$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.
2023 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 13
$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries: 93
Prize Pool: $31,155
September 13, 2023
Registration closed for the $400 Limit Omaha 8 tournament with 93 entries to create one of our biggest fields for this tournament. They created a prize pool worth $31,155 and the last 12 players will earn some money.
A min-cash is worth $780 while the Event 13 champ will earn $9,885 and the SPS trophy.
1st: $9,885 + SPS Trophy
2nd: $5,920
3rd: $3,740
4th: $2,410
5th: $1,870
6th: $1,480
7th: $1,250
8th: $1,090
9th: $990
10th: $900
11th: $840
12th: $780
$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 200/400 Limits
We can’t head into Championship action without putting together a little more Omaha fun. At noon, we have Event 13 with a $400 Limit Omaha 8 tournament and it will be a fun one.
Players sit down to 20K stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm. The 30-minute dinner break hits at 6:30 pm and then we find another Omaha champ.
Primary Event Schedule
12PM: Event 12 – $2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
12PM: Event 13 – $400 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
2PM: Event Day 2 – $200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
10AM: $250 Event 12 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
3PM: $200 SPS Championship Satellite (1-in-10)
6PM: $200 SPS Championship Satellite (1-in-10)
2022 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 13
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 161
Prize Pool: $84,525
August 29, 2022
Raminder Singh claimed his second WPT Trophy of the series tonight as the champion of Event 13. Singh topped multiple opponents that are also in the Player of the Series race in his last two opponents (Aaron Thivyanathan – 3rd place and Daniel Couzens – 2nd Place) to grab the top prize worth $22,475.
Here is what he had to say after winning his second event of the tournament series: “It feels great, I’m actually on a business and family and poker trip so it’s good to play late registration and come in and the tournament structures are awesome, so you can come in late after work and play some poker. It’s fantastic and it feels great. Absolutely, I like to play well, and I call myself a true poker amateur, so from that angle I have to play well against these great players that are here from all over that travel here.”
“I talked to my wife, she is a happy camper, and in she is a very supportive wife and she is OK with me staying over, so perhaps I won’t be going back (to Delray Beach) because it’s a pretty long drive, four hours each way and that takes a toll on me, on your sleep and all, so perhaps I’m still 50/50 on that, but I’m more inclined to play some more tournaments and late reg in Level 7 or 8,” said Singh when he was asked about his plans to play in the rest of the tournament series.
Singh also wanted to add something about a fun family competition that he has with his kids. “My daughter and son, we have a trophy competition going on. My daughter is into ice skating, and my son is into swimming so they have their own collection of trophies, and when I win a trophy to take home they are motivated to win more,” said Singh.
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raminder | Singh | $22,475 + WPT Trophy |
| 2 | Daniel | Couzens | $14,720 |
| 3 | Aaron | Thivyanathan | $8,670 |
| 4 | Shane | Melert | $5,280 |
| 5 | Jordan | DeGrenier | $4,070 |
| 6 | Howard | Leung | $3,380 |
| 7 | Simon | Lefebvre | $2,920 |
| 8 | Max | Brown | $2,580 |
| 9 | Emmanuel | Santos Orlang | $2,250 |
| 10 | Jorge | Cuesta | $1,940 |
| 11 | Brandon | Duvdiani | $1,940 |
| 12 | Nicholas | Scholz | $1,940 |
| 13 | Kharlin | Sued | $1,650 |
| 14 | Julian | Foster | $1,650 |
| 15 | Juan | Rodriguez Torres | $1,650 |
| 16 | Miles | Laurence | $1,370 |
| 17 | Xiaozhi | Yang | $1,370 |
| 18 | Paul | Holliday | $1,370 |
| 19 | Steven | Miller | $1,100 |
| 20 | Luke | Blindert | $1,100 |
| 21 | Igor | Evseev | $1,100 |
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Remaining Players: 1 of 161 entries
Daniel Couzens got all in with 
in the hole, and Raminder Singh had him covered holding 
on the button.
The final board ran out 
, and Couzens was eliminated in second place, good for $14,270 in prize money.
Singh was crowned the winner of the tournament after the hand thanks to a flush, and in addition to his second WPT Trophy of the series he also picked up the top prize worth $22,475.
Stay tuned for a winner photo, an interview with the champion, and full results from the tournament.
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Remaining Players: 2 of 161 entries
Aaron Thivyanathan was all in with 
from the button, and Daniel Couzens had him covered holding 
on the small blind.
The board was dealt 
, and Aaron was eliminated in third place, good for $8,670. Couzens stacked up 1.39 million after collecting the pot.
Daniel Couzens – 1,390,000 (34 bb)
Aaron Thivyanathan – Eliminated in Third Place ($8,670)
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Remaining Players: 5 of 161 entries
Here is a look at the updated chip counts and results at the final table from Event 13. Player of the Series implications are in play with the current leader Aaron Thivyanathan, Raminder Singh, and Daniel Couzens all still in the mix.
Seat 2: Daniel Couzens – 375,000
Seat 6: Shane Melert – 540,000
Seat 7: Raminder Singh – 1,850,000
Seat 8: Jordan DeGrenier – 300,000
Seat 9: Aaron Thivyanathan – 225,000
Here is a look at the updated final tabe results:
1st: $22,475 + WPT Trophy
2nd: $14,720
3rd: $8,670
4th: $5,280
5th: $4,070
6th: Howard Leung – $3,380
7th: Simon Lefebvre – $2,920
8th: Max Brown – $2,580
9th: Emmanuel Santos Orlang – $2,250
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Remaining Players: 9 of 161 entries
The final nine players have taken their seats at the final table, and here is a look at the seat draw with chip counts.
Seat 1: Emmanuel Santos Orlang – 260,000
Seat 2: Daniel Couzens – 325,000
Seat 3: Max Brown – 310,000
Seat 4: Simon Lefebvre – 300,000
Seat 5: Howard Leung – 170,000
Seat 6: Shane Melert – 500,000
Seat 7: Raminder Singh – 540,000
Seat 8: Jordan DeGrenier – 600,000
Seat 9: Aaron Thivyanathan – 280,000
Here is the remaining prize pool up for grabs:
1st: $22,475 + WPT Trophy
2nd: $14,720
3rd: $8,670
4th: $5,280
5th: $4,070
6th: $3,380
7th: $2,920
8th: $2,580
9th: $2,250