$700 Deep Stack Challenge (Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 7: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante Flight B Entries: 119
Armand Figueroa
The second break of the day ended and players are back in action for three more levels with registration open. The count stands at 119 for Flight B and the prize pool topped $130,000.
Armand Figueroa is the new leader in the room with 191,000 and no one else within 40K of him. Phil Krnyaich is making another nice run this afternoon, up from 41K at the first break to 126,500 at the second.
2024 Tampa Poker Classic Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 5 $400 Triple Stud (Re-Entry) Entries: 38 Prize Pool: $12,730 March 19, 2024
Registration closed for the $400 Triple Stud tournament with 38 entries creating a prize pool worth $12,730. The last five spots will be paid with $4,780 plus the TPC trophy awaiting the Triple Stud champ.
The second break ended for the $400 Triple Stud tournament and registration closed. We show 38 entries on the board and will post the official numbers and payouts as soon as they are available.
A few friends still in contention include Amie Martini, Michael Laake, Carlos Loving, and Cary Rosenthal.
$700 Deep Stack Challenge (Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 4: 300/500 with a 500 ante Flight B Entries: 93
Kevin Blewitt
The first break ended for Flight B of the Deep Stack Challenge with 93 entries and the prize pool well over $100K. We’ll keep piling on top of that number until registration closes at 7:45 pm.
Kevin Blewitt is the early leader with Richie Smith not far behind. There are a lot of friends in the field and here are a few counts from around the room:
Kevin Blewitt – 93,600 (187 bb) Richie Smith – 85,700 (171 bb) Forrest Raleigh – 70,500 (141 bb) Marvin “Duckman” Karlins – 65,600 (131 bb) Ryan Hogan – 57,900 (116 bb) Tony March – 55,000 (110 bb) Dion Jagroo 54,200 (108 bb) Eric Tarikas – 48,600 (97 bb) Jake Ferro – 47,600 (95 bb) Ross Corless – 47,600 (95 bb) Josias Santos – 46,000 (92 bb) Tarun Gulati – 42,300 (85 bb) Fred Paradis – 41,800 (84 bb) Peter Walsworth – 41,500 (83 bb) Phil Krnyaich – 41,100 (82 bb) Ray Mancini – 33,600 (67 bb) Jason Block – 33,300 (67 bb) Frank Weigel – 30,000 (60 bb) Nashaat Antonious – 25,500 (51 bb) Eli Kiwan – 20,800 (42 bb) Karl Manouchakian – 18,300 (37 bb) Mark Wiser – 17,000 (34 bb)
$700 Deep Stack Challenge (Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
The last big warmup before the Championship gets underway at 1 pm with Flight B of the TPC Deep Stack Challenge. The $700 buy-in tournament already beat its $50,000 guarantee and today was just more prize pool on top.
Players start with 30K deep stacks and all levels last 40 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 7:45 pm. Flight B will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and survivors will return tomorrow at 1 pm for Day 2.
$50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 30,000 in chips
Levels last 40 minutes
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (7:45pm)
Another non-hold’em trophy event hits the TPC schedule this morning at 11 am with the $400 Triple Stud tournament. It will rotate games between Stud, Stud 8, and Razz and guaranteed to be a fun time
Players start with 25K stacks and all levels last 30 minutes for the one-day tournament. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm. They’ll take a 30-minute dinner break at 5:30 pm and return to play down to our Triple Stud champ.
Players begin with 25,000 in chips
Levels last 30 minutes
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
This is a one day tournament and please to completion
2024 Tampa Poker Classic Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 3 $400 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry) Entries: 66 Prize Pool: $22,110 March 18, 2024
Brian Ulch, TPC Event 3 champ
The first non-hold’em tournament on the Tampa Poker Classic schedule was the $400 Limt Omaha 8 tournament. It drew a great crowd of 66 entries on a Monday morning and Brian Ulch walked away with the title along with $6,980 for the win.
$700 Deep Stack Challenge (Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 10: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante Flight A Entries: 101
Registration closed for Flight A of the $700 Deep Stack Challenge with 101 entries already creating a prize pool worth $61,610 with another flight tomorrow.
Flight A will continue until 13 players remain and they will move on to Day 2 on Wednesday at 1 pm in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.
We will post the complete chip count list as soon as it is available this evening.
