$2,200 Eight-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Entries: 153
Level 8 is coming to a close which means time it running out to join the field with a prize pool over $300,000. Good money for a one-day tournament.
Two-time WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open champ and three-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Ryan Van Sanford were two more tough entries to the tournament.
$2,200 Eight-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Entries: 142
The field is growing and the field is getting tougher. The 142 entries put the prize pool at $284,000 with less than an hour to add to it.
Two more talented players were found among the crowd including Jake Schwartz and Justin Liberto. Schwartz is a Florida poker legend with six WPT final tables, two WPT runner-ups, and a WSOP second place. Liberto has trophies from all over the place. He owns a WSOP bracelet, six WSOP Circuit rings, and a WPTDeepStacks title.
More than $7 million earned between them. The talent is coming to town for the Championship.
$2,200 Eight-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Entries: 108
Players are back in their seats after the first break of the day and the prize pool topped $200,000 while they were gone. There’s still time to get down here for the warmup with late registration open until 4:30 pm.
Rob Brown had a nice few levels, sending one player out with a set of sevens over top pair, and moved up to a double starting stack. David DiBernardi is hoping for another deep run after the WSOP Circuit Tampa winner made last night’s $1,100 NLH final table.
$2,200 Eight-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Entries: 94
The $2,200 field in filling in nicely with the prize pool approaching $200,000 and it will get there when we hit 100 entries later this afternoon.
We found more friends in the field including Tampa regular Jeremy Becker with a tough draw; WSOP Circuit winner Steve Karp and WSOP bracelet champ Matt Waxman.
$2,200 Eight-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 2: 100/100 with a 100 ante
Entries: 61
The $2,200 NLH field is smaller than most but still increbily talented. The high buy-in tournament is great way for some to prepare for the $3,500 WPT Tampa Championship this weekend and it shows.
Brian Hastings, Rodney Turvin, WSOP bracelet winner Michael Wang, Hollywood champ Fernando Rodriguez, and two-time WSOPC ring winner (and fresh off a Wynn win) Spencer Champlin are a few we found on the first walkthrough.
$2,200 Eight-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 100/100
We are one day away from the start of the WPT Tampa Championship and most of the Event Center will be filled with four huge satellites. But we have one last warmup before the big game gets underway.
Event 13 is a $2,200 No Limit Hold’em tournament played eight-handed with a one-day structure to get them ready for tomorrow.
They will start with 20,000 stacks out front and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm and it has a scheduled dinner break at 6:30 pm.
They will return to play down to the final table and eventual champion, a nice momentum boost going into Championship weekend.
Primary Event Schedule
12PM: Event 13 – $2,200 Eight-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
9AM: $100 Step Championship Satellite (1-in-5)
10AM: $250 Event 13 Satellite (1-in-10)
11AM: $400 Championship Mega Satellite (Re-Entry)
3PM: $400 Championship Mega Satellite (Re-Entry)
6PM: $400 Championship Mega Satellite (Re-Entry)
9PM: $400 Championship Turbo Satellite (Re-Entry)
2020 WSOP Circuit – February
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 13
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 374
Prize Pool: $192,610
February 16-17, 2020
A year ago this month, David DiBernardi won his first WSOP Circuit ring down at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek, but after busting out of the Main Event on Sunday, DiBernardi was prepared to call it a series.
“I almost didn’t play this event,” said DiBernardi. “I was waiting in line because I min-cashed the Main Event, and my buddy said, ‘Dude, you’ve got to hop in this.'”
DiBernardi did hop into it, and finished Day 1 third in chips. By the time the final table began, he had moved up the leaderboard to second in chips, and when the final river card hit, DiBernardi was victorious in winning his second WSOP Circuit ring in his own hometown.
When asked about the WSOP Circuit coming to Tampa, DiBernardi said, “I’m from Tampa, and I’ve been waiting for something like this. It’s awesome, what the Hard Rock has done. This room has been amazing. It was a great series, and I’m excited that it’s coming back in September.”
Final Table Results:
1st: David DiBernardi – $40,079 + WSOP Circuit Ring
2nd: Victor Nissim – $24,768
3rd: Giedrius Bagdonas – $17,957
4th: Bradley Coultas – $13,216
5th: William Watson – $9,877
6th: Rodney Turvin – $7,497
7th: Gregory Masters – $5,780
8th: Stephen Song – $4,529
9th: Saehyun Kim – $3,606
10th: Lily Kornik – $2,920
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 374
Event 13 is down to its final table with 10 players remaining in the $600 buy-in tournament. With the elimination of David Prociak, David Tuthill grabbed a virtual lock on the Casino Championship.
Seat 1: Rodney Turvin – 780,000
Seat 2: Brad Coultas – 1,400,000
Seat 3: David Dibernardi – 1,506,000
Seat 4: Giedrius Bagdonas – 1,700,000
Seat 5: Stephen Song – 431,000
Seat 6: Gregory Masters – 374,000
Seat 7: William Watson – 525,000
Seat 8: Saehyun “Sam” Kim – 345,000
Seat 9: Victor Nissim – 495,000
Remaining payouts:
1st: $40,079 + WSOP Circuit Ring
2nd: $24,768
3rd: $17,957
4th: $13,216
5th: $9,877
6th: $7,497
7th: $5,780
8th: $4,529
9th: $3,606
10th-12th: $2,920
And here are the players who have been eliminated so far here on Day 2:
11th: Hamid Izadi – $2,920
12th: David Prociak – $2,920
13th: Adam Fauser – $2,404
14th: Joseph Daddario – $2,404
15th: Ronald Sullivan – $2,404
16th: Diane Casino – $2,013
17th: David Dean – $2,013
18th: Sanjib Acharya – $2,013
19th: Ross Lebo – $1,715
20th: Carlos Loving – $1,715
21st: Adedapo Ajayi – $1,715
22nd: Raymond Rob Majuraerty – $1,488
23rd: Eric Salazar – $1,488
24th: Sam Sweilem – $1,488
25th: Jeremy Demers – $1,314
26th: Travis Cathey – $1,314
27th: Glyn Griffis – $1,314
28th: Laurence Miles – $1,182
29th: Gloria Jacksonson – $1,182
30th: Jason Giles – $1,182
31st: Raminder Singh – $1,083
32nd: Mukul Pahuja – $1,083
33rd: Bob Beck – $1,083
34th: Adam White – $1,012
35th: Zachary Mullennix – $1,012
36th: Taylor Deane – $1,012
37th: Ryan Jones – $964
38th: Benjamin Miner – $964
39th: Monir Maher – $964
40th: Blake Barousse – $964
41st: Terrence Moore – $964
42nd: Kevin Blewitt – $964
43rd: Carlos Guerrero – $964
44th: Matthew Higgins – $964
45th: Harvey Graham – $964
46th: Rodney Goodwin – $936
47th: An Do – $936
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 47 of 374
Event 13 had a huge turnout. With the results of the WSOP Circuit series so far, it should be no surprise that the last point-generating tournament pulled a massive group of players into the Event Center.
It drew 374 entries into the $600 buy-in tournament and there were still 47 players remaining when they bagged up for the night. Such a great end that the Day 2 restart was changed from 2 pm to noon to accommodate the return.
Dapo Ajayi starts Day 2 with the chip lead with WPT Season XII Player of the Year Mukul Pahuja in second and WSOP Circuit winner David DiBernardi third. David Prociak is still in the running for his second ring of the series (and third overall) and he’s also in contention for Casino Champion.
Cards fly at noon and we will keep one eye on them while our main focus with be the Main Event.
Top ten returning stacks: