$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 212

Flight A: 106 Entries; 11 Advanced
Flight B: 106 Entries; 11 Advanced
Flight C: Monday at 6 pm
Flight D: Tuesday at 10 am
Flight E: Tuesday at 6 pm
Day 2: Wednesday at 2 pm

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  11 of 106

Flight B wasted no time getting to the bubble and bursting right through. With 12 players remaining and 11 advancing, Jacob Naumann went out on the first hand of the bubble and they bagged up early in Level 14.

Alexi Hernandez bagged the overall chip lead with 387,000 and Tony March was second today with 315,000.

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

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

Flight C of TPC Event 5 gets underway at 6 pm in the Poker Room and the $200 buy-in tournament will hit its $20,000 guarantee later this evening. Only 101 new entries are needed and the first two flights hit 106 each, then the prize pool starts climbing.

Players start with 20K stacks and the first 16 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 starting with Level 17. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 pm. Flight C will play down to the last 10% of the field and survivors will bag their chips for a Day 2 return on Wednesday at 2 pm in the money.

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-16 will last 30 minutes; Levels 17+ will last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 10% of field remains
• Event 5 Structure Sheet

2023 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 6
$400 Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 76
Prize Pool: $25,460
March 13, 2023

Registration closed for the $400 Deep Stack PLO tournament with 76 entries turning the $10,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $25,460. The last ten players will make some money with $780 for a min-cash and $7,800 plus the TPC trophy for the Event 6 winner.

1st: $7,800 + TPC trophy
2nd: $5,200
3rd: $3,470
4th: $2,410
5th: $1,750
6th: $1,330
7th: $1,060
8th: $880
9th-10th: $780

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  28 of 106

Registration closed for Flight B of TPC Event 5 and drew exactly the same number of entries as Flight A. Both put 106 in the game for $33,920 towards the $50,000 guarantee with three more flights to go.

Flight B will continue until only 11 players remain and they will bag their chips for Day 2 on Wednesday at 2 pm in the money.

Chip counts through Flight A

2023 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 1
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 1,705
Prize Pool: $571,175
March 8 – 12, 2023

The 2023 Tampa Poker Classic series kicked off with a big multi-flight tournament and it cemented its spot in our history. The tournament drew 1,705 entries over six starting flights to become our biggest in-room series opener and Tampa favorite Fred Paradis took the title outright for $91,945.

TPC Event 1 blasted its $250,000 guarantee before the first weekend and they created a prize pool worth $571,175. We had 173 players advance to Day 2 in the money with Billy McPhillips cashing twice thanks to the best-stack-forward format.

With no Day 2 money bubble, the stress was off and the action was fast. The field was down to two tables at dinner break and the final table before too long. Daniel Couzens held a massive lead for most of the final table until he was heads up with Paradis.

Paradis, our 2022 WPT Tampa runner-up, pulled a huge double up when he caught a bluff and held on to take the title.

Congrats Fred!

Final Table Results:

• Complete TPC Event 1 results (PDF)

2023 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 4
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 194
Prize Pool: $64,990
March 12, 2023

While the big TPC Event 1 restart was playing down on one of side of the Poker Room, we had a huge one-day trophy event playing on the other. Event 4 drew 194 entries and Tampa favorite Jerry Silva beat a tough final table for the outright win for $15,080.

The $400 Deep Stack cruised past its $20,000 guarantee and more than tripled it into a prize pool worth $64,990. The last 25 players made the money and formed a talented final table late in the day.

Silva needed to get through tough spots at the table including Mansoor Kader, Shane Melert, Ashley Spring, Denis Cyr, James Meyer, Donald Linsky, and former WPT DeepStacks champ Anthony Astarita before he defeated Kevin Ragusa heads-up for the title.

Congrats Jerry!

Results:

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante

We have another Omaha tournament getting underway at noon, this time it’s a $400 buy-in Deep Stack PLO game with is $10,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Players start with 25,000 and all levels last 30 minutes for the one-day tournament. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm and they may re-enter as often as needed during that time.

They will take a 30-minute dinner break at 6:30 pm and return to find our next TPC PLO champ.

• $10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 25,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 6 Structure Sheet

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The next multi-flight tournament kicked off yesterday evening with Flight A of TPC Event 5. The $200 buy-in tournament has a $50,000 guarantee and 106 entries took part last night. That was a perfect start and the tournament should easily beat the guarantee with four more flight to go.

Flight B starts at 10 am with the next one this evening at 6 pm.

Players start with 20,000 in their stacks and the first 16 levels last 30 minutes, going up to 40 with the start of Level 17. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 2:30 pm. Play will continue until 10% of the field remains and those players will return on Wednesday at 2 pm for Day 2 already in the money.

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-16 will last 30 minutes; Levels 17+ will last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 10% of field remains
• Event 5 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

10AM: Event 5 Flight B – $200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-16 will last 30 minutes; Levels 17+ will last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 10% of field remains
• Event 5 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 6 – $400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

• $10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 25,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 6 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 5 Flight C – $200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-16 will last 30 minutes; Levels 17+ will last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 10% of field remains
• Event 5 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

3PM: $140 TPC Event 8 Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into TPC $1,100 One-Day Challenge
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (5:10pm)
• Structure Sheet