2024 Tampa Signature Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 13
$400 T.O.E. (Re-Entry)
Entries: 81
Prize Pool: $27,135
September 23, 2023

$400 T.O.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  5,000/10,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  22 of 81

The $400 T.O.E. tournament is slowly making its way deeper into the day with 22 remaining and 11 getting paid. They still have a lot of work to do to get there but they’ll be hunting the money after dinner break.

Among those still in contention we have current SPS Leaderboard leader Pritpal Virdee, three-time Hollywood mix champ Sam Sternfield, Carey Rosenthal, and Alexander Orlov.

2024 Tampa Signature Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 13
$400 T.O.E. (Re-Entry)
Entries: 81
Prize Pool: $27,135
September 23, 2023

Registration closed for the $400 T.O.E. event with 81 entries creating a prize pool worth $27,135. The last 11 players will earn some money with $760 for a min-cash and $8,015 up top for the Event 13 winner.

1st: $8,015 + SPS trophy
2nd: $5,330
3rd: $3,620
4th: $2,540
5th: $1,860
6th: $1,410
7th: $1,120
8th: $920
9th: $800
10th-11th: $760

$400 T.O.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  300/600 Limits

After a full slate of Omaha tournaments over the first week, now we will roll out a few days of mixed games to keep things interesting. First up is SPS Event 13 at 11 am in the Poker Room, $400 T.O.E. that will rotate games between Limit 2-7 Triple Draw, Omaha 8 and Stud 8.

Good times.

Players start with 25,000 in their stacks and all levels last 30 minutes for the one-day trophy event. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm.

• Limit 2-7 Triple Draw, Omaha 8 and Stud 8
• Players begin with 25,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 13 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 13 – $400 T.O.E. (Re-Entry)

• Limit 2-7 Triple Draw, Omaha 8 and Stud 8
• Players begin with 25,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 13 Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 14 Flight A – $700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (7:45pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Event 14 Structure Sheet

7PM: Event 15 Flight A – $130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-18 last 20 minutes; Levels 19+ last 30 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7 (9:15pm)
• Day 1 will end when 10% of field remains
• Event 15 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: $100 SPS Event 14 Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into $700 buy-in/$100,000 GTD SPS Event 14
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (10:45am)
• Winners will be registered into the first available flight and chips will be in play when tournament starts
• Structure Sheet

3PM: $100 SPS Event 14 Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into $700 buy-in/$100,000 GTD SPS Event 14
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (4:45pm)
• Winners will be registered into the first available flight and chips will be in play when tournament starts
• Structure Sheet

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  30,000/60,000 Limits
Remaining Players: 1 of 93

A back-and-forth final battle between John Binns and James Hagan came to a close after about two hours in Event 13, and here is a look at the final hand.

Hagan was all in with , and Binns had him covered holding on a final board reading .

Hagan was eliminated in second place, good for $5,920 in prize money, and Binns took home the top prize of $9,885 along with the SPS guitar pick trophy. His career earnings are now above $200,000 with tonight’s victory.

Binns declined to give an interview after the win, so this concludes the reporting for Event 13.

Final Results:

1st: John Binns – $9,885 + SPS Trophy
2nd: James Hagan – $5,920
3rd: Stephen Allen – $3,740
4th: Ryan Wuebbels – $2,410
5th: Lewis Gallo – $1,870
6th: Amie Martini – $1,480
7th: AJ Kelsall – $1,250
8th: Michael Morgan – $1,090
9th: Duff Charette – $990
10th: Terry Short – $900
11th: Randolph Crowther – $840
12th: Paul Edwards – $780

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  20,000/40,000 Limits
Remaining Players: 2 of 93

Here is a look at the results that have taken things down to the heads-up final between John Benge (510,000) and James Hagen (1,350,000).

3rd: Stephen Allen – $3,740
4th: Ryan Wuebbels – $2,410
5th: Lewis Gallo – $1,870

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  20,000/40,000 Limits
Remaining Players: 5 of 93

Here is a look at the recent cashes in Event 13.

6th: Amie Martini – $1,480
7th: AJ Kelsall – $1,250
8th: Michael Morgan – $1,090
9th: Duff Charette – $990
10th: Terry Short – $900
11th: Randolph Crowther – $840
12th: Paul Edwards – $780

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  6,000/12,000 Limits

Here is a look at the seating chart for the final table in Event 13 with chip counts:

Seat 1: John Binns – 392,000
Seat 2: Michael Morgan – 115,000
Seat 3: James Hagan – 240,000
Seat 4: Ryan Wuebbels – 255,000
Seat 5: Steve Allen – 165,000
Seat 6: Bob Gallo – 137,000
Seat 7: Amie Martini – 176,000
Seat 8: AJ Kelsall – 88,000

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 3:  4,000/8,000 Limits

Wally Maddah and Amie Martini are two local notables making a deep run in Event 13 tonight. Maddah holds more than $700,000 in career earnings, with over 350 cashes on his poker resume. He has won 16 poker tournaments, and the majority of those victories have come here in Tampa (he has tournament 100 cashes overall at this property). The largest cash for the tournament grinder was for $37,361 at the Rock-N-Roll Poker Open at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood back in 2016.

Martini was the runner-up in a few nights ago in the Big O tournament, which was good for a $6,500 score. Martini is a cash-games mixed-games specialist, and her career tournament earnings stand above $143,000. Martini has one tournament win to her credit here at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa.