2018 Winter Little Slick
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Tampa, Florida
$150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Entries: 1,456
Prize Pool: $174,720
January 7-12, 2018

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November Little Slick
$100,000 Guaranteed
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 1,716
Prize Pool: $205,920
November 6-12, 2017

Tournament Results:

2017 Summer Little Slick Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 1,896
Prize Pool: $227,520
July 16-21, 2017

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, FL
$350 Memorial Day Deep Stack
No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 373
Prize Pool: $111,900
May 29, 2017

2017 May Little Slick
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, FL
$150 No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 1,622
Prize Pool: $194,640
May 15-21, 2017

2017 April Little Slick
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, FL
$150 No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 1,616
Prize Pool: $193,920
April 9-14

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The 2016 Fall Deep Stack Poker Series took place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa beginning Thursday, October 20th and concluding Sunday, October 30th. The six-event festival was headlined by $150, $350 and $570 multi-flight tournaments. The $350 opener drew 638 entries and was won by Tom Nguyen while the $150 prelim drew 421 entries and saw Dillon Burns earn its top prize.

Besting a field of 506 entries in the series’ $570 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed Deep Stack Main Event was Alexandru Ivan. Ivan, who pocketed $49,203 following a heads-up chop with Amie Martini, is 34 years old and resides in nearby Palm Harbor. The win marks the fourth of his career and moves him over $100,000 in reported earnings.

Recognized as Event 6 on the schedule, the $570 buy-in tournament marked the Main Event of 11-day series. It drew an impressive field including the likes of Seminole Hard Rock Tampa pros John Racener and Justin Zaki, 2010 November Niner John Dolan, tournament regular Allen Kessler and professional poker player and wine maker Brian Reinert. In the end, the event shattered its $200,000 guarantee to the tune of a $253,000 prize pool.

Here’s more on each of the Fall Deep Stack primary events:

• Event 1 ($350 NLH): Tom Nguyen defeated 638 entries for $45,954
• Event 2 ($150 NLH Turbo): Onder Ekinci defeated 149 entries for $4,300
• Event 3 ($150 NLH): Dillon Burns defeated 421 entries for $12,904
• Event 4 ($250 NLH): Matthew Silva defeated 123 entries for $3,229
• Event 5 ($570 NLH): Alexandru Ivan defeated 506 entries for $49,203
• Event 6 ($150 NLH Turbo): Gregory Greene defeated 122 entries for $2,400

That’s a wrap on the Fall Deep Stack series, but next up at the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa is the Winter Poker Open. The event kicks off December 1st with the $1,650 buy-in Championship beginning December 15th. In addition to a $300,000 guarantee, it is points eligible in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year race.

Winter Poker Open Schedule

Thank you to everyone who participated and all those who followed along with the Fall Deep Stack Poker Series!

Rock on.

2016 Fall Little Slick Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Tampa, FL
$150 No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 1,166
Prize Pool: $150,000
September 12-18, 2016

Tampa’s own Brian Blanchard won the $150 buy-in, $150,000 guaranteed Fall Little Slick Poker Series Sunday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Blanchard, a 30-year-old Emergency Room nurse, pocketed $25,000 along with the token guitar trophy for besting the 1,166-entry field.

Final results:

1st : BRIAN BLANCHARD – $25,000
2nd : ROBERTO POLANCO – $18,000
3rd : BRADLEY PAULAUSKI – $13,098
4th : MARK SCACEWATER – $13,097
5th : ANDREW KOVAL – $13,097
6th : TRAVIS WALDOR – $6,675
7th : CHRISTOPHER ARCIDIACONO – $5,250
8th : JEFFREY HIRTER – $3,900
9th : MYONG HAN – $2,753
10th : ANTUAN BUNKLEY – $1,793
11th : RICHARD HOPE – $1,793
12th : ANTHONY ASTARITA – $1,793
13th : DAVID FOSS – $1,200
14th : ANDREW LANOUE – $1,200
15th : THOMAS OSMUN – $1,200
16th : FREDERICO CAMARA – $803
17th : MATTHEW LEECY – $803
18th : JONATHAN RAMOS – $803
19th : STERLING SAVILL – $675
20th : RAFAEL MARCONDES REIS – $675
21st : JOSEPH DE LUCIA – $675
22nd : PAUL NEESSEN – $675
23rd : RAY LAMBERT – $675
24th : KHANH LE – $675
25th : JAMES BATES – $675
26th : LEONARDO MARQUES – $675
27th : MITCHELL LEE – $675
28th : JOHN UTTER – $585
29th : JAMES GAVIN – $585
30th : RAUL HERNANDEZ – $585
31st : WILLIAM AGER – $585
32nd : SANJIB ACHARYA – $585
33rd : KARL MANOUCHAKIAN – $585
34th : Gregory Courson – $585
35th : ANDREW APOSTOL – $585
36th : CHRISTY WHITEHURST – $585
37th : GERARD SUKHRAM – $510
38th : MICHAEL LOVERDE – $510
39th : KEVIN DONAHUE – $510
40th : ANTHONY MARCH – $510
41st : CHRISTOPHER POOLE – $510
42nd : QINGHAO ZHENG – $510
43rd : MICHAEL ALCALDE – $510
44th : WILL HEDDON – $510
45th : STUART KERRIDGE – $510
46th : YAZAN MUSA – $435
47th : BRITTON ROLINSKI – $435
48th : DIMAS CALIXTO – $435
49th : MELODY MURPHY – $435
50th : PAUL ROARK – $435
51st : WITOLD WASIK – $435
52nd : ELLIANNE MUNOZ – $435
53rd : KYLE RIGNOLA – $435
54th : THOMAS BURSIK – $435
55th : JEREMY BECKER – $383
56th : RYAN PHILLIPS – $383
57th : JACK TAYLOR – $383
58th : NAGABHUSHAN BEGUR – $383
59th : JUDITH GOLDSTEIN – $383
60th : OSCAR LINDO ZELEDON – $383
61st : JACOB MULLENS – $383
62nd : BARBARA GENE CARDIN – $383
63rd : CHRISTOPHER LABRIE – $383
64th : ZACHARY BOWERSOX – $350
65th : MICHAEL WALKER – $350
66th : CLAUDEMIR OSORIO – $350
67th : DANA MILLER – $350
68th : RAYMOND FARVER – $350
69th : WILLIAM MUNIZ – $350
70th : CHRISTOPHER KEAN – $350
71st : LUIZ LOPES DA SILVA – $350
72nd : ROBERT SHEETS – $350
73rd : Gregory Wytka – $323
74th : TOAN PHAM – $323
75th : SCOTT HENRY – $323
76th : GERARD VASIL – $323
77th : DAVID TWIBLE – $323
78th : OK HASELTON – $323
79th : DONALD LYERLY – $323
80th : RICHARD SOTO – $323
81st : MAURY BARRETT – $323
82nd : KIMBERLEY KILROY – $297
83rd : HUNG LE A – $297
84th : BRIAN MIRRAS – $297
85th : JOAO FIGUEIREDO – $297
86th : JEFFREY RUTLAND JR – $297
87th : STEPHEN SPEER – $297
88th : JOHN BENNETT – $297
89th : RICHARD MILROY – $297
90th : BENJAMIN VAN KLINK – $297
91st : JUNIOR GUY – $290
92nd : HRISTOS TSIRONIS – $290
93rd : ANDREW BUTTE – $290
94th : RONALD HOLT – $290
95th : SALVATORE PONTILLO – $290
96th : WOODROW PASS – $290
97th : MALLON OCONNOR – $290
98th : ROBBIE FISHER-OBRIEN – $290
99th : Miguel Paniss – $290
100th : KEVIN KEARNS – $290
101st : ADAMASTOR SANTOS – $282
102nd : DAVID DE CARVALHO – $282
103rd : GIL LEVY – $282
104th : JASON MALLAIAH – $282
105th : KERRY LISTER – $282
106th : MARK WISER – $282
107th : CHRISTOPHER BINION – $282
108th : THOMAS LANCASTER – $282
109th : CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS – $282
110th : PRAVEEN CHALLAGUNDLA – $282

2016 Labor Day Deep Stack
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Tampa, Fla.
$350 No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 354
Prize Pool: $106,200
September 4, 2016

The 2016 Summer Deep Stack Poker Series ran August 18-28 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa, FL. The 11-day festival featured five primary events and was headlined by a $570 buy-in, $200,000 guarantee. With a field of 629 entries, the six-figure target was easily bested as the prize pool topped $300,000.

Claiming victory in the series’ premier tournament was Tyrone Wilson, a 48-year-old disc jockey from Orlando. Wilson earned $47,959 along with the property’s token guitar trophy following an eight-way chop.

Summer Deep Stack Poker Series primary event results:

• Event 1: Phil Wasserman defeated 829 entries ($350 NLH) for $17,608
• Event 2: Onder Ekinci defeated 170 entries ($150 NLH) for $3,200
• Event 3: Mark Scacewater defeated 481 entries ($150 NLH) for $8,161
• Event 4: Daniel Wilson defeated 131 entries ($250 NLH) for $5,000
• Event 5: Tyrone Wilson defeated 629 entries ($570 NLH) for $47,959
• Event 6: Harvey Vandeven defeated 98 entries ($250 NLH) for $4,000

Next up at the Seminole Hard Rock is the Fall Little Slick Poker Series featuring a $150 buy-in and a $150,000 guarantee. That event begins September 12.

2016 Little Slick Summer Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Tampa, Fla.
$150 No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 1,826
Prize Pool: $219,120
July 18-24, 2016

Another massive field at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa generates prize pool in excess of $200,000.

Frederico Camara is poker’s latest champion following a victory in the Summer Little Slick Poker Series at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa Sunday night. Camara, who is 34 years old and hails from Brazil, defeated 1,826 entries in the $150 buy-in event. The win marks his third reported tournament cash and sends him home with $39,797 as well as the token guitar trophy.

Over the course of six days and 11 starting flights, the event’s massive field generated a total prize pool of $219,120 smashing the $150,000 guarantee. The top 180 players finished in the money including June’s WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Player of the Series Karl Manouchakian (eighth, $5,368), Antuan Bunkley (31st, $811), Herbert Woodbery (60th, $504) and Tom Nguyen (91st, $340).

Final table results:

1st: Frederico Camara – $39,797
2nd: Jeffrey Thompson – $25,199
3rd: Robert Irby – $16,719
4th: Raymond Sykes – $14,177
5th: Paul Mastella – $11,723
6th: Peter Harris – $9,422
7th: Liam Murphy – $7,341
8th: Karl Manouchakian – $5,368
9th: John Utter – $3,835

Little Slick Final Results

The Little Slick is just the most recent of major events taking place at the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa. Next up is the property’s Summer Deep Stack Poker Series set to run August 18-28. That series’ full schedule is available HERE.

2016 Memorial Day Deep Stack
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Tampa, Fla.
$350 Buy-In, $50,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 516
Prize Pool: $154,800
May 30,2016

$350 buy-in tournament more than triples the $50,000 guarantee as 516 entries vie for a shot at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa victory.

It’s Tampa. Everyone speculated the event would be big, but no one knew just exactly how big. Yesterday at 11 a.m., that questions was answered.

The $350 buy-in Memorial Day Deep Stack bested the $50,000 guarantee barely 10 minutes into the day and by Level 2 the field crossed the 250-entry mark. The Tampa faithful turned out in droves and made the event a huge success. In total, 516 loyal entries made their way to the Seminole Hard Rock and amassed a prize pool of $154,800 — an unheard of figure for an in-house, one-day event. Following 14 hours of play, Neri Sanchez emerged victorious in a six-way chop.

Sanchez, who is 35 years old and resides in St. Cloud, Fla., pocketed $25,000 moving him just south $150,000 in reported career earnings.

Full results:

1st : NERI SANCHEZ – $25,000
2nd : FREDERICO CAMARA – $20,000
3rd : HRISTOS TSIRONIS – $16,835
4th : MOHAMMAD AFFANEH – $13,059
5th : DONALD DRAPEL – $13,058
6th : HARRY JOHNSON IV – $13,058
7th : PAUL STANECHEWSKI – $5,650
8th : RYAN ELLISON – $4,412
9th : JADE LOY – $3,096
10th : RALPH MONDAY – $2,012
11th : JOSEPH BUONODONO – $2,012
12th : BRYAN MAGUIRE – $2,012
13th : SELAMI OZGENC – $1,548
14th : DAIANE MENDES – $1,548
15th : ERIC WERT – $1,548
16th : MANSOOR KADER – $1,161
17th : WILLIAM MUNIZ – $1,161
18th : FABIAN FOSTER – $1,161
19th : ANDREA RUOSI M – $851
20th : CHRISTOPHER MCLAIN – $851
21st : LEIF OSKARSSON – $851
22nd : JOHN MEINCH II – $851
23rd : RASAM MOHAMMADIAN – $851
24th : ROBERT RUSSO – $851
25th : JEFFREY MOORE – $851
26th : TAYLOR RILEY – $851
27th : ROBERT MILLER – $851
28th : GLEN BALLENGER – $774
29th : JOHN WARYAS – $774
30th : MICHAEL RAIMON – $774
31st : ANDREW LEADBETTER – $774
32nd : RYAN KETTERER – $774
33rd : JAMES BRINKLEY – $774
34th : DANIEL CLEMENTE – $774
35th : DEREK WORLEY – $774
36th : JEFFREY MORZELLA – $774
37th : ANDREW PAPPALARDO – $697
38th : LAHCEN IMKHAOUN – $697
39th : KEVIN PAHL – $697
40th : LINDSAY JOHNSTON – $697
41st : GERARD NADEAU – $697
42nd : VINCENT MC BRIDE – $697
43rd : RENEISHA BROWN-LEWIS – $697
44th : WILLIAM MCPHILLIPS – $697
45th : JOSEPH MOLE – $697
46th : MICHAEL SCOTT – $619
47th : RUSSELL JAICKS – $619
48th : JOHN PAPPAS – $619
49th : RODGER SMITH – $619
50th : TRAVIS JACKSON – $619
51st : ROBERTO POLANCO – $619
52nd : DAVID BROWN – $619
53rd : ARIC PLUSKAT – $619
54th : JOSIAS SANTOS – $619

The event went off without a hitch and bodes well for the property’s upcoming WPTDeepStacks series June 9th-20th. Headlined by a $1,100 buy-in, $300,000 guaranteed Main Event and complemented by $570/$200,000 and $350/$100,000 prelims, there’s no telling what’s in store for the next series less than two weeks away.

Full WPTDeepStacks Schedule and Structure Sheets

2016 Little Slick Spring Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Tampa
Tampa, Fla.
$150 Buy-In, $150,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 1,931
Prize Pool: $231,720
April 11-17, 2016

The 2016 Little Slick Spring Poker Series concluded late Sunday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa. With 11 starting flights, the event played out over the course of a week and saw local grinder Brandon Byars walk with its top spot and $30,422.

The Little Slick boasted a $150 buy-in and a $150,000 guarantee. The six-figure target proved to be a formality as it was edged out during Friday’s Flight J and obliterated during Saturdays 452-entry Flight K. In all, the tournament saw a field of 1,931 generate a prize pool of $231,720.

Flight breakdown:

Flight A: 122 Entries, 13 Advanced
Flight B: 127 Entries, 11 Advanced
Flight C: 92 Entries, 12 Advanced
Flight D: 117 Entries, 15 Advanced
Flight E: 123 Entries, 16 Advanced
Flight F: 134 Entries, 14 Advanced
Flight G: 149 Entries, 19 Advanced
Flight H: 155 Entries, 23 Advanced
Flight I: 191 Entries, 21 Advanced
Flight J: 269 Entries, 27 Advanced
Flight K: 452 Entries, 61 Advanced

Total: 1,931 Entries, 232 Advanced

Remaining players returned for Day 2 Sunday at 11 a.m. and the tournament played out in a fury finishing less than 12 hours later after a four-way chop. While Byars left the top dog, Rafael Marcondes Reis finished 2nd ($27,000), Bryan Maguire 3rd ($24,000) and James Gavin 4th ($20,000).

Byars is 36 years old and resides in Tampa. The victory marks his eighth career cash and more than doubles his lifetime earnings

Final table results:

1st: Brandon Byars – $30,422
2nd: Rafael Marcondes Reis – $27,000
3rd: Bryan Maguire – $24,000
4th: James Gavin – $20,000
5th: Bradley Patton – $12,397
6th: Steven Bander – $9,964
7th: Antuan Bunkley – $7,763
8th: Matthew Longfellow – $5,677
9th: Eric Wilkinson – $4,055

Full Results

That’s a wrap on the 2016 installment of the Little Slick. Hope to see you in June for WPTDeepStacks!

2016 Presidents’ Day Deep Stack
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Tampa, Fla.
$250 No Limit Hold’em ($30,000 Guaranteed)
Entries: 509
Prize Pool: $106,890
February 15, 2016

Tampa, Fla. (February 16, 2015) — The 2016 Presidents’ Day Deep Stack shattered expectations and blew the doors off the poker room Monday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa. The $250 buy-in, $30,000 guaranteed event drew a field of 509 entries obliterating the targeted prize pool before topping it out at $106,890.

The top 54 spots paid and the tournament saw the final table agree to a 10-way, ICM deal. Raphael Doromal of Orlando held the chip lead at the time and went home as the tournament’s champion. He turned his $250 buy-in into $10,400.

Final table results:

1st: Raphael Doromal – $10,400
2nd: Anthony March – $10,050
3rd: Amelio Amato – $9,510
4th: Kammar Andries – $9,080
5th: Mary Donahoe – $8,788
6th: James Mouser – $8,030
7th: Fausto Cruz – $7,869
8th: Dustin Geselius – $7,600
9th: Franklin Brigham – $5,900
10th: Michael Medina – $3,000

Full Results

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The Little Slick Poker Series April 2015 returns to Seminole Hard Rock Tampa’s Poker Room.

• No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
• $150 Buy-in
• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Results [PDF]

• $150-$560 Buy-In
• No Limit Hold’em (RE), Pot Limit Omaha High Only (RE), & Turbo No Limit Hold’em (RE)
• $15,000, $100,000, $200,000, & $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pools
• Download the Deep Stack Winter Poker Series details PDF
• Event 1 Chip Count [PDF]
• Event 4 Chip Count [PDF]
• Event 5 Player List [PDF]