2019 WPTDeepStacks Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 8
$1,100 Buy-in Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 659
Prize Pool: $639,230
June 13-17, 2019

1st – $120,842*
2nd – $82,627
3rd – $53,259
4th – $38,765
5th – $29,712
6th – $23,776
7th – $19,704
8th – $15,689
9th – $11,783
10th-12th – $9,792
13th-15th – $7,794
16th-18th – $6,490
19th-21st – $5,319
22nd-24th – $4,492
25th-27th – $3,798
28th-36th – $3,118
37th-45th – $2,736
46th-54th – $2,418
55th-63rd – $2,163
64th-72nd – $1,934
73rd-81st – $1,731
82nd-83rd – $1,559

*First prize inclusive of $3,000 WPTDeepStacks Championship package

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1C Players Remaining: 132 of 319

Tampa regular Jeff Trudeau ate his Wheaties on dinner break and returned with a fury building castles. Trudeau, never one to shy away from getting his chips in the middle, has run hot in today’s play and is putting a hurt on the late stages of Day 1C play.

Midway through Level 11, he posses comfortably over 350,000 chips and tops the field.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1C Entries: 319 (Total Entries: 659)

Dinner break is done and registration is officially closed for Day 1C of the WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event. The unofficial tally is 319 entries bringing the total to 659. If that number holds, the prize pool will stand at $639,230.

Here’s a tournament breakdown:

We will post the complete payouts as soon as they are available.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 9: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1C Entries: 311 (Total Entries: 651)

Level 9 expires and it’s dinner time on Day 1C of the WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event. Play resumes shortly after 6:30pm local time and registration closes at that time.

Stay tuned for the final prize pool numbers.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 9: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1C Entries: 308 (Total Entries: 648)

Wally Maddah found the Day 1C rail, his last 13,000 chips going across the table holding versus an opponent’s pocket sixes. Maddah joins a number of players that have gone bust on this Saturday — including defending champion Quentin Jones — but he assured the media desk he’d be re-entering later.

Dinner break is less than 10 minutes away and is set to last one hour. The registration desk closes after play resumes — about 6:30pm — and the final field will be figured at that time.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 9: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1C Entries: 300 (Total Entries: 640)

200,000 is the bar at this point in the WPTDeepStacks Main Event and there are two players flirting with it. Matthew Kerley has held the chip lead most of the day, but Mitchell King is right on his heels.

King has constructed a stack of chips worth more than 200,000. He’s far and away one of the biggest stacks in the room claiming in excess of 250 big blinds.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 8: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1C Entries: 296 (Total Entries: 636)

Saturday’s Day 1C is living up to its expectations blowing the doors off the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa. After 155 and and 185 entries respectively for Thursday and Friday play, today’s session is already up to 296. That sum adds the field to 636 entries putting the prize pool at $616,920.

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$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 7: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1C Entries: 267 (Total Entries: 607)

Matthew Kerley’s reign at the top continues to start Level 7. The day’s second break concluded just moments ago and with the field the big stack was easy to spot.

Kerley’s mountain sits at just under 190,000 and he’s best in a tough Day 1C field that includes Wally Maddah, Jeff Trudeau, Tom Nguyen, Anthony Dianaty, Karl Manouchakian, Brian Reinert, Anthony Astarita and loads of other heroes.

The clock shows 267 entries in action — 607 total — putting the tournament prize pool at more than $588,000. Registration and re-entry are available until ~6:30pm.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 5: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1C Entries: 245 (Total Entries: 585)

Brian Reinert opened late position to 800 and Karl Manouchakian defended his big blind.

Flop: – Manouchakian checked and Reinert C-bet 800. Manouchakian called.

Turn: – Manouchakian lead 1,100. Reinert called.

River: – The action went check-check. Manouchakian announced, “10,” but Reinert was first to table for a pair of eights. Manouchakian confirmed his better flipping over . Tens took the pot and Manouchakian grew his stack to just under 50,000.