$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 90 of 511
The cutoff moved all in preflop with 
in the hole, and the button called holding 
. Doug Marro called to cover them both with 
after originally raising from late position.
The board was dealt 
, and Marro took out both of his opponents to stack up 110,000 after collecting the pot.
Doug Marro – 110,000 (36 bb)
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight B of WPT Tampa Event 1 is ready to go in the Event Center, set to build on the big turnout of Flight A. We had 511 entries in the first flight to set the path toward the $1,000,000 guarantee.
Players start with 20,000 stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, going up to 40 minutes on Day 2. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 9:30 pm. Play will continue until only 10% of the field remains and they will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm in the money.
2022 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 2
$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries: 174
Prize Pool: $58,920
August 25, 2022
Registration closed for the $400 Pot Limit Omaha game with 174 entries creating a prize pool worth $58,920. A great turnout to start the Omaha portion of the schedule. The last 22 spots will be paid with a min-cash worth $570 and $15,310 sitting up top for the champ.
1st: $15,310
2nd: $10,140
3rd: $5,980
4th: $3,640
5th: $2,810
6th: $2,330
7th: $2,010
8th: $1,760
9th: $1,530
10th-12th: $1,310
13th-15th: $1,100
16th-18th: $920
19th-21st: $740
22nd: $570
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 162 of 511
The third break has come and gone and the black chips are now out of play. 162 players are remaining which means they still have some time before thinking about the money bubble.
Sal Troiano is the big stack in the room with 242,000 followed by Yazdi Mehta with 232,000. Former leader Scott Woodring is doing just fine with 161,000 and Dyanna Lopez has 151,000.
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 189 of 511
Dyanna Lopez was already making moves up the leaderboard when she found herself in a three-way pot with one player all in.
She flopped a set with her jacks and got heads-up with the all-in player after the turn when she made a full house jacks full of fives. The at risk player was drawing dead and Lopez stacked up to 141,300 as the field shrinks.
$1,100 Six-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Entries: 50
They six-handed tournament is quickly building after a slow start, mostly due to players dropping out of the Event 1 field and jumping immediately into the bigger $1,100 buy-in tournament. They are only a couple new entries away from topping the $50,000 and spinning it up.
A few early notables include Ryan Hogan, Romeo Mendoza, Ryan Luker, and Michael Laake.
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight A Entries: 511
Registration closed for Flight A of WPT Tampa Event 1 with 511 entries putting more than $265,000 towards the $1,000,000 guarantee with five more flights to go.
Flight A will continue into the evening until only 52 players remain to advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm.
| Flight | Day | Entries | Advanced |
| A | Thurs at 10am | 511 | TBD |
| B | Thurs at 5pm | — | — |
| C | Friday at 10am | — | — |
| D | Friday at 5pm | — | — |
| E | Sat at 10am | — | — |
| F | Sat at 5pm | — | — |
| Total | 511 | TBD |
$1,100 Six-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
The third trophy event on the WPT Tampa schedule gets underway at 2 pm with a big one. Event 3 is a $1,100 buy-in tournament with a $50,000 guarantee and a one-day structure. A lot of money up for grabs before the end of the night.
Players start with 20K stacks out front and they will have 30-minute levels all day long. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 6:55 pm following the 40-minute dinner break.
They will return and play down to the final table and eventual Event 3 champ later this evening.
$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 4: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Entries: 110
The Pot Limit Omaha tournament is off to a great start with more than 100 entries before the first break. It’s turning out to be a fantastic start to the series.
Friendly faces in early action include AJ Kelsall, Cary Rosenthal, Wally Maddah, Vinny Montiero, and Dan Clemente.
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight A Entries: 437
The Flight A field continued to expand after the first break and we found more familiar faces in the field including our defending champ.
Last year, the opening event of the series was a $500 Big Stack that produced a prize pool over $2,000,000. Shawn Mohamed cruised to the final table and took the top spot for nearly $200K after a four-way deal. He’s back today trying to do it again.
Other new notables include former WSOP Millionaire Maker champ Femi Fashakin, Solange Lucas, and Jacob Naumann.
