$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  43 of 114

Registration closed for Flight C of TPC Event 1 with 114 entries putting the combined total at 337 for the tournament. Our players have put $111,210 toward the $200,000 guarantee with three huge weekend flights remaining.

Flight C will continue until 15 players remain and survivors will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

Chip counts through Flight B

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight C Entries:  110

The clock is ticking down to the end of registration for Flight C with 110 entries in the game at the moment and more expected before we close the doors at 3:30 pm.

But don’t worry if you miss this flight, we have another running at 6 pm with late registration available until 10:30 pm.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight C Entries:  101

After the first break, we walked through the field and found many familiar faces in the crowd, including Ross Corless. The last time we handed out a major trophy, Corless was posing for a winner’s photo as the 2024 Winter Poker Open Champ. He’s back today trying for a unique back-to-back score.

Other friends today include Frank Spaulding, Thomas Downing, Walter Thornton, Tony March, Marsha Wolak, Gabe Fuller, and Lana Nester.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight C Entries:  89

Four levels are in the books for Flight C of TPC Event 1, and players enjoy their first break in the action. We have 90 entries in the field, more than $100K toward the $200K guarantee, and a lot of time to spin it up.

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

Day 2 on the Tampa Poker Classic schedule has two more flights of the $400 buy-in opening event. The tournament has a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool and four more flights to get there with a chance to hit it today.

Players start with 30,000 in their stack and the first 19 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 minutes after that. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm.

Flight C will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and those players will return on Sunday at 11 am for Day 2 in the money.

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-19 last 30 minutes; Levels 20+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 223

Flight A: 133 Entries; 16 Advanced
Flight B:  90 Entries; 12
Flight C: Thursday at 11 am
Flight D: Thursday at 6 pm
Flight E: Friday at 11 am
Flight F: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1 Flight C – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-19 last 30 minutes; Levels 20+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 1 Flight D – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-19 last 30 minutes; Levels 20+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2.000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  29 of 90

Registration closed for Flight B of TPC Event 1 with another 90 entries putting the combined count at 223 for the tournament and four more big flights to go to top the $200,000 guarantee.

Flight B will continue until 12 players remain and survivors will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 133

Flight A: 133 Entries; 16 Advanced
Flight B: Underway
Flight C: Thursday at 11 am
Flight D: Thursday at 6 pm
Flight E: Friday at 11 am
Flight F: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  16 of 133

After a long, extended process to get the field into the money, they had a double knockout to leave 16 advancing to Day 2.

Bogdan Toma bagged the biggest stack for 560,000 with James Collins only a single 5K chips behind with 555,000. We will post the complete chip count list as soon as it is available.