$360 Deepstack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 1,128

The 15 remaining players are taking a 40-minute dinner break while the 5K chips are coming out of play and the yellow 100k is introduced.

We will post the two-table lineup and counts while they are gone.

16th: Philip Hale – $3,115
17th: Mark Wiser – $3,115

$360 Deepstack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 1,128

Action folded to DeVaughn Smith and he moved all in for 340,000. Daniel Kennedy, next to act, quickly called and the rest of the table folded.

Smith:
Kennedy:

Smith had two live cards but Kennedy paired the flop. That prompted Smith to begin gathering his things and it was settled after the turn and river.

Daniel Kennedy – 1,350,000 (17 bb)
DeVaughn Smith – Eliminated in 18th place ($3,115)

$360 Deepstack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 1,128

The backlog was broken and we lost another handful of players to get the field down to the last two tables with the dinner break on the horizon.

We will grab the new lineup and chip counts on break.

19th: Troy Baker – $2,593
20th: David Smith – $2,593
21st: Glyn Griffis – $2,593
22nd: Marcus Little – $2,189
23rd: Zachary Gilbert – $2,189
24th: Sean Hampson – $2,189

$360 Deepstack 8-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining: 49 of 116

Registration closed on the first one-day trophy event and it was a good Sunday afternoon draw. The Eight-Max tournament had a $20,000 Guarantee and the 116 entries pushed the prize pool up to $34,800.

The last 12 spots will be paid with a min-cash earning $871 and the Event 2 champ walking away with the $11,040 top prize.

2019 Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 2
$360 Deepstack 8-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 116
Prize Pool: $34,800
February 24, 2019

1st: $11,040 + Guitar trophy
2nd: $6,612
3rd: $4,176
4th: $2,697
5th: $2,088
6th: $1,653
7th: $1,392
8th: $1,218
9th: $1,104
10th: $1,009
11th: $940
12th: $871

$360 Deepstack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 1,128

There was little action during Level 26 and they rolled into the next blind jump with 24 players remaining. That should loosen up over the next two levels before the dinner break.

Here is the table lineup and we will grab counts as we progress.

Table 9
Seat 1: Naresh Parwani
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Daniel Mills
Seat 4: Edward Kofler
Seat 5: Zachary Gilbert
Seat 6: Philip Hale
Seat 7: Sean Hampson
Seat 8: Aaron Speer
Seat 9: Wayne Daley

Table 20
Seat 1: Edwin Vasconcelos
Seat 2: Glyn Griffis
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Marcus Little
Seat 5: Anonymous
Seat 6: Matthew Kerley
Seat 7: Thomas Leonzio
Seat 8: Andrew Boccia
Seat 9: Robert Van Syckle

Table 21
Seat 1: DeVaughn Smith
Seat 2: Daniel Kennedy
Seat 3: Philip Starner
Seat 4: William Muniz
Seat 5: Alex Ivan
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: Christopher Boyle
Seat 8: Mark Wiser
Seat 9: Troy Baker

$360 Deepstack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 1,128

One reason for the slowdown in eliminations is the logjam near the top of the counts. Several of the previous big stacks came back to the field and there are a handful in the 2,000,000 range.

The biggest at the moment looks like Andrew Boccia but that could change in a hurry.

They will play three more levels before the remaining players take a 40-minute dinner break.

$360 Deepstack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 1,128

It took a little while to break the slowdown but Event 1 lost three players shortly before the break. The remaining 24 players made another pay jump with everyone guaranteed at least $2,189.

25th: Derek Worley – $1,785
26th: Christopher Kobil – $1,785
27th: Siddharth Siddharth – $1,785

Remaining payouts:

1st: $58,835 + $1,650 Seat
2nd: $41,211
3rd: $26,660
4th: $19,707
5th: $14,918
6th: $11,904
7th: $9,850
8th: $7,836
9th: $5,883
10th-12th: $4,765
13th-15th: $3,755
16th-18th: $3,115
19th-21st: $2,593
22nd-24th: $2,189

$360 Deepstack 8-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries: 109

While there is a big slowdown in Event 1, no players eliminated in nearly a level, we decided to peek at the Event 2 field. They are into Level 8 and it’s the last chance to register for the big eight-handed tournament.

They’ve already blown past the $20,000 guaranteed prize pool and the doors will close at 6:30pm after the next break.

We’re seeing plenty of players jump from Event 1 into Event 2 including Wally Maddah, Cheri Beatty, and Brandon Byars.

$360 Deepstack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 20,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 1,128

In a snap, Event 1 is down from 179 players to the three-table redraw with 27 players remaining less than six hours after the restart. It took a little while to go from 28 to 27 but they got there when Sean Hampson sent Chuck Lum out late in Level 24.

Tournament staff paused the clock and they are drawing new seats.

28th: Chuck Lum – $1,525
29th: Matthew Leecy – $1,525
30th: Jacqulyn Kagan – $1,525
31st: Yao Zhao – $1,525
32nd: Travis Jackson – $1,525
33rd: Joseph Graci – $1,525
34th: Edgar Ward – $1,525

$360 Deepstack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 34 of 1,128

Kristopher Villanueva open-shoved for 350,000 and Stephen Dees called on the button. Wayne Daley called in the big blind but did not realize Dees was along for the ride, almost prematurely tabling his hand.

The flop came and Daley immediately put Dees all in for his last ~370,000. Dees thought for a moment and called for the big three-way pot.

Daley:
Dees:
Villanueva:

Daley woke up to a big blind monster and it held after the turn and river for the double knockout.

35th: Stephen Dees – $1,525
36th: Kristopher Villanueva – $1,525
37th: James Kerr – $1,320
38th: Mark Smyrski – $1,320
39th: Robert Schmal – $1,320
40th: Marvin Karlins – $1,320
41st: Todd Backus – $1,320