2023 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 11
$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 423
Prize Pool: $67,680
March 20, 2023

Results:

* – Denotes results of a heads-up deal

2023 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 12
$180 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 98
Prize Pool: $14,112
March 20, 2023

* – Denotes results of a heads-up deal

2023 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 625
Prize Pool: $937,500
March 16 – 20, 2023

The 2023 Tampa Poker Classic Championship was the big game on the schedule and the $1,700 buy-in tournament drew 625 tough players. After a long weekend battling for the title, Ryan Brown took the top spot for $148K after denying Fred Paradis his third title of the series.

The tournament featured a $500,000 guarantee that turned into a prize pool worth $937,500. We had 156 players return for Day 2, 79 made the money, and 20 were still around when they bagged up for an extra day.

Brown held the lead for much of the final table but lost it against Paradis. They were in a dead heat when heads-up play began and the two decided to even out the top two payouts. The lead changed hands but Brown was finally able to knock Paradis out with a full house version a straight.

Paradis earned $138,010 while Brown was crowned our 2023 TPC Champion and he took home $148,010 along with the TPC guitar trophy.

Congrats Ryan!

More to come later including words from our Champion

Final table results:

1st: Ryan Brown – $148,010
2nd: Fred Paradis – $138,010
3rd: Thad McNulty – $84,160
4th: Huicun Qiao – $62,630
5th: Alec Magdan – $47,130
6th: Steve Buckner – $35,870
7th: Rodney Turvin – $27,610
8th: Ray Mancini – $21,500
9th: Pavel Milanov – $16,930

• Complete 2023 TPC Championship results (PDF)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante

With the flop reading , Ryan Brown checked, Fred Paradis bet 400,000 and Brown called. The turn was , Brown checked again, Paradis bet 1,200,000 and Brown called.

The river was and Brown checked one last time. Paradis bet 1,500,000 and Brown moved all in. Paradis double-checked his cards and called at risk for 6,700,000.

Paradis:
Brown:

Paradis turned a jack-high straight but Brown rivered a full house queens full of eights to take the pot and the Championship.

Before heads-up play began, they adjusted the payouts, and here are the final results.

1st: Ryan Brown – $148,010
2nd: Fred Paradis – $138,010

2023 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 12
$180 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 98
Prize Pool: $14,112
March 20, 2023

1st: $3,932 + TPC trophy
2nd: $2,640
3rd: $1,790
4th: $1,260
5th: $920
6th: $700
7th: $560
8th: $460
9th-10th: $400
11th-13th: $350

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 625

Fred Paradis open-shipped for 2,800,000 from his button and Ryan Brown called.

Paradis:
Brown:

Paradis was ahead for the double, turned Broadway on the board and dodged hearts on the river to double.

Fred Paradis – 5,850,000 (23 bb)
Ryan Brown – 18,950,000 (76 bb)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 625

With the flop reading , Ryan Brown checked, Fred Paradis bet 400,000 and Brown check-raised to 1,200,000. Paradis called, the turn was , Brown bet 1,100,000 and Paradis called.

The river was and Brown moved all in for 7,150,000. Paradis thought for a minute and called. Paradis showed and was playing the wheel on the board but Brown had for the turned spade flush to re-take the lead.

Ryan Brown – 19,200,000 (77 bb)
Fred Paradis – 5,600,000 (22 bb)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 625

Blinds are up, the break was skipped, and blinds are up in the heads-up match for the TPC Championship.

Fred Paradis – 16,100,000 (64 bb)
Ryan Brown – 8,700,000 (35 bb)

1st: $171,670
2nd: $114,350