$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries: 72 (Total Entries: 146)

Tampa first-timer Chris Tryba is receiving a warm welcome to the Seminole Hard Rock felt. This marks his maiden voyage to the property and he’s been quite complimentary of the space since getting on site for kickoff. His nice demeanor has paid off as he found a way to turn his 30,000 starting into nearly 90,000 good for a triple up through the first few levels of play.

The day’s first break just wrapped and Tryba is among a growing field of notables that includes Herbert Woodberry, Justin Zaki, Bryce McVay, Peter Vitantonio, Ryan Van Sanford and others.

$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries: 68 (Total Entries: 142)

Friday’s play has moved up and up since action kicked off just about two hours ago. The clock now shows 68 in the game and they’re set to go on their first break of the day in about 10 short minutes. The strong early showing has all but guaranteed today will pass yesterday’s attendance figure and likely come close or best the $300,000 guarantee.

$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 100/100 with a 100 ante
Day 1B Entries: 56 (Total Entries: 130)

Tampa’s Anthony Dianaty joins the Poker Classic Main Event fresh off year over year wins in the property’s President’s Day Deep Stack event. In February of 2018 he bested 294 entries to earn $13,000. Fast forward 12 months and it was 254 he beat for $9,778. In addition, he’s scored multiple $20,000+ scores dating back to December of 2018.

Dianaty has proven he can run deep in big fields, and he looks to keep his heater alive here in the $1,650 Main Event.

$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Day 1B Entries: 44 (Total Entries: 118)

World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Chris Tryba is a new arrival to Seminole Hard Rock Tampa and the Poker Classic Main Event. The poker pro has been in South Florida for the majority of February having grinded Seminole Casino Coconut Creek’s WSOP Circuit for most all the series. He’s a first-timer here in Tampa and has taken to Twitter to complement the property’s new poker digs.

He some tough competition at his table sitting on the direct right of Florida’s Erik Christensen.

$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Day 1B Entries: 32 (Total Entries: 106)

The clock ticked just past the 11am hour and cards are in the air for Day 1B of the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Poker Classic Main Event. The Friday play saw 32 entries in the game at kickoff putting the combined field at 106 entries — more than halfway to the $300,000 guarantee.

$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

It’s Friday and the slew of trophy events typically adorning the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Poker Classic are taking a back seat to the Main Event. Today’s play begins at 11am and all efforts are concentrated on the $1,650 buy-in, $300,000 guarantee headliner. This marks Day 1B in the finale and it follows yesterday’s 1A which drew 74 entries already putting the prize pool into six-figure territory.

As they did during the Thursday installment, players today begin with 30,000 chips and are set to log 15, 40-minute levels. A one-hour dinner break occurs at roughly 5:30pm while play is slated to wrap at about 10:45pm. All players who advanced bag, tag and return for Day 2 Sunday at 12pm.

Details:

11AM: Day 1B – $1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event

• $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 40 minutes; Day 2 and 3 levels last 60 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10
• Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
• Main Event Structure Sheet

Tournament updates will begin when cards go in the air at 11am. Good luck, Main Event players!

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1B – $1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event

• $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 40 minutes; Day 2 and 3 levels last 60 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10
• Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
• Main Event Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 23 – $100 Main Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-20)

• 1 seat guaranteed into $300,000 GTD Main Event
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 23 Structure Sheet

4PM: Event 24 – $200 Main Event Satellite (1-in-10)

• 5 seats guaranteed into $300,000 GTD Main Event
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 24 Structure Sheet

7PM: Event 25 – $200 Main Event Satellite (1-in-10)

• 5 seats guaranteed into $300,000 GTD Main Event
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 25 Structure Sheet

$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 74

Flight A: 74 Entries; 10 Advanced
Flight B: Friday at 11 am; Late registration till 6:30pm
Flight C: Saturday at 11am
Day 2: Sunday at noon
Final Table: Monday at noon

$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 10 of 74

Flight A of the Main Event has come to an end with 10 players advancing to Day 2 on Sunday. John O’Neal bagged the biggest with 455,000 followed by Karl Manouchakian with 385,000.

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

We will post the full list of counts as soon as they are available.

$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 12 of 74

Former chip leader Mark Radcliff found himself down to 80,500 after losing to a two outer and put his chips in the middle after a pre-flop raising battle.

He was in trouble with against , saw a four in the window but it was followed by a king on the flop. Radcliff was already out of his chair before the flop but the table had a mini-explosion when the case four came on the turn.

That was good enough to put him back up to 161,800 and good shape to bag with only a few minutes remaining in the day.