2014 PPC North America Championship at Tampa Downs

$200,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 PPC North America Championship at Tampa Downs

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
97
Prize
$44,757
Event Info
Buy-in
$535
Prize Pool
$223,400
Entries
420
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Recent Eliminations

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

We've broken one table and are down to six tables.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Sundraram
Sam Sundraram
Busted
Keith Farina
Keith Farina
Busted
Roberto Quintana
Roberto Quintana
Busted
Cindy Beltran
Cindy Beltran
Busted

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

Hampson KO's Tamulski With Kings

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 400 ante
Sean Hampson
Sean Hampson

Sean Hampson moved all in for 48,700 holding {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts} and was called by the slightly shorter stack of Jeff Tamulski who held {J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}. Tamulski would pick up a straight draw on the turn but after the board ran out {10-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{3-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} he would be our first player eliminated. Hampson moved up to approximately 100,000 in chips after the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Sean Hampson
Sean Hampson
100,000
50,900
50,900
Jeff Tamulski
Jeff Tamulski
Busted

Tags: Sean HampsonJeff Tamulski

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 400

Final Day of 2014 PPC North America Championship Main Event to Start Soon

Will Danny Lobato still be smiling at the end of the day?
Will Danny Lobato still be smiling at the end of the day?

Over the past two days, the best and brightest poker stars in the Tampa area came together at Tampa Downs for the 2014 PPC North America Championship Event. A total of 420 entrants created the largest prize pool in PPC Poker Tour history, easily surpassing the $200,000 guarantee. Of those 420, only 64 will return today to take their shot at the top prize money and trophy. The top four finishers will also will $5,000 packages to the PPC Aruba Championship Event.

Danny Lobato will head into play today with a commanding chip lead holding a staggering 522,300 in chips. Lobato was sitting with just over 300,000 in chips when he won a huge pot at the end of the night by spiking a miracle six to move his stack north of the half-million chip mark. Sitting in a distant second with 330,100 is Chris Swanson who won a big pot with aces against Rex Clinkscales and his jacks to move up the chip counts.

Top 10 Chip Counts

PlacePlayerChips
1Danny Lobato522,300
2Chris Swanson330,100
3Fred Miller268,400
4Arri Stone250,100
5Stan Trim245,400
6Evan Panesis235,300
7Ian Zeaman231,800
8Tom Clements228,600
9Steve Trizis211,800
10Evlys Gutierrez210,000

In addition to the top 10, players such as John Pappas, Chris Bolek, Eddie Kofler, Chris Thompson, and Robert Harwell are all hoping to be one of the 45 players who make the money.

Cards will get in the air at approximately 3 p.m. local time. There's a lot on the line today and PokerNews will be there until the very end with all the poker action. Follow along and find out who will become the PPC North America Championship Main Event winner.

Tags: Arri StoneArubaChris BolekChris SwansonChris ThompsonDanny LobatoEddie KoflerEvan PanesisEvlys GutierrezFred MillerIan ZeamanJohn PappasPPCRobert Harwell

Day 2 Seating Assignments and Chip Counts (full)

SeatNameChip Count
TABLE 1-7  
1Danny Lobato522,300
2Michael Baize193,900
3Anh Lu159,400
4Nicholas Mann160,600
5Kelvin Foster101,000
6Eugene Stone107,100
7Barbara Cardin112,000
8Moshe Nizan67,500
9Matthew Menes70,100

SeatNameChip Count
TABLE 1-8  
1John Pappas42,200
2Ian Zeaman231,800
3Gregg Fund193,500
4Tom Clements228,600
5Bill Burdick129,700
6Jeff Metajan108,800
7Roberto Quintana49,600
8Keith Farina77,400
9Steve Trizis211,800

SeatNameChip Count
TABLE 2-7  
1James Wong131,100
2Daniel Lee37,300
3Sean Hampson49,100
4Richard Hope139,900
5Chris Bolek29,800
6Jeff Tamulski45,400
7Amelio Amato90,900
8Fred Miller268,400
9William Dubay164,100

SeatNameChip Count
TABLE 2-8  
1Eddie Kofler94,000
2Jeff Geier29,400
3Darin Thompson63,000
4Robert Dugan150,800
5Parry Shaw125,400
6Arri Stone250,100
7Anthony Gugliardo61,600
8Matt Schwartz10,500
9Michael Mattingly104,800

SeatNameChip Count
TABLE 3-6  
1Ken Fishman190,400
2Alec Bradlow81,700
3Daniel Zucker93,900
4Robert Quaranta117,600
5Giancarlo Disalvo95,000
6Chris Thompson180,100
7Sunny Moroz174,500
8Michael Beattie136,700
9Evan Panesis235,300
10Pasi Kokkonen201,500

SeatNameChip Count
TABLE 3-7  
1Stan Trim245,400
2Julio Orhuela105,800
3Michael Shammos154,200
4Cindy Beltran113,500
5Natasha Barbour35,900
6Song O204,800
7Chris Swanson330,100
8Jeff Blessing115,600
9Jason Leone58,800

SeatNameChip Count
TABLE 3-8  
1Patrick Panado100,700
2Alexi Hernandez119,200
3Andrew Macdonald60,000
4Ronald Widman129,200
5Todd Whitaker136,100
6Robert Harwell120,900
7Buzz Papalia102,700
8Evlys Gutierrez210,000
9Sam Sundraram31,700
Player Chips Progress
Danny Lobato
Danny Lobato
522,300
Chris Swanson
Chris Swanson
330,100
Fred Miller
Fred Miller
268,400
Arri Stone
Arri Stone
250,100
Stan Trim
Stan Trim
245,400
Evan Panesis
Evan Panesis
235,300
Ian Zeaman
Ian Zeaman
231,800
Tom Clements
Tom Clements
228,600
Steve Trizis
Steve Trizis
211,800
211,800
211,800
Evlys Gutierrez
Evlys Gutierrez
210,000
Song O
Song O
204,800
Pasi Kokkonen
Pasi Kokkonen
201,500
Michael Baize
Michael Baize
193,900
Gregg Fund
Gregg Fund
193,500
Ken Fishman us
Ken Fishman
190,400
Chris Thompson
Chris Thompson
180,100
Sunny Moroz
Sunny Moroz
174,500
William Dubay
William Dubay
164,100
Nicholas Mann us
Nicholas Mann
160,600
Anh Lu
Anh Lu
159,400
Michael Shammos
Michael Shammos
154,200
Robert Dugan
Robert Dugan
150,800
Richard Hope
Richard Hope
139,900
Michael Beattie us
Michael Beattie
136,700
Todd Whitaker
Todd Whitaker
136,100

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