$700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  43 of 334

Flight A: 103 Entries; 13 Advanced
Flight B: 116 Entries; 15 Advanced
Flight C: 115 Entries; 15 Advanced
Day 2: Thursday at 1 pm

2024 Tampa Signature Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 14
$700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 334
Prize Pool: $203,740
September 23 – 26, 2023

Registration close for SPS Event 14 with 334 entries in the $700 No-Limit Hold’em tournament. Our players combined to turn the $100,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $203,740 and the last 43 players returning for Day 2 will be in the money.

A min-cash is worth $1,240 while the Event 14 champ will earn $42,350 plus the SPS trophy.

1st: $42,350 + SPS trophy
2nd: $28,200
3rd: $20,680
4th: $15,330
5th: $11,490
6th: $8,710
7th: $6,670
8th: $5,170
9th-10th: $4,040
11th-12th: $3,270
13th-14th: $2,690
15th-16th: $2,250
17th-20th: $1,920
21st-24th: $1,670
25th-32nd: $1,480
33rd-40th: $1,340
41st-43rd: $1,240

$700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  24 of 115

Action slowed down a bit over a level to two before Maroun Akiki went to work. The field dropped to three table right before the color up break and then staff spent of that time getting his stack in order.

There are 3.4 million chips in play for Flight C and Akiki has more than one million of them after he stacked another player coming back from break.

He is way ahead of the rest right now.

$130 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight C Entries:  97

Registration closed for Flight C of SPS Event 15 with another 97 moving the $130 buy-in tournament closer to its $50,000 guarantee.

They will continue until ten players remain and they will advance to Day 2 on Tuesday at 6 pm in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

$700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  40 of 115

Registration closed for the final flight of SPS Event 14 with 115 entries putting the combined total at 334 for the tournament, turning the $100,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $203,740.

Flight C will continue until 15 players remain and survivors will return tomorrow at 1 pm for Day 2 in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

$700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight C Entries: 115

We’ve had players rotating through the top of the chip stacks and now reigning Pinktober Poker Open Champ Frank Weigel is out front with 203,000.

But the second biggest stack has been consistent all day; Maurice Hawkins still sits there in contention with 198,000.

$700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight C Entries: 109

Heading into Level 9, Flight C put the 109th entry into the field and the Event 14 prize pool officially doubled the $100,000 guarantee for a prize pool worth $200,080.

And they have 45 minutes left to crank it higher.

$700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight C Entries: 108

Flight C continued its climb to the next milestone and a $200K prize pool is a lock before we close registration at 7:45 pm. Now the question is how big will it get.

We found two more contenders for the chip lead, trying to chase down Karl Manouchakian at the top. Juan Carlos Ramirez is up to 178,600 while Ryan Hogan is lurking with 131,000.

$700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight C Entries: 101

The second break ended and players returned to action with 101 entries in the game and a $200,000 prize pool on deck. Registration is open until 7:45 pm so we will see where it goes.

A familiar face sits as the chip leader after six levels; our all-time cashes leader Karl Manouchakian has the biggest stack in the room with 195,600 followed by 16-time WSOPC winner Maurice Hawkins with 170,200.

$700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight C Entries:  91

Flight C is cruising toward its next break and the entry count continues to click its way closer to a $200K prize pool. It will be a race to see if it gets there before registration closes at 7:45 pm.

We found a bunch of former champs in the room including James Kerr and Frank Weigel sitting side-by-side. Both have won a Tampa Championship, Kerr in the 2021 Tampa Poker Classic and Weigel in the 2023 Pinktober Poker Open.

Other former winners in the field include Cuba Levenberry, Igor Tretyakov, and Karl Manouchakian.