Event 2: $250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 9/163

Today ‘s 2 p.m. $250 Turbo is down to the final nine following less than eight hours of play. Leading the action are Paul Neessen and Bruce Snell, Sr. Neessen tops the field with 794,000, but is trailed closely by Snell with 723,000.

Each of the nine remaining have played their way to a $745 score while the tournament’s champion pockets $9,938.

Seating assignments with chip counts followed by remaining payouts:

Seat 1: Bruce Snell, Sr. – 723,000
Seat 2: Shaun Occhipinti – 550,000
Seat 3: Paul Neessen – 794,000
Seat 4: Eric Eisenberg – 300,000
Seat 5: Jesaka Downs – 147,500
Seat 6: James Mori – 150,000
Seat 7: Sanjib Acharya – 212,500
Seat 8: Toney Wooten – 179,000
Seat 9: Roberto Dolanco – 304,000

1st – $9,938
2nd – $5,466
3rd – $3,147
4th – $2,650
5th – $1,988
6th – $1,657
7th – $1,325
8th – $994
9th – $745

We will provide another post when the tournament concludes.

Event 2: $250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em

Event 2 of the WPTDeepStacks-Tampa series, today’s 2 p.m. $250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em tournament, drew 163 entries generating a prize pool of $33,130. The top 18 finishers get paid at least $497 while the event’s champion pockets $9,938.

Full prize structure:

1st – $9,938
2nd – $5,466
3rd – $3,147
4th – $2,650
5th – $1,988
6th – $1,657
7th – $1,325
8th – $994
9th – $745
10th-12th – $663
13th-15th – $580
16th-18th – $497

In addition to the cash prizes, all in-the-money finishers earn points toward the WPTDeepStacks Series Champion race.

We will provide another update on Event 2 when play consolidates to the 10-handed final table.

Event 2: $250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em
Level 9: 400/800/100 Ante
Entries: 148

The tournament clock shows 148 entries toward the end of Level 9 in the $250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em. That leaves the $20,000 guarantee well in the dust with late registration available for another hour. Tampa regulars  AJ “Doc” Santos, Seminole Hard Rock Tampa ambassador Wally Maddah and Cheri Beatty have all taken at least one shot in the tournament which permits unlimited re-entry.

The final prize pool figures will be posted as soon as they’re made available.

Event 2: $250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em
Level 1: 25/50

It’s 2 p.m. and Event 2 of the five-tournament WPTDeepStacks-Tampa series is underway. The $250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em event sees its players sit down to deep, 20,000-chip stacks and compete over 15-minute levels. Late registration and re-entry are available until 5:30 p.m. with the tournament expected to conclude sometime before midnight.

More details:

• $250 buy-in, $20,000 guaranteed
• 20,000 starting chips
• Level are 15 minutes in length
• Registration available until the start of Level 13 (~5:30pm)

Structure Sheet

We’ll take a look at the tournament’s field size closer to the first break.

Sunday marks Day 2 of the WPTDeepStacks-Tampa opening event and the crowning of the series’ first two champions! Here’s a look at the complete schedule of play:

12pm: Event 1, $570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em – Day 2

• Day 2 chip counts and table draws posted by 10:15 a.m.
• Prize pool
• Chip Counts with seat assignments through Flight E

2pm: Event 2, $250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em – One-Day Event

• $250 buy-in, $20,000 guaranteed
• 20,000 starting chips
• Level are 15 minutes in length
• Registration available until the start of Level 13 (~5:30pm)

Structure Sheet

Updates from the tournament floor begin when cards go in the air for the Event 1 restart at noon. See you then!