$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 440

Another level is down and another table gone. The Championship is down to the last four tables with 32 players remaining. Siddharth Siddharth has been on a supreme heater in the last hour and sits as the clear leader with 1,970,000.

Blinds are now 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante and the average stack is about 550,000 (46 bb).

Recent results:

33rd: Dushyant Gulanti – $5,225
34th: Gerald Dunn – $5,225
35th: Tyler Knittle – $5,225
36th: Fabian Foster – $5,225
37th: TK Miles – $5,225
38th: Byron Kaverman – $5,225
39th: Courtney Webb – $5,225
40th: Fernando Rodriguez – $5,225

$1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante

Just because players didn’t make it deep in the Tampa Poker Classic Championship, that doesn’t mean we don’t have another big option for them. Event 14 will run alongside Day 2 of the Championship with a healthy prize pool and slow structure.

Event 14 is a $1,700 buy-in tournament with a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool and two-day format. Players start with 30,000 stacks and all levels last 40 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 10:45 pm.

Day 1 will come to an end after Level 12 and survivors will return tomorrow to play it out for the title.

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 40 minutes each
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (10:45pm)
• Day 1 will come to an end after Level 12
• Event 14 Structure Sheet

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  35 of 440

TK Miles open-shipped for 147,000 from middle position, Ken Fishman reshoved from the button and Justin Zaki folded his big blind after thinking about joining. Miles was behind with against and our 2021 Tampa WPO Champion could not find a save.

Elsewhere, Siddharth Siddharth caught a flush with his against Fabian Foster’s pocket tens to send him out and move over a million.

Siddharth Siddharth – 1,100,000 (110 bb)
Ken Fishman – 806,000 (81 bb)

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 440

They are moving right along in the Championship after the bubble burst, only pausing long enough to take their 15-minute break. The game is down to the last five tables with 40 players still in contention.

Recent results:

41st: Jarod Ludemann – $4,535
42nd: Antonio Fernandez – $4,535
43rd: Wayne Harmon – $4,535
44th: Nghia Le – $4,535
45th: Daniel Brown – $4,535
46th: Farid Jattin – $4,535
47th: Brett Brucaleri – $4,535
48th: Peter Bozek – $4,535

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  42 of 440

Action folded to Steven Snyder on the button and he raised to 24,000. Paul Snead folded his small blind and Fernando Rodriguez moved all in from the big blind with a bigger stack.

Snyder thought for a moment, wondering out loud if Rodriguez had big slick, and he called at risk for 404,000 total.

Snyder:
Rodriguez:

Snyder was a huge favorite with the bigger pair and his queens held on the board. The 2021 WPT Showdown runner-up doubled big to join the leaders.

Steven Snyder – 813,000 (81 bb)
Fernando Rodriguez – 317,000 (32 bb)

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 440

The clock ran out on Level 16 as the field dropped to 48 players. Kyle Dilschneider saw his Championship run come to an end on the last hand before break when his ran into .

The field was sent on break and tournament staff will break a table when they return.

Romeo Mendoza holds a slim lead over Justin Zaki with Bryce McVay, Stuart Taylor, and Jeremy Joseph rounding out the top five.

Romeo Mendoza – 1,180,000 (118 bb)
Justin Zaki – 1,105,000 (111 bb)
Bryce McVay – 801,000 (80 bb)
Stuart Taylor – 703,000 (70 bb)
Jeremy Joseph – 688,000 (69 bb)

Blinds are up to 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante and the average stack is about 367,000 (37 bb).

Recent results:

49th: Kyle Dilschneider – $3,990
50th: Phillip Krnyaich – $3,990
51st: James Gilbert – $3,990
52nd: John O’Neal – $3,990
53rd: Marc Evanier – $3,990
54th: Igor Tretyakov – $3,990
55th: Brett Apter – $3,990

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  55 of 440

On the second round of hand-for-hand, we had two all-ins called at separate tables.

After a flop of , Michael Stonehill checked from the big blind, Stuart Taylor bet 80,000 and Stonehill check-raised all in for 160,000. Taylor called and they tabled their hands after action was complete at the other tables.

Stonehill:
Taylor:

Stonehill was ahead with top pair top kicker but needed to fade a gutshot draw and two overs. The board finished turn and river and Stonehill doubled on the bubble.

Next table over, it was three-ways to a flop. Siddharth Siddharth and Romeo Mendoza checked in the blinds and David Tuthill bet 28,000. Siddharth called and Mendoza check-raised to 80,000.

Tuthill moved all in for 205,000 total, Siddharth folded, and Mendoza called after thinking it through.

Tuthill:
Mendoza:

Tuthill was ahead with the aces against Mendoza’s club draw. His bad news came right on the turn and his aces were cracked for a bubble exit after the river.

The remaining 55 players were in the money and guaranteed at least $3,990.

Romeo Mendoza – 1,100,000 (138 bb)

1st: $198,150
2nd: $132,095
3rd: $97,475
4th: $72,710
5th: $54,830
6th: $41,800
7th: $32,225
8th: $25,125
9th-10th: $19,815
11th-12th: $15,805
13th-14th: $12,755
15th-16th: $10,415
17th-20th: $8,610
21st-24th: $7,200
25th-32nd: $6,095
33rd-40th: $5,225
41st-48th: $4,535
49th-55th: $3,990

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  56 of 440

The TPC Championship field dropped down to 56 players midway through Level 16 and tournament staff paused the clock. They broke a table with 56 players remaining and began the money bubble process.

They will play hand-for-hand at each table with two minutes coming off the clock for each hand dealt until one more player is eliminated.

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  61 of 440

The TPC Championship is down to 61 players with 55 getting paid and the money bubble on the near horizon. Action should slow down over the next hour and we’ll see if the money gets here before the break.

Blinds are now 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante and the average stack is about 289,000 (36 bb).

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  64 of 440

Table 20 wasn’t an easy one to start but it got tougher and deeper when tournament staff broke another table.

Justin Zaki joined them and took a seat next to WPT Tampa champ Brian Altman. Zaki leads with 783,000 and Altman is up there with 656,000 for nearly 10% of the chips in those two seats.