$1,700 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  86 of 424

Flight A: 198 Entries; 37 Advanced
Flight B: 226 Entries; 49 Advanced
Flight C: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at noon

$1,700 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  226

Registration closed for Flight B of the SPS Championship with 226 entries, putting the combined total at 424 with one flight to go. The tournament should easily hit the $1,000,000 tomorrow with only 243 new entries needed to make the mark.

Chip counts through Flight A

2023 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 16
$400 H.E.R.O.S. (Re-Entry)
Entries: 73
Prize Pool: $24,455
September 15, 2023

Registration closed for the $400 H.E.R.O.S. event with a great turnout of 73 entries. An excellent statement on how much Tampa loves their mixed game. The created a prize pool worth $24,455 and the last ten players will make the money; a min-cash worth $750 and the Event 16 champ will earn $7,485.

1st: $7,485 + SPS Trophy
2nd: $5,000
3rd: $3,330
4th: $2,310
5th: $1,680
6th: $1,280
7th: $1,020
8th: $850
9th-10th: $750

$1,700 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  206

Wagner Wysotchanski was sitting in the small blind with only 4,700 after taking a beat and obviously ready to double or re-enter. Yan Jiang opened the action from under the gun but picked up no callers until it reached Wysotchanski.

“No gamblers?!” Wysotchanski laughed with the table. He put his (mostly ante chips) stacks in the middle, the big blind folded, and Jiang smiled as she called.

Wysotchanski:
Jian:

Wysotchanski was drawing live to double and paired his ace on the board to take the pot. It wasn’t immediately evident whether he’d rather have the 13,400 from the double or a fresh stack from a re-entry.

$1,700 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  198

The second break ended and we have the same chip leader as the first. Todd Whitaker continues to sit with the biggest stack and his 200,200 is the only one over 200K.

A dangerous player has entered the arena. Raminder Singh has more major Seminole Hard Rock Poker trophies than anyone on the planet (plus a RunGood Poker All-Stars Pro-Am Invitational winner) and he joined the field looking to add a Tampa Championship trophy to his crowded collection.

$1,700 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  184

Flight B is running out the clock on Level 6 which means another break is incoming. They are getting closer to 200 entries and we have a great group of players in the Event Center.

Also in the room, the $250 buy-in Championship satellite is underway with ten seats guaranteed and late registration available until 5:15 pm.

$1,700 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  172

We have another great turnout and they are working the field up near 200 with plenty of time to get there. Combined with big crowd tomorrow, we can start looking toward the $1,000,000 guarantee.

A few more friends in the crowd including former Tampa Poker Classic Champion Paul Snead, Event 1 winner Willie Wiggins, and former WPT Player of the Year Jake Ferro.

$1,700 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  153

The first break ended and players returned to their seats chasing two big stacks. Todd Whitaker holds the lead in the early stages with 124,500 and Monir Mayer is not far behind with 116,400.

There’s still plenty of time to catch them, or they could spin it up higher and catch Flight A chip leader Jerry Wong.

$1,700 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  142

Level 3 is nearing its end and players will soon take their first break of the flight. There are 142 entries in the game and the guarantee hit the halfway point with a whole lot of players expected tonight and tomorrow.

Don’t forget, if you still want to win your way into the Championship, we have two $250 satellites running today with a combined 30 seats guaranteed. The first starts at 3 pm with ten seats and the second at 6 pm with a whopping 20 seats (at least) up for grabs.

$1,700 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries:  105

Flight B had a nice little jump during the first level and doubled the number of entries with some friends joining the fun.

Some early adopters including Frank Weigel, Blake Whittington, Duff Charette, Eric Siegel, Ruth Ruffman, David DiBernardi, and Yan Jiang.