$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Flight C Entries: 202 (Total Entries: 547)

In a three-way pot with the board reading , Mitch Mitchell and another opponent checked and the cutoff player bet 3,000. Mitchell called, the second player dropped out, and the river came .

Mitchell checked from the big blind and the cutoff bet 6,000. After thinking it through, Mitchell called and the cutoff tabled ace-high . Mitchell quickly flipped up for top pair to take the pot.

Mitch Mitchell – 35,575

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 100/200 with a 25 ante
Flight C Entries: 185 (Total Entries: 530)

We heard the duck call, so we knew something was up at Marvin “Duckman” Karlins table. He opened to 3,500 from middle position and the button player moved all in for 12,100. Karlins had to call because he was holding his namesake hand.

Karlins:
Button:

It was a race and Karlins flopped a set and it held to give him the pot while sending his opponent out.

Then he blew his traditional duck call.

Marvin “Duckman” Karlins – 63,200

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 100/200 with a 25 ante
Flight C Entries: 185 (Total Entries: 530)

With the board reading , Wyatt Glyn-Williams bet 1,300 and Michael Newman raised to 15,000. That was enough to put Glyn-Williams all in and he called for his last 11,875.

Glyn-Williams:
Newman:

Newman made his open-ended straight draw on the turn and was ahead of Glyn-Williams’ flopped top set of kings. Newman needed to avoid a paired board but the river improved Glyn-Williams to a full house to double up.

Newman is here trying to make up ground in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year race and this is a small set back.

Wyatt Glyn-Williams – 28,400
Michael Newman – 23,575

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 75/150 with a 25 ante
Flight C Entries: 169 (Total Entries: 514)

The defending champion is back in the house. Rex Clinkscales came to town yesterday to defend his WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event title from last year but his day did not end well. He’s back in the room this afternoon with a rested mind and stacks out front.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 75/150
Flight C Entries: 163 (Total Entries: 508)

Level 3 has come to an end and Flight C players are enjoying taking some time away from the tables. They crossed the 500 combined entry mark early in the afternoon and it will continue to climb until registration closes at 6:30pm.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 75/150
Flight C Entries: 145 (Total Entries: 490)

We didn’t see when the chips went in the middle at Table 5 but we heard when the matter was settled. Austin L, wishing to remain mostly anonymous at this point, was all in for 25,525 and Robert Ortiz had him at risk.

Austin:
Ortiz:

Austin was in great shape for a double starting stack and nothing happened on the flop. Ortiz turned a two-out for the set and potential bad bead but Austin returned the favor on the river to take the pot.

Austin L – 52,000
Robert Ortiz – 12,000

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 75/150
Flight C Entries: 138

We are two levels into the day and we located our reigning Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year.

Nathan Papp earned that honor after a first and second place finish in two Immokalee Main Events including a win in the WPTDeepStacks series in September of 2016. His winner package included a seat in ten different Seminole Hard Rock Poker Main Events/Championships and this is the ninth. Papp will wrap up in his POY tour in August during the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 50/100
Flight C Entries: 129

The rest of the poker room is slowing waking as the cash tables begin to fill but the tournament side has already filled most of their tables. We still have a bit to go before the next big number but we’re getting there as we move into the afternoon hours.

Marie Harrell made her return to the Main Event after a tough run in the opening flight. She fell short of a Day 2 bag and back trying to make her way to her second WPTDeepStacks final table.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 25/50
Flight C Entries: 107

We had 72 entries at the start of the day and more than 100 before the first half hour was complete. We are watching and waiting for entry number 268 to double up the $300,000 Guarantee into a $600,000 prize pool.

Ory Hen is firing another round trying to make it through to Day 2. The multiple SHRP champ is also a former Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year. Hen had a great run in 2015 to top the leaderboard and add to his South Florida poker legend.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 25/50
Flight C Entries: 72

The player instructions were issued and cards are in the air for the final flight of the WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event with 72 souls in the game at the start.