2019 Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 1
$360 Buy-In No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 1,128
Prize Pool: $338,400
February 20-24, 2019

(Tampa, FL) – The inaugural Tampa Poker Classic kicked things off with a big, multi-day tournament that set a great pace for the series. More than 1,000 entries got in the game and it was 2017 WPTDeepstacks Tampa Main Event final table member Andrew Boccia outlasting them all, taking the title and nearly $50,000 after a five-way deal.

Event 1 drew 1,128 entries over the six starting flights to push the $200,000 guaranteed prize pool up to $338,400. Only 179 advanced to Day 2 on Sunday with Todd Doan leading the field. Unfortunately for him, a series of bad beats and second best hands sent him out short of the money with 113 getting paid.

The bubble burst after the first break and it was a steady parade of eliminations getting in line for their payout. There were only 15 players remaining on the dinner break and they were down to the final table within one level.

Philip Starner began the final table with the chip lead but Boccia was not far behind. Christopher Boyle spent some time on top of the counts after sending Dan Kennedy and Ed Vasconcelos out at the same time with a two-out river to start the action at the ten-handed table.

Boyle’s lead did not last long as Boccia went on a heater until only five players remained. They made a deal to divide up the remaining prize pool and Boccia took the lion’s share of $46,255 plus a seat in the $300,000 Guarantee Main Event.

This was the second biggest live payday for Boccia and only a few hundred behind what he picked up for his fourth-place finish in the 2017 WPTDeepstacks Tampa Main Event.

Congrats to Andrew and thanks to our players for a great kickoff.

Final table results:

1st: Andrew Boccia $46,255 + $1,650 Seat
2nd: Daniel Mills – $36,494
3rd: Christopher Boyle – $31,772
4th: Philip Starner – $25,393
5th: Bob Van Syckle – $21,417
6th: Eddie Kofler – $11,904
7th: Thomas Leonzio – $9,850
8th: Edward Muniz – $7,836
9th: Ed Vasconcelos – $5,883
10th: Dan Kennedy – $4,765

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11th: Alex Ivan – $4,765
12th: Aaron Speer – $4,765
13th: Matthew Kerley – $3,755
14th: Naresh Parwani – $3,755
15th: Wayne Daley – $3,755
16th: Philip Hale – $3,115
17th: Mark Wiser – $3,115
18th: DeVaughn Smith – $3,115
19th: Troy Baker – $2,593
20th: David Smith – $2,593
21st: Glyn Griffis – $2,593
22nd: Marcus Little – $2,189
23rd: Zachary Gilbert – $2,189
24th: Sean Hampson – $2,189
25th: Derek Worley – $1,785
26th: Christopher Kobil – $1,785
27th: Siddharth Siddharth – $1,785
28th: Chuck Lum – $1,525
29th: Matthew Leecy – $1,525
30th: Jacqulyn Kagan – $1,525
31st: Yao Zhao – $1,525
32nd: Travis Jackson – $1,525
33rd: Joseph Graci – $1,525
34th: Edgar Ward – $1,525
35th: Stephen Dees – $1,525
36th: Kristopher Villanueva – $1,525
37th: James Kerr – $1,320
38th: Mark Smyrski – $1,320
39th: Robert Schmal – $1,320
40th: Marvin Karlins – $1,320
41st: Todd Backus – $1,320
42nd: William Criego – $1,320
43rd: Joseph De Lucia – $1,320
44th: Charmaine Kern – $1,320
45th: Nicholas Owens – $1,320
46th: Cary Alter – $1,169
47th: Maurice Paradis – $1,169
48th: Saif Khan – $1,169
49th: Charles Kimbrel – $1,169
50th: Carlos Barbosa – $1,169
51st: Hamid Izadi – $1,169
52nd: David Algava – $1,169
53rd: Karl Manouchakian – $1,169
54th: Ritesh Patel – $1,169
55th: Donald Scheib – $1,061
56th: Robert Gill – $1,061
57th: Daniel Bonet – $1,061
58th: Sebastien Syssau – $1,061
59th: Bryce McVay – $1,061
60th: Shawn Sorgi – $1,061
61st: Derrick Cutler – $1,061
62nd: Joshua Harrison – $1,061
63rd: Mohammad Ali – $1,061
64th: Jamie Forschner – $973
65th: Quyen Hoang – $973
66th: John Alvenus – $973
67th: Wally Maddah – $973
68th: Daniel Vo – $973
69th: Oscar Lindo Zeledon – $973
70th: Narimaan Ahmadi – $973
71st: Mitchell Menes – $973
72nd: Cody Kilgore – $973
73rd: Nashaat Antonious – $892
74th: Troy Bercot – $892
75th: Ronald Groeller – $892
76th: Richard Heiles – $892
77th: Brian Torok – $892
78th: Praveen Challagundla – $892
79th: Blake Burke – $892
80th: Jaime Melgarejo – $892
81st: Amelio Amato – $892
82nd: Deborah Farmer – $815
83rd: Filippos Stavrakis – $815
84th: Nick Palma – $815
85th: Michael Gallo – $815
86th: David Lawrence – $815
87th: Sanjib Acharya – $815
88th: Mark Winchell – $815
89th: Tony Nguyen – $815
90th: Devin Alvarez – $815
91st: Aaron Thivyanathan – $737
92nd: Edward Gilfillan – $737
93rd: Jerome Bocquet – $737
94th: Barbara Cardin – $737
95th: Ronald Johnston – $737
96th: Darryl Thomas Jr – $737
97th: Brandon Miller – $737
98th: Antonio Fernandez – $737
99th: Chase Madden – $737
100th: Bradley Patton – $663
101st: Ellen Heller – $663
102nd: Andrew Pappalardo – $663
103rd: Dmitiry Konikov – $663
104th: Kevin Blewitt – $663
105th: Walter Thornton – $663
106th: Benjamin Keathley – $663
107th: Charles Mitchell III – $663
108th: Blair Miller – $663
109th: Quan Ngo – $589
110th: Kevin Pahl – $589
111th: Stephen Ibrahim – $589
112th: Maheshwar Manthani – $589
113th: Juan Rodriguez – $589