$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  192 of 535

The pace is moving right along this afternoon with less than 200 of the starting 535 entries still in the mix. Tables are breaking and they’ll continue to drop until we have our 54 players from today advancing to Day 2 tomorrow at 11 am.

Fernando Rodriguez, Wagner Wysotchanski, Scott Blackmon, Anthony Askey, Caleb Piderit, and Herbert Woodbery a few of our regulars still in the hunt.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight E Entries:  535

Registration closed for the final flight of Tampa Poker Classic Event 2 with an incredible 535 entries to put the combined total at 1,463. That is good enough for a prize pool worth $490,105.

A lot of money for a $400 buy-in tournament.

We will post the complete payout structure once Flight E bags and everyone making Day 2 will be in the money. They will continue this evening until 54 players remain to join the 95 who already booked a Day 2 seat.

Chip counts through Flight D

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight E Entries:  520

Players kept showing up all the way until we closed registration. There are still a handful of alternates awaiting seats but they will be in action shortly. We are going to come in a little short of a $500,000 prize pool but the $200,000 guarantee was smashed.

There were few huge stacks with the cautious early play but Bryan Winchell had a good few levels. He is up to 158,500 and leads the field with a lot of day to go.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight E Entries:  458

Flight E reached Level 8 and that means time is running out if you want to get a piece of this massive Event 2 prize pool. They will play out this level, take a 15-minute break, and we will close registration when play resumes.

More familiar faces in the crowd in including WSOP bracelet winner Brett Apter, Tampa champ Manny Minaya, Mitch Mitchell, Herbert Woodbery, Karl Manouchakian, Caleb Piderit, and Scott Blackmon.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight E Entries:  415

We are still hopping here in the Poker Room with alternates being seated as quickly as possible and the count already over 400. We are going to get real close to a $500,000 prize pool.

Some familiar faces include Anthony Askey, Gili Prizament, Siddharth Siddharth, Mansoor Kader, Eric Piderit, James Calderaro, and John Two Bears.

Things will begin to settle down with 90 minutes remaining for late registration and the line is consistent.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight E Entries:  324

It’s a packed house in the Poker Room today, more than 300 entries at the first break and many many more expected over the next two hours. The combined entry count is over 1,250 and the prize pool has topped $400,000 and still growing.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante

The first four flights of Tampa Poker Classic Event 2 set the stage for a big Saturday in the Poker Room. The $400 buy-in tournament already beat its $200,000 with more than $300,000 in the prize pool with a huge field expected when we get underway at 10 am.

Players start with 20,000 stacks and the first 14 levels last 30 minutes and go up to 40 starting with Level 15. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 2:30 pm with unlimited re-entry options available during that time. Flight E will come to an end with 10% of the field remains and they will book a seat for Day 2 tomorrow at 11 am.

Cards flys at 10 am and we will pick up the action at the first break.

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-14 last 30 minutes; Levels 15+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 10% of the field remains
• Event 2 Structure Sheet

Chip counts through Flight D

Primary Event Schedule

10AM: Event 2 Flight E – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-14 last 30 minutes; Levels 15+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 10% of the field remains
• Event 2 Structure Sheet

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  95 of 928

Flight A: 175 Entries; 18 Advanced
Flight B:  243 Entries; 25 Advanced
Flight C:  212 Entries; 22 Advanced
Flight D:  298 Entries; 30 Advanced
Flight E:  Saturday at 10 am
Day 2:  Sunday at 11 am

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight D Players Remaining:  30 of 298

Dan Clemente did not have a good run over the last two levels. He dropped short, sent most of his stack across the table when his could not find a miracle against , and put his last 32,000 in the middle on the bubble.

Travis Gentile reshipped from the button to get a fold and isolate against Clemente. Action finished on the other tables and the cards were tabled.

Clemente:
Gentile:

Clemente needed to catch to double up but Gentile slammed the door when he made a set of nines on the flop. The turn and river finished the board, Clemente was eliminated on the bubble and the rest of the field was in the money.

Dixon Phillips stormed ahead late and bagged the Flight D lead with 458,000 followed by George Allen (392,000), Ben Keathley (366,000), Tyler Wallace (357,000), and Jacob Naumann (314,000).

Full chip counts will be posted as soon as they are available. The last flight runs tomorrow at 10 am with late registration until 2:30 pm.