Championship Day 1B: Registration Closed with 113 Entries

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  40 of 113

Registration closed for Flight B of the TPC Championship, with 113 entries, putting the combined total at 202. The tournament officially surpassed its $300,000 guarantee with a big flight tomorrow.

Flight B will continue until 15 players remain and survivors will bag chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday at noon in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

FlightDayEntriesAdvanced
AThursday8912
BFriday113TBD
CThurs
Total20212

Championship Day 1B: Armando Figueroa Continues to Lead; Milind Naik Into Second

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

Armando Figueroa

The third break ended and players returned to their tables with registration close for Flight B. The clock shows 113 entries, good enough to put us over the $300,000 guarantee, and we will report the numbers when they are official.

Armando Figueroa is making a bid to go wire-to-wire today, still sitting at the top of the counts with 396,500. Milind Naik moved into second with 256,500 and James Kerr dipped back to the pack a bit.

Armando Figueroa – 396,500 (198 bb)
Milind Naik – 256,500 (128 bb)
Paul Snead – 228,000 (114 bb)
Oscar Lindo – 217,000 (109 bb)
Bobby Kennedy – 177,500 (89 bb)
James Kerr – 150,500 (75 bb)
Diego Uez – 144,500 (72 bb)
Rodney Turvin – 137,000 (69 bb)
Justin Zaki – 120,000 (60 bb)
Fred Paradis – 111,000 (56 bb)
Shane Melert – 109,500 (55 bb)
Tarun Gulati – 106,500 (53 bb)
Ken Fishman – 96,500 (48 bb)
Terri-Anne Crawford – 88,000 (44 bb)
James Calderaro – 84,500 (42 bb)
Matthew Leecy – 84,000 (42 bb)
Marie Harrell – 71,000 (36 bb)
Filipp Khavin – 67,500 (34 bb)
David DiBernardi – 64,000 (32 bb)
Joseph Orsino – 34,000 (17 bb)

Milind Naik

Championship Day 1B: Armando Figueroa Leads; James Kerr Up to Second

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight B Entries:  92

Armando Figueroa

The second break has come and gone and cards are back in the air with 92 players in the game. Armando Figueroa continues to lead the Flight B field with 256,700 but 2021 TPC Championship James Kerr is closing with 245,700.

As for the other players, here’s a chip dump of some randoms in the game:

Armando Figueroa – 256,700 (257 bb)
James Kerr – 245,700 (246 bb)
Paul Snead – 144,500 (145 bb)
Terri-Anne Crawford – 120,400 (120 bb)
Ken Fishman – 107,000 (107 bb)
Matthew Leecy – 98,200 (98 bb)
Ross Corless – 84,600 (85 bb)
Filipp Khavin – 80,700 (81 bb)
Tom Nguyen – 73,500 (74 bb)
Tarun Gulati – 72,300 (72 bb)
Diego Uez – 54,200 (54 bb)
James Calderaro – 52,200 (52 bb)
Shane Melert – 50,400 (50 bb)
Stephen Brite – 48,700 (49 bb)
Marie Harrell – 46,400 (46 bb)
Justin Zaki – 44,700 (45 bb)
Ray Mancini – 44,200 (44 bb)
Fred Paradis – 43,800 (44 bb)
Carlos Loving – 34,100 (34 bb)
Ryan Hogan – 33,600 (34 bb)
Daniel Couzens – 28,100 (28 bb)
Aaron Mederos – 26,600 (27 bb)
Harry Binda – 23,000 (23 bb)
David DiBernardi – 13,000 (13 bb)
Joseph Orsino – 12,200 (12 bb)

James Kerr

Championship Day 1B: Creeping Closer

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight B Entries:  85

James Kerr (left) and Justin Zaki (right)

The late risers are making their way to the Poker Room and we’ve almost matched yesterday’s entry number with more than three hours of late registration remaining. Our players have put $261,000 toward the $300,000 guarantee so we can virtually lock that up already.

A few more friends in the crowd include James Kerr, Justin Zaki, Harry Bindo, Daniel Couzens and Ryan Hogan.

Harry Binda

Championship Day 1B: Armando Figueroa Way Out Front

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight B Entries:  64

Armando Figueroa

The first break ended, players returned to their seats, and everyone is chasing runaway chip leader Armando Figueroa. He is sitting with an incredible 213,600 after three levels and, to top it off, Figueroa is trying to use the best-stack-forward option.

Figueroa already has a Day 2 bag from Flight A worth 241,000 so he’s going big or at least trying for a min-cash with a double bag.

Armando Figueroa – 213,600 (427 bb)
Fred Paradis – 68,700 (137 bb)
Diego Uez – 65,600 (131 bb)
Terri-Anne Crawford – 50,600 (101 bb)
Ross Corless – 48,700 (97 bb)
Carlos Loving – 47,400 (95 bb)
Marie Harrell – 41,100 (82 bb)
Tom Nguyen – 40,700 (81 bb)
Tony March – 39,700 (79 bb)
Matthew Leecy – 39,200 (78 bb)
Hassan Hakim – 37,900 (76 bb)
Filipp Khavin – 34,200 (68 bb)
Tarun Gulati – 28,300 (57 bb)
Shane Melert – 25,600 (51 bb)
David DiBernardi – 19,900 (40 bb)

Championship Day 1B: First Break Coming Up

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight B Entries:  51

Diego Uez

We are cruising along in the Poker Room with 51 entries and the first break coming up at the top of the hour. They are having a great time and it’s a fun atmosphere with a ton of friends battling it out.

A few more early entrants include WPO Championship runner-up Diego Uez, Hassan Hakim, Carlos Loving, Marie Harrell, Terri-Anne Crawford, Tom Nguyen, and Tarun Gulati.

Hassan Hakim

Championship Day 1B: Satellite Underway

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight B Entries:  41

If you’d like to win your way into the TPC Championship, we have a $200 satellite that just kicked off that had a two-seat guarantee but there were enough for four seats when cards went in the air.

A great way to play the $300,000 guarantee tournament at a discount.

Championship Day 1B: Early Friends

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight B Entries:  36

Paul Snead (left) and Jake Ferro (right)

The entry count is clicking up a little faster now that people are waking up on a Friday morning. We have plenty of time to fill the room but things are pretty chill at the moment.

A few early friends in the field include 2022 TPC Champ Paul Snead, Jake Ferro, Shane Melert, Fred Paradis, Tony March, and Ross Corless.

Shane Melert