$400 No-Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight C Entries:  88

Flight C of TPC Event 1 drew another 88 entries, putting the combined total to 211 for the tournament with four more flights to go to reach the $150,000 guarantee.

Play will continue until 11 players remain and they will bag up their chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday at 11 am. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight C Entries:  86

Flight C is cruising through Level 8 and time is running out if you wish to join this session.

We have 86 entries in the mix at the moment and will pick up a few more before registration closes at 3:30 pm.

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight C Entries:  76

Another nice turnout this afternoon, already surpassing yesterday morning’s flight with 90 more minutes remaining with open registration. Plus, a huge weekend is coming up.

Some friends in today’s action include Gabe Fuller, Walter Thornton, Eli Kiwan, Drew Dodge, Tarun Gulati, Dan Wilson, Tony March, and Sanjib Acharya.

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 123

Flight A: 74 Entries; 10 Advanced
Flight B: 49 Entries; 7 Advanced
Flight C: Late reg till 3:30 pm
Flight D: Thursday at 6 pm
Flight E: Friday at 11 am
Flight F: Friday at 6 pm
Flight G: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The next two flights of the TPC opener run today, with the first up at 11 am. The $400 buy-in tournament had a great turnout to open the series yesterday and today they get closer to the $150,000 guaranteed prize pool.

They’ll sit down to 30K starting stacks and the first 19 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 in Level 20. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm.

Action will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and those with chips will return on Sunday at 11 am for Day 2.

• $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-19 last 30 minutes; Levels 20+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1 Flight C – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-19 last 30 minutes; Levels 20+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 1 Flight D – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-19 last 30 minutes; Levels 20+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight B Entries:  49

Flight B of TPC Event 1 drew another 49 entries, putting the combined total at 123 for the tournament and working on its $150,000 guarantee.

Play will continue until seven players remain and they will bag up their chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday at 11 am. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  10 of 74

After a lengthy hand-for-hand process, the field finally burst the money bubble with ten players advancing to Day 2.

Juan “Magic” Catala was the big stack remaining and put 498,000 away for Sunday’s action followed by Black Curtis’s 320,000.

Juan “Magic” Catala – 498,000 (100 bb)
Blake Curtis – 320,000 (64 bb)
Julio Novo – 318,000 (64 bb)
Shane Dellus – 275,000 (55 bb)
Nathan Seifert – 246,000 (49 bb)
Michael Anderson – 175,000 (35 bb)
Fred Paradis – 138,000 (28 bb)
Michael Kalmowicz – 123,000 (25 bb)
Edward Kofler – 101,000 (20 bb)
Steve Fiorentini – 26,000 (5 bb)

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The second flight of Tampa Poker Classic Event 1 starts at 6 pm and looks to build on the nice start from this morning’s opening session. We had 74 entries in Flight A, an easy pace to crush the $150,000 guarantee.

Players start with 30K in their stacks and the first 19 levels last 30 minutes before increasing to 40. Late registration is availabe until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 pm and they may re-enter as often as they wish during that time.

Action will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and survivors bag up their chips for Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am.

• $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-19 last 30 minutes; Levels 20+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  13 of 74

Level 12 is rolling through its paces, and the third break will hit when it ends. With only 13 players remaining and 10 advancing to Day 2, it would be a weird situation that saw them still playing after another two hours of action.

We will post the chip counts as soon as they are available later this evening.