Event 1 Flight E: Jake Ferro Leads Late

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  47 of 224

Jake Ferro

The third and (probably) final break ended and players returned to their seats with 47 players remaining and 28 booking a Day 2 seat in a few levels.

Jake Ferror is the new leader, his 426K stack tops by a lot. Jason Andrzejewski sits in second with 329,000 followed by Evan Pantano with 311,000.

Evan Pantano
Jason Andrzejewski

Event 1 Flight E: Last Break?

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  49 of 224

Karl Manouchakian

Flight E players are looking at the next break coming up and it should be the last of the day. We have 49 players remaining with 28 moving on, they probably won’t get another four levels in before that mark.

Some of those still in contention for a bag include Karl Manouchakian, Anthony Astarita, Jake Ferro, Igor Tretyakov, Mark Winchell, and Marsha Wolak.

Event 1 Flight E: Registration Closed with 224 Entries

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  80 of 224

Registration closed for the fifth of six flight for the TPC opener with another 224 entries in the $400 buy-in tournament. They surpassed the $200,000 guarantee before the first break and the prize pool sits at $229,680 with one more flight to go.

Flight E will continue until 28 players remain and survivors will return on Sunday at 11 am in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

FlightDayEntriesAdvanced
AWeds 11a13316
BWeds 6p9012
CThurs 11a11415
DThurs 6p13517
EFriday 11a224TBD
FSaturday 11a
Total69660

Chip counts through Flight D

Event 1 Flight E: Matt Longfellow Leads

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight E Entries:  224

Matt Longfellow

Action is back underway after the second break and registration closed with one more flight to go. Your last chance is Flight F tomorrow at 11 am with late registration until 3:30 pm.

Matt Longfellow is the leader at mid-day with 188,000 and a long way to go while WPO Championship runner-up Diego Uez is doing fine today as well with 147,000.

Diego Uez

Event 1 Flight E: Creeping on 200

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight E Entries:  196

Anthony Astarita

We are cruising right along in the Poker Room with nearly 200 entries in today’s flight and more than an hour to grow it bigger. The prize pool is over $220K and we still have a massive Saturday flight to go.

Some familiar faces in today’s field include former WPT DeepStacks Tampa champ Anthony Astarita, Igor Tretyakov, Mark Winchell, and WSOP Ladies Champ/Pickleball pro Marsha Wolak.

Igor Tretyakov
Mark Winchell
Marsha Wolak

Event 1 Flight E: Guarantee Gone

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight E Entries:  135

Flight E players are on their first break of the day but not before they hit a milestone for the tournament. With 135 entries today, the combined total is good enough to surpass the $200,000 guarantee.

Every new entry will push the prize pool higher with a big crowd expected today and a packed house tomorrow for the final flight.

Event 1 Flight E: Hitting the Guarantee

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

The Tampa Poker Classic hit the first weekend of the series and we expect a big crowd over the next two days. Flight E of the TPC opener starts at 11 am, and the $400 buy-in tournament will surpass its $200,000 guarantee later today, then crush it with a massive Saturday flight.

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

Flight E will end when 12.5% of the field remains and those players will move on to Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am in the money.

  • $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

Event 1: Chip Counts Through Flight D

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  60 of 472

Flight A: 133 Entries; 16 Advanced
Flight B:  90 Entries; 12 Advanced
Flight C: 114 Entries; 15 Advanced
Flight D: 135 Entries; 17 Advanced
Flight E: Friday at 11 am
Flight F: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

RankFirst NameLast NameCitySTChip Count
1KaraMargrafTampaFL725,000
2BogdanTomaSeattleWA560,000
3JamesCollinsPalm HarborFL555,000
4MatthewWhiteNorth PortFL500,000
5MorganPetersAuroraTX479,000
6JordanHoltClermontFL472,000
7BenPaul ChelladuraiTampaFL361,000
8MonirMaherTampaFL360,000
9HabnelAcevedoLargoFL359,000
10LuYuWesley ChapelFL355,000
11EdmundGraceApopkaFL347,000
12MarkMilburnGibsoniaPA334,000
13KirillWolfSeattleWA332,000
14EliasKiwanWesley ChapelFL310,000
15ZacharyRogalskiLutzFL310,000
16NicholasMartzTreasure IslandMI306,000
17MarcoGrassoLakewood RanchFL294,000
18ParmMehmiWesley ChapelFL293,000
19GabrielFullerTampaFL287,000
20MannyMinayaNorthdaleFL268,000
21DionJagrooWinter GardenFL262,000
22RichardSmithBradentonFL241,000
23PatrickCurryBradentonFL239,000
24AnthonyLaValleColumbusOH239,000
25JulioDelgado ReyesOrlandoFL238,000
26RyanHoganWinter GardenFL233,000
27BrianJohnsonLargoFL220,000
28ChaseBesudenClearwater BeachFL212,000
29AnthonyMarchTampaFL211,000
30RossCorlessLakelandFL207,000
31PaulSpiceDavenportFL206,000
32TimothyHelmNew Port RicheyFL206,000
33RandyLevinTampaFL205,000
34DavidDiBernardiTampaFL202,000
35EricTarikasTampaFL202,000
36AshleySpringBrandonFL196,000
37SandroVianna De SaWinter GardenFL196,000
38TarunGulatiTampaFL193,000
39MelodyMurphyRiverviewFL181,000
40JamesJewhurstLand O LakesFL179,000
41TylerPruittLakelandFL171,000
42RonaldHoltClermontFL162,000
43RaymondManciniSarasotaFL149,000
44RossOmelenchuckPittsfieldMA143,000
45NicholasScholzTampaFL140,000
46ChristopherJohnsonTampaFL138,000
47LeonardDemchakPalm HarborFL135,000
48XiangHuangSt PetersburgFL122,000
49MarkWiserLand O LakesFL114,000
50RobertGonzalezBradentonFL114,000
51NicolasEgarhosApollo BeachFL105,000
52AlexanderGrassiaPalm HarborFL100,000
53LeighLewisTampaFL98,000
54JamesMorrisseyLand O LakesFL98,000
55LaszloNagyPalm HarborFL87,000
56JamesMcKinnonSaint PetersburgFL59,000
57AmelioAmatoSarasotaFL58,000
58AaronThivyanathanSt PetersburgFL50,000
59JosephMattucciSt PetersburgFL33,000
60DamonMabinsEugeneOR19,000