2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Hard Rock Tampa

$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Hard Rock Tampa

Final Results
Winner
Isaac Kempton
Winning Hand
q8
Prize
$290,974
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,700
Entries
1,162
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
450
Players Left
88

Krux Raises It Up

Level 5 : 200/300, 300 ante

An old school poker boom name was spotted in the field in 2004 WSOP Main Event final tableist Al Krux. He was involved in a blind on blind battle as the flop came down {3-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{6-Spades}. The first player to act from the small blind bet 700.

Krux raised to 2,000. His opponent folded fairly quickly and Krux added a few more chips to his his early chip up.

Player Chips Progress
Al Krux us
Al Krux
68,000
68,000
68,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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White Gets Two to Fold

Level 5 : 200/300, 300 ante

Marshall White recently entered the field and was involved in a hand.

Three players saw a flop of {3-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{6-Spades}. White bet 1,600 into his two opponents. The first one thought for about ten seconds before folding while the second opponent folded instantly to give the well known circuit grinder the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Marshall White us
Marshall White
33,000
33,000
33,000

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Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

Daddario Triple Barrels

Level 6 : 200/400, 400 ante

Four players were in a hand on a board that read {4-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}. Joseph Daddario bet 1,600, which caused two of his opponents to fold but Nelson Beck made the call.

The turn came the {7-Hearts}. Daddario fired again, this time for 3,000 and Beck called again.

The river was the {10-Clubs}, Daddario made one last stab at the pot with a bet of 5,500, which did the trick as Beck folded his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Daddario us
Joseph Daddario
46,000
Nelson Beck us
Nelson Beck
26,000

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Michael Raimon Victorious in Event #2: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha

Level 6 : 200/400, 400 ante
Michael Raimon
Michael Raimon

PokerNews is in town to live report the $1,700 Main Event and two high roller tournaments here at the World Series of Poker Circuit at Hard Rock Tampa, but those are just three of the gold ring events that will have played out by the end of the series.

In Event #2: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha, 166 runners created a $54,780 prize pool that was paid out to the top 25 players including Austin Clanton (3rd - $5,985), Blake Whittington (8th - $1,428), Melisa Singh (13th - $834), Duff Charette (20th - $674), and David Prociak (25th - $619).

In the end, Michael Raimon bested Likang Berninger in heads-up play to win the title for $13,894 and his second gold ring.

“It’s nice. I don’t really play Circuit events anymore, mostly cash,” the 48-year-old Raimon said after his win while also commenting on three-handed play. “We just played slow all three of us. This guy [Austin Clanton] had 2 million, we each had like 150,000 for about an hour and a half and a we all picked our spots. He kept doubling everybody up one after another, then I finally got one big hand with him where he flopped a straight and I turned a full house.”

Final Table Results

PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Michael RaimonBradenton, Florida$13,894
2Likang BerningerLafayette, Indiana$8,586
3Austin ClantonN/A$5,985
4Ramses RosaFlorida$4,274
5Joseph OrsinoTampa, Florida$3,127
6Bruce GansOoltewah, Tennessee$2,346
7Peter WalsworthSarasota, Florida$1,807
8Blake WhittingtonJacksonville, Florida$1,428
9Jessica FrancisErie, Pennsylvania$1,161

Ajayi Makes Call to Bust Opponent

Level 6 : 200/400, 400 ante
Adedapo Ajayi
Adedapo Ajayi

Adedapo Ajeyi was facing an all in bet of about 14,000 on the river as the board read {6-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}.

He stewed over the decision for a while before eventually calling. His opponent shook his head and turned over the {j-Diamonds}{10-Spades} while Ajayi showed the {7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} for the flush and collected thenew winnings into his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Adedapo Ajayi us
Adedapo Ajayi
95,000
29,000
29,000
WPT 1X Winner

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Level: 7

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

Assortment of Chip Counts

Level 7 : 300/500, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Tyler Phillips us
Tyler Phillips
130,000
David Jackson us
David Jackson
103,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
95,000
15,000
15,000
Cord Garcia us
Cord Garcia
75,000
75,000
75,000
Tom Nguyen us
Tom Nguyen
64,000
64,000
64,000
Robert Hankins us
Robert Hankins
63,000
63,000
63,000
Michael Wang us
Michael Wang
55,000
22,000
22,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Ralph Massey us
Ralph Massey
53,000
38,000
38,000
Brett Feder us
Brett Feder
50,000
-15,000
-15,000
Thomas Williams us
Thomas Williams
45,000
45,000
45,000
Charles Johnson us
Charles Johnson
44,000
-9,000
-9,000
Brad Albrinck us
Brad Albrinck
43,000
6,000
6,000
Timothy Miles us
Timothy Miles
42,000
42,000
42,000
Ryan Yu ca
Ryan Yu
42,000
2,000
2,000
Gloria Jackson us
Gloria Jackson
40,000
-38,000
-38,000
Mike Shin us
Mike Shin
36,000
1,000
1,000
Brian Altman us
Brian Altman
35,000
35,000
35,000
WPT 3X Winner
Alan Percal us
Alan Percal
32,000
32,000
32,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Roman Korenev ru
Roman Korenev
29,000
29,000
29,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Romeo Mendoza us
Romeo Mendoza
28,000
28,000
28,000
Carlos Guerrero us
Carlos Guerrero
24,000
24,000
24,000
Blake Whittington us
Blake Whittington
22,000
22,000
22,000
Matthew Yorra us
Matthew Yorra
20,000
20,000
20,000