$1,700 TPC Championship
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Day 1B Entries: 82
We are counting down the minutes until we close registration for the second of two flights of the TPC Championship.
They will work through this level, take a 15-minute break, and registration will close at 5:45 pm when they return.
$1,700 TPC Championship
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries: 72
Players returned from their second break and they have a new leader, who has the chips of our former leader. Brent Ballentine is the big stack in the room with 217,300 and a lot of those chips came from David Meagher, round about via a third-party at the other end of the table.
Justin Green remained the second-biggest, with Sandro Vianna lurking not far behind.
Here’s another look at some other counts during the break:
Brent Ballentine – 217,300 (217 bb)
Justin Green – 172,700 (173 bb)
Sandro Vianna – 171,000 (171 bb)
John Dobson – 116,700 (117 bb)
Jeff Trudeau Jr – 113,200 (113 bb)
Roy Young – 96,300 (96 bb)
Cheri Ivan – 91,200 (91 bb)
Andrew Whitaker – 81,700 (82 bb)
Hassan Hakim – 81,000 (81 bb)
Wayne Leonard – 69,900 (70 bb)
Diego Uez – 68,800 (69 bb)
Liz McKay – 59,100 (59 bb)
Ken O’Donnell – 53,700 (54 bb)
Mitch Garshofsky – 44,800 (45 bb)
Juan Catala – 41,400 (41 bb)
Curtis King – 40,000 (40 bb)
David Meagher – 19,200 (19 bb)
Jennifer Frankenstein – 18,100 (18 bb)
$1,700 TPC Championship
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries: 70
We have another break on deck, time for players to recoup and maybe grab a refreshment from the Poker Snack Bar. We have 70 entries so far with over two hours to run it up.
We will take another look at the stacks while they were gone and see if anyone caught the leaders.
$1,700 TPC Championship
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries: 65
Flight B is moving right along and we have 65 entries in today’s field, getting them nearly $180K toward the $250,000 guarantee.
It won’t hit today but will get there pretty early Saturday afternoon.
$1,700 TPC Championship
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries: 55
The second break ended and players are back in action with three more levels before they can do it again.
David Meagher leads the early action with 111,200 and Justin Green is the only other over 100K while John Dobson is not far behind.
Here’s a look at some counts around the room:
David Meagher – 111,200 (222 bb)
Justin Green – 107,700 (215 bb)
John Dobson – 94,300 (189 bb)
Liz McKane – 74,000 (148 bb)
Hassan Hakim – 73,300 (147 bb)
Jennifer Frankenstein – 49,000 (98 bb)
Wayne Leonard – 46,500 (93 bb)
Frank Spaulding – 45,300 (91 bb)
Jeff Trudeau Jr – 40,000 (80 bb)
Andrew Whitaker – 39,800 (80 bb)
Diego Uez – 32,500 (65 bb)
Ken O’Donnell – 31,000 (62 bb)
Mitch Garshofsky – 30,400 (61 bb)
Roy Young – 27,800 (56 bb)
$1,700 TPC Championship
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries: 47
Flight B players are getting ready to take their first break of the long day, with just under 50 entries and more than halfway to the guarantee, with a huge Saturday turnout expected.
We will take this first opportunity to scope out some big stack early in the action.
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Day 1B – $1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
3PM: $200 Championship Satellite (1-in-10)
6PM: $200 Championship Satellite (1-in-10)
$1,700 TPC Championship
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 53
Flight A: 53 Entries; 7 Advanced
Flight B: Friday at 11 am
Flight C: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | City | State | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan | Murray | Tampa | FL | 610,000 |
| 2 | Daniel | Zucker | Tampa | FL | 595,000 |
| 3 | Ken | Grooms | Lakeland | FL | 250,000 |
| 4 | Fred | Paradis | Oldsmar | FL | 189,000 |
| 5 | Ricardo | Eyzaguirre | Miami | FL | 184,000 |
| 6 | Tony | March | Tampa | FL | 172,000 |
| 7 | C.J. | Walker | Ormond Beach | FL | 112,000 |
$1,700 TPC Championship
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 7 of 53
After a bit of a grind with the deep stacks, Flight A of the TPC Championship popped the money bubble and Dan Murray continued his heater to bag the chip lead with 610,000
Daniel Zucker isn’t far behind with 595,000 with Ken Grooms, Fred Paradis, Ricard Eyzaguirre, Tony March, and C.J. Walker rounding out the survivors.
Flight B starts tomorrow at 11 am with the final flight on Saturday at the same time.
Dan Murray – 610,000 (102 bb)
Daniel Zucker – 595,000 (99 bb)
Ken Grooms – 250,000 (42 bb)
Fred Paradis – 189,000 (32 bb)
Ricardo Eyzaguirre – 184,000 (31 bb)
Tony March – 172,000 (29 bb)
C.J. Walker – 112,000 (19 bb)
$1,700 TPC Championship
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 16 of 53
Flight A is down to its last two tables with 16 players remaining and they won’t stop until seven players are ready to book their seat in the Day 2 field.
Except for the next break coming up, that will stop the action for 15 minutes while the purple chips come out of play.