$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 332

We had two quick doubles after dinner with Amelio Amato and Vitor Coelho getting a reprieve. Soon after, Ioannis Patsourakis opened to 32,000 from under the gun and Karl Manouchakian defended his big blind to the flop.

Manouchakian checked, Patsourakis bet 40,000 and Manouchakian check-raised to 150,000. Patsourakis announced all in and Manouchakian quickly called the 320,000 shove.

Manouchakian:
Patsourakis:

Patsourakis was on a flush drew against Manouchakian’s two pair but blanked the turn and river to exit in 12th place.

Karl Manouchakian – 1,350,000 (84 bb)
Ioannis Patsourakis – Eliminated in 12th place ($9,462)

$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 332

The 12 remaining players are in the midst of their hour-long dinner break. They will return and continue playing until we have the final table nine set for a return tomorrow.

Ken O’Donnell leads the way with 1,765,000 and we have three stacks at ten big blinds or less.

Estimated counts on break:

Table 20
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Justin Zaki – 1,370,000 (86 bb)
Seat 3: Ken O’Donnell – 1,765,000 (110 bb)
Seat 4: Amelio Amato – 435,000 (27 bb)
Seat 5: Filipp Khavin – 610,000 (38 bb)
Seat 6: Vitor Coelho – 141,000 (9 bb)
Seat 7: Paul Vlahos – 253,000 (16 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —
Seat 9: — Empty —

Table 21
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Karl Manouchakian – 1,300,000 (81 bb)
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Ioannis Patsourakis – 156,000 (10 bb)
Seat 5: Andrew Boccia – 132,000 (8 bb)
Seat 6: Matt Leecy – 1,200,000 (75 bb)
Seat 7: Chad Kitchen – 1,491,000 (93 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —
Seat 9: Jeff Trudeau Jr – 1,204,000 (75 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $112,425
2nd: $79,152
3rd: $50,906
4th: $31,050
5th: $23,979
6th: $19,870
7th: $16,683
8th: $13,944
9th: $11,245
10th-12th: $9,462

$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 332

Justin Zaki opened to 27,000 from under the gun and Randy Spain moved all in for 111,000 from the big blind. Zaki folded but on the next hand, action folded to Spain in the small blind and he moved all in once again. This time it was for 156,000 and Zaki called after a short think.

Zaki:
Spain:

Spain was in good shape for a double but Zaki moved ahead on the flop. The turn and river could not save Spain to send him out in 13th place.

It’s been a nice run for Spain over the last few weeks. He finished 20th in the WPTDeepStacks Hollywood Main Event and followed that up with 23rd place in the Seminole Coconut Creek WSOP Circuit Main Event. Combined with today’s 13th place finish, he is set for a big run in the WPT SHR Hollywood Showdown Championship (our next big SHR Poker series).

Justin Zaki – 1,100,000 (92 bb)
Randy Spain – Eliminated in 13th place ($8,093)

$360 Deepstack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining: 32 of 131

Registration is closed in today’s 2pm $360 buy-in Six-Max No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry tournament and the prize figures are final. A total 131 entries smashed the $20,000 guarantee to the tune of a $39,300 prize pool. The top 14 spots finish in the money with a min-cash earning $924. Payouts escalator from there and top out in the form of an $11,790 top score. In addition, the tournament champion scores the property’s token guitar trophy.

Details:

2019 Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 9
$360 Six-Max (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 131
Prize Pool: $39,300
March 3, 2019

1st: $11,790
2nd: $7,271
3rd: $4,362
4th: $2,849
5th: $2,201
6th: $1,808
7th: $1,533
8th: $1,336
9th: $1,179
10th-12th: $1,041
13th-14th: $924

We will provide another update for this event when it reaches the seven-handed final table.

$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 332

Vitor Coelho was under the gun and shoved for 98,000. Jeff Trudeau Jr. called from his direct left. It folded all the way around and Coelho and Trudeau were heads-up with Coelho at risk.

Trudeau:
Coelho:

Runout:

Trudeau and Coelho each flopped a pair, but Trudeau’s was best. The turn changed that, though, as Coelho hit kings-up. The river was a blank and Coelho doubled through Trudeau. Despite the beat, Trudeau retained one of the biggest stacks in the event.

Vitor Coelho – 226,000
Jeff Trudeau Jr. – 1,450,000

$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 332

Luke Vrabel’s 17th-place elimination sparked another two quick bustouts as Trey Harrell and Sterling Savill followed him to the rail shortly after.

Here’s a look at the eliminations since place reached the final two tables:

15th: Sterling Savill – $8,093
16th: Trey Harrell – $6,778
17th: Luke Vrabel – $6,778
18th: Huicun Qiao – $6,778

$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 332

Luke Vrabel open-shoved about 170,000 from middle position and Chad Kitchen called from the big blind. Vrabel was the at-risk player and racing for his tournament life.

Kitchen:
Vrabel:

Runout:

Kitchen hit a boat on the turn and Vrabel was drawing dead. He was elminated in 17th place for $6,778 while Kitchen solidified his spot among the big stack.

Chad Kitchen – 1,320,000
Luke Vrabel – Eliminated in 17th place ($6,778)

$150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

The first ever Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Poker Classic wraps with Event 10, a multi-flight $150 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed event. Action kicks off with Flight A this evening at 6pm and it’s followed by two more flights Monday and Tuesday before Wednesday’s Day 2.

Players begin with 15,000 chips and they’ll play 30-minute levels throughout. Registration and re-entry in tonight’s play is available until ~10:30pm with action wrapping at roughly 1:45am.

Here are the details:

6PM: Event 10 Day 1A – $150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 10 Structure Sheet

Chip counts from each flight will be posted the morning after. Good luck, $150 players!

$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 332

Two of the biggest stacks left in the tournament recently faced off when Jeff Trudeau Jr. opened with an early-position raise and Chad Kitchen defended his big blind.

The flop fell and Kitchen checked. Trudeau C-bet 22,000 and Kitchen called.

The turn was the and both players checked.

Completing the board was the and Kitchen lead for 44,000. Trudeau called and Kitchen turned over for ace-queen high. Trudeau’s pair was best and he took the small pot.

Jeff Trudeau Jr. – 1,405,000
Chad Kitchen – 1,230,000

$1,650 Tampa Poker Classic Main Event
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 332

It took only about 45 minutes to drop from 27 players to 18 and the action has freshly combined to the final two tables. Stacks are deep now with a 58-big-blind average, so it’s likely to tighten up with the pay jumps getting bigger and bigger.

19th: Rodney Rodrigue – $5,603
20th: Alex Ivan – $5,603
21st: Brandon Caputo – $5,603
22nd: Jon Hoellein – $4,482
23rd: Michael McCarthy – $4,482
24th: Charles Kelley – $4,482
25th: Karen Longfellow – $3,860
26th: James Kerr – $3,860
27th: Christopher Dandrea – $3,860

Additional results are available in the posts below.