$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Flight E of WPT Tampa Event 1 is set to hit a milestone shortly after it kicks off at 5 pm. The tournament is only 244 entries away from pushing the prize pool over the $1,000,000 guarantee and it might get there before cards go in the air.

The first four flights combined to put 2,082 entries in the game with three big weekend flights to go.

Players will start with 20K double stacks and levels last 30 minutes on Day 1. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 9:30 pm with a single re-entry option should a player lose their stack.

The last 12.% of the starting field will make the money, guaranteed at least $800, and the last 7% will bag up their chips for Day 2 on Sunday at 2 pm.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry until the start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
• Single re-entry per flight
• Tournament will pay top 12.5% of starting field
• Day 1 will end at 7% of the field or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Chip counts through Flight C

$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Players Remaining:  252 of 702

Flight D is down to 252 players with only 88 of them guaranteed some cash. They have a bit of a time left to before thinking about the bubble but it’s a good time to start building a stack.

Eric Rivera and 2017 Fall Little Slick winner Troy Bercot are two of the movers since registration closed. Bercot is up to 166,000 and Rivera is not far behind with 164,500.

$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight D Entries:  702  (Total:  2,082)

Registration on Flight D of WPT Tampa Event 1 with a big 702-entry turnout. They combined to put the total number at 2,082 and left the prize pool only $100K short of the $1,000,000 guarantee with three flights to go.

The last 88 players (12.5%) will make the money tonight, guaranteed $800 for a min-cash, and the last 50 players (7%) will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 2 pm.

Flight E gets underway at 5 pm with the last two running on Saturday.

Chip counts through Flight C

$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight D Entries:  702  (Total:  2,082)

The second break came to an end and tournament staff locked the doors on Flight D with over 700 entries. They will do their math and we will report the official numbers as soon as they are available.

Micha Korber wasn’t at the top of the counts until the last hand of Level 8. His (already) big stack knocked another big stack out and put together a nice castle worth 182,300. That’s still a long way away from the 1,000,000+ Day 2 bag of Simeon Knafo but it’s a good start.

$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight D Entries:  689  (Total:  2,069)

Level 8 is about to come to an end and players will be able to enjoy another 15-minute breather from the action. When they return, registration will close on Flight D with close to 700 entries.

A few more familiar faces in the field include Nick Ahmadi, WPTDeepStacks Jacksonville champ Vitor Coelho, and 2013 WSOP National Champ Jonathan Hilton.

$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight D Entries:  634  (Total:  2,014)

With the board out to the turn and reading , Steve Trizis had his 13,500 stack at risk holding for top pair and a gutshot Broadway draw.

But that wasn’t looking good when he found out he was up against . The middle set of queens looked good for his opponent until the four-out hit the river for his double up.

“I didn’t mean to do that!” Trizis swore to us.

Steve Trizis – 29,700

$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight D Entries:  598  (Total:  1,978)

Action got back underway after the first break with another big number on the horizon. They are only two new buy-ins away from 600 for Flight D with registration open till 2:30 pm. Pretty safe bet it will hit that number.

Eric Rivera, Michael Graffeo, Jeremy Becker, and WSOP bracelet winner James Calderaro are a few of the new faces we found on the last walk among the tables.

$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight D Entries:  522  (Total:  1,902)

The first break is nearing and the entry count climbed over 500 well before then. Registration will remain open until 2:30 pm so plenty of time to join this great group of players. Once Level 4 comes to an end, tournament staff will send players on a 15-minute break.

A few more familiar faces are in the field including Josias Santos, Marie Harrell, Jeremy Becker, Mitch Mitchell, Alex Ivan and Jeff Morzella.

$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight D Entries:  470  (Total:  1,850)

The pace of new entries continued to cruise over the next level and the count is quickly approaching 500 for Flight D. It won’t break the $1,000,000 mark this afternoon but it will get there this evening in Flight F.

One of today’s entries belongs to Rafael Lima. He made the trek across the state from the east coast of Florida and riding a hot streak. He has five cashes in 2021 with four of them getting to a final table and three of them ending with a tournament win. Lima won the $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty event the WPT Poker Showdown in Hollywood and added another win two weeks ago during their Deep Stack Poker Series.

All of those cashes came in Hollywood, now he turns his sights on Tampa.

$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  100/100 with a 100 ante
Flight D Entries:  400  (Total:  1,780)

Players are piling into the Event Center, others are busting out, and the seats do not remain empty for long. The steady upward click on the entry count has 400 in Level 2 with 1,780 combined with $760,000 and change on the way to crossing a $1,000,000 prize pool.

Plenty of our Poker Room friends are here today including Rob Brown, Marvin “Duckman” Karlins, John Gordon, Nicole Diaz, Brian Heptinstall, and Event 3 final tablist Steve Trizis.