$1,700 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  37 of 198

Flight A: 198 Entries; 37 Advanced
Flight B: Friday at 11 am
Flight C: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at noon

$1,700 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  37 of 198

The initial flight for the Championship saw 37 players bag up from the 198 entries, and Jerry Wong was the top stack with 467,000.

Rounding out the top stacks above 300,000 were Troy Feltis (418,000), Jojic Jovan (337,000), William Clay (329,000), and Aaron Thivyanathan (309,000), and Jacob Naumann (305,000).

Stay tuned for full official chip counts a little later tonight.

$1,700 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  45 of 198

Stephen Horniacek  got all in short for about 30,000 with in the hole from late position, and the button had him covered holding .

The final board ran out , and Horniacek stacked up 65,000 after collecting the pot thanks to the double.

Stephen Horniacek – 65,000 (16 bb)

$1,700 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  54 of 198

UTG+1 was all in short preflop with in the hole, and Aaron Thivayanathan had him covered holding on the big blind.

The final board read , and Thivyanathan took out his opponent to stack up 375,000 as one of the chip leaders after the hand.

Aaron Thiyanathan – 375,000 (93 bb)

$1,700 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  72 of 198

Jerry Wong got all in from the cutoff in a three-handed situation, and both Clyde Maliauka (UTG), and Stephen Horniacek (small blind) had him covered. The three players then flipped over their cards.

Wong:
Maliauka:
Horniacek:

Board:

Wong survived the hand to stack up 173,000, and Maliauka won the side spot to collect 62.000. Horniacek was at 233,000 after the dust settled.

Jerry Wong – 173,000 (69 bb)
Clyde Maliauka – 62,000 (24 bb)
Stephen Horniacek – 233,000 (93 bb)

$1,700 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  73 of 198

A short stack was all in for 13,500 holding , and Stephen Horniacek had him covered holding .

The final board read , and Horniacek stacked up 275,000 after taking out his opponent.

Stephen Horniacek – 275,000 (110 bb)

$1,700 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  81 of 198

Registration closed for Flight A of the SPS Championship with 198 entries, a great start to the big tournament. We have two more flights to go; the second tomorrow at 11 am and the third on Saturday at 11 am.

We also have two big Championship satellites running tomorrow with a combined 30 seats guaranteed. Don’t miss them!

$1,700 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  198

Art Peacock is having a day. Among the early leaders in Flight A, he had a bad run of cards and found himself back at the registration desk. Now he’s taken that stack and leads the entire gang after the third break.

Peacock is up to 266,500 with Forrest Raleigh the closest to him at 254,500.

2023 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 15
$400 T.O.E. (Re-Entry)
Entries: 60
Prize Pool: $20,100
September 14, 2023

Registration closed for our first-ever $400 T.O.E. event and the tournament drew a very nice 60 entries. They created a prize pool worth $20,100 with the last ten spots getting paid. A min-cash is worth $520 and the T.O.E. champ will $6,460 plus the SPS trophy.

1st: $6,460 + SPS Trophy
2nd: $4,210
3rd: $2,800
4th: $1,910
5th: $1,330
6th: $950
7th-8th: $700
9th-10th: $520

$1,700 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Day 1A Entries:  191

They are running out the clock on Level 9 and the third break is coming up at the bottom of the hour. When they return at 5:45 pm for Level 10, registration will close for Flight A but there are two more chances.

Flight B starts tomorrow at 11 am followed by Flight C on Saturday at 11 am.