$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  36 of 89

Registration closed for Flight A of the TPC Championship with 89 entries and $133,500 toward the $300,000 guarantee with two more huge weekend flights to go.

Flight A will continue until 12 players remain and they will bag chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday at noon in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight A Entries:  87

Players are just about ready to go on the third break of the day and registration will close for Flight A of the Championship when they return at 5:45 pm. There’s another flight tomorrow at 11 am and the last on Saturday at 11 am

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Entries:  80

After a series of exclamations at Table 10, we jumped over to see what the fuss was about—it turned out to be a pretty crazy runout for Fred Paradis.

He was heads up with the board showing and had his opponent at risk. Paradis had the lead with against until a third six hit the turn. There was only one ace left in the deck that could send Paradis the pot and it came on the river to send his opponent walking away.

Fred Paradis – 96,800 (81 bb)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Entries:  76

With the clock ticking down to the close of registration, we saw more friends join the field after the second break. Players have until after the third break to join and registration will close at 5:45 pm.

A few more familiar faces include Justin Zaki, Filipp Khavin, Ken O’Donnell, and Pratik Shah.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries:  73

The second break ended and Justin Coltharp continued his big ways. He continues to lead Flight A with 233,500 and a decent lead over second place Billy Papadopoulos with 146,100.

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

Justin Coltharp – 233,500 (234 bb)
Billy Papadopoulos – 146,100 (146 bb)
Yan Jiang – 130,600 (131 bb)
Ross Corless – 111,600 (112 bb)
Frank Weigel – 109,300 (109 bb)
Alexander Orlov – 89,500 (90 bb)
Fred Paradis – 82,200 (82 bb)
Bryce McVay – 64,400 (64 bb)
Eric Piderit – 54,500 (55 bb)
James Kerr – 54,400 (54 bb)
Ben Chelladurai – 46,200 (46 bb)
Tarun Gulati – 44,600 (45 bb)
Tony March – 41,500 (42 bb)
David DiBernardi – 33,200 (33 bb)
Gabriel Fuller – 26,800 (27 bb)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight A Entries:  64

Flight A players will be heading on another break at the end of the level with 64 entries in the game and on our way to hitting the $300,000 guarantee.

Some more friends in the field include Tarun Gulati, Aaron Mederos, Ben Chelladurai, David DiBernardi, Bryce McVay, and Eric Tarikas.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight A Entries:  53

We mentioned earlier that Frank Weigel and Ross Corless were in the field, and James Kerr joined them recently. Sitting right next to Weigel and catching up with Corless.

All three of these share something special in this room.

All three are former Champions after capturing the headliner in a series. Corless is the most recent when he won the Winter Poker Open Championship in January. Weigel won the Pinktober Poker Open Championship this past October, and Kerr won this tournament in 2021.

Three champs and quality individuals.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight A Entries:  49

Players returned to their seats after the first break of the Championship and there was one big stack in the room. Justin Coltharp had a nice few levels to start his day and went on break leaving 167,500 in his place with no one else over 100K.

That’s a good start.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries:  47

We are cruising along in Flight A of the Championship, nearing 50 entries and a quarter of the way to the guarantee with a big weekend coming up.

Some more friends we found include Tony March, 2023 PPO Champ Frank Weigel, and Alexander Orlov.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight A Entries:  38

The blinds are up, and the entry count is creeping up as we approach the afternoon hours. The sun is barely up.

A few early friends in the field include Karl Manouchakian, Ross Corless, Eric Piderit, Yan Jiang, Mark Wiser, and Fred Paradis.