$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 1,705

Another level down and another table broken. TPC Event 1 is down to 24 players and triggered a three-table draw, every player is now guaranteed at least $3,250 and the prizes are climbing.

Blinds are up to 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante and the average stack is about 2,130,000 (36 bb). There will be a 30-minute dinner break following Level 25.

25th: Jordan Lowery – $2,720
26th: Randy Levin – $2,720
27th: Luke Gramentz – $2,720
28th: Soe Lee – $2,720
29th: Timothy Pettus – $2,720
30th: Joshua Johnson – $2,720
31st: Andrew Brannon – $2,720
32nd: Graham Miller – $2,720

2023 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 4
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 194
Prize Pool: $64,990
March 12, 2023

Registration closed for the Sunday $400 Deep Stack tournament and Event 4 drew 194 entries to more than double the $20,000 guarantee. They created a prize pool worth $64,990 with the last 25 spots getting paid. A min-cash is worth $750 and the champ will earn $15,080 plus the TPC trophy.

1st: $15,080 + TPC trophy
2nd: $10,020
3rd: $7,250
4th: $5,330
5th: $3,980
6th: $3,020
7th: $2,320
8th: $1,820
9th-10th: $1,440
11th-12th: $1,200
13th-14th: $1,030
15th-16th: $900
17th-20th: $820
21st-25th: $750

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 1,705

Shortly after they rolled into Level 24, Jacob Naumann was eliminated in 33rd place and the tournament dropped down to the last four tables of the tournament.

Blinds are up to 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante and the average stack is about 1,600,000 (32 bb).

33rd: Jacob Naumann: $2,310
34th: Christopher Cochran: $2,310
35th: Elias Kiwan: $2,310
36th: Jason Block: $2,310
37th: Ramon Gonzalez: $2,310
38th: Alexander Grassia: $2,310
39th: Tarun Gulati: $2,310
40th: Jahann Bardia: $2,310

41st: Isaac Ali: $1,980
42nd: Sandip Guha: $1,980
43rd: Donald Kelly: $1,980
44th: Frederick Williams: $1,980
45th: David Ambrose: $1,980
46th: Mohammed Hossain: $1,980
47th: Michael Dalberth: $1,980
48th: Harry Binda: $1,980

50th: Ahmed El Said: $1,720
51st: Andrew Heister: $1,720
52nd: Joseph Linville: $1,720
53rd: Tam Nguyen: $1,720
54th: Ronald Groeller: $1,720
55th: Jamison Alford: $1,720
56th: Kyle Dilschneider: $1,720

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 1,705

We keep finding new chip leaders at each break and this time was no different. Daniel Couzens is the new leader in Event 1 with 3,525,000 going into the stages of the day.

Brendan Pfent sits in second with 3,300,000 followed by 2021 Tampa Poker Classic Championship James Kerr’s 3,150,000.

Blinds are up to 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante and the average stack is about 1,420,000 (36 bb).

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  43 of 1,705

Still keeping up with the numbers while we have a steady group of players collecting cashout tickets at the cage, including more tough players falling short.

Blinds moved up to 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante and the average stack about 1,190,000 (40 bb).

57th: Luanna Vu: $1,510
58th: John Burdin: $1,510
59th: Marcus Gurley: $1,510
60th: Jay Giles: $1,510
61st: Juan Ramirez Parodi: $1,510
62nd: Hyndi Khomutetsky: $1,510
63rd: William Burdick: $1,510
64th: Conner Reynolds: $1,510

65th: Michael Tuttle: $1,340
66th: Marcelo Lanas: $1,340
67th: Chris Perry: $1,340
68th: Bradley Kane: $1,340
69th: Brian Johnson: $1,340
70th: Alain Medesan: $1,340
71st: Tom Lawford: $1,340
72nd: Brian Weber: $1,340

73rd: David Meagher: $1,200
74th: Carlos Loving: $1,200
75th: Phi Nguyen: $1,200
76th: Nathan Lee: $1,200
77th: Ashley Spring: $1,200
78th: Glyn Griffis: $1,200
79th: Riley O’Brien: $1,200
80th: Harry Mozian Jr: $1,200

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  56 of 1,705

They are not slowing down their trek to the payout desk and they are down to seven tables. Fred Paradis is one of those going in the correct direction and our 2022 WPT Tampa Championship runner-up sits with 1,475,000 in a quickly shrinking field.

Blinds are sitting at 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante and the average stack is about 915,000 (37 bb).

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  80 of 1,705

More results with some tough players going out including last break’s chip leader Alec Magdan and Billy McPhillips with his second cash of the tournament thanks to his best-stack-foward double bag.

81st: Paul Lambrakis – $1,090
82nd: Jamie Teel – $1,090
83rd: MT Tawfik – $1,090
84th: Emmanuel DiMaano Jr – $1,090
85th: Douglas Wright – $1,090
86th: James Seidenfaden – $1,090
87th: Brandon Glaze – $1,090
88th: Herbert Woodbery – $1,090

89th: Justin Snavley – $990
90th: Aaron Thivynathan – $990
91st: Andrew Butte – $990
92nd: Tuck Foong – $990
93rd: Alec Magdan – $990
94th: Robert Nolen – $990
95th: Victor Haynes – $990
96th: Jeremy Michael Zides – $990
97th: Roque Veviurka – $990
98th: William Hill – $990
99th: Julio Delgado Reyes – $990
100th: Andrew Conway – $990
101st: Jimmy Park – $990
102nd: Billy McPhillips – $990
103rd: Byron Schenk – $990
104th: Wyatt Williams – $990

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  80 of 1,705

Players returned to action after the 1K color up break with ten tables remaining and some big money coming up.

Richie Smith is the new big stack in the game and the first with over two million in his stack. Here’s a look at the top stacks at the break:

Richie Smith – 2,045,000 (102 bb)
Stephen Brite – 1,600,000 (80 bb)
Peter D’Abrosca – 1,565,000 (78 bb)
Jordan Lowery – 1,435,000 (72 bb)
Julio Novo – 1,425,000 (71 bb)
Jahann Bardia – 1,300,000 (65 bb)

Blinds are up to 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante and the average stack is about 640,000 (32 bb).

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  88 of 1,705

Catching up on some paperwork, here’s a look at those who cashed out in 105th through 136th place.

The remaining players will finish out the last ten minutes of Level 19 before taking a break while the 1K chips come out of play.

105th: Jesus Ayala Figueroa – $910
106th: Matthew Henderson – $910
107th: Arris Kontos – $910
108th: Robert Wuestner – $910
109th: Lewis Gallo Jr – $910
110th: Quiontus Griffin – $910
111th: Eric Smith – $910
112th: Raunq Singh – $910
113th: Glen Hortin – $910
114th: Aaron Speer – $910
115th: Steven Collins – $910
116th: Eric Nadal – $910
117th: John McCarthy – $910
118th: James Solana – $910
119th: Willie Muhammad – $910
120th: Shannon Daley – $910

121st: Juan Rodriguez – $850
122nd: H-Barry Trembetzky – $850
123rd: David Ortolano – $850
124th: Charles Kimbrel – $850
125th: Wilbert Malphus – $850
126th: John Ryan III – $850
127th: Byron Sisson – $850
128th: William Deckard – $850
129th: Peter Kosakowski – $850
130th: Asif Mohammed – $850
131st: Forrest Clardy – $850
132nd: Joseph Mattucci – $850
133rd: Tory Keeton – $850
134th: Charles Montalvo – $850
135th: Tamas Hartman – $850
136th: Mark Glazewski – $850

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  95 of 1,705

Jahann Bardia was our first big chip leader, bagging the big stack in Flight A way back on Wednesday. Now he’s the big stack again after sending a few players to the rail to build way up to 1,775,000.

Blinds increased to 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante and the average stack is about 538,000 (34 bb).