Event 1: $570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000
Players Remaining: 21/698

Manny Minaya was in a three-way pot with Parm Mehmi and an unknown player in early position. The flop laid and the unknown player checked it to Minaya. He put a stack of gray 5,000 chips in the middle and Mehmi nearly beat him onto the felt moving all in. The early position player folded and Minaya called off.

Minaya: for a nine-high straight
Mehmi: for an open-ended straight draw

The dealer burned and turned the and the earning Minaya the pot. His all-in bet was for 443,000 and the winnings moved him up over 1,000,000 chips.

Manny Minaya – 1,015,000
Parm Mehmi – 1,4000

Event 2: $250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em

Event 2 of the WPTDeepStacks-Tampa series, today’s 2 p.m. $250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em tournament, drew 163 entries generating a prize pool of $33,130. The top 18 finishers get paid at least $497 while the event’s champion pockets $9,938.

Full prize structure:

1st – $9,938
2nd – $5,466
3rd – $3,147
4th – $2,650
5th – $1,988
6th – $1,657
7th – $1,325
8th – $994
9th – $745
10th-12th – $663
13th-15th – $580
16th-18th – $497

In addition to the cash prizes, all in-the-money finishers earn points toward the WPTDeepStacks Series Champion race.

We will provide another update on Event 2 when play consolidates to the 10-handed final table.

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000
Players Remaining: 23/698

24th: Jeffrey Fullmer – $1,920
25th: Thomas Hunnicutt – $1,920
26th: Juan Martell-Salinas – $1,920
27th: Michael Poeltler – $1,920
28th: William McKown – $1,710
29th: Arian Bahrami – $1,710
30th: Jeffrey Garbus – $1,710
31st: Conrad Lau – $1,710
32nd: John O’neal – $1,710
33rd: Kevin Blewitt – $1,710

Additional results are available in the posts below.

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000
Players Remaining: 23/698

Tom Nguyen opened to 29,000 from the cutoff. Seyed Ali called from the button as did the player in the small blind. The big blind folded and they were three-handed to the flop. The small blind checked in the dark.

The action started on Nguyen. He cut out 55,000 and pushed it in the pot. Ali took a minute before folding the button and the small blind quickly got out of the way. With that, Nguyen, whose stack had taken a hit, is back up to the 850,000 range.

Tom Nguyen – 855,000

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 27/698

The field is down to 27 players and freshly redrawn to the final three tables. Parm Mehmi retains the chip lead as she now sits on 1,675,000 chips. Other notables still in contention include Tom Nguyen, Vincent Censabella and Seyed Ali.

Here’s a look at the final three tables followed by the remaining payouts:

1st – $83,782
2nd – $47,115
3rd – $29,665
4th – $24,081
5th – $19,195
6th – $15,880
7th – $12,739
8th – $9,598
9th – $6,631
10th-12th – $4,537
13th-15th – $3,316
16th-18th – $2,443
19th-27th – $1,920

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Heading to Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 33/698

Players are in the midst of their second 15-minute break of the day. A total of 33 remain and they’ve each secured a score of $1,710.

Eliminations 34th-49th:

34th: Brian Arbaugh – $1,710
35th: Joseph Brown – $1,710
36th: Selma Sayin – $1,710
37th: Kenneth Fishman – $1,536
38th: Marvin Karlins – $1,536
39th: Andrew Personette – $1,536
40th: Daniel Wilson – $1,536
41st: Joshua Fulford – $1,536
42nd: Alexander Beece – $1,536
43rd: Heather Rardin – $1,536
44th: Paul Derosa – $1,536
45th: Michael Soares – $1,536
46th: Adam Webster – $1,361
47th: William Dubay – $1,361
48th: Cameron Ua – $1,361
49th: Yazan Musa – $1,361

Additional results are available in the posts below.

Prize Pool

Event 2: $250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em
Level 9: 400/800/100 Ante
Entries: 148

The tournament clock shows 148 entries toward the end of Level 9 in the $250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em. That leaves the $20,000 guarantee well in the dust with late registration available for another hour. Tampa regulars  AJ “Doc” Santos, Seminole Hard Rock Tampa ambassador Wally Maddah and Cheri Beatty have all taken at least one shot in the tournament which permits unlimited re-entry.

The final prize pool figures will be posted as soon as they’re made available.

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 37/698

Marvin “Duckman” Karlins busted holding his famed pocket deuces just moments ago. According to the table, the cutoff limped and Karlins open-jammed for about 300,000. It folded to Flight E chip leader Parm Mehmi and she called.

Mehmi:
Karlins:

Sure enough, Karlins held the signature pocket twos, but needed a lot of help if he wanted to stay alive. Unfortunately, the board ran out bricks and Karlins was eliminated 38th for $1,536. Mehmi raked the pot and became the first player to crack the 1,000,000 mark. She holds 1,390,000.

Parm Mehmi – 1,390,000
Marvin Karlins – Eliminated 38th ($1,536)

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 19: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 43/698

Vincent Censabella opened the cutoff for 25,000 and Paul Derosa jammed the button for about 150,000. The blinds folded sending the action back to Censabella. He called and exposed . He was ahead in hand strength and chip stack, but needed to hold against the of Derosa.

The never paired Derosa and it improved Censabella to a fullhouse. Derosa busted 44th for $1,536 while Censabella jumped toward the top of the counts.

Vincent Censabella – 845,000
Paul Derosa – Eliminated 44th ($1,536)

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 19: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 49/698

Tom Nguyen has benefited from the fast play in the money thus far. Nguyen, who began the day 10th in the counts, now sits on about 860,000 and is flirting with the 1,000,000 mark. The clock shows 49 players remaining and they’ve all secured at least $1,361.

One notable to have hit the rail thus far is start-of-day chip leader Charlie Miller. Miller began the day as the only player over 400,000 chips, but watched as the stacks at his table grew while his own shrank. He squeaked into the money before busting 60th for $1,187.

Updated results through 50th place:

50th: Sufian Soufan – $1,361
51st: Tony Miles – $1,361
52nd: Daniel Walters – $1,361
53rd: Christian Jabbour – $1,361
54th: Daniel Griggs – $1,361
55th: Anthony Astarita – $1,187
56th: Christopher Boyle – $1,187
57th: Jamie Custalow – $1,187
58th: Jody Keeling – $1,187
59th: Thonglith Vilaihong – $1,187
60th: Charlie Miller – $1,187
61st: Lazaro Remolina – $1,187
62nd: Lawrence Dowling – $1,187
63rd: Jason La Madeleine – $1,187