$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: 13 of 74

Flight A has reached the last level of the evening and they are down to 13 players with 40 minutes to go. John O’Neal is the most recent player to spin up a stack, a nice chunk coming when he sent someone out with kings versus ace-queen, and he sits with 170,000 late.

David Prociak, Wally Maddah, Karl Manouchakian, Chris Boyle, Hames Kerr, and Christopher Boyle are still here trying to make Day 2.

$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 17 of 74

Moving right along here in Flight A, where once the prediction was that we would have 14 players remaining at the end of the day but now it might go lower.

They are down to the last two tables and 17 are still around trying to make Day 2.

$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 19 of 74

Flight A players are enjoying their last break of the evening only one player from breaking down to two tables.

Mark Radcliff continues to sport a big stack but his 215,000 now sits behind James Kerr with 248,000. Players are three more levels to try to catch them and move on.

2019 Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 7
$570 Deepstack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries: 43
Prize Pool: $21,500
February 27-28, 2019

After a two-day grind and five-hour final day, Daniel Li came from behind against Tommy Tran heads-up to take the $570 Deepstack Pot Limit Omaha 8/Big O title against a small but tough field.

Here’s how the tournament paid out this afternoon:

1st: Daniel Li – $8,815 + TPC guitar trophy
2nd: Tommy Tran – $5,375
3rd: Isaac Mitchell – $3,225
4th: Bryce Fox – $2,365
5th: Matthew Steven – $1,720

$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 23 of 74

Flight A reach Level 12 and they can see the end of their night on the horizon. They will finish out this level, take a break, and then grind three more levels before bagging up.

Other players are dipping and climbing but Mark Radcliff is steady. He went on dinner break with the lead and he’s still at the top with right at 200,000.

$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 26 of 74

Flight A dropped down to three tables with nearly three hours left in their day. We should get down under two tables before the night is through and everyone is trying to advance to Day 2.

Joseph Orsino is still in the mix after having a good run at the tables yesterday. He finished 18th out of 287 in the $570 Deepstack tournament and immediately jumped into the $300 Pot Limit Omaha 8/Big O tournament. There Orsino made the final table and finished seventh for two payouts in one day.

$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 28 of 74

Flight A is shrinking and they are close to hitting three tables. James Kerr did his part to put them a little lower when he sent Denis Cyr to rail. He’s over 150,000 and in contention for the end-of-day lead.

$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 36 of 74

Main Event Flight A players are back from dinner and registration has closed. The first session drew 74 entries to put it $111,000 on the way to the $300,000 guaranteed prize pool with two more huge flights to go.

There are six more levels remaining in the day, with a break in the middle, and survivors will bag up for a Day 2 return on Sunday.

$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 9: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries: 73

Level 9 expired and players in the Main Event are on a one-hour dinner break. There are currently 73 players in the game putting the prize pool at unofficial $109,500. Registration and re-entry will close when play resumes at roughly 6:30pm.

Mark Radcliff leads on break with 177,000 followed by Karl Manouchakian with 153,000 and Chris Boyle’s 150,000.

$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries: 71

Another Florida local is in the Main Event game here at the Tampa Poker Classic. David Prociak has long crushed Seminole Poker events with eight career wins. On any given tour, few are as accomplished as Prociak is in Florida. His wins in Florida have predominantly been in Hollywood, but Prociak has experienced Tampa success, too.

It was during the December 2017 Winter Poker Open when Prociak scored an outright win in a $350 Deep Stack tournament ultimately good for more than $40,000.

Prociak has a tough table draw here in the early Main Event flight with last night’s third-place finisher Brian Arbaugh on his direct left.