2023 Tampa Signature Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 25
$180 Triple Stack NLHE (Re-Entry)
Entries: 74
Prize Pool: $10,730
September 19, 2023

The final tournament at the SPS series ended in a chop seven ways to decide the title tonight with Joel Deutsch as the champion, He claimed the top prize of $1,910 along with the SPS guitar pick trophy for his efforts. The Seminole Hard Rock regular all over the state of Florida now holds above $780,000 in career tournament earnings.

Here is what he had to say right after the win to end the night, “It’s good, this was a nice series with the opener obviously [he][finished][in][sixth][place][for][$38,500], that was nicer, and then I took pleasure with this. It’s not a lot of money, but it’s nice.”

He continued, “I wish this series was a little longer with some bigger guarantees, I think they could pull it off since this is Florida. I just like the big openers, and big-field ones. I played the mixed one, it was a lot of fun, but I didn’t belong there.”

“I have two places with up here in Tampa, and close to home in Hollywood. My kids are in Hollywood, and I have a place here that’s 40 minutes away so I get really excited when they run a tournament series here. These days you don’t have to leave Florida, but I used to travel a lot. Florida is hot, so I don’t have to travel a lot. It’s tremendous, and plus my kids are here, it’s definitely very great, it’s beneficial,” said Deutsch to close out the interview about his affinity for the poker scene close to home here in Florida.

Final Results:

1st: Joel Deutsch – $1,910
2nd: Likang Berninger – $1,845
3rd: Christopher Placko – $1,640
4th: Mark Wiser – $1,485
5th: William Vedadi – $1,235
6th: Richard Glazier – $1,035
7th: Amol Dhaliwall – $470
8th: Ross Lebo – $430
9th: Lawrence Miles – $360
10th: Shane Dellus – $320

$180 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante

Here is a look at the current final table seating chart with chip counts in the final event on the tournament schedule.

Seat 1: Bud Wiser – 385,000
Seat 2: Ross Lebo – 176,000
Seat 3: Amol Dhaliwal – 107,000
Seat 4: Joel Deutsch – 340,000
Seat 5: William Vedadi – 198,000
Seat 6: Likang Berninger – 548,000
Seat 7: Rich Glazier – 147,000
Seat 8: Christopher Placko – 236,000

Results Update:

9th: Lawrence Miles – $360
10th: Shane Dellus – $320

2023 Tampa Signature Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 25
$180 Triple Stack NLHE (Re-Entry)
Entries: 74
Prize Pool: $10,730
September 19, 2023

Here is a look at the payouts for the final event of the SPS tournament series. The top 10 players from the field of 74 will score a min-cash of $320, with $3,650 up top for the winner. There are currently 45 players remaining in the hunt for those spots in the money.

1st: $3,650
2nd: $2,090
3rd: $1,310
4th: $890
5th: $670
6th: $540
7th: $470
8th: $430
9th: $360
10th: $320

$180 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The last trophy event of the series is something for our regulars. Starting at 6 pm, we have a $180 Triple Stack with a $10,000 guaranteed prize pool and a lot of fun.

Players sit down to 30K stacks and all levels last 20 minutes for this final event. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until 8:15 pm and we will have our trophy winner later this evening.

• $10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7 (8:15pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 25 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 21 – $3,500 Signature NLH (Re-Entry)

• Event 21 Day 2 Chip Counts and Seats
• Event 21 Payouts

11AM: Event 23 – $200 One-Day $50K NLH (Re-Entry)

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 25,000 in chips
• Levels last 25 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (2:50pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 23 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 24 – $600 Eight-Game Mix (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 24 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 25 – $180 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7 (8:15pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 25 Structure Sheet