto
Michael Rossitto is the chip leader down the stretch with just 12 players remaining in Event 32, and the top ten will cash for at least $11,210. Rossitto holds 298,000 to pace the field with 99 big blinds.
2022 WPT Tampa Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 30 $10,000 High Roller (Re-Entry) Entries: 62 Prize Pool: $595,200 September 5, 2022
Clemen Deng
Clemen Deng won the WPT Trophy along with $158,778 thanks to a three-way chop in a talented high roller field in Event 30 this evening in Tampa. Here’s what he had to say after the win: “It feels great, It’s pretty surreal. We chopped it three ways but it’s pretty crazy. It’s my first $10k ever, besides the Main.”
“I want to be playing with the best in a few years, so I really enjoy this and putting my skills to the test,” said Deng when he was asked why he likes playing in the higher buy-in tournaments.
Deng had a group of friends on his rail near the end of play, and when he was asked about their support tonight he replied, “Yeah, definitely they made it fun. Maybe celebrate with them after this, but I might play in the $5k maybe. But sometimes you want to just chill too.”
“I came in with the chip lead and I just ran really hot initially. I lost a few pots and then just chilled until we were three-handed. I just ran really well, and won the all-ins, and that’s how you do it,” said Deng when he was asked about his journey through the final table today.
And in response to the last question about what he enjoys about coming to play tournaments here in Tampa, Deng said, “I like the people here, just being in the live environment. I don’t play live poker too much, so it’s nice just chatting with all the pros, especially in the $10k, just seeing what they do, and they just all know each other,”
Place
First Name
Last Name
Prize Payout
1
Clemen
Deng
$158,778* + WPT Trophy
2
Tsz
Shing
$136,330*
3
John
Racener
$114,992*
4
Taylor
von Kriegenbergh
$55,350
5
Rodney
Turvin
$38,090
6
Brian
Altman
$28,570
7
Shankar
Pillai
$23,210
8
Taylor
Wilson
$20,240
9
Stephen
Song
$19,640
*: Denotes the payouts decided by a three-way chop.
2022 WPT Tampa Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 28 $600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed Entries: 486 Prize Pool: $255,150 September 5-6, 2022
Brendan Shiller
Brendan Shiller took home the top prize worth $50,330 along with the WPT Trophy at the end of Day 2 in Event 28. The final three bagged up late last night at 4 am, and Shiller fought his way back from the short stack to claim the title this evening down in the Poker Room in Tampa.
Here is what he had to say right after the win: “It feels kind of good, it’s always nice to win a title, so that’s really cool, I like it.”
“My life is a celebration. I don’t know what I will do tonight, but I always have a good time, and I like being around other people. I like being generous with my time and talking with people so I’m sure I will have something fun to do tonight,” said Shiller when he was asked about his plans to celebrate later this evening.
Shiller continued, “the social aspect of the game is one of the things that attracts me to poker, but it is also the challenge of staying patient and disciplined.
“I just got very, very lucky. I came into the final three as the short stack. I sucked out a lot, I got very lucky,” said Shiller when he was asked about his journey on the final day of the tournament.
“The WPT always runs a really good tournament, and they brought out some big guns to be the tournament directors, and they’ve got some really good people and dealers that travel with them. I needed to win this (laughs). I fired some bullets in the $2,200, the $1,700, and in the Main, and I didn’t cash in any of them, but hey, we’re ahead now” said Shiller about his overall tournament experience at this series.
Place
First Name
Last Name
Prize Payout
1
Brendan
Shiller
$50,330
2
Luke
Blindert
$35,260
3
Jovan
Jojic
$22,790
4
Daniel
Kasper
$15,600
5
Jeremy
Becker
$11,970
6
Clyde
Maliauka
$9,980
7
Jack
Ranallo
$8,330
8
Danyal
Huang
$6,680
9
Adam
Isaacson
$5,030
Here were the rest of the payouts on the way down to the final table.
10th: Jeffrey Yanchek – $4,160 11th: Michael Wang – $4,160 12th: Andrei Karas – $4,160 13th: Tuck Foong – $3,290 14th: Joshua Wilson – $3,290 15th: Anthony Pellegrini – $3,290 16th: Brett Murray – $2,780 17th: Greg Robinson – $2,780 18th: Matthew Sandt – $2,780 19th: Narimaan Ahmadi – $2,340 20th: Michael Noor – $2,340 21st: Nam Moon – $2,340 22nd: James Carmadella – $1,960 23rd: Joseph Bell – $1,960 24th: Grant Missonis – $1,960 25th: Ronald Groeller – $1,690 26th: David Baize – $1,690 27th: Donna Owens – $1,690 28th: Elias Kiwan – $1,470 29th: Irfanullah Khairi – $1,470 30th: Anes Kovacevic – $1,470 31st: Daniel Chalifour – $1,470 32nd: Joan Dekler – $1,470 33rd: Jigesh Patel – $1,470 34th: Larry Hoffman – $1,470 35th: Jason Goldman – $1,470 36th: Tam Nguyen – $1,470 37th: Frank Menendez – $1,260 38th: Peter Hsu – $1,260 39th: Hobart Adkins – $1,260 40th: Cesar Fuentes – $1,260 41st: Srinivs Gottiparthi – $1,260 42nd: Richard Gole – $1,260 43rd: Toan Pham – $1,260 44th: Timothy Conner – $1,260 45th: Spencer Sweisford – $1,260 46th: Joao Figueiredo – $1,070 47th: Frederick Collado – $1,070 48th: Diego Paulo Uez – $1,070 49th: Andrew Dansicker – $1,070 50th: Antonio Serrao – $1,070 51st: Walter Thornton – $1,070 52nd: Victor Paulino – $1,070 53rd: Raymond Brint – $1,070 54th: Kerr Jean – $1,070 55th: Did not collect – $920 56th: Paul Crump Brooks – $920 57th: Julio Degado Reyes – $920 58th: Jiandong Xu – $920 59th: Jason Klipman – $920 60th: Bobby Amin – $920 61st: Nuno Duarte – $920
2022 WPT Tampa Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 32 $5,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Entries: 77 Prize Pool: $365,750 September 6, 2022
Registration closed for the last tournament on the series schedule and the $5,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament drew 77 entries to create a prize pool worth $365,750. The last ten players will make the money with a min-cash worth $11,210 and the Event 32 champ will take home $112,080.
$10,000 High Roller (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 17: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Clemen Deng
After Taylor von Kriegenbergh was eliminated in fourth place, the three remaining players decided to divide up the remaining prize money with Clemen Deng holding a huge lead. John Racener attempted to win both WPT Tampa High Rollers but settled for third place and $114,992 while Tsz Shing took second for $136,330.
Clemen Deng – 3,320,000 Tsz Shing – 1,880,000 John Racener – 1,095,000
1st: Clemen Deng – $158,778 2nd: Tsz Shing – $136,330 3rd: John Racener – $114,992
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 30: 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 1,165
Steven McKoy
The final six players have bagged for the night, and they will return tomorrow at Noon. The chip leader at the end of play will be Steven McKoy with 13,350,000.
Play ended with 1:08:03 remaining in Level 30, and that’s where play will resume tomorrow with blinds at 100,000-200,000 with a 200,000 ante.
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 30: 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 of 1,165
Kevin Ragusa – Photo Credit: Drew Amato
Kevin Ragusa raised all in for 4,050,000 on the cutoff, and Brock Wilson quickly called on the big blind. The two players then flipped over their cards.
Wilson: Ragusa:
Board:
Ragusa was eliminated in seventh place, good for $100,000. Wilson stacked up 12.1 million after collecting the pot.
Brock Wilson – 12,100,000 (61 bb) Kevin Ragusa – Eliminated in Seventh Place ($100,000)
Play has now ended with the final table of six set for the final day of the tournament tomorrow at Noon. Stay tuned for final chip counts.
, and AJ Kelsall had him covered holding 
on the small blind.
, and Kelsall stacked up 115,000 after collecting the pot.
in the hole from the big blind, and Stephen Song had him covered from the button holding 
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, and Kelsall doubled up to survive with 61,000. Song held 93,000 after the hand.
