2024 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 3
$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries:  66
Prize Pool:  $22,110
March 18, 2024

The first non-hold’em tournament on the Tampa Poker Classic schedule was the $400 Limt Omaha 8 tournament. It drew a great crowd of 66 entries on a Monday morning and Brian Ulch walked away with the title along with $6,980 for the win.

Congrats Brian!

$700 Deep Stack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 101

Flight A: 101 Entries; 13 Remaining
Flight B: Tuesday at 1 pm
Day 2: Wednesday at 1 pm

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 5 – $400 Triple Stud (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 25,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• This is a one day tournament and please to completion
• Event 5 Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 4 Day 1B – $700 Deep Stack Challenge (Re-Entry)

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (7:45pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Event 4 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: $100 Satellite into TPC Event 4

• Two seats guaranteed into TPC $700 Deep Stack Challenge
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (10:45am)
• Structure Sheet

$700 Deep Stack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Entries:  101

Registration closed for Flight A of the $700 Deep Stack Challenge with 101 entries already creating a prize pool worth $61,610 with another flight tomorrow.

Flight A will continue until 13 players remain and they will move on to Day 2 on Wednesday at 1 pm in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

We will post the complete chip count list as soon as it is available this evening.

$700 Deep Stack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries:  88

Players returned from the second break with 88 entries so far and more expected with late registration available until 7:45 pm and all day tomorrow in Flight B.

Non-hold’em specialist Sam Sternfield was the surprise chip leader at the break. The two-time Hollywood champ won his titles in PLO and eight-game mix but has the most chips in this two-card game with 171,600.

$700 Deep Stack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight A Entries:  82

With plenty of time to spare, like an entire flight plus three more hours today, the $700 Deep Stack Challenge surpasses its $50,000 guarantee before the second break of Flight A.

From here, the prize pool will continue to grow until registration closed tomorrow at 7:45 pm in Flight B.

2024 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 3
$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries:  66
Prize Pool:  $22,110
March 18, 2024

Registration closed for the $400 Limit Omaha 8 tournament, with 66 entries, creating a prize pool worth $22,110. The last nine players will make the money with $700 for a min-cash and $6,980 set aside for the TPC Event 3 champ.

1st: $6,980 + TPC Trophy
2nd: $4,660
3rd: $3,110
4th: $2,160
5th: $1,570
6th: $1,190
7th: $950
8th: $790
9th: $700

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 5:  2,000/4,000 Limits
Entries:  66

The second break ended for the $400 Limit Omaha 8 and registration closed for the tournament with 66 entries. That’s another great turnout, and we have some talented players, including 2022 WPO O8 champ Jordan Joeckel and Cary Rosenthal.

We will post the payout information as soon as it is available.

$700 Deep Stack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries:  75

The Deep Stack Challenge has a nice field at the first break of the first flight, we have 75 entries so far and outpacing the field from when we ran this during the Winter Poker Open. That tournament more than tripled the guarantee so we’re looking at another big number.

Early entrants include Frank Weigel, Gabriel Fuller, Tarun Gulati, Karl Manouchakian, David DiBernardi, Fred Paradis, Carlos Loving, Eric Piderit, Randy Levin, Tony March, Mark Wiser, and Kevin Blewitt.

2024 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 2
$200 Bankroll Builder NLH (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  219
Prize Pool:  $35,040
March 17, 2024

The Tampa Poker Classic Bankroll Builder was a nice $200 buy-in tournament on a Sunday afternoon that gave more options besides those playing down on Day 2 of the opening tournament. It drew 219 entries and John Ryan outlasted them all to take the title along and $8,010.