$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 1,200/1,600 with a 200 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 66 of 275

Level 15 is here and Flight C is into the final level of the day with 66 players remaining. The pace slowed since the break but we still expect to lose another handful in the next 40 minutes.

2018 WPTDeepStacks Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 620
Prize Pool: $607,600
June 14-18, 2018

The official numbers are out and we have the payout information. The WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event drew 620 entries over three starting flights to create a prize pool worth $607,600 and double up the $300,000 Guarantee.

The last 78 spots will be paid; a min-cash is worth $1,480 and the 2018 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event champion will walk away with $116,435 which includes a $3,000 Championship package.

Main Event payouts:

1st: $116,435 *
2nd: $79,530
3rd: $51,180
4th: $36,860
5th: $28,290
6th: $22,835
7th: $18,970
8th: $15,120
9th: $11,340
10th – 12th: $9,480
13th – 15th: $7,550
16th – 18th: $6,310
19th – 21st: $5,320
22nd – 24th: $4,420
25th – 27th: $3,760
28th – 36th: $3,115
37th – 45th: $2,690
46th – 54th: $2,350
55th – 63rd: $2,045
64th – 72nd: $1,760
73rd – 78th: $1,480
* – includes $3,000 Championship package

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 82 of 275

Action folded around to Trevor Hurst in the small blind and he accidentally raised. He tossed out 2,500 when he meant to only call and was forced to min-raise to 3,200. The big blind, described by Rex Clinkscales as “the tightest player at the table”, moved all in for 32,300

“Screw it,” Hurst said. “I call.”

Hurst:
Big Blind:

Hurst was on the verge of sending half of his stack to his neighbor but he paired the flop to get a yell from the table. The turn and river finished the board and Hurst sent the big blind out while taking some needles from the rest of the table.

The WPTDeepStacks cameras caught up with Randy Kiefer, Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Director of Poker Operations, to talk about the series and our state-of-the-art poker room.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 90 of 275

Action is back underway and they immediately dropped down to nine tables upon their return.

Wayne Daley continues to lead the way with 220,600 and the closest stack to him appears to be Jebhar Patterson with 175,000.

They have three more levels and two more hours to run up a stack and get ready for Day 2.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 91 of 275

Flight C players are taking their final break of the day with 91 remaining and nearly half of them will hit the rail in the last two hours.

It will be a busy time as they play down through Level 15 and try to join to 66 players already set for Day 2.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 102 of 275

With the board reading , Wayne Daley bet 18,000 and Haim Toorgeman raised to 50,000 from middle position. Daley called, the river came , and Daley announced: “all in”.

Toorgeman appeared to be unhappy, called off for his last 28,000 and Daley immediately said: “straight flush.”

Daley:
Toorgeman:

Daley was good with the spade steel wheel (straight flush to the five) and Toorgeman was eliminated with his top two.

Wayne Dayley – 215,000
Haim Toorgeman – Eliminated

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 118 of 275

Action folded to Trey Harrell in the hijack and he moved all in for 24,000. Rex Clinkscales three-bet shoved his own stack from the cutoff to get folds from the button and blinds.

Harrell:
Clinkscales:

Harrell was dominating for the double and the board kept him in the game.

Trey Harrell – 24,000
Rex Clinkscales – 20,5000

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 138 of 275

On the second hand after dinner break, Marvin “Duckman” Karlins open-shoved for 9,200 from middle position. The button opponent reshipped from the button for 23,200 and David Nathaniel snapped them both off in a hurry from the big blind.

Karlins:
Button:
Nathaniel:

Not a bad hand in the big blind with two all-ins in front. The board ran to pair both Karlins and the button but neither was big enough to crack Nathaniel’s aces.

David Nathaniel – 120,000

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 148 of 275

We took a walk among the tables while the players were on their dinner break and found a big stack sitting in the back of the room.

Rodney Rodrigue must have had himself a nice run over the first nine levels because he returned to the chip lead with 176,000. That would be a better-than-average Day 2 stack if he only manages to hover at that mark but he’ll be trying to push it higher