Two Seasons, One Vegas Summer: ETBPL Heads to the WSOP!
It’s finally here — the 2026 WSOP is underway, and once again we’ve got winners from two full seasons of the Elite Tampa Bay Poker League repping the league out in Vegas. That’s 15 players in the Main Event this summer — we don’t know of another league anywhere that sends that many. Between the Fall and Spring seat holders, our Main Event roster is stacked, and the early results are already turning heads.
A quick housekeeping note before the standings: Karl Manouchakian exercised his option to take the $5K cash buyout instead of playing, which freed up 43% of a Main Event seat. Andra Zachow, next in line in the standings, picked up that share, sold off a little action to cover the rest, and will be taking her seat at the Main Event felt this summer. We also want to give a shoutout to our three Fall reps — James McKinnon, Ray Mancini, and Ryan Harfouch — who already cashed in their $10K WPT seats back in December. No deep runs that time, but hey, that’s poker.
Flights are starting to lock in, too. Most of the crew has settled on Day 1D, but three of our reps already took their seats for Day 1B — and they didn’t just survive, they crushed it. Ryan Harfouch bagged a monster 216,700 to end the night, Juan Rodriguez banked 111,200, and Evan Pantano added another 97,100 to his stack. Huge start for the league.
Early Cashes Are Already Rolling In
Juan Rodriguez got the league’s WSOP off to a hot start, taking down a huge score in the $5K Seniors High Roller. Not to be outdone, Stuart Phillips won a big event over at Aria, and his Fall Partner Saif Keshwani went one better in an Aria event of his own, taking down an even bigger score with a runner-up finish. Meanwhile Evan Pantano put in a marathon effort in the WSOP Mini Main, grinding through a field of over 12,000 entries all the way to a 30th-place finish. Add in a handful of other members who’ve already banked cashes around town, and it’s shaping up to be one of the league’s best WSOP summers yet. We’re expecting big things — stay tuned!
WSOP 2026 Main Event Seat Holders
| Player | Season | Status | Flight | Day 1 Bag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Wiseman (Team Trizis) | FALL | Main Event Seat | 1D | — |
| Andra Zachow | SPRING | 43% Main Event Seat | 1D | — |
| Dan Goonin | FALL | 95% Main Event Seat | 1D | — |
| Dan Johnson (Team McDonald) | FALL | Main Event Seat | 1D | — |
| David Smith | FALL | Main Event Seat | 1D | — |
| Evan Pantano | SPRING | Main Event Seat | 1B | 97,100 |
| Jason Barnett (Team Trizis) | SPRING | Main Event Seat | 2D | — |
| Jordan Joeckel (Team McPhillips) | SPRING | Main Event Seat | 2ABC | — |
| Josh Nicholson (Team Capitano) | SPRING | Main Event Seat | 1D | — |
| Juan Rodriguez | SPRING | Main Event Seat | 1B | 111,200 |
| Karl Manouchakian | SPRING | $5K Cash Option Taken | — | — |
| Lee Tran (Team Hughes) | FALL | Main Event Seat | 1D | — |
| Ray Mancini | SPRING | Main Event Seat | Flight 2 | — |
| Robert Fulton | FALL | Main Event Seat | 1D | — |
| Ryan Harfouch | SPRING | Main Event Seat | 1B | 216,700 |
| Saif Keshwani | SPRING | Main Event Seat | 1D | — |
$10K WPT Seats
| Player | Status |
|---|---|
| James McKinnon | Complete |
| Ray Mancini | Complete |
| Ryan Harfouch | Complete |
Qualified for 10% Season Proceeds
Spring Qualified
- Andra Zachow (Fall)
- Chrissy Holubeck
- Clive Gavin / Jacob Mast Team
- Craig Rice
- Daniel Cuesta
- Don Manns
- Evan Vancavage
- Hugh Mayes / Lee Tran Team
- James McKinnon
- John Coleman
- Kevin James
- Maribeth Hilliard
- Mark Winchell
- Mike Ozer
- Mike Robinson
- Ondrei Ronhaar
- Rayko Garcia / David Chirino Team
- Rob Fulton
- Shawn O’Brien / Rob Slagle Team
- Tammy Leonard
Fall Qualified
- Clive Gavin / Bobby Cornette
- Dimitry Shamootin
- Dugg Hadden
- Jack Feeney
- Jason Barnett
- Josh Nicholson / John Capitano
- Juan Rodriguez / Aaron Thivyanathan
- Justin Green
- Kevin James
- Marv Karlins / Chrissy Holubeck
- Mark Winchell
- Mike Ozer
- Mohamed Lahlou
- Nick / Bob Scholz
- Oran Haynes
- Ondrei Ronhaar / Austin Fowler
- Roberto Cotto
- Ryan Johnson
- Sam Browning
- Stuart Phillips / Kumar Sudhir
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