Event 1: James Kerr Doubles Thru Michael Tufaro

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 6,253

James Kerr
James Kerr won the 2021 Tampa Poker Classic, outlasting a field of 959 to earn $228,038.

Michael Tufaro raised from the button to 400,000, James Kerr moved all in from the small blind for 2,875,000, and Tufaro thought for a while before he called with As6s.

Kerr turned over Ac2d, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came Qd5h3s2c10s, and Kerr paired his deuce on the turn to win the pot and double up in chips.

James Kerr  –  6,150,000  (31 bb)
Michael Tufaro  –  1,550,000  (8 bb)

With 14 players remaining from a field of 6,253, the average chip stack is around 8,925,000 (45 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $11,350 each. The next pay jump is $15,475 for 12th place.