$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  16 of 126

After a bit of a slowdown near the bubble, the burst right through it with knockouts on both Table 21 and 22. Dion Jagroo was the big stack through most of the day and put the most chips in his bag.

He leads the field with 439,000 and we will post the rest of the counts as soon as they are available.

1. Dion Jagroo – 439,000 (73 bb)
2. Julio Novo – 420,000 (70 bb)
3. Justin Green – 398,000 (66 bb)
4. Sandro Vianna – 329,000 (55 bb)
5. Mike Ahamd – 300,000 (50 bb)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The second flight of TPC Event 1 gets underway at the top of the hour and will build on the great start with the first flight this morning. We have 126 in Flight A for a fast pace on the first day of the series.

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-19 last 30 minutes; Levels 20+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  24 of 126

Just as the third (and probably final) break of the day, Flight A reached 24 players and the field was reduced to the last three tables. No more tables will break today, they will begin bubble play when 17 remain.

But first, they’ll take 15 minutes to gather themselves for the final push.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  40 of 126

Registration closed for Flight A of the $400 opening event with 126 entries putting $41,580 toward the $200,000 guarantee. A great start to the series and on pace for a huge prize pool.

Play will continue until 16 players remain and survivors will bag their chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday at 11 am. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight A Entries:  126

The second break ended and we took a look around the tables to see who was running hot. Florida poker legend Dion Jagroo is the early frontrunner, leading the field with 155,000 followed by Ryan Hogan with 145,000 and Jasmine Gittens with 143,000.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 8:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries:  119

The clocking is ticking and time is running out if you want to be one of those to book a Day 2 seat in the first flight. We have a very nice 119 entries on a Wednesday afternoon but we close the door on Flight A at 2:30 pm.

But have no fear, the next flight goes at 6 pm with late registration available until 10:30 pm.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The next big series is here and we kick off the 2025 Tampa Poker Classic today with two flights of the $400 buy-in opener. The tournament has a huge $200,000 guaranteed prize pool and seven starting flights to find a bag.

Players start with 30K in their stacks and the first 19 levels last 30 minutes before increasing to 40. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm.

Play will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and survivors will return on Sunday at 11 am for Day 2.

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-19 last 30 minutes; Levels 20+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1 Flight A – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-19 last 30 minutes; Levels 20+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 1 Flight B – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-19 last 30 minutes; Levels 20+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet