$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:  79 of 311

Flight C ended with approximately 79 players remaining, we will have the official numbers in a bit, and Wagner Wysotchanski jumped to the overall lead with 670,000. Apparently, he caught a huge cooler against Calais Campbell and sent him out while stacking the lead.

We will post the entire Day 2 seat draw and chip counts as soon as they are available.

$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:  96 of 311

Flight C is down to the last level of the night with 12 tables still in action and taking their time with no other options for re-entry available.

Two new big stacks are emerging; Steve Buckner (loudly) climbed up to 340,000 in the last hour and T.K. Miles sits with 330,000 late in the day.

2023 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 625
Prize Pool: $937,500
March 16 – 20, 2023

Registration closed for the 2023 Tampa Poker Classic Championship with 625 entries over three starting flights. The $500,000 guarantee was crushed and our players created a prize pool worth $937,500. The last 79 spots will be paid with $2,940 for a min-cash and a huge $171,670 payout waiting for the TPC Champion.

1st: $171,670 + Guitar trophy
2nd: $114,350
3rd: $84,160
4th: $62,630
5th: $47,130
6th: $35,870
7th: $27,610
8th: $21,500
9th-10th: $16,930
11th-12th: $13,490
13th-14th: $10,940
15th-16th: $9,000
17th-20th: $7,490
21st-24th: $6,330
25th-32nd: $5,420
33rd-40th: $4,710
41st-48th: $4,150
49th-56th: $3,720
57th-64th: $3,380
65th-72nd: $3,120
73rd-79th: $2,940

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  128 of 311

Registration closed for the final flight of the 2023 TPC Championship with another 311 entries putting the combined total at 625. The prize pool topped $900,000 and we will post the payout information as soon as it is available.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1C Entries:  311

Players are back in their seats after the third break and we closed the doors on the 2023 TPC Championship. Tournament staff are crunching the numbers and we will post the final information as soon as it is available.

It looks like Mike Rossi is our easy leader with three more levels to go. He is sitting with 310,000 which would be good enough for a top five stack on Day 2 and he still has time to run it up.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Day 1C Entries:  290

We are into the ninth level of the day, so time is running out if you want a piece of a prize pool that is now over $900,000. They’ll play this level, take a break, and registration will close at 5:45 pm when they return.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1C Entries:  250

Players are back in their seats after the second break but Clyde Maliauka cut the day early for David Nathaniel Jr. A fortunate river saw Maliauka river a full house against trip sixes of our former Player of the Year and he is up to 88,000.

Players will work through three more levels, take another 15-minute break, and registration will close for the Championship at 5:45pm.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1C Entries:  241

Flight C is nearing the second break of the day and the field keeps growing at a fast pace with a prize pool of over $820,000.

Calais Campbell was a recent addition to the game. The six-time NFL Pro Bowler is coming off a seventh-place cash in the $600 Escalator event in Hollywood for $16,430. Campbell was also named the Walter Payton NFL Player of the Year in 2019 for his “commitment to philanthropy and community impact, as well as his excellence on the field.”

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1C Entries:  218

The big action of the TPC Championship brought us a lot of visitors from around the state and South Florida is making a showing this afternoon, including T.K. Miles and Mike Beasley.

Not just a visitor, Miles owns a few guitar trophies, including the 2021 Winter Poker Open Championship title, the second-biggest $1,700 buy-in field in our history. He also sits on top of our all-time leaderboard with $730,179 in earnings in our events.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1C Entries:  200

There were no massive stacks found during the break but we did run into some fresh new faces with plenty of talent. Last year’s WPT Player of the Year Jake Ferro, David Tuthill, and Ryan Luker are now in the mix and the field is that much tougher.

The entry count clicked to 200 for Flight C and the prize pool is already over $770,000 with a long way to go.