Stephen Diamantas Wins In Tampa Bay

Congratulations to Stephen Diamantas, winner of the $1,650 WPT Regional Florida Winter Tampa Bay Open at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Diamantas, a professional poker player from Tampa Bay, called the $121,900 first-place prize his “biggest tournament score by long shot,” adding that he and his family are “going to have good Christmas.”…

Matt Clark
Dec 16, 2013

Seminole Tampa Bay Open Winner

Congratulations to Stephen Diamantas, winner of the $1,650 WPT Regional Florida Winter Tampa Bay Open at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

Diamantas, a professional poker player from Tampa Bay, called the $121,900 first-place prize his “biggest tournament score by long shot,” adding that he and his family are “going to have good Christmas.”

The event, which attracted a total of 301 entrants, generated a total prize pool of $451,500 and featured a star-studded final table including David Tuthill, Allen Kessler, Cord Garcia, and Ryan Sponaugle.

World Poker Tour returns to Florida in February 2014 for the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open at the Seminole Casino in Coconut Creek. The WPT’s next Regional event will see us return to Tampa Bay in March 2014 for the Spring Tampa Bay Open. For more information on upcoming WPT events, visit our tournament information page.

Payouts

  1. Stephen Diamantas – $121,900
  2. Ryan Sponaugle – $72,240
  3. Steven Korfonta – $47,408
  4. Cord Garcia – $32,734
  5. Josh Miller – $24,155
  6. Allen Kessler – $19,189
  7. David deBoer – $14,674
  8. Brandon Vasapolle – $10,610
  9. David Tuthill – $7,676