$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 27: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante Players Remaining: 14 of 1,165
Sam Laskowitz
James Calderaro opened to 225,000 from the hijack and Seth Berger three-bet to 600,000 from the cutoff. Sam Laskowitz used two time chips before he cold four-bet all in for 1,475,000. Calderaro folded and Berger called.
Berger: Laskowitz:
They were flipping and Laskowitz needed to improve to double up. The board ran out and he missed to exit in 15th place.
Seth Berger – 8,300,000 (83 bb) Sam Laskowitz – Eliminated in 15th Place ($32,000)
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 26: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante Players Remaining: 15 of 1,165
Alejandro Funes
Action folded to David Tuthill and he moved all in with Alejandro Funes sitting in the big with 650,000. He called at risk and the hands were tabled.
Tuthill: Funes:
Tuthill found a monster in the small blind and Funes could not miracle a double on the board to exit early in 16th place for $32,000.
David Tuthill – 5,900,000 (79 bb) Alejandro Funes – Eliminated in 16th Place ($32,000)
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 26: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante Players Remaining: 16 of 1,165
Cards are in the air for Day 4 of the 2022 WPT Tampa Championship with 16 players remaining and playing down to the six-handed final table.
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 26: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante Players Remaining: 16 of 1,165
Fred Paradis (Photo Credit: Drew Amato for World Poker Tour)
The 2022 WPT Tampa Championship is down to its last two tables; 16 players with a chance to put their name on the WPT Champions Cup.
Fred Paradis leads the field when they return at noon with 15 tough players trying to overtake him. They will continue their day until only six players remain to form the six-handed WPT final table for tomorrow.
Everyone is guaranteed at least $32,000 but they all want the $615,050 top prize that will go out tomorrow.
They will play out the last 30 minutes of Level 26 and a full 90-minute Level 27 before taking their first break. The blinds are 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante and the average stack is about 3,650,000 (49 bb).
$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 28: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 486
Luke Blindert
The final three players bagged up at a hard stop at 4 am this morning in Tampa in Event 28, and Luke Blindert was the chip leader with 6.9 million. The final three players will return to play down to a champion at 3 pm down in the poker room where play will resume Level 28 with blinds at 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante.
Here is a look at how they will be seated tomorrow when cards get back into the air, along with their chip counts.
Seat 3: Luke Blindert – 6,900,000 Seat 5: Brendan Shiller – 2,300,000 Seat 8: Jovan Jojic – 5,375,000
Here is a look at the remaining prize pool and results of the tournament so far:
1st: $50,330 2nd: $35,260 3rd: $22,790 4th: Daniel Kasper – $15,600 5th: Jeremy Becker – $11,970 6th: Clyde Maliauka – $9,980 7th: Jack Ranallo – $8,330 8th: Danyal Huang – $6,680 9th: Adam Isaacson – $5,030 10th: Jeffrey Yanchek – $4,160 11th: Michael Wang – $4,160 12th: Andrei Karas – $4,160 13th: Tuck Foong – $3,290 14th: Joshua Wilson – $3,290 15th: Anthony Pellegrini – $3,290 16th: Brett Murray – $2,780 17th: Greg Robinson – $2,780 18th: Matthew Sandt – $2,780 19th: Narimaan Ahmadi – $2,340 20th: Michael Noor – $2,340 21st: Nam Moon – $2,340 22nd: James Carmadella – $1,960 23rd: Joseph Bell – $1,960 24th: Grant Missonis – $1,960 25th: Ronald Groeller – $1,690 26th: David Baize – $1,690 27th: Donna Owens – $1,690 28th: Elias Kiwan – $1,470 29th: Irfanullah Khairi – $1,470 30th: Anes Kovacevic – $1,470 31st: Daniel Chalifour – $1,470 32nd: Joan Dekler – $1,470 33rd: Jigesh Patel – $1,470 34th: Larry Hoffman – $1,470 35th: Jason Goldman – $1,470 36th: Tam Nguyen – $1,470 37th: Frank Menendez – $1,260 38th: Peter Hsu – $1,260 39th: Hobart Adkins – $1,260 40th: Cesar Fuentes – $1,260 41st: Srinivs Gottiparthi – $1,260 42nd: Richard Gole – $1,260 43rd: Toan Pham – $1,260 44th: Timothy Conner – $1,260 45th: Spencer Sweisford – $1,260 46th: Joao Figueiredo – $1,070 47th: Frederick Collado – $1,070 48th: Diego Paulo Uez – $1,070 49th: Andrew Dansicker – $1,070 50th: Antonio Serrao – $1,070 51st: Walter Thornton – $1,070 52nd: Victor Paulino – $1,070 53rd: Raymond Brint – $1,070 54th: Kerr Jean – $1,070 55th: Did not collect – $920 56th: Paul Crump Brooks – $920 57th: Julio Degado Reyes – $920 58th: Jiandong Xu – $920 59th: Jason Klipman – $920 60th: Bobby Amin – $920 61st: Nuno Duarte – $920
2022 WPT Tampa Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 29 $1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed Entries: 93 Prize Pool: $90,210 September 5, 2022
John Gallaher
John Gallaher won the last WPT Trophy of the night along with $28,610 in prize money as the champion of Event 29 to bring a late night in the tournament series to an end. Here is what he had to say after the victory.
“This is my very first WPT, and I love it. I bagged in the Main, got 200th, didn’t cash, but I loved it. There was a great structure, I loved the payouts. “I’ve enjoyed this whole stop, it’s well run. ” said Gallaher.
“It’s a very nice casino, I’m still trying to figure out my way around the casino. I love that they do several different events besides just the big ones, because that’s nice to have some opportunities to play,” said Gallaher about his overall experience at the property here in Tampa.
“My girlfriend and I have reservations at Bern’s Steakhouse tomorrow night, which is the top steakhouse maybe in the country, or close to it. I have the day off tomorrow, and we’re going to a nice steakhouse dinner, so that will be a nice way to celebrate,” said Gallaher. He booked the steakhouse before the tournament began, so he kind of called his shot with the celebratory dinner.
2022 WPT Tampa Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 31 $180 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed Entries: 171 Prize Pool: $24,975 September 5, 2022
Collin Wilson
Collin Wilson won Event 31 late tonight in one of the most interesting ends to a tournament you will see to win the top prize worth $6,495 along with the WPT Trophy. On the last hand, he and Laura Born shoved blind. She held , and he was ahead with . The was until the flop fell . Born went into the lead, but the turn and river fell for Wilson to win the tournament on the river. A celebratory scene broke out after the final card, and even Laura fell to the floor laughing after the suck out on the river.
Here is what he had to say after the crazy end to the victory: “It feels pretty good after bricking the Main Event, the $1,100 event, and a couple of other events, Laura and I actually went heads up and we decided at the break that we were just going to go all in blind so it was pretty funny.”
“It was absolutely fun, we’ve played locally together in Atlanta so many times, and she’s one of my best friends, and it was great to have her heads-up with me. We were just in it for the fun, and both of us have gotten waxed for the last week or so. I have an 8 am flight tomorrow and she talked me into playing. That was just hilarious at the end,” said Wilson when he was asked about the fun atmosphere at the final table.
The late finish of the tournament didn’t lend itself to a post-win celebration (especially with the early flight), but the final stages of this particular tournament felt like a celebration that was already taking place. “From three tables on we were just having a good time, and we really didn’t even care, it was crazy. We had already decided we were going to go all-in preflop blind. It was really fun,,” said Wilson. Laura added in the background, “Where else are you going to see a final table like this.”
“I actually haven’t been here in awhile, but I have been here, not in a couple years since Covid. This property is pretty cool. To get the money back that I lost in the Main Event, and the $1,100 that I bought into a couple of times was really good. We just literally played this for fun. We were like, ‘as soon as we bust out of this tournament we’re just going downstairs to play some blackjack,’ but we didn’t, and it was a really good time. It was fun, and the fact that we got heads-up is really crazy” said Wilson when he was asked about his overall experience here in Tampa.
2022 WPT Tampa Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 26 $1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $75,000 Guaranteed Entries: 146 Prize Pool: $219,000 September 4, 2022
Brett Bader
Brett Bader topped the field in Event 26 here in Tampa to take home the top prize worth $60,440 along with the WPT Trophy. Here is what he had to say after taking home the trophy tonight: “It feels pretty good. I got super lucky there at the end, I got it in with two outs and drilled a six against two kings. I was short today, and things just went my way.”
“I chipped up really quick early on, and then at the final table I was short the whole time. And then I just started running good when we got five-handed. Two guys had three big blinds, and I only had 12 big blinds, and the chip leaders had like 35 each. I just waited for the short stacks to bust, and then I ran it up three-handed when I was the shortest stack. I guess things just went my way,” replied Bader when he was asked about his journey through the final day of the tournament.”
When he was asked about plans to celebrate and his experience at the Tampa property, Bader said, “I think I’m just going to drive back (to South Florida), get some food, and then celebrate tomorrow. I like that the pool is right next to the poker tournament, which is great, get some sunlight, and it’s great here,” said Bader.
$180 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 20: 10,000/20,000 with 20,000 ante
Event 31 Final Table
The final nine players have taken their seats in Event 31, and here is a look at the seat draw with chip counts:
Seat 1: Bob Kinstle – 260,000 Seat 2: Dustin Shacklock – Eliminated in Seventh Place ($860) Seat 3: Thomas Leonzio – Eliminated in Ninth Place ($650) Seat 4: Mark Wiser – 330,000 Seat 5: Collin Wilson – 1,705,000 Seat 6: Zachary Henry – 235,000 Seat 7: Tyler Mitchell – Eliminated in Eighth Place ($750) Seat 8: Eric Armetta – 170,000 Seat 9: Laura Born – 760,000
and he missed to exit in 15th place.
board to exit early in 16th place for $32,000.
. Born went into the lead, but the turn and river fell 
for Wilson to win the tournament on the river. A celebratory scene broke out after the final card, and even Laura fell to the floor laughing after the suck out on the river.
