$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $684,000 | Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 39 of 304
After nearly all of Level 14, the Championship dropped to 39 players to leave the field one off the money. Tournament staff paused the clock and take two minutes off the clock for every hand dealt until one player is eliminated.
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $684,000 | Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 51 of 304
Wesley Haymond began his Day 2 with 150,500 and he’s been running it up over the last few levels. He is the new leader with a huge castle worth 702,000 with Robert Lebeau the closest to him with 550,000.
Fred Paradis is moving up the counts, surprising no one in Tampa, and is third with 522,000. Other big stacks belong to Ken Fishman (433,000), Brian Ray (412,000) and Dion Jagroo (400,000).
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $684,000 | Structure | Payouts
Level 13: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 304
Another levels is almost in the books and the Championship is still at 53 and a long hike left to get to the money bubble. Tournament staff will color off the purple chips and we’ll get another look at our leaders.
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $684,000 | Structure | Payouts
Level 13: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 57 of 304
The Championship pumped the brakes after the previous break in the action, losing only a handful of players with the deep stacks and slow structure. The average stack is 53 big blinds so they can settle in for the grind to the money.
Marsha Wolak is making the most of her time and the lone female representative in the field after Nadya Magnus and Yan Jiang were eliminated. The pickleball national champ (and 2011 WSOP Ladies bracelet winner) is having a good day so far and up to 254,500 while looking for another deep run after her third place finish in Event 1.
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $684,000 | Structure | Payouts
Level 12: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 64 of 304
Another break has come and gone and the Championship is down to the last eight tables with 64 players. The money bubble is in view but it won’t get here before the next break.
Robert added to his lead and returned to a stack worth 524,500 with Dion Jagroo the closest to him with 480,500.
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $684,000 | Structure | Payouts
Level 11: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining: 72 of 304
Brian Ray is the latest to spin up a stack, sitting at 305,000 in the early parts of Day 2. They are still a good ways away from the money bubble but another table broke to get the field to 72.
Bubble play is still a couple hours away but never too early to start getting ready with a big stack to punish.
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
The Championship isn’t the only game in the room today. If you fell short of the big title, we have three other tournaments for your enjoyment starting with Event 20 that is just kicking off.
It has a $600 buy-in with a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool and one-day structure.
Players start with 30K in their stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 6:30 pm. They have a 30-minute dinner break at 8:30 pm and return to find out next SPS champ.
2024 Tampa Signature Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 304
Prize Pool: $684,000
September 27 – 30, 2023
Registration closed for the 2024 Signature Poker Series Championship with 304 entries, turning the $500,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $684,000. The last 38 players will make the money with $5,070 for a min-cash and $144,840 plus the SPS trophy to our next champ.
Thank you once again for the fantastic turnout and support the series.
1st: $144,840 + SPS trophy
2nd: $96,370
3rd: $70,290
4th: $51,940
5th: $38,890
6th: $29,500
7th: $22,670
8th: $17,660
9th-10th: $13,940
11th-12th: $11,360
13th-14th: $9,440
15th-16th: $7,990
17th-20th: $6,900
21st-24th: $6,090
25th-32nd: $5,500
33rd-38th: $5,070
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $661,500 | Structure
Level 10: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 104 of 304
Players are back in their seats after the first break and registration closed for the Championship. It looks like we had 31 max late reg players and we will report the final number as soon as the math is done.
Robert Lebeau was late going to break because he was in a big hand. The result was a chip-leading stack worth 281,500, which was worth the wait. Ya Yun Liu is only one purple chip back in second with 281,000 followed by James Calderaro, Wagner Wysotchanski, and Anthony Bertuccio.
Robert Lebeau – 281,500 (188 bb)
Ya Yun Liu – 281,000 (187 bb)
James Calderaro – 270,500 (180 bb)
Wagner Wysotchanski – 265,000 (177 bb)
Anthony Bertuccio – 264,000 (176 bb)
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $661,500 | Structure
Level 9: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining: 112 of 294
The clocking is ticking down toward the first break and closing registration for the 2024 SPS Championship. We are up to 21 late reg players and might grab a few more before we shut it down at 1:15 pm.