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2021 WPT Tampa

Event 1 Flight D: Cards in the Air

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$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Flight D Entries:  280  (Total:  1,660)

After player instructions were complete, tournament staff put cards in the air for Flight D of Event 1. The 280 entries at the start put the combined total at 1,660 and more than $700K towards the $1,000,000 guarantee.

They will play four 30-minute levels before taking the first break of the day.

2021 WPT Tampa

Event 1 Flight D: Heading into the Weekend

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

The first three flights of Event 1 drew 1,380 entries and that is fantastic. But the weekend is here and even more people will show up. The $500 buy-in tournament has already put in nearly $600,000 towards the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool with four full flights to go, starting with Flight D at 10 am.

They’ll start out with 20,000 double stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 2:30 pm with a single re-entry available if eliminated.

The tournament is paying the top 12.5% of the field and Flight D will come to an end when only 7% of the field is still in the game, those players advancing to 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 (2:30pm)
  • 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
2021 WPT Tampa

WPT Tampa Day 3 Schedule

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Primary Event Schedule

10AM: Event 1 Day 1D – $500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)

  • $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 (2:30pm)
  • 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

5PM: Event 1 Day 1E – $500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)

  • $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

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: $80 Event 1 Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Players begin with 7,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
  • 1-in-10 win seat into $1,000,000 GTD WPT Tampa Event 1
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 6
  • Satellite winners will be registered into the first available flight; chips will be in play when tournament starts
  • Structure Sheet

Complete 2021 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Schedule

2021 WPT Tampa

Event 1: Chip Counts Through Flight C

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$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  98 of 1,380

Flight A: 463 Entries; 33 Advanced
Flight B: 462 Entries; 33 Advanced
Flight C: 455 Entries; 32 Advanced
Flight D: Friday at 10 am
Flight E: Friday at 5 pm
Flight F: Saturday at 10 am
Flight G: Saturday at 5 pm
Day 2: Sunday at 2 pm

RankFirst NameLast NameCitySTChip Count
1SimeonKnafoBellevilleNJ1,050,000
2CharlesHonkonenDoverNH789,000
3JamesKerrOrlandoFL755,000
4PasqualeHudsonDade CityFL728,000
5JacobNaumannLargoFL654,000
6MatthewMayoLake CharlesLA590,000
7SaedAmirehKennerLA584,000
8AnthonyMarchTampaFL537,000
9HasanEl HakimWesley ChapelFL519,000
10MahmoudBidarianOrlandoFL507,000
11MarcoTownsendDetroitMI487,000
12CharlesKahrsPalm HarborFL480,000
13RomanBudzakSouth ElginIL472,000
14MichaelBrierBradentonFL457,000
15BrettDulyeaMiddlevilleMI448,000
16GeorgeAlbertoCliftonNJ434,000
17JustinHoweySeminoleFL426,000
18TuanPhamEsteroFL411,000
19JustinColtharpPiersonFL411,000
20HerreraGonzalezSevita393,000
21MichaelLatufSarasotaFL371,000
22RamandeepMakhijaChicagoIL365,000
23JoseGutierrezCountry LakesFL359,000
24DiegoUezCaxias Do Sol358,000
25JerryArgentoNew Port RicheyFL352,000
26AnatolyZharnitskyNorth YorkON329,000
27Ching-AnUengOcalaFL327,000
28JustinZakiTampaFL325,000
29AngelCabreraTrinityFL305,000
30CharlesWrightSpring HillFL299,000
31MichaelHalprinGulfportFL295,000
32MicheleMezzogoriCape CoralFL291,000
33MitchellMenesTampaFL290,000
34CurtisKingThe VillagesFL283,000
35RashaudCookLakelandFL279,000
36SeanMiller JrRochesterNH275,000
37TylerKolnessHendrumMN268,000
38GregoryOskoian JrTampaFL267,000
39Anwar ShawnMohamedPembroke PinesFL266,000
40SahMandeepColumbusOH265,000
41MarshaWolakMargateFL263,000
42John WRedden JrOrlandoFL260,000
43PraveenChallagundlaDunedinFL255,000
44JohnO'NealJacksonvilleFL248,000
45DavidHowardTreasure IslandFL247,000
46DanielCharkounov Prokhorov245,000
47ChristopherHydenSt PetersburgFL244,000
48RonnieDay JrFairbornOH242,000
49WalterRossiValricoFL241,000
50BrianRayTampaFL239,000
51TonyMilesLake MaryFL238,000
52BryanRocheGlen BurnieMD237,000
53KaranvirSinghSicklervilleNJ230,000
54ArielKotzen-ReichHuntington WoodsMI228,000
55FilippKhavinSaint PetersburgFL228,000
56WillieSmithOrange CityFL228,000
57JoshuaPoeDublinOH224,000
58MatthewBloomingdaleLehigh AcresFL220,000
59BlancyMitchellSt PetersburgFL218,000
60JamesMaitaTampaFL214,000
61DavidBrownBabson ParkFL214,000
62IossifGressisLa PlataMD210,000
63MargaritaRamirezserranoVacavilleCA204,000
64SterlingSavillTampaFL204,000
65JimBozzutoOrlandoFL203,000
66JasonRogersMemphisTN202,000
67AlexanderChiangAllentownPA201,000
68RichardMiedzinskiLusbyMD201,000
69WasimAssafOrlandoFL200,000
70VladislavMitrofanovSaratov199,000
71JoaoFigueiredoCuitiba197,000
72AaronPinsonBaltimoreMD190,000
73NicholasScholzIndian Rocks BeachFL185,000
74JohnGorsuchOkeechobeeFL181,000
75ZacharyJohnsTampaFL177,000
76GlynGriffisWindermereFL173,000
77AlexMichielsGreen BayWI169,000
78DavidRoyBrooksvilleFL162,000
79SteveBlackmonArcadiaFL155,000
80AlanTaylorHomosassaFL148,000
81DavidSmithZionsvilleIN145,000
82MinaTawfikTampaFL142,000
83GlenHortinWesley ChapelFL140,000
84EfiAmoyalJerusalem139,000
85HarryBindaTampaFL138,000
86JesseFujarczykMiamiFL115,000
87ChestopherPerryHudsonFL109,000
88BennetParkeOrlandoFL103,000
89BryanCuzinoNew Port RicheyFL96,000
90JohnHaldie IiiTrinityFL93,000
91MaheshwarManthaniJacksonvilleFL92,000
92ValeriyaVasilievaHolidayFL91,000
93MichaelMonacoClearwaterFL87,000
94BeomBaeStatesboroGA81,000
95AndrewApostolWesley ChapelFL79,000
96LouisGeorgeDuluthGA79,000
97MarkDonlyMerritt IslandFL53,000
98BlairMillerSarasotaFL52,000
2021 WPT Tampa

Event 1 Flight C: Simeon Knafo Leads 32 Survivors with 1,050,000

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$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  32 of 455

Simeon Knafo
Flight 1C Chipleader Simeon Knafo

Flight C came to an end with 10:45 remaining in Level 19, with blinds at 5,000-10,000 with a big blind ante of 10,000.

There are 32 survivors who will advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 2:00 pm. The chipleader is Simeon Knafo, who bagged up 1,050,000. Here is the full list of official chip counts from Flight C:

RANKFIRST NAMELAST NAMECITYSTCHIP COUNT
1SIMEONKNAFOBELLEVILLENJ1,050,000
2CHARLESKAHRSPALM HARBORFL480,000
3ROMANBUDZAKSOUTH ELGINIL472,000
4MICHAELBRIERBRADENTONFL457,000
5JUSTINHOWEYSEMINOLEFL426,000
6JUSTINCOLTHARPPIERSONFL411,000
7HERRERAGONZALEZSEVITA393,000
8RAMANDEEPMAKHIJACHICAGOIL365,000
9DIEGOUEZCAXIAS DO SOL358,000
10CHING-ANUENGOCALAFL327,000
11CHARLESWRIGHTSPRING HILLFL299,000
12MICHELEMEZZOGORICAPE CORALFL291,000
13SEANMILLER JRROCHESTERNH275,000
14TYLERKOLNESSHENDRUMMN268,000
15SAHMANDEEPCOLUMBUSOH265,000
16PRAVEENCHALLAGUNDLADUNEDINFL255,000
17CHRISTOPHERHYDENST PETERSBURGFL244,000
18RONNIEDAY JRFAIRBORNOH242,000
19BryanRocheGLEN BURNIEMD237,000
20JOSHUAPOEDUBLINOH224,000
21BLANCYMITCHELLST PETERSBURGFL218,000
22DAVIDBROWNBABSON PARKFL214,000
23IOSSIFGRESSISLA PLATAMD210,000
24STERLINGSAVILLTAMPAFL204,000
25VLADISLAVMITROFANOVSARATOV199,000
26ALEXMICHIELSGREEN BAYWI169,000
27HarryBindaTAMPAFL138,000
28BRYANCUZINONEW PORT RICHEYFL96,000
29MAHESHWARMANTHANIJACKSONVILLEFL92,000
30BEOMBAESTATESBOROGA81,000
31ANDREWAPOSTOLWESLEY CHAPELFL79,000
32LOUISGEORGEDULUTHGA79,000
2021 WPT Tampa

Event 1 Flight C: Money Finishers, 33rd-57th Places

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$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  32 of 455

Here are the players who were eliminated but have finished in the money for Flight C:

33rd:  Jonathan Hilton  –  $800
34th:  Trevor Phelps  –  $800
35th:  Nikolaos Costarelis  –  $800
36th:  John Pizano  –  $800
37th:  Lee Crane  –  $800
38th:  Antonio Campbell  –  $800
39th:  John Goyette  –  $800
40th:  Isalvatore Trowno  –  $800
41st:  Santana Noronha  –  $800
42nd:  Rudolf George  –  $800
43rd:  Nicholas Palma  –  $800
44th:  Robert Couzzo  –  $800
45th:  Brent Ballentine  –  $800
46th:  Susan MacPherson  –  $800
47th:  John Moran  –  $800
48th:  Francisco De Lima  –  $800
49th:  John Wagner  –  $800
50th:  Christopher Latvala  –  $800
51st:  Chestopher Perry  –  $800
52nd:  Meir Barack  –  $800
53rd:  Robert Naini  –  $800
54th:  Arthur Melman  –  $800
55th:  Kevin Bagin  –  $800
56th:  Christopher Peters  –  $800
57th:  Michael Sweetser  –  $800

2021 WPT Tampa

Event 1 Flight C: Money Bubble Has Burst; 50 Players Remain

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$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  50 of 455

Flight 1C Field

The field only had to play two hands of hand-for-hand play after the break to burst the Money Bubble. The remaining players are all in the money, guaranteed at least $800 each, and there was a flurry of bustouts once the bubble burst.

Action will continue tonight until this field is down to 32 players (7% of this flight). Those players will bag up their chips as they advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 2:00 pm.

2021 WPT Tampa

Event 1 Flight C: Roman Budzak Leads the Field on the Money Bubble with 389K

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$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  58 of 455

Roman Budzak
Chipleader Roman Budzak

The players return from break to begin Level 17, with blinds at 3,000-6,000 and a big blind ante of 6,000.

There are 58 players remaining, but only 57 get paid in this flight (12.5%), so they are currently playing hand-for-hand on the Money Bubble. The final 57 players are guaranteed to earn at least $800.

A scan of the field during the break showed five people with at least 250K in chips, but only two with at least 300K:

1.  Roman Budzak  –  389,000  (65 bb)
2.  Justin Howey  –  347,000  (58 bb)

Action will continue tonight until this field is down to 32 players (7% of this flight). Those players will bag up their chips as they advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 2:00 pm.

2021 WPT Tampa

Event 1 Flight C: Final 57 Players Cash, Final 32 Advance to Day 2

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$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  100 of 455

Flight 1C Field

The players return from break to begin Level 13, with increased blinds of 1,500-2,500 with a big blind ante of 2,500. With 100 players remaining from a Flight C field of 455 entries, the average chip stack is about 91,000 (36 big blinds).

The final 57 players (12.5% of this flight) will finish in the money, guaranteed to earn at least $800, and the final 32 players (7% of this flight) will advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 2:00 pm.

2021 WPT Tampa

Event 1: Chip Counts Through Flight B

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$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  66 of 925

Flight A: 463 Entries; 33 Advanced
Flight B: 462 Entries; 33 Advanced
Flight C: Thursday at 5 pm
Flight D: Friday at 10 am
Flight E: Friday at 5 pm
Flight F: Saturday at 10 am
Flight G: Saturday at 5 pm
Day 2: Sunday at 2 pm

RankFirst NameLast NameCitySTChip Count
1CharlesHonkonenDoverNH789,000
2JamesKerrOrlandoFL755,000
3PasqualeHudsonDade CityFL728,000
4JacobNaumannLargoFL654,000
5MatthewMayoLake CharlesLA590,000
6SaedAmirehKennerLA584,000
7AnthonyMarchTampaFL537,000
8HasanEl HakimWesley ChapelFL519,000
9MahmoudBidarianOrlandoFL507,000
10MarcoTownsendDetroitMI487,000
11BrettDulyeaMiddlevilleMI448,000
12GeorgeAlbertoCliftonNJ434,000
13TuanPhamEsteroFL411,000
14MichaelLatufSarasotaFL371,000
15JoseGutierrezCountry LakesFL359,000
16JerryArgentoNew Port RicheyFL352,000
17AnatolyZharnitskyNorth YorkON329,000
18JustinZakiTampaFL325,000
19AngelCabreraTrinityFL305,000
20MichaelHalprinGulfportFL295,000
21MitchellMenesTampaFL290,000
22CurtisKingThe VillagesFL283,000
23RashaudCookLakelandFL279,000
24GregoryOskoian JrTampaFL267,000
25Anwar ShawnMohamedPembroke PinesFL266,000
26MarshaWolakMargateFL263,000
27John WRedden JrOrlandoFL260,000
28JohnO'NealJacksonvilleFL248,000
29DavidHowardTreasure IslandFL247,000
30DanielCharkounov Prokhorov245,000
31WalterRossiValricoFL241,000
32BrianRayTampaFL239,000
33TonyMilesLake MaryFL238,000
34KaranvirSinghSicklervilleNJ230,000
35ArielKotzen-ReichHuntington WoodsMI228,000
36FilippKhavinSaint PetersburgFL228,000
37WillieSmithOrange CityFL228,000
38MatthewBloomingdaleLehigh AcresFL220,000
39JamesMaitaTampaFL214,000
40MargaritaRamirezserranoVacavilleCA204,000
41JimBozzutoOrlandoFL203,000
42JasonRogersMemphisTN202,000
43AlexanderChiangAllentownPA201,000
44RichardMiedzinskiLusbyMD201,000
45WasimAssafOrlandoFL200,000
46JoaoFigueiredoCuitiba197,000
47AaronPinsonBaltimoreMD190,000
48NicholasScholzIndian Rocks BeachFL185,000
49JohnGorsuchOkeechobeeFL181,000
50ZacharyJohnsTampaFL177,000
51GlynGriffisWindermereFL173,000
52DavidRoyBrooksvilleFL162,000
53SteveBlackmonArcadiaFL155,000
54AlanTaylorHomosassaFL148,000
55DavidSmithZionsvilleIN145,000
56MinaTawfikTampaFL142,000
57GlenHortinWesley ChapelFL140,000
58EfiAmoyalJerusalem139,000
59JesseFujarczykMiamiFL115,000
60ChestopherPerryHudsonFL109,000
61BennetParkeOrlandoFL103,000
62JohnHaldie IiiTrinityFL93,000
63ValeriyaVasilievaHolidayFL91,000
64MichaelMonacoClearwaterFL87,000
65MarkDonlyMerritt IslandFL53,000
66BlairMillerSarasotaFL52,000