$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight B Entries: 202
The entry count clicked over 200 before the second break and it keeps growing the prize pool.
James Calderaro and RJ Sullivan were two of the most recent to jump in the game. “Caldo” final tabled the $1,100 tournament a few days ago and Sullivan finished third in the Winter Poker Open Main Event to close out 2021.
$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight B Entries: 192
We found a couple of players at Table 21 who already banked themselves a Tampa Poker Classic trophies.
Jacob Naumann was among a bunch of players who cashed in two tournament last Sunday; he came back for Day 2 of Event 2 in the money, picked up a payout, entered the Limit Omaha 8 tournament and shipped it.
Stuart Taylor made the final table of the $1,100 TPC tournament and it was a tough lineup. He fought hard and walked away with that win after a heads-up deal.
$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight B Entries: 187
The entry count continues to click up and we are only a baker’s dozen away from topping 200 for the flight. Inching closer to the magic number.
Table 44 has a nice lineup of friendly, regular faces in our games. John Two Bears and Al Gomez drew seats next to each other and Stephen Brite is on the other side.
Brite had a nice run here in 2021; he finished seventh in this tournament for a $70K payday then won the $1,100 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha title during the WPT Tampa series.
$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight B Entries: 180
The first break came to an end with 180 entries and a prize pool over $800,000. They are creeping up towards that big number.
There were no massive stacks found while they were away but it looks like two of the top players in the room have the biggest stacks. Toby Boas is sitting behind a stack of 113,000 while Byron Kaverman is doing well with 110,100.
$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight B Entries: 159
Shortly before the first break of the day, Poker Room regular Marvin “Duckman” Karlins took a shot to double up and moved all in for 9,800. The player to his left looked him up and it was a race.
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but he could not catch a queen or a ten to exit early in the day.
$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight B Entries: 150
The TPC Championship is bringing out some big names to the $500,000 guarantee tournament including Brian Altman and Byron Kaverman.
Those two players alone have combined for more than $21,000,000 in career earnings with WPT titles, WSOP bracelets, and WSOP Circuit rings between them.
$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight B Entries: 120
The Poker Room is filling and we are closing on a $750,000 prize pool before the first hour is in the books. If they double this number, we are looking at a $1,000,000 prize pool before registration closes.
More familiar faces in the crowd include WSOP Circuit Tampa ring winner David DiBernardi, Courtney Webb, Wally Maddah, Thomas Elder, and Event 3 champ Jacob Naumann.
$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight B Entries: 96
We have a nice crowd early on a Saturday with nearly 100 entries in the game already. Players are getting here early and often and the prize pool is growing.
Some notables here at the start including former WSOP Ladies Champ Marsha Wolak, Nshaat Antonious, Marcus Gurley, Jesse Cohen, Anthony Askey, and Toby Boas.
$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight B Entries: 64
Cards are in the air for Flight B of the TPC Championship with 64 entries putting the game already over the $500,000 guarantee. They’ll keep building the prize pool now until registration closes at 6:30 pm.
The next milestone will hit when we have 142 entries to get the prize pool to $750,000 and a seven-digit number is in play.
$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
The second and last flight of the 2022 Tampa Poker Classic Championship gets underway at 11 am and it will be on an already big number set in Flight A. The 192 entries left us only 31 new ones away from hitting the $500,000 guarantee and it will be there when we start.
Players sit down to 40,000 starting stacks and all Day 1 levels last 40 minutes then 60 minutes on Days 2 and 3. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 6:30 pm following the one-hour dinner break. Flight B will cruise into the evening and come to an end after Level 14.
Those with chips will move on to Day 2 tomorrow at noon and begin playing down towards our Champion.