$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 625

Ryan Brown took control of the heads-up match and quickly built a lead for the title. Then Fred Paradis raised to 400,000 from his button and Brown called to see the flop.

Brown checked, Paradis continued for 300,000 and Brown called. The turn was , Brown checked, Paradis bet 1,600,000 and Brown called.

The river was and Brown checked again. Paradis moved all in for 6,450,000 and Brown thought for several minutes. He tossed in chips to call and Paradis showed for a ten-high straight. Brown mucked and his two pair was second best.

Fred Paradis – 18,400,000 (92 bb)
Ryan Brown – 6,400,000 (32 bb)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 625

Action is underway with Fred Paradis and Ryan Brown heads-up for the TPC Championship title. It is a dead heat with only one big blind difference between them.

After Level 30 comes to an end, blind will increase every 30 minutes until we have a winner.

Fred Paradis – 12,500,000 (63 bb)
Ryan Brown – 12,300,000 (62 bb)

1st: $171,670
2nd: $114,350

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 625

With the board reading , Thad McNulty moved all in for 3,000,000 even from the big blind and Ryan Brown thought about it for a minute on the button. He called, they tabled their hands, and McNulty sighed.

Brown:
McNulty:

McNulty flopped two pair sixes and fives but was behind the sevens and sixes of Brown. The board finished with the turn and river to send McNulty out in third place.

Ryan Brown – 12,300,000 (62 bb)
Thad McNulty – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($84,160)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 625

Blinds are up at the three-handed Championship final table with Fred Paradis still holding the lead and Thad McNulty needing to make something happen.

Seat 2: Fred Paradis – 12,150,000 (61 bb)
Seat 4: Thad McNulty – 3,200,000 (16 bb)
Seat 5: Ryan Brown – 9,650,000 (48 bb)

1st: $171,670
2nd: $114,350
3rd: $84,160

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  100,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 625

Ryan Brown opened to 300,000 from the button, Fred Paradis raised to 800,000 from the small blind, and Brown called.

The flop came and Paradis continued for 1,000,000. Brown thought for two minutes, announced all in, and Paradis shrug-called for 4,825,000.

Paradis:
Brown:

Paradis was ahead with top pair of queens and a gutshot straight draw. The turn and river finished the board, Paradis improved to a queen-high straight for a huge double into the lead.

Fred Paradis – 11,550,000 (77 bb)
Ryan Brown – 10,000,000 (67 bb)

2023 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 10
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 89
Prize Pool: $86,330
March 19, 2023

The $1,100 buy-in TPC Event 10 drew 89 entries to push the $50,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $86,330 and we had a great group of players to close out the last weekend of the series. After a tough final table, Bogda Toma took the title and $22,621 after a heads-up deal with Richard Pressler.

Congrats Bogdan!

Results:

* – Denotes results of a heads-up deal

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  100,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 625

After Huicun Qiao was eliminated in fourth place, the three remaining players were sent on a quick break and return with Ryan Brown holding more than half of the chips in play.

Seat 2: Fred Paradis – 4,925,000 (33 bb)
Seat 4: Thad McNulty – 6,150,000 (41 bb)
Seat 5: Ryan Brown – 13,725,000 (92 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $171,670
2nd: $114,350
3rd: $84,160

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 625

Huicun Qiao was sitting on 1,800,000 on the button, put his stack in the middle, and Thad McNulty called in the big blind.

McNulty:
Qiao:

Qiao was behind and needed a miracle on king to double. The dealer spread the and Qiao was eliminated in fourth place.

Thad McNulty – 6,150,000 (49 bb)
Huicun Qiao – Eliminated in 4th Place ($62,630)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 625

Fred Paradis opened to 250,000 from the button, chip leader Ryan Brown peeped at Paradis’s stack, and moved all in. Paradis quickly called and the cards were flipped up.

Paradis:
Brown:

Paradis was behind but drawing live for a double up. He missed the flop and the turn. But the river improved him to a pair of queens and Paradis stayed alive for his third trophy of the series.

Fred Paradis – 5,100,000 (41 bb)
Ryan Brown – 11,350,000 (91 bb)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 625

Alex Magdan was sitting with 900,000 and open-shoved from early position and chip leader Ryan Brown called to put Magdan at risk.

Brown:
Magdan:

Magdan was ahead for a double of his own and faded the flop. The turn was safe but the river was bad news to send Magdan out in fifth place.

Ryan Brown – 15,900,000 (127 bb)
Alec Magdan – Eliminated in 5th Place ($47,130)