$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $490,500  |  Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight C Entries:  132

Players returned from their first break with a prize quickly approaching $500,000. A great turnout this afternoon and they’ll keep growing that prize pool until registration closes at 5:45 pm.

We took at the stacks while they were gone and found some players having a good start to the day. Ahmad Kamme leads the field early with Robert Lofaso, Paul Robbins, and Mo Alhalwani rounding out the players who hit six-digits already.

Here’s a look at some leaders and counts from around the room:

Ahmad Kamme – 139,000 (278 bb)
Robert Lofaso – 122,000 (244 bb)
Paul Robbins – 120,400 (241 bb)
Mo Alhalwani – 112,200 (224 bb)
Amer Al Kemeh – 88,500 (177 bb)
Mahmoud Ahmad – 82,000 (164 bb)
Terri-Anne Crawford – 76,500 (153 bb)
Igor Tretyakov – 69,600 (139 bb)
Robert LeBeau – 68,900 (138 bb)
Ken Fishman – 68,200 (136 bb)
Ashley Spring – 65,500 (131 bb)
Don Manns – 63,100 (126 bb)
Brent Pasquarella – 62,000 (124 bb)
Jerry Silva – 56,500 (113 bb)
Riley Price – 56,200 (112 bb)
Mike Ahmad – 54,500 (109 bb)
Huicun Qaio – 52,200 (104 bb)
Ryan Hogan – 51,900 (104 bb)
Aaron Thivyanathan – 50,500 (101 bb)
Tony March – 48,900 (98 bb)
Vittario Iemolo – 48,000 (96 bb)
Rina Coss – 46,700 (93 bb)
Mark Winchell – 42,700 (85 bb)
Sam Cunix – 42,700 (85 bb)
Gabe Fuller – 42,000 (84 bb)
Tom McDonald – 40,800 (82 bb)
David Meagher – 33,200 (66 bb)
Forrest Raleigh – 32,600 (65 bb)
Anthony Bertuccio – 32,400 (65 bb)
Wayne Leonard – 32,200 (64 bb)
Tom Nguyen – 30,000 (60 bb)
Maribeth “MB” Hilliard – 29,000 (58 bb)
Shawn Cunix – 27,700 (55 bb)
Kevin Blewitt – 24,700 (49 bb)
Woodrow Pass – 17,200 (34 bb)
Gregory Josephson – 12,400 (25 bb)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $343,500  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight C Entries:  34

Cards are in the air for the first flight of the TPC Championship and, as promised, we hit the first milestone as soon as the clock was started.

Only five new entries were needed to hit the $300,000 guarantee and we had 34 at the start. We expect a busy day in the Poker Room, come get a seat and build a bag.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The third and final flight of the 2025 TPC Championship gets underway at 11 am and it will immediately hit a milestone. The tournament drew 195 entries over the first two flights leaving the $1,700 buy-in tournament only five new entries away from hitting the $300,000 guarantee.

We have more than that already registered for today, so the prize pool will instantly jump over $300,000 when the clock starts.

They’ll sit down to 40K in their stacks and all levels last 40 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 10 at 5:45 pm and players may re-enter as often as they wish during that time.

Flight C will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and survivors will return tomorrow at noon for Day 2.

• $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (5:45pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Championship Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1C – $1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)

• $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (5:45pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Championship Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: $200 Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 10 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (10:10am)
• Winners will be entered into Flight C of the Championship
• Structure Sheet

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 195

Flight A:  82 Entries; 11 Advanced
Flight B:  113 Entries; 15 Advanced
Flight C:  Saturday at 11 am
Day 2:  Sunday at noon

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  15 of 113

The long grind ended with 15 players remaining and Hassan Hakim took care of the heavy lifting at the end. He bagged the biggest stack of Flight B with 679,000 and Justin Green was not far behind with 638,000.

We will post the complete chip count list as soon as it is available.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  19 of 113

It looks like we will have another break after all since 19 players remain, and there is still a lot of work to get to 15.

Justin Green is doing his part; he sent another player to the rail and stacked his castle up to 556,000. Hassan Hakim is moving back in the right direction with 406,000 and Johnny Bromberg is joining the big stacks with 310,000.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  27 of 113

Cards are back in the air after the last break of the day, or it should be the last break unless things start to grind near the bubble. 27 players remain, and 15 will move on to Day 2 on Sunday.

Another leader emerged over the last two hours. Jared Reinstein is the frontrunner with 286,000, closely followed by Alejandro Arana with 280,000. Daniel Li, Justin Green, and Hassan Hakim round out the top five heading into the late part of the day.

Jared Reinstein – 286,000 (72 bb)
Alejandro Arana – 280,000 (70 bb)
Daniel Li – 254,000 (64 bb)
Justin Green – 245,000 (61 bb)
Hassan Hakim – 200,000 (50 bb)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  29 of 113

The field is quickly shrinking and they are down to less than four tables, 29 players trying to find a spot in the last 15 to advance to Day 2.

Evan Pantano is making a move up the counts, among the leaders with 240,000 and Daniel Li moved over 200K. In a big of a shock, last break’s leader Robert LeBeau is no longer in his seat and his stack spread among the other players at Table 11.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  42 of 113

The field is shrinking, stacks are merging, and more big stacks are in the room. Robert LeBeau is the latest leader, sitting with 249,500 and Justin Green is the only other player over 200K.

Here’s a look at some counts from around the room at break:

Robert LeBeau – 249,500 (125 bb)
Justin Green – 206,000 (103 bb)
Richie Smith – 184,000 (92 bb)
Steve Blackmon – 179,500 (90 bb)
Gabe Fuller – 176,000 (88 bb)
Fred Paradis – 167,000 (84 bb)
Heitor Saraiva – 151,000 (76 bb)
Robert Fiore – 129,500 (65 bb)
Johnny Bromberg – 123,500 (62 bb)
Dominick Minaya – 120,000 (60 bb)
Phil Krnyaich – 110,000 (55 bb)
William Burdick – 107,500 (54 bb)
Karl Manouchakian – 101,000 (51 bb)
Hassan Hakim – 98,000 (49 bb)
Mark Cahill – 91,000 (46 bb)
Walter Thornton – 86,000 (43 bb)
Rory Malisoff – 86,000 (43 bb)
Justin Zaki – 80,000 (40 bb)
John Dolan – 72,000 (36 bb)
Kevin Blewitt – 72,000 (36 bb)
Steve Brite – 69,000 (35 bb)
James McKinnon – 56,500 (28 bb)
Riley Price – 55,500 (28 bb)
Marie Hammell – 49,000 (25 bb)
Evan Pantano – 33,500 (17 bb)
Filipp Khavin – 30,500 (15 bb)
Tarun Gulati – 27,000 (14 bb)
Matthew Leecy – 21,500 (11 bb)