If you are looking for something different than the SPS Championship, we have a game for you at noon. Event 15 is $400 T.O.E. tournament that will rotate games between Limit 2-7 Triple Draw, Omaha 8, and Stud 8.
It’s a good mix.
Players start with 30K deep 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 4:30 pm. The 30-minute dinner break is scheduled for 6:30 pm and then we found our T.O.E. champ.
2022 WPT Tampa Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 15 $1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed Entries: 116 Prize Pool: $112,520 August 30, 2022
Brandon Wong cruised to victory at the final table of Event 15 as the perennial chip leader tonight to take home the top prize worth $33,190 and the WPT trophy after a heads-up final against Brad Owen.
In the final hand Wong held on the button, and Owen was covered with in the hole. The final board ran out , and Owen was eliminated in second place, good for $20,530.
Here is what Wong had to say after his victory on the final hand: “I’m just a very lucky person. I’m going to use the money to go and help my family out, and take care of my family and my friends. I’m going to eat a bowl of noodles, tip some dealers, and then go and relax.”
When Wong was asked about his previous experience in poker leading up to the victory tonight he offered this: “I was definitely on a hot streak, it was all luck for me, no skill. I’m very lucky, so a complete hot streak. I just do this as a hobby, and I got lucky like Moneymaker. I’m a tech consultant, so it’s fun to come here absolutely.”
Wong was the perennial chip leader through the final stages of the tournament, and this is what he said about the endgame of the event: “It’s really easy, all you’ve got to do is flop it. Other people have Kings and then you have Aces, and hopefully it will work out for you. And after this I might be playing the WPT, we’ll see how lucky I feel.”
“Everyone is super nice, it’s a very friendly atmosphere. It’s just nice and relaxing, it feels like I’m hanging out with the boys at a home game,” said Wong when he was asked about what he enjoys about playing tournaments here in Tampa.
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 15 of 116
Brandon Wong just took out a player on the money bubble when his made a flush on the river against his opponent’s hole cards of that had made a staright on the flop.
That’s when the chips got all in as well, and Wong stacks up 535,000 after collecting the pot. Every player remaining will now take home $2,530.
2022 WPT Tampa Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 15 $1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed Entries: 116 Prize Pool: $112,520 August 30, 2022
Registration closed for Event 15 and the $1,100 No Limit Hold’em drew 116 entries to more than double the $50,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $112,520. The last 15 players will make some money with $2,530 for a min-cash and $33,190 plus the WPT trophy up top for the winner.
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante Entries: 115
Walking the field before the second break, we found WPT’s Brad Owen and Andrew Neeme taking their Event 15 title shots. In a couple of days, they’ll have some cash games on their minds.
Owen and Neeme are hosting a WPT Meet-Up game in the Poker Room on Thursday with some $3/$5 action, and the signup list will get the games going at 8 am. They will be in the action later in the day, and we have a special high-hand promotion from 8 pm to 10 pm.
Every hour during between 8 pm and 10 pm, the high hand at the Meet-Up tables will receive a seat in Flight A of the $3,500 buy-in/$1,000,000 guarantee WPT Tampa Championship. Three hours, three seats.
Only those playing on the $3/$5 Meet Up tables are eligible for the Championship high hand promotion.