$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,200/2,400 with a 2,400 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 106

Aaron Thivyanathan opened to 7,000 from the cutoff, Sam Phillips looked at Thivyanathan’s stack and three-bet to 22,500 from the button. The blinds folded, Thivyanathan moved all in for 66,700 and Phillips called with the bigger stack

Phillips:
Thivyanathan:

Thivyanathan was in good shape for a double up and it got much better when he flopped a set of jacks on the board. The turn and river finished the board for Thivyanathan’s double up.

Aaron Thivyanathan – 139,400 (58 bb)
Sam Phillips – 59,000 (25 bb)

$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 106

We had some big names in the game before dinner but maybe the biggest showed up during the break. Three-time World Poker Tour champ Brian Altman max late registered Event 12 and took his seat to the right of chip leader Hunter Cichy.

Altman made history by winning the same WPT tournament twice; he won the 2015 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Championship in 2015 and once again in 2020. He was the first to do it and he added his third WPT title right here in June.

2022 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 12
$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 106
Prize Pool: $212,000
March 17-18, 2022

Registration closed for Event 12 with a great turnout of 106 entries more than doubling the $100,000 guarantee. Players combined to create a prize pool worth $212,000 with the last 11 players making the money, $5,510 for a min-cash and $67,3000 to the Event 12 champ.

1st: $67,330 + TPC trophy
2nd: $41,610
3rd: $27,570
4th: $19,030
5th: $13,720
6th: $10,350
7th: $8,180
8th: $6,800
9th-10th: $5,950
11th: $5,510

$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Entries:  106

Action is back underway after the dinner break and registration closed with 106 entries more than doubling the $100,000 guarantee. We will post the payout information as soon as it is official.

Hunter Cichy has a clear lead on the field after the break with 379,700 and Xavier Laurent sits in second with 284,000.

They will continue playing this evening until nine players remain. The final table will return on Friday at noon to play it out.

$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Entries:  99

Event 12 players were sent on their 40-minute dinner break at the end of Level 9 and registration will close when they return. We are one away from doubling the $100,000 guarantee and should get a few max late reggers.

$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Entries:  98

Players are getting ready to take their 40-minute dinner break as the entry count nears 100 to double the $100,000 guarantee.

In addition to the already tough players we mentioned, Hunter Cichy and Byron Kaverman are making their first appearance in the series. Both have huge results with WSOP bracelet winner Kaverman ranked 46th on the all-time money list with over $16 million in career earnings.

$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries:  90

The entry count clicked up a few more and they are heading towards 100 entries at this pace to double the $100,000 guarantee.

Stuart Taylor was one of the recent additions to the tournament not long after taking home a TPC trophy. He outlasted a tough final table in Event 10 and earned the win in the $1,100 buy-in tournament, banking $38,395 after a heads-up deal.

$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Entries:  87

Event 12 players returned from their second break of the day with 87 players pushing the prize pool up to $174,000. A big number that will only grow with more than two hours remaining to register.

We found two big stacks while they were gone. Sam Phillips leads the field with 164,300 while Rodney Turvin continues to ride his hot streak from last night’s third-place finish in the $1,100 NLH tournament and sits behind 141,600.

$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Entries:  81

As expected, today’s field is stacked with talented players, both local and visitors from afar. They’ve helped create a big prize pool and what should be a fantastic final table.

Among the familiar faces, we found Wagner Wysotchanski and Ken O’Donnell seated next to each other a few hours after both made the Event 10 final table (seventh for Wysotchanski and fourth for O’Donnell) along with Caleb Piderit, Gerry Silva, Mansoor Kader, Karl Maouchakian, Jeremy Becker, and RJ Sullivan.

$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Entries:  75

There’s still plenty of time to hop in the huge Event 12 field and the $100,000 guarantee was met levels ago. They’ve added another $50K on top with registration open until 7:10 pm.

This is going to turn out to be a great addition to the schedule and a nice warmup before tomorrow’s $2,500 buy-in Championship.