$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 171/654
Average: 95,600 (39 bb)

James Calderaro – 315,000 (131 bb)
Lily Kiletto – 260,000 (108 bb)
Aj Gambino – 255,000 (106 bb)
Luke Brereton – 240,000 (100 bb)
Farid Jattin – 170,000 (70 bb)
David Prociak – 170,000 (70 bb)
Zoltan Czinkota – 135,000 (56 bb)
Michael Rocco – 130,000 (54 bb)
Aaron Massey – 90,000 (37 bb)
John Dolan – 90,000 (37 bb)
Mukul Pahuja – 75,000 (31 bb)
Jeff Gross – 65,000 (27 bb)
Victor Figueroa – 58,000 (24 bb)
Jake Schwartz – 48,000 (20 bb)
Patrick Eskandar – 25,000 (10 bb)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 243/654
Average: 67,300 (42 bb)

The player in the small blind was all in for about 35,000 with against reigning Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year David Prociak with .

The board came down , giving Prociak eights full of threes to eliminate his opponent.

David Prociak – 213,000 (133 bb)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event

Registration closed on the WPTDeepStacks Main Event and the tournament drew 1,509 combined entries across three starting flights. They created a prize pool worth more than $1.4 million and the last 151 players earning a piece with min-cash pocketing $1,899.

The WPTDeepStacks Main Event champion will take home $290,687 plus a $5,250 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship seat in August and a $3,000 WPTDeepStacks Championship package in December.

2017 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, FL
WPTDeepStacks $1 Million Guarantee Main Event
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 1,509
Prize Pool: $1,463,730
January 19 – 24, 2016

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 252/654
Average: 62,800 (39 bb)

With a raise to 4,000 and a call before him, Jean “Prince” Gaspard three-bet shoved from the button for about 23,000. The initial raiser folded, but the caller looked him up with . Gaspard showed and it was off to the races.

The board came down , no help to Gaspard, ending his tournament.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 279/654

Following a flop of with about 16,000 in the pot, a player in early position was all in for about 26,000 and AJ Gambino raised to about 60,000 from middle position. The player on the button tanked for a while before he folded.

Gambino tabled , leading his opponent’s .

The turn and river completed the board, safe for Gambino to score the elimination.

AJ Gambino – 105,000 (87 bb)

$570 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Single Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800
Players Remaining: 21/49
Prize Pool: $24,500

1st: $8,820
2nd: $6,125
3rd: $3,920
4th: $3,185
5th: $2,450

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
Upcoming Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Flight C Entries: 637

The players are in the midst of a one-hour dinner break. Play resumes at 7:30pm.

Here are the chip leaders at the dinner break:

Dantonio Brown – 158,000 (158 bb)
Ricky Pollaro – 155,000 (155 bb)
Dennis Rodriguez – 135,000 (135 bb)
Janis Krumins – 133,000 (133 bb)
Joseph Krasner – 131,000 (131 bb)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Flight C Entries: 630

Flight C is in the final level before dinner break and time is getting short if players want to hop in to get a piece of the +$1.4 million prize pool.

We found Brian Phillis still grinding away in the back of the room and the Tampa pro is looking for his first career SHRP title despite several big, close calls. The toughest coming in the summer of 2015 when he finished second in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Flight C Entries: 612

The WPTDeepStacks Main Event is hitting milestones on a regular basis now and we’re only a few entries away from hitting 1,500 for the big game.

It clicked up one higher shortly before the last break when former WPT Player of the Year and Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Mukul Pahuja took his spot in the ballroom.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Flight C Entries: 600

Flight C hit 600 entries at the start of Level 8 to push the combined prize pool over $1.4 million for the WPTDeepStacks Main Event. A fine number and we’re now stretching for $1.5 million if we can track down another 91 entries.

Unfortunately for Seminole Hard Rock Tampa poker ambassador, his Main Event dream came to an end after the second break. We heard second hand that it was a flush-over-flush situation to send the SHRP favorite out.