Break Time
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Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 200 ante
Players are on a 10-minute break.
2014 PPC North America Championship at Tampa Downs
$200,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 PPC North America Championship at Tampa Downs
Buy-in
$535
Prize Pool
$223,400
Entries
420
Level
27
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Some Chip Counts...
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
205,000 | -15,000 |
|
|
185,000 | -6,000 |
|
|
135,000 | -17,000 |
|
134,000 | -6,000 |
|
105,000 | 65,400 |
|
|
99,000 | 48,000 |
|
|
35,000 | -26,000 |
|
27,500 | -19,000 |
Hampson Hits Quads
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 200 ante
We missed the preflop action but a short-stacked player was all in, and Giancarlo Disalvo was facing an all in reraise from Sean Hampson. "I'm not folding," said Disalvo, making the call, and the three hands were turned over:
Short-stacked player: 
Disalvo: 
Hampson: 
Hampson was ahead and would hit a set of queens on the flop. However, the flop was 
and Disalvo had the which he made evident by moving the card back and forth. The drama would end on the turn, however, as it was the 
giving Hampson quads. The much needed double up moved Hampson to 80,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000 | -41,000 |
|
|
80,000 | 80,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 200
Disalvo Doubles Up With Set
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Giancarlo Disalvo opened the action with a raise pre-flop to 3,600 and the player in the big blind reraised to 10,600. It was folded back to Disalvo who made the call.
The flop came 
and the player in the big blind led out for 13,500 and Disalvo quickly called. The turn was the and Disalvo's opponent slowed down and checked. Disalvo didn't see the check at first and asked the dealer "did he check?" The dealer told him yes and Disalvo quickly played out a bet of 19,000 that was called quickly by his opponent.
The river was the 
and the player in the big blind checked. Disalvo quietly said "I'm all in" and his opponent leaned back, put his hands over his heads and asked for a count. The dealer broke down Disalvo's chips - it was for 26,300 total. After a few more moments of thought, Disalvo's opponent made the call.
"Set," said Disalvo, turning over 
. It was good as Disalvo's opponent tossed his cards into the muck. With that double up Disalvo was up to 141,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
141,000 | 141,000 |
Four Tables Left
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
The tournament is down to 40 players. Another 20 eliminations and they'll be done for the day.
Zeaman First Over 200,000
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
We noticed a big stack of chips in front of Ian Zeaman and after counting it down we determined he had 220,000 which was good enough for the chip lead.
"I hit trip sixes with jack-six suited against the nut flush draw," Zeaman told us when asked how he had gotten such a big stack. Zeaman is only 30,000 behind the chip leader from yesterday but there is still plenty of time left in the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
2014 PPC Poker Tour Champions
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
A look at the events and winners the PPC has seen thus far in 2014:
| Event | Entrants | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| $560 PPC Tampa Downs Winter Fest Main Event | 292 | Jordan Wunder | $23,054 |
| $540 PPC Radisson Aruba Poker Series Main Event | 23 | Laurent Castillon | $2,200 |
| $150 PPC Florida Poker Spring Stakes Main Event | 195 | Norbert Kara | $13,060 |
| $225 PPC Fort Pierce Spring Classic Main Event | 341 | Thomas Gleason | $14,500 |
| $350 PPC Dania South Florida Showdown Main Event | 244 | Rick Sowers | $10,320 |
| $2,500 PPC Stratosphere Desert Open | 22 | Catherine Dee | $4,000 |
Private Training With One of the Best at PPC Events
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
Alex Outhred is a well-known and respected poker instructor whose background includes being an instructor for both the World Poker Tour Boot Camp and World Series of Poker Academey Poker Camps. Not only does he know how to teach the game, he can play it as well as evidenced by two deep runs he's had in the WSOP Main Event. In 2008, he took 54th place out of 6,844 in the Main Event for $135,100 and just last week he finished 140th for $52,141 in the 2014 Main Event.
Outhred recently signed on with the PPC as one of their Team Pro's and is bringing poker learning to PPC stops with his "sat-enlight" training where he will gather a group of players for a single table satellite and discuss the play after each hand with the players at the table. The program has proven to work like a charm as well - three of the players in one of the instructional satellites the other day all went on to win seats into the $200,000 Guaranteed Main Event.
While observing Outhred in his most recent "sat-enlight" he went over bet sizing and aggression and pointed out to a player how making a different bet could have led to a more profitable result. "I want to do this at as many of the stops as I can," said Outhred. "But I also want to get more of the PPC Team Pros to teach these. Give them an idea of how to run these and incorporate their thought processes when teaching."
Just another thing that makes the PPC stand out from other poker tours.