$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1C Entries:  190

Flight C of the Championship hit the first break with 190 entries and many more are expected throughout the day. The Poker Room is packed and it will stay that way all day long.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1C Entries:  169

The Poker Room is quickly filling as we move into the afternoon levels; players are waking and making their way into the action. We are seeing a lot of old friends and making some new ones.

More familiar faces including RJ Sullivan, Thomas Elder, MT Tawfik, Mitch Mitchell, WPT POY runner-up Steve Buckner, and last year’s TPC Championship third-place finisher Thomas McDonald.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1C Entries:  120

The entry count ballooned after the start of play and we have 125 here already, trying to spin up a stack for a piece of the huge prize pool.

A few early entrants include Ashley Spring, Clarisa Blakely, pickleball champ (and WSOP Ladies Champion) Marsha Wolak, Manny Minaya, Steve Blackmon, and Ryan Hogan.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1C Entries:  74

Cards are in the air for Day 1C of the TPC Championship and the tournament officially surpassed the $500,000 guarantee the moment they got underway.

The prize pool will continue to grow until we close registration for the Championship at 5:45 pm.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The last flight of the 2023 Tampa Poker Classic Championship will set a mark as soon as cards go in the air. The field is only 20 entries away from surpassing the $500,000 guarantee and we have 40 registered 30 minutes before the game starts.

Time to build that prize pool.

Players start with huge 40K stacks and all Day 1 levels last 40 minutes, increasing to 60 at the start of Day 2. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 5:45 pm. They will compete through 12 levels today and survivors will return tomorrow at noon for Day 2.

We expect a very busy day in the Poker Room, get here early!

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 40 minutes; Day 2 & 3 levels last 60 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (5:45pm)
• Day 1 will end after Level 12
• Championship Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1C – $1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 40 minutes; Day 2 & 3 levels last 60 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (5:45pm)
• Day 1 will end after Level 12
• Championship Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: $200 TPC Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into $500,000 GTD TPC Championship Day 1C
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels last 10 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (10:10am)
• Structure Sheet

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  79 of 314

Flight A: 134 Entries; 35 Advanced
Flight B: 180 Entries; 44 Advanced
Flight C: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at noon

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  44 of 180

Flight B ended with 44 players advancing and Henry Nguyen bagged a huge stack for Day 2. He put 510,500 in his bag and better than 200K more than Matthew Leecy bagged in Flight A for the overnight lead.

All five of the biggest stacks in Flight B are in the top five overall coming back, but there’s one flight to go. Billy Papadopoulos took advantage of the best-stack-format and will return for Day 2 with 219,000 while his 82K bag will come out off play.

We will post the complete chip count list as soon as it is available.

Top five stacks from Flight B:

1. Henry Nguyen – 510,500
2. Alec Magdan – 392,500
3. Steven Carswell – 343,500
4. Bill Burdick – 325,000
5. Lynn Bowersox – 300,500

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  48 of 180

Flight B reached the last level of the night right as the field dropped down to six tables. They will finish out Level 12 and survivors will bag for Day 2 on Sunday at noon.

Henry Nguyen is in the top spot now with more than 400K, that’s his castle in in the pic above.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  56 of 180

Registration closed for Flight B of the 2023 TPC Championship with 180 entries putting a combined total of 314 in the game. The field is shortly 20 entries to surpass the $500,000 guarantee and we will hit that number before cards go in the air for Flight C on Saturday at 11 am.

Flight B will continue through 12 levels and survivors will join the 36 who advanced from Flight A.