$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 440

Action folded around to Brian Altman on the button and he looked at the stacks of Stuart Taylor and Mark Wiser in the blinds. Both were short and Altman dropped in a stack of 25K chips, enough to cover either or both if that happened.

Taylor called at risk for 140,000 and Wiser folded.

Taylor:
Altman:

Taylor was ahead and faded the flop. Altman paired his ten on the turn and Taylor, our Event 11 champ, was eliminated in 25th place after the river.

Tournament staff paused the clock and the remaining 24 players are redrawing seats at the last three tables.

Brian Altman – 1,450,000 (97 bb)

Recent results:

25th: Stuart Taylor – $6,095
26th: Chris Perry – $6,095
27th: Nashaat Antonious – $6,095
28th: Samuel Steele – $6,095
29th: Aaron Mederos – $6,095
30th: Charla Ellis – $6,095
31st: Anthony Askey – $6,095
32nd: Oleg Rutskin – $6,095

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 440

Paul Snead opened the action, Chris Perry three-bet all in for 125,000, and Snead called.

Perry:
Snead:

Perry needed his sevens to hold to double but Snead paired his ace on the to take the lead. Perry couldn’t come back on the turn or river to exit in 26th place.

Paul Snead – 965,000 (64 bb)
Chris Perry – Eliminated in 26th Place ($6,095)

Meanwhile back on Table 20, Brian Altman has moved back among the leaders and he’s always a dangerous spot at the table.

Brian Altman – 1,280,000 (85 bb)

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 440

Brian Altman opened to 45,000 from the cutoff, Mark Wiser thought about coming along in the small blind before his fold, and Aaron Mederos moved all in for 105,000 to get a quick call from Altman.

Altman:
Mederos:

Mederos was live for a double up but Altman made aces up on the flop. The turn and river finished the board and Mederos was eliminated in 29th place.

Brian Altman – 560,000 (37 bb)
Aaron Mederos – Eliminated in 29th Place ($6,095)

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 440

Cards are back in the air after the second break with 29 players remaining and a three-table redraw in the near future. Siddharth Siddharth continues to lead but dropped back to the pack a tiny bit while Justin Zaki moved closer to regaining the top spot.

Blinds are up to 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante and the average stack is about 605,000 (40 bb).

Siddharth Siddharth – 1,540,000 (103 bb)
Justin Zaki – 1,430,000 (95 bb)
Bryce McVay – 1,210,000 (81 bb)
Ken Fishman – 1,140,000 (76 bb)
Jeremy Joseph – 1,020,000 (68 bb)

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 440

A player in middle position opened to 25,000 and Paul Snead moved all in for 162,000 from the small blind. The OG raiser called and Snead was racing.

Snead:
Middle Position:

Snead started to stand up from his chair but quickly sat back down when he saw the flop. He made trip aces and doubled up after the turn and river.

Paul Snead – 348,000 (29 bb)

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 440

Another level is down and another table gone. The Championship is down to the last four tables with 32 players remaining. Siddharth Siddharth has been on a supreme heater in the last hour and sits as the clear leader with 1,970,000.

Blinds are now 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante and the average stack is about 550,000 (46 bb).

Recent results:

33rd: Dushyant Gulanti – $5,225
34th: Gerald Dunn – $5,225
35th: Tyler Knittle – $5,225
36th: Fabian Foster – $5,225
37th: TK Miles – $5,225
38th: Byron Kaverman – $5,225
39th: Courtney Webb – $5,225
40th: Fernando Rodriguez – $5,225

$1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante

Just because players didn’t make it deep in the Tampa Poker Classic Championship, that doesn’t mean we don’t have another big option for them. Event 14 will run alongside Day 2 of the Championship with a healthy prize pool and slow structure.

Event 14 is a $1,700 buy-in tournament with a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool and two-day format. Players start with 30,000 stacks and all levels last 40 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 10:45 pm.

Day 1 will come to an end after Level 12 and survivors will return tomorrow to play it out for the title.

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 40 minutes each
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (10:45pm)
• Day 1 will come to an end after Level 12
• Event 14 Structure Sheet

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  35 of 440

TK Miles open-shipped for 147,000 from middle position, Ken Fishman reshoved from the button and Justin Zaki folded his big blind after thinking about joining. Miles was behind with against and our 2021 Tampa WPO Champion could not find a save.

Elsewhere, Siddharth Siddharth caught a flush with his against Fabian Foster’s pocket tens to send him out and move over a million.

Siddharth Siddharth – 1,100,000 (110 bb)
Ken Fishman – 806,000 (81 bb)

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 440

They are moving right along in the Championship after the bubble burst, only pausing long enough to take their 15-minute break. The game is down to the last five tables with 40 players still in contention.

Recent results:

41st: Jarod Ludemann – $4,535
42nd: Antonio Fernandez – $4,535
43rd: Wayne Harmon – $4,535
44th: Nghia Le – $4,535
45th: Daniel Brown – $4,535
46th: Farid Jattin – $4,535
47th: Brett Brucaleri – $4,535
48th: Peter Bozek – $4,535

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  42 of 440

Action folded to Steven Snyder on the button and he raised to 24,000. Paul Snead folded his small blind and Fernando Rodriguez moved all in from the big blind with a bigger stack.

Snyder thought for a moment, wondering out loud if Rodriguez had big slick, and he called at risk for 404,000 total.

Snyder:
Rodriguez:

Snyder was a huge favorite with the bigger pair and his queens held on the board. The 2021 WPT Showdown runner-up doubled big to join the leaders.

Steven Snyder – 813,000 (81 bb)
Fernando Rodriguez – 317,000 (32 bb)