Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1B – $1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)

• $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (5:45pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of the field remains
• Championship Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

3PM: $200 Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

• Five seats guaranteed into $1,700 TPC Championship
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (5:15pm)
• Winners will be registered into the first available flight and chips will be in play when tournament starts
• Structure Sheet

6PM: $200 Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

• Five seats guaranteed into $1,700 TPC Championship
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (8:15pm)
• Winners will be registered into the first available flight and chips will be in play when tournament starts
• Structure Sheet

$1,700 TPC Championship
$250,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 53

Flight A: 53 Entries; 7 Advanced
Flight B: Friday at 11 am
Flight C: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

$1,700 TPC Championship
$250,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  7 of 53

After a bit of a grind with the deep stacks, Flight A of the TPC Championship popped the money bubble and Dan Murray continued his heater to bag the chip lead with 610,000

Daniel Zucker isn’t far behind with 595,000 with Ken Grooms, Fred Paradis, Ricard Eyzaguirre, Tony March, and C.J. Walker rounding out the survivors.

Flight B starts tomorrow at 11 am with the final flight on Saturday at the same time.

Dan Murray – 610,000 (102 bb)
Daniel Zucker – 595,000 (99 bb)
Ken Grooms – 250,000 (42 bb)
Fred Paradis – 189,000 (32 bb)
Ricardo Eyzaguirre – 184,000 (31 bb)
Tony March – 172,000 (29 bb)
C.J. Walker – 112,000 (19 bb)

$1,700 TPC Championship
$250,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  16 of 53

Flight A is down to its last two tables with 16 players remaining and they won’t stop until seven players are ready to book their seat in the Day 2 field.

Except for the next break coming up, that will stop the action for 15 minutes while the purple chips come out of play.

$1,700 TPC Championship
$250,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  20 of 53

We have a new leader in Flight A of the TPC Championship with Dan Murray moving to the top. His 217,000 is the only stack over 200K but Tony March is making a run at him in second.

Here are a few counts from those trying to bag up later this evening:

Dan Murray – 217,000 (109 bb)
Tony March – 182,000 (91 bb)
Juan Catala – 158,000 (79 bb)
Ricardo Eyzaguirre – 144,000 (72 bb)
David Chalifour – 113,500 (57 bb)
Fred Paradis – 111,000 (56 bb)
Eli Kiwan – 103,000 (52 bb)
John Kennedy – 98,000 (49 bb)
Mitchell Smith – 94,500 (47 bb)
Pratik Shah – 77,000 (39 bb)
C.J. Walker – 73,500 (37 bb)
A.J. Kelsall – 45,500 (23 bb)
Joshua Pitz – 36,000 (18 bb)
Gabe Fuller – 34,500 (17 bb)
Ya Yao – 25,000 (13 bb)

$1,700 TPC Championship
$250,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  53

Registration closed for Flight A of the 2026 Tampa Poker Classic Championship with 53 entries, putting $79,500 toward the $250,000 guarantee with three more big flights to go.

Action will continue until seven players remain and they will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

$1,700 TPC Championship
$250,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 9:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Day 1A Entries:  50

Time is running out if you want to join the smaller opening flight of the TPC Championship with registration closing after this level and next break. Starting tomorrow, there will be the bigger weekend flights, including a big lot on Saturday.

They’ve already put $75K toward the $250,000 guarantee and it’s going to get real big by this time Saturday evening.

$1,700 TPC Championship
$250,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  45

Players returned to action after the second break and will work through three more levels before we close registration.

Daniel Califour continues to lead the Flight A field but players are catching up. Among them is Eli Kiwan who caught a big hand before the break, sending a player out with straight flight over straight flush. Having the top end of it eliminated one player and put him over 100K.

Here are some big stacks and counts from around the room:

Daniel Califour – 122,500 (123 bb)
Juan Catala – 109,300 (109 bb)
Eli Kiwan – 108,000 (108 bb)
Joshua Pitz – 102,400 (102 bb)
Ye Yao – 102,300 (102 bb)
Ricardo Eyzaguirre – 98,300 (98 bb)
Pratik Shah – 95,400 (95 bb)
C.J. Walker – 94,100 (94 bb)
Fred Paradis – 69,000 (69 bb)
Mitchell Smith – 68,400 (68 bb)
Tony March – 67,500 (68 bb)
Gabe Fuller – 65,800 (66 bb)
Ken O’Donnell – 36,500 (37 bb)
A.J. Kelsall – 26,200 (26 bb)

$1,700 TPC Championship
$250,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries:  42

Another break is on deck when we run out Level 6 to the end and they can feed themselves or get some fresh air.

We will use that time to walk around and find a few chip counts from the field.

$1,700 TPC Championship
$250,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  35

Players returned to action after the first break, many enjoying the comfort food offered by the Poker Snack Bar near the tournament area, and they are back underway with three more levels before another respite.

Daniel Chalifour had a nice three levels to start his day and he leads the field with 123,100. A few more friends grabbed seats before the break including 2025 PPO Champ Rafael Reis and 2026 WPO DeepStacks Challenge winner Ricardo Eyzaguirre.

Here’s a look at some counts from around the room:

Daniel Chalifour – 123,100 (246 bb)
Igor Tretyakov – 78,600 (157 bb)
Tony March – 78,500 (157 bb)
Juan Catala – 60,500 (121 bb)
Ricardo Eyzaguirre – 57,600 (115 bb)
Ye Yao – 53,400 (107 bb)
Fred Paradis – 52,300 (105 bb)
Eli Kiwan – 47,200 (94 bb)
Rafael Reis – 41,000 (82 bb)
Joshua Pitz – 28,800 (58 bb)
Pratik Shah – 26,000 (52 bb)