$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 42 of 620

Quentin Jones might have the best return-on-investment in the field so far and that’s better than some who used a satellite to get.

Jones won Event 3 heading into the Main Event, taking the top prize of $31,987 along with a seat in the $300,000 headliner tournament. He played Flight A on little sleep, bagged up 175,000 and is now up to 385,000 with 42 players remaining. He’s guaranteed at least another $2,690 but has the chips to take it higher.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 45 of 620

Zipping right along in the Main Event but the line has slowed as the field hits the last five tables of the tournament. They will play out this level, take a short break, and return for two more levels before the dinner break.

46th: Salvatore Ramos – $2,350
47th: Merlin Schenk – $2,350
48th: Nicholas Kennedy – $2,350
49th: Trey Harnell – $2,350
50th: David Vogel – $2,350
51st: William Galloway – $2,350
52nd: John Dobson – $2,350
53rd: David Yoe – $2,350
54th: Jebhar Patterson – $2,350
55th: John Utley – $2,045
56th: Joseph Gotlieb – $2,045
57th: Peter Katsarelis – $2,045
58th: Daniel Kasper – $2,045

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 58 of 620

Dan Johnson contributed his part to the fast pace. Michael Parisi and Terren Faloh were both all in and he had them covered.

Parisi:
Faloh:
Johnson:

Johnson was in line for a triple but Johnson hit the flop to take a big lead. The board finished with the turn and river to give Johnson the pot while sending Parisi and Faloh out.

Results 59th through 78th:

59th: Tyler Spaugh – $2,045
60th: Femi Fashakin – $2,045
61st: Cody Hernandez – $2,045
62nd: Amelio Amato – $2,045
63rd: Terren Faloh – $2,045
64th: Michael Parisi – $1,760
65th: Daniel Bismuth – $1,760
66th: Robert Goudy – $1,760
67th: John Bailey – $1,760
68th: Matthew Delaney – $1,760
69th: Michael Gallo – $1,760
70th: Sean Lance – $1,760
71st: Mark Hayes – $1,760
72nd: Thang Phu – $1,760
73rd: Thomas Tsanadis – $1,480
74th: Joseph Buonodono – $1,480
75th: Kevin Greene – $1,480
76th: Nikolaos Costarelis – $1,480
77th: Michael McKinley – $1,480
78th: Michael Newman – $1,480

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 58 of 620

The double bubble knockout cleared the logjam of short stacks and we quickly lost 20 players in less than 15 minutes. A crazy spurt of action and we will catch up on the recent results as soon as the line dissipates a bit.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 77 of 620

Our long bubble is finally over after 14 hands, 28 minutes of clock time, and one hour of real time.

Anthony Astarita opened to 13,000 from middle position and Barry Wiedmann called on the button. Michael Newman moved all in for 19,000 from the big blind and picked up calls from both players.

Then they waited.

Waited for the other tables to finish their action before running the hands where there was another all-in called.

Astarita and Wiedmann checked down the board and Newman gave the table a little smack. He flopped an open-ended straight draw with but never got there. Wiedmann took the pot with against Astarita’s .

On the other table, Roberto Mello open-shoved for 12,000 and Merlin Schenk called from the big blind.

Mello:
Schenk:

Mello was ahead for the double and dodged the flop. Schenk paired the and Mello was eliminated after the river for the double knockout.

Due to his (slightly) bigger stack, Newman was awarded 78th place money while Mello was the bubble boy.

Barry Wiedmann – 470,000 (78 bb)
Merlin Schenk – 224,000 (37 bb)
Anthony Astarita – 113,000 (19 bb)
Michael Newman – Eliminated in 78th place ($1,480)
Roberto Mello – Eliminated in 79th place

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 81 of 620

Players returned from the first break with 81 players remaining and tournament staff put the tournament into hand-for-hand mode three from the money.

The WPTDeepStacks cameras spent the day with 2016 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event champion Anthony Astarita on his day off from the Main Event.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 83 of 620

The first break is near along with the impending bubble when they get back. They are only a handful of eliminations away from making some money and our Day 2 returning chip leader continues his hot run.

Julio Marerro came back to the poker room with 338,500 but is now up to 617,000 as other players hit the rail.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 87 of 620

Michael Newman is chasing Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year points but they are not making it easy on him.

Newman was in the cutoff and called an all in shove by William Burdick in the hijack for 31,000.

Newman:
Burdick:

Newman was ahead in the race and stormed further out front on the flop. His set was looking good and Burdick stood up from his seat.

Then he sat back down as the board finished with the turn and river to put a straight on the board for a chopped pot.

Michael Newman – 93,000 (19 bb)
William Burdick – 37,000 (7 bb)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 17: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 93 of 620

Mark “Bud” Wiser opened to 11,000 from middle position and Anthony Do three-bet shoved for 59,500 from the cutoff. The button and blinds released and Wiser called with the bigger stack.

Wiser:
Do:

Do was in rough shape with the single over card and couldn’t catch the board to exit short of the money.

Mark “Bud” Wiser – 240,000 (60 bb)
Anthony Do – Eliminated