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Event 12: Carlos Rodriguez Doubles Through Luke Blindert

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 105 of 1,146

Carlos Rodriguez

Action folded to Carlos Rodriguez in the small blind, he limped, Luke Blindert moved all in, and Rodriguez called at risk for 49,000.

Rodriguez: Td7c
Blindert: AsKd

“Sorry,” Rodriguez said to Blindert before he paired his seven on the 7h3c3d flop. He took the lead with two pair and held on the 9d turn and 5c river.

Carlos Rodriguez – 104,000 (17 bb)
Luke Blindert – 280,000 (47 bb)

Event 12: Luz Sanchez Doubles Through Roman Ilin

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 117 of 1,146

Luz Sanchez

Early in action this afternoon, Roman Ilin opened the action from the button and Luz Sanchez moved all in for 69,000 from the big blind. After getting an accurate count, Ilin called with the bigger stack.

Ilin: JdJh
Sanchez: AdKd

Ilin was ahead with the pair of jacks but Sanchez took the lead with two pair kings and eights on the Kh8d8s flop. The board finished 4s turn and 7s river and Sanchez had an early double.

Luz Sanchez – 151,000 (30 bb)
Roman Ilin – 180,000 (36 bb)

Event 12: Cards in the Air

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 117 of 1,146

Sean Lockwood leads the Day 2 return

Everyone (mostly) was here on time for the restart and cards are in the air for Day 2 of WPT Tampa Event 12 with 117 players remaining and in the money.

They will play out the last 13:15 of Level 16 before blinds go up to 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante and levels will last 40 minutes.

Event 12: Day 2 Set to Go

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 117 of 1,146

WPT Tampa Event 12 drew 1,146 entries over four starting flights to put together a prize pool worth $383,910 and crushed the $100,000 guarantee.

We had 117 players advance to Day 2 and they return this afternoon at 2 pm already in the money and guaranteed at least $900. One player will make it all the way to the end and take home the top prize of $68,080.

They will finish out the last 13:15 of Level 16 before blinds go up and levels last 40 minutes each until they reach heads-up.

  1. Sean Lockwood – 778,000 (156 bb)
  2. Lamont Townsend – 655,000 (131 bb)
  3. Michael Collins – 437,000 (87 bb)
  4. Michael Tweedlie – 428,000 (86 bb)
  5. Nicholas Martz – 424,000 (85 bb)
  6. Gerard Sukhram – 419,000 (84 bb)
  7. Kostas Kalathakis – 417,000 (83 bb)
  8. John Weber – 414,000 (83 bb)
  9. David Sideri – 411,000 (82 bb)
  10. Joseph Henry – 399,000 (80 bb)

Day 2 Seats | Day 2 Chips | Payouts

Event 12: Returning Day 2 Table and Seat Assignments

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 117 of 1,146

Flight A: 186 Entries; 19 Advanced
Flight B: 254 Entries; 26 Advanced
Flight C: 302 Entries; 31 Advanced
Flight D: 404 Entries; 41 Advanced
Day 2: Wednesday at 2 pm

TableSeatFirst NameLast NameCitySTChip Count
531JamesFarnsworthTampaFL294,000
532KevinRagusaLargoFL187,000
533RobertTaylorTallahasseeFL243,000
534ShaneMelertMogadoreOH218,000
535DavidGoldbergBradentonFL75,000
536GeraldDunnPaoliIN70,000
537RamonRuizPort OrangeFL238,000
538RichardOgleWesley ChapelFL289,000
539MichaelJagrooOrlandoFL192,000
541LuzSanchez GarciaMiamiFL79,000
542CarlosLovingLas VegasNV237,000
543PhillipKrnyaichClermontFL245,000
544DavidSideriSt PetersburgFL411,000
545WalterThorntonRiverviewFL285,000
546MarvinKarlinsRiverviewFL202,000
547EdwardComptonRiverviewFL181,000
548RomanIlinSpring ValleyNY249,000
549SamuelLaskowitzBayportNY99,000
571AdamMidowiczLand O LakesFL378,000
572MichaelJohnsonCleburneTX28,000
573BlancyMitchellSt PetersburgFL62,000
574RachelUsackWesley ChapelFL78,000
575KostasKalathakisPort RicheyFL417,000
576PatrickMurphyJupiterFL235,000
577DerrickCutlerSaint Simons IslandGA47,000
578GiorgioSpanoPalm SpringsCA137,000
579PaulLenkeitPalm HarborFL78,000
581CarlZalak IiiFort Mc CoyFL107,000
582FrankMenendezTampaFL227,000
583CarlosRodriguez RojasMiamiFL192,000
584LukeBlindertSioux FallsSD203,000
585LucasTaeSaint CharlesMO130,000
586StevenKarpNorth Miami BeachFL95,000
587ChristopherPerryHudsonFL207,000
588AdamZeltserBrooklynNY232,000
589DonniePhanNashvilleTN131,000
631JamesZannoneTampaFL363,000
632ShanmukhaMerugaSnellvilleGA69,000
633NathanHaysKearneyNE76,000
634StevenYoungCottage GroveMN126,000
635JackRushLakelandFL287,000
636RobertPanetta JrValricoFL189,000
637KevinBlewittTampaFL100,000
638JohnDoyleApolloPA176,000
639MichaelBickfordKissimmeeFL108,000
641AaronKlausmanWellingtonFL48,000
642StephenSandovalTampaFL204,000
643LamontTownsendBradentonFL655,000
644TimothyBurdenCentral CityKY340,000
645HungTranOrlandoFL60,000
646TrevorPhelpsLeesburgFL160,000
647JonathanJohnsOrlandoFL127,000
648StephenBriteBradentonFL67,000
649VafaKamaliGaylordMI29,000
651JohnWolfeRiverviewFL333,000
652SeanLockwoodGrand RapidsMI778,000
653ErnestPerryLisleIL82,000
654JovanJojicLargoFL94,000
655MarkDicksteinBaltimoreMD115,000
656NicholasMartzLivoniaMI424,000
657StephenJohnsonJunction CityOR90,000
658JacobNaumannLargoFL347,000
659ChristopherBrownSpring HillFL268,000
661TamNguyenHarrisburgPA366,000
662NicholasCavanaughAliquippaPA75,000
663RobertAlemanPalm HarborFL132,000
664JamielAsgharLehigh AcresFL311,000
665JosephHenryNeptuneNJ399,000
666NicholasViscontiDelray BeachFL242,000
667KelleySlayJacksonvilleFL337,000
668GregoryOsborneSun City CenterFL45,000
669WalterRossiValricoFL145,000
711GerardSukhramTampaFL419,000
712OlegMarchenkoEncinoCA68,000
713DonaldBeysiegelMcdonoughGA114,000
714DanielTancoJunction CityKS187,000
715JoaoFigueiredoTampaFL88,000
716MichaelNoorAjaxON120,000
717LynnNemesNaplesFL34,000
718KumarKantamaneniTroyMI57,000
719AshrafIbrahimStaten IslandNY140,000
721DanteCollierWestervilleOH78,000
722WilliamHendersonCharlotteNC237,000
723ChristopherWilsonDelandFL326,000
724HarpreetPaddaMississaugaON99,000
725NicolasEgarhosApollo BeachFL132,000
726BrianBrittonTampaFL55,000
727EricRobertsParagouldAR147,000
728RaySt Jacques CarrionCoral SpringsFL17,000
729AlecBradlowSan AntonioFL25,000
731MauriceParadisOldsmarFL386,000
732DanteCianfarraPort OrangeFL210,000
733EliasKiwanDavenportFL285,000
734JohnWeberWatford CityND414,000
735StephenIppolitoBrandonFL153,000
736TimothyDiederichTonawandaNY155,000
737KilenNhoungPinellas ParkFL273,000
738MinhPhanOmahaNE217,000
739ChristopherCalhounHooverAL351,000
741JeffreyKrusinskiAlexandriaVA30,000
742MichaelCollinsLargoFL437,000
743JasonSantiagoTampaFL94,000
744EricSiegelMelvilleNY165,000
745JosephDe LuciaTampaFL142,000
746BrianJohnsonLargoFL328,000
747RubenCostaMalverneNY343,000
748RichardKincaidOcoeeFL345,000
749MichaelGuzzardiBranfordCT173,000
791AustinSullivanWesley ChapelFL117,000
792NormanMichalekWestfieldNJ175,000
793ParkerBennettOrange ParkFL157,000
794MostafaAboalmajedS PasadenaFL62,000
795LeonardDemchakPalm HarborFL244,000
796JakobParksClearwaterFL183,000
797GaryElliottClearwaterFL199,000
798MichaelTweedlieEnfieldCT428,000
799FranklinBrighamAuburndaleFL55,000

WPT Tampa Day 7 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

10AM: Event 16 – $400 Seniors 50+ (Re-Entry)

  • $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 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 16 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 17 – $1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

  • $75,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration available until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
  • Event 17 Structure Sheet

2PM: Event 12 Day 2 – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

4PM: Day 1 – $25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 125,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 40 minutes; Day 2 levels last 90 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (10:45pm)
  • Day 1 will end when 9 players remain
  • High Roller Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

3PM: $550 WPT Tampa Championship Satellite (1-in-7)

  • 10 seats guaranteed into Flight A of the WPT Tampa Championship
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 8 (7:00pm)
  • Structure Sheet

6PM: $550 WPT Tampa Championship Satellite (1-in-7)

  • 5 seats guaranteed into Flight A the WPT Tampa Championship
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 8 (10:00pm)
  • Structure Sheet

8PM: $250 Event 19 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • 1-in-10 win a seat into $2,200/$100K GTD Event 19
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:10pm)
  • Structure Sheet

2022 WPT Tampa Schedule

Event 12: Returning Day 2 Chip Counts

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 117 of 1,146

Flight A: 186 Entries; 19 Advanced
Flight B: 254 Entries; 26 Advanced
Flight C: 302 Entries; 31 Advanced
Flight D: 404 Entries; 41 Advanced
Day 2: Wednesday at 2 pm

RankFirst NameLast NameCitySTChip Count
1SeanLockwoodGrand RapidsMI778,000
2LamontTownsendBradentonFL655,000
3MichaelCollinsLargoFL437,000
4MichaelTweedlieEnfieldCT428,000
5NicholasMartzLivoniaMI424,000
6GerardSukhramTampaFL419,000
7KostasKalathakisPort RicheyFL417,000
8JohnWeberWatford CityND414,000
9DavidSideriSt PetersburgFL411,000
10JosephHenryNeptuneNJ399,000
11MauriceParadisOldsmarFL386,000
12AdamMidowiczLand O LakesFL378,000
13TamNguyenHarrisburgPA366,000
14JamesZannoneTampaFL363,000
15ChristopherCalhounHooverAL351,000
16JacobNaumannLargoFL347,000
17RichardKincaidOcoeeFL345,000
18RubenCostaMalverneNY343,000
19TimothyBurdenCentral CityKY340,000
20KelleySlayJacksonvilleFL337,000
21JohnWolfeRiverviewFL333,000
22BrianJohnsonLargoFL328,000
23ChristopherWilsonDelandFL326,000
24JamielAsgharLehigh AcresFL311,000
25JamesFarnsworthTampaFL294,000
26RichardOgleWesley ChapelFL289,000
27JackRushLakelandFL287,000
28EliasKiwanDavenportFL285,000
29WalterThorntonRiverviewFL285,000
30KilenNhoungPinellas ParkFL273,000
31ChristopherBrownSpring HillFL268,000
32RomanIlinSpring ValleyNY249,000
33PhillipKrnyaichClermontFL245,000
34LeonardDemchakPalm HarborFL244,000
35RobertTaylorTallahasseeFL243,000
36NicholasViscontiDelray BeachFL242,000
37RamonRuizPort OrangeFL238,000
38WilliamHendersonCharlotteNC237,000
39CarlosLovingLas VegasNV237,000
40PatrickMurphyJupiterFL235,000
41AdamZeltserBrooklynNY232,000
42FrankMenendezTampaFL227,000
43ShaneMelertMogadoreOH218,000
44MinhPhanOmahaNE217,000
45DanteCianfarraPort OrangeFL210,000
46ChristopherPerryHudsonFL207,000
47StephenSandovalTampaFL204,000
48LukeBlindertSioux FallsSD203,000
49MarvinKarlinsRiverviewFL202,000
50GaryElliottClearwaterFL199,000
51MichaelJagrooOrlandoFL192,000
52CarlosRodriguez RojasMiamiFL192,000
53RobertPanetta JrValricoFL189,000
54KevinRagusaLargoFL187,000
55DanielTancoJunction CityKS187,000
56JakobParksClearwaterFL183,000
57EdwardComptonRiverviewFL181,000
58JohnDoyleApolloPA176,000
59NormanMichalekWestfieldNJ175,000
60MichaelGuzzardiBranfordCT173,000
61EricSiegelMelvilleNY165,000
62TrevorPhelpsLeesburgFL160,000
63ParkerBennettOrange ParkFL157,000
64TimothyDiederichTonawandaNY155,000
65StephenIppolitoBrandonFL153,000
66EricRobertsParagouldAR147,000
67WalterRossiValricoFL145,000
68JosephDe LuciaTampaFL142,000
69AshrafIbrahimStaten IslandNY140,000
70GiorgioSpanoPalm SpringsCA137,000
71RobertAlemanPalm HarborFL132,000
72NicolasEgarhosApollo BeachFL132,000
73DonniePhanNashvilleTN131,000
74LucasTaeSaint CharlesMO130,000
75JonathanJohnsOrlandoFL127,000
76StevenYoungCottage GroveMN126,000
77MichaelNoorAjaxON120,000
78AustinSullivanWesley ChapelFL117,000
79MarkDicksteinBaltimoreMD115,000
80DonaldBeysiegelMcdonoughGA114,000
81MichaelBickfordKissimmeeFL108,000
82CarlZalak IiiFort Mc CoyFL107,000
83KevinBlewittTampaFL100,000
84SamuelLaskowitzBayportNY99,000
85HarpreetPaddaMississaugaON99,000
86StevenKarpNorth Miami BeachFL95,000
87JasonSantiagoTampaFL94,000
88JovanJojicLargoFL94,000
89StephenJohnsonJunction CityOR90,000
90JoaoFigueiredoTampaFL88,000
91ErnestPerryLisleIL82,000
92LuzSanchez GarciaMiamiFL79,000
93PaulLenkeitPalm HarborFL78,000
94DanteCollierWestervilleOH78,000
95RachelUsackWesley ChapelFL78,000
96NathanHaysKearneyNE76,000
97NicholasCavanaughAliquippaPA75,000
98DavidGoldbergBradentonFL75,000
99GeraldDunnPaoliIN70,000
100ShanmukhaMerugaSnellvilleGA69,000
101OlegMarchenkoEncinoCA68,000
102StephenBriteBradentonFL67,000
103MostafaAboalmajedS PasadenaFL62,000
104BlancyMitchellSt PetersburgFL62,000
105HungTranOrlandoFL60,000
106KumarKantamaneniTroyMI57,000
107BrianBrittonTampaFL55,000
108FranklinBrighamAuburndaleFL55,000
109AaronKlausmanWellingtonFL48,000
110DerrickCutlerSaint Simons IslandGA47,000
111GregoryOsborneSun City CenterFL45,000
112LynnNemesNaplesFL34,000
113JeffreyKrusinskiAlexandriaVA30,000
114VafaKamaliGaylordMI29,000
115MichaelJohnsonCleburneTX28,000
116AlecBradlowSan AntonioFL25,000
117RaySt Jacques CarrionCoral SpringsFL17,000

Event 12: Prize Pool and Payouts with $68,080 Up Top

2022 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 12
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  1,146
Prize Pool:  $383,910
August 29-31, 2022

Registration closed for WPT Tampa Event 12 with 1,146 entries over four starting flights crushing the $100,000 guarantee. They created a prize pool worth $383,910 and the 117 players returning for Day 2 will be in the money. A min-cash is worth $900 while the Event 12 winner will earn $68,080 and the WPT trophy.

1st: $68,080 + WPT Trophy
2nd: $42,090
3rd: $31,310
4th: $23,540
5th: $17,900
6th: $13,760
7th: $10,700
8th: $8,410
9th: $6,690
10th-12th: $5,380
13th-15th: $4,380
16th-18th: $3,610
19th-21st: $3,010
22nd-24th: $2,540
25th-27th: $2,170
28th-30th: $1,870
31st-33rd: $1,640
34th-36th: $1,460
37th-45th: $1,310
46th-54th: $1,190
55th-63rd: $1,100
64th-72nd: $1,030
73rd-81st: $970
82nd-90th: $940
91st-99th: $910
100th-117th: $900

Event 12: Flight 1D Ends With Final 41 Players

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 41 of 404

Gus Kalathakis

The final starting flight of Event 12 has come to a close with the final 41 players advancing to join the 117 players returning for Day 2 that begins at 2 pm on Wednesday.

The top chip stack at the end of play was bagged up by Michael Tweedlie (428,000). Other top stacks were bagged up by Kostas “Gus” Kalathakis (417,000), and Adam Midowicz (378,000).

Full official chip counts for Day 2 along with the seat draw will be posted a little later tonight. But for now here is a look at the chip count from this flight.

MICHAELTWEEDLIEENFIELDCT428,000
KOSTASKALATHAKISPORT RICHEYFL417,000
ADAMMIDOWICZLAND O LAKESFL378,000
TAMNGUYENHARRISBURGPA366,000
JAMESZANNONETAMPAFL363,000
JACOBNAUMANNLARGOFL347,000
RubenCostaMALVERNENY343,000
BRIANJOHNSONLARGOFL328,000
CHRISTOPHERWILSONDELANDFL326,000
JAMESFARNSWORTHTAMPAFL294,000
JACKRUSHLAKELANDFL287,000
CHRISTOPHERBROWNSPRING HILLFL268,000
ROMANILINSPRING VALLEYNY249,000
ROBERTTAYLORTALLAHASSEEFL243,000
PATRICKMURPHYJUPITERFL235,000
ADAMZELTSERBROOKLYNNY232,000
SHANEMELERTMOGADOREOH218,000
STEPHENSANDOVALTAMPAFL204,000
ROBERTPANETTA JRVALRICOFL189,000
EDWARDCOMPTONRIVERVIEWFL181,000
NORMANMICHALEKWESTFIELDNJ175,000
ERICSIEGELMELVILLENY165,000
TREVORPHELPSLEESBURGFL160,000
ERICROBERTSPARAGOULDAR147,000
AshrafIbrahimSTATEN ISLANDNY140,000
ROBERTALEMANPALM HARBORFL132,000
NICOLASEGARHOSAPOLLO BEACHFL132,000
DONNIEPHANNASHVILLETN131,000
JONATHANJOHNSORLANDOFL127,000
StevenYoungCOTTAGE GROVEMN126,000
CARLZALAK IIIFORT MC COYFL107,000
STEPHENJOHNSONJUNCTION CITYOR90,000
LUZSANCHEZ GARCIAMIAMIFL79,000
RACHELUSACKWESLEY CHAPELFL78,000
GERALDDUNNPAOLIIN70,000
OlegMarchenkoENCINOCA68,000
STEPHENBRITEBRADENTONFL67,000
HUNGTRANORLANDOFL60,000
KUMARKANTAMANENITROYMI57,000
FRANKLINBRIGHAMAUBURNDALEFL55,000
DERRICKCUTLERSAINT SIMONS ISLANDGA47,000

Event 12 Flight D: Adam Zelster Takes Out the Last Player of the Night on the End of Day Bubble

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 41 of 404

Adam Zelster

There was 70,000 in the pot, and the board reads Qs9d2c7h when the big blind got all in with Qc5d in the hole, and Adam Zelster had him covered holding 7s7c.

The river delivered the 4h, and Zelster eliminated his opponent to stack up 232,000 after collecting the pot. Play has now ended for the night. Stay tuned for official chip counts and the table and seat draw for when cards get back into the air at 2 pm on Wednesday.

Adam Zelster – 232,000 (46 bb)