Championship Day 1B: Early Entrants

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries:  72

Scott Woodring (left) and Steve Blackmon (right)

A walk among the tables found some of our regulars grinding for a Championship title. If they want to keep the trophy in Tampa, it will be a long road.

Early adopters include Scott Woodring, Steve Blackmon, Wagner Wysotchanski, Julio Delgado, Tony March, Jeff Morzella, and Tarun Gulati.

Wagner Wysotchanski

Championship Day 1B: Going for Two

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  61

Michael Laake

Flight B nearly doubled its entry count in the first 30 minutes, players are starting to wake up and make their way to the Poker Room.

Two early entrants are looking for their second win of the series. Michael Laake won the first trophy of the series in the $400 Limit Omaha 8 tournament and Jerry Silva won the $400 Deep Stack a few days later.

Jerry Silva

Championship Day 1B: Chasing the Guarantee

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

Flight B of the 2023 Tampa Poker Classic Championship gets underway at the top of the hour and they $1,700 buy-in tournament will be chasing its $500,000 guarantee. After 134 entries turned out for Flight A, only 199 more are needed between today and tomorrow’s flight. We are drawing live to hitting it today.

They’ll start with 40K in their stacks and all Day 1 levels last 40 minutes, increasing to 60 minute on Day 2. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 12 at 5:45 pm. Flight B will play 12 levels before survivors bag their chips for Day 2 on Sunday at noon.

  • $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 40,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 40 minutes; Day 2 & 3 levels last 60 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (5:45pm)
  • Day 1 will end after Level 12
  • Championship Structure Sheet

TPC Day 10 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

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

  • $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 40,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 40 minutes; Day 2 & 3 levels last 60 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (5:45pm)
  • Day 1 will end after Level 12
  • Championship Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

1PM: $200 TPC Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Five seats guaranteed into $500,000 GTD TPC Championship Day 1C
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips
  • Levels last 20 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 7 (3:10pm)
  • Structure Sheet

6PM: $200 TPC Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Five seats guaranteed into $500,000 GTD TPC Championship Day 1C
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips
  • Levels last 20 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 7 (8:10pm)
  • Structure Sheet

2023 Tampa Poker Classic Schedule

Championship: Chip Counts Through Flight A

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 134

Flight A: 134 Entries; 36 Advanced
Flight B: Friday at 11 am
Flight C: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at noon

RankFirst NameLast NameCitySTChip Count
1MatthewLeecyTrinityFL297,500
2PeterVitantonioHighland HgtsOH295,500
3HristosTsironisOrlandoFL268,000
4TomNguyenTampaFL253,500
5MichaelVincentHendersonNV253,000
6DavidKaucherClearwaterFL218,500
7HarveyVandevenOcalaFL208,500
8AndrewBrannonLargoFL194,000
9NathanChoOakland GardensNY186,500
10BryceMcVayTampaFL179,500
11DouglasMarroTampaFL172,000
12JosephOrsinoTampaON170,000
13DanielClementeWesley ChapelFL158,000
14JustinZakiTampaFL155,000
15JohnO'NealJacksonvilleFL154,000
16JordanLowerySarasotaFL153,500
17CarlosLovingLas VegasNV150,000
18MohamadAlhalwaniOrlandoFL143,000
19JosephParrishTampaFL134,000
20BrettApterNashvilleTN130,500
21DavidEdwardsTampaFL126,000
22FrankWeigelOdessaFL119,500
23AnthonyBertuccioSunriseFL114,000
24JoelWadsworth JrOcklawahaFL113,000
25RobertKennedy IIIOcalaFL110,000
26MiguelangelSalvador SalazarWindermereFL99,500
27MauriceParadisOldsmarFL99,000
28JoshuaGarberTampaFL96,500
29RobertLebeauTampaFL93,500
30JackRushLakelandFL93,500
31JacobNaumannLargoFL83,000
32KennethO 'DonnellSt PetersburgFL82,000
33BillyPapadopoulosCantonMA82,000
34BrianMckainMadisonIN73,000
35DanielCouzensBoca RatonFL53,000
36ChristopherHydenSt PetersburgFL47,500

Championship Day 1A: Matthew Leecy Bags Lead

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  36 of 134

Matthew Leecy

Flight A of the TPC Championship came to an end with 36 players advancing to Day 2 on Sunday at noon. Pinktober Poker Open Champion Matthew Leecy bagged the overall lead with 297,500 closing followed by Peter Vitantonio with 295,500.

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

Championship Day 1A: Four More Hands

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  36 of 134

Rusty Wadsworth

The clock was paused with ten minutes remaining and each table will deal four more hands. Those with chips at the end of those hands will bag them up for a Day 2 return on Sunday.

In other Championship news, Rusty Wadsworth says “hi mom!”

Championship Day 1A: Last Level

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  37 of 134

Jordan Lowery

Flight A reached the last level of the night and players will make moves to build a big bag for Day 2. WPO Championship final table member Jordan Lowery is moving in the right direction, he is up to 266,500 with less than an hour to go.

Championship Day 1A: Registration Closed with 134 Entries

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  48 of 134

Registration closed for Flight A of the 2023 Tampa Poker Classic Championship with 134 entries. Our players contributed $201,000 to the prize pool with the $500,000 guarantee still in play, and it might be topped tomorrow evening.

Flight A will play through Level 12 before survivors bag up for a Day 2 return on Sunday at noon.

FlightDayEntriesAdvanced
AThurs at 11a134TBD
BFriday at 11a
ESat at 11a
Total134TBD