$700 April 2024 DeepStack Challenge NLH (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 15 19:42 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 of 51
Flight A: 51 Entries; 7 Advanced Flight B: Friday at 11 am Flight C: Saturday at 11 am Day 2: Sunday at noon
The 2024 Tampa Poker Classic featured nine trophy events over 13 days with a lot of money and a bit of history by the time we were done. Here’s a look at the raw numbers –
We guaranteed more than $600,000 in prize pools, and our players put nearly double that number up for grabs.
The headliner was the TPC Championship, with a $1,700 buy-in and a prize pool of over $500,000. In the end, Paul Snead took home the title along with $101,000 and it was an historic win. No one in our history won two Championships/Main Events until Sunday evening; Snead also won the 2022 TPC Championship for a unique record.
Here’s a list of the rest of the winners, along with a link to their results. Thank you to everyone who came out to make the series a huge success!
2024 Tampa Poker Classic Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 9 $250 Seniors 50+ (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed Entries: 171 Prize Pool: $35,055 March 25, 2024
2024 Tampa Poker Classic Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida $1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry) $300,000 Guaranteed Entries: 359 Prize Pool: $538,500 March 21 – 25, 2024
Paul Snead, the 2024 TPC Champion!
The 2024 Tampa Poker Classic topped off the series with the $1,700 buy-in $300,000 guaranteed Championship. The tournament drew 359 entries over three starting flights, and Paul Snead won the title in a three-way deal for $101,000.
This is the second time Snead ended a TPC Championship sitting at the top; in 2022, he won the same title after a tough final table. Snead became the first player in our history with two major Championship wins here in Tampa and only the second to do it in Seminole Poker history.
The other was Brian Altman, who won the 2015 and 2020 WPT LHPO Championships in Hollywood.
“That’s pretty good company to be in,” Snead said when he heard about his feat. “I have a lot of respect for Brian’s game, and ironically, when I won two years ago, he was at the final table. I had to get through him to win. I’m humbled to be in the same category.”
Snead began Day 2 with a better-than-average stack in a field full of tough players. But as they went to the payout desk, he built his stack for a deep run.
At the final table, Snead was patient at first and then switched gears, holding more than half of the chips in play with five players remaining.
“I was kind of just waiting and trying to pick my spots,” Snead said of his strategy. “There were a couple of really good players here, and you had to really be careful. You couldn’t just run the table over, so I didn’t try.”
“I didn’t have a lot of big hands. I had ace-king a few times, ace-queen a couple of times. But I never, believe it or not, I never flopped a set today. Not once. So it was just be patient and pick my spots.”
“When we got five-handed, I went to work because I understand the value of ICM and putting pressure on the shorter stacks,” Snead continued.
“They didn’t want to play while (short-stacked) Carlos (Loving) was still in,” Snead finished. “So I recognized that. And I used that to my full advantage and put a lot of pressure on them,”
Snead had his wife Elizabeth on the rail for the final table, a rare occasion for the couple.
“It really meant a lot, you know? She doesn’t travel with me at all, I had to bribe her,” he said after the win.
“I know how much it meant to him,” Elizabeth said. “It’s a lot and I’m glad he brought me.”
Congratulations to Paul on winning the TPC Championship, again, and adding to his legacy!
Final table results:
1st: Paul Snead: $101,000 + TPC Trophy * 2nd: Tom McDonald – $66,930 * 3rd: John Gordon – $66,930 * 4th: Billy Papadopoulos – $39,360 5th: Austin Srur – $29,520 6th: Zachary Wells – $22,410 7th: Carlos Loving – $17,220 8th: James McKinnon – $13,400 9th: Korey Taylor – $10,560 * – denotes results of a three-way deal
$250 Seniors 50+ (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
We are closing out the 2024 Tampa Poker Classic with a fun one at 10 am. The $250 Seniors 50+ has a nice $10,000 guaranteed prize pool and it will be fun while they win some cash.
Players start with 30K stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 2:30 pm. They have a dinner break at 6:45 pm and return to find out last champ of the series.
$10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 30,000 in chips
Levels last 30 minutes
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
This is a one day tournament and please to completion
2024 Tampa Poker Classic Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 8 $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $25,000 Guaranteed Entries: 130 Prize Pool: $43,550 March 24, 2024
$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry) $300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 28: 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 359
Paul Snead
With Paul Snead holding a massive lead, the Tom McDonald and John Gordon offered him a deal. Snead would take $101,000 while they would split the remaining money. It was accepted, and Snead earned his second Tampa Poker Classic Championship title.
Paul Snead – 8,975,000 Tom McDonald – 2,350,000 John Gordon – 2,250,000
1st: Paul Snead: $101,000 + TPC Trophy 2nd: Tom McDonald – $66,930 3rd: John Gordon – $66,930
