$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  137 of 1,082

Cards are in the air for Day 2 of TPC Event 1 with 137 players remaining and one hand before the blinds go up. They will play through Level 16 before taking a break and setting up the rest of their day.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  137 of 1,082

The first tournament on the 2024 Tampa Poker Classic schedule had a big turnout to kick off the series. The $400 buy-in tournament drew 1,082 entries over six flights, converting the $200,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $357,060.

We have 137 players returning this morning at 11 am to begin the process of finding our champ. They come back to the action already in the money and guaranteed at least $580 but everyone wants the $59,500 waiting up top.

Arman Navazi took the overall lead late in the last flight and was the only player over 800K for the restart. Zak Fellow, Kara Margraf, Conrad Flores, and Eran Golan round out the top five but it’s still anyone’s game.

They will play one hand at 3,000/5,000 blinds (there are 12 seconds remaining in Level 14), and the blinds will increase to 40 minutes long at the start of Level 20.

Top ten returning stacks:

1. Arman Navazi – 840,000 (168 bb)
2. Zak Fellows – 793,000 (159 bb)
3. Kara Margraf – 725,000 (145 bb)
4. Conrad Flores – 632,000 (126 bb)
5. Eran Golan – 613,000 (123 bb)
6. Matt Longfellow – 607,000 (121 bb)
7. Bogdan Toma – 560,000 (112 bb)
8. James Collins – 555,000 (111 bb)
9. Matthew White – 500,000 (100 bb)
10. Jason Andrzejewski 494,000 (99 bb)

Day 2 Seats | Day 2 Chips | Payouts

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1 Day 2 – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Event 1 Day 2 Chip Counts
• Event 1 Day 2 Table and Seat Assignments
• Event 1 Payouts

12PM: Event 2 – $200 Bankroll Builder NLH (Re-Entry)

• $20,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 25,000 in chips
• Levels last 25 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:50pm)
• This is a one day tournament and please to completion
• Event 2 Structure Sheet

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  137 of 1,082

Flight A: 133 Entries; 16 Advanced
Flight B:  90 Entries; 12 Advanced
Flight C: 114 Entries; 15 Advanced
Flight D: 135 Entries; 17 Advanced
Flight E: 224 Entries; 28 Advanced
Flight F: 386 Entries; 49 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  137 of 1,082

Flight A: 133 Entries; 16 Advanced
Flight B:  90 Entries; 12 Advanced
Flight C: 114 Entries; 15 Advanced
Flight D: 135 Entries; 17 Advanced
Flight E: 224 Entries; 28 Advanced
Flight F: 386 Entries; 49 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

2024 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 1
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  1,082
Prize Pool:  $357,060
March 13 – 17, 2024

Registration closed for TPC Event 1 with 1,082 entries over six starting flights, turning the $200,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $357,060. The 137 players returning for Day 2 will be in the money with $580 for a min-cash and $59,500 up top for the champ.

1st: $59,500 + TPC trophy
2nd: $39,730
3rd: $29,370
4th: $21,930
5th: $16,540
6th: $12,610
7th: $9,720
8th: $7,560
9th-10th: $5,950
11th-12th: $4,740
13th-14th: $3,810
15th-16th: $3,100
17th-20th: $2,550
21st-24th: $2,130
25th-32nd: $1,790
33rd-40th: $1,530
41st-48th: $1,320
49th-56th: $1,150
57th-64th: $1,020
65th-72nd: $910
73rd-80th: $820
81st-88th: $760
89th-104th: $690
105th-120th: $650
121st-136th: $610
137th: $580

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight F Players Remaining:  49 of 386

It was an exciting bit of action to get the field to the money bubble when a massive pot went down between Arman Navazi and Daniel Couzens. A lot of chips went into the middle, and Couzens ran into a massive cooler when his kings could not top aces.

Navazi scooped the huge pot and the bubble burst soon after. He put 840,000 into his bag and will return as the overall leader on Day 2. Zak Fellows kept up his fast pace and put 793,000 away for tomorrow.

We will post the seat draw and payout information as soon as it is available.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight F Players Remaining:  73 of 386

The last break ended and players returned for the last grind to the money. Only 72 players are remaining with bubble play starting when they hit 50 but we expect things to slow down now.

The stack of Zak Fellows was easy to find; he sits with 661,000 for a huge lead on the rest of the field and that would be good enough for second overall coming back for Day 2 if it ended right now. But he has time to run it higher. Kyle Lang was his closest competitor with 468,000 and a few in the 300K neighborhood.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight F Players Remaining:  80 of 386

Flight F is cruising through Level 12 and the likely last break of the day will hit when it’s done. With 80 players remaining and 49 moving forward, they won’t see another one until some time tomorrow afternoon.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight F Players Remaining:  136 of 386

Registration closed for the final flight of TPC Event 1 with 386 entries putting the combined total at 1,082 for the tournament. They created a prize pool worth $357,060 and we will post the payout information later this evening.

Flight F will play down to the last 49 players and survivors will return tomorrow at 11 am for Day 2 in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

Chip counts through Flight E