$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  15 of 113

After a long bubble, Armando Figueroa’s attempt to go wire-to-wire came to an end when he went out in 16th place. That left 15 players in Flight B and they move to Day 2 on Sunday at noon with Milind Naik bagging the overall lead.

Here’s how they finished in Flight B:

Milind Naik – 793,000
Bobby Kennedy – 639,000
Austin Srur – 483,000
Zachary Wells – 470,000
Rodney Turvin – 450,000
Paul Snead – 361,000
Sihao Zhang – 262,000
William Muniz – 225,000
Oscar Lindo – 210,000
Shane Melert – 158,000
Filipp Khavin – 140,000
Eric Tarikas – 135,000
Matthew Leecy – 105,000
James Calderaro – 62,000
Louis Bailey – 41,000

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  22 of 113

Armando Figueroa opened the action from under the gun and the button player jammed for 135,000. Paul Snead shipped over the top for 148,000 from the big blind, and Figueroa thought for a minute. After confirming both counts, Figueroa called with both opponents covered.

Snead:
Figueroa:
Button:

A huge pot, Snead was leading, but he had a lot of cards to sweat. The button player paired his queen on the flop but that was as close as he got when the board finished with the turn and . Our 2022 TPC Champ scooped the huge pot and looks like the new leader.

Paul Snead – 435,000 (145 bb)
Armando Figueroa – 220,000 (73 bb)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  40 of 113

Registration closed for Flight B of the TPC Championship, with 113 entries, putting the combined total at 202. The tournament officially surpassed its $300,000 guarantee with a big flight tomorrow.

Flight B will continue until 15 players remain and survivors will bag chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday at noon in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight B Entries:  113

The third break ended and players returned to their tables with registration close for Flight B. The clock shows 113 entries, good enough to put us over the $300,000 guarantee, and we will report the numbers when they are official.

Armando Figueroa is making a bid to go wire-to-wire today, still sitting at the top of the counts with 396,500. Milind Naik moved into second with 256,500 and James Kerr dipped back to the pack a bit.

Armando Figueroa – 396,500 (198 bb)
Milind Naik – 256,500 (128 bb)
Paul Snead – 228,000 (114 bb)
Oscar Lindo – 217,000 (109 bb)
Bobby Kennedy – 177,500 (89 bb)
James Kerr – 150,500 (75 bb)
Diego Uez – 144,500 (72 bb)
Rodney Turvin – 137,000 (69 bb)
Justin Zaki – 120,000 (60 bb)
Fred Paradis – 111,000 (56 bb)
Shane Melert – 109,500 (55 bb)
Tarun Gulati – 106,500 (53 bb)
Ken Fishman – 96,500 (48 bb)
Terri-Anne Crawford – 88,000 (44 bb)
James Calderaro – 84,500 (42 bb)
Matthew Leecy – 84,000 (42 bb)
Marie Harrell – 71,000 (36 bb)
Filipp Khavin – 67,500 (34 bb)
David DiBernardi – 64,000 (32 bb)
Joseph Orsino – 34,000 (17 bb)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight B Entries:  102

Flight B entered Level 9 and time is almost out if you want to join this session. We have 102 entries in the game, nearly locking up the $300,000 guarantee, and it will get there before cards go in the air on the morning.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight B Entries:  100

With nearly 90 minutes remaining in registration for Flight B, the field reached 100 entries to leave it only 11 away from matching the $300,000 guarantee with an entire huge Saturday flight to go.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight B Entries:  92

The second break has come and gone and cards are back in the air with 92 players in the game. Armando Figueroa continues to lead the Flight B field with 256,700 but 2021 TPC Championship James Kerr is closing with 245,700.

As for the other players, here’s a chip dump of some randoms in the game:

Armando Figueroa – 256,700 (257 bb)
James Kerr – 245,700 (246 bb)
Paul Snead – 144,500 (145 bb)
Terri-Anne Crawford – 120,400 (120 bb)
Ken Fishman – 107,000 (107 bb)
Matthew Leecy – 98,200 (98 bb)
Ross Corless – 84,600 (85 bb)
Filipp Khavin – 80,700 (81 bb)
Tom Nguyen – 73,500 (74 bb)
Tarun Gulati – 72,300 (72 bb)
Diego Uez – 54,200 (54 bb)
James Calderaro – 52,200 (52 bb)
Shane Melert – 50,400 (50 bb)
Stephen Brite – 48,700 (49 bb)
Marie Harrell – 46,400 (46 bb)
Justin Zaki – 44,700 (45 bb)
Ray Mancini – 44,200 (44 bb)
Fred Paradis – 43,800 (44 bb)
Carlos Loving – 34,100 (34 bb)
Ryan Hogan – 33,600 (34 bb)
Daniel Couzens – 28,100 (28 bb)
Aaron Mederos – 26,600 (27 bb)
Harry Binda – 23,000 (23 bb)
David DiBernardi – 13,000 (13 bb)
Joseph Orsino – 12,200 (12 bb)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight B Entries:  85

The late risers are making their way to the Poker Room and we’ve almost matched yesterday’s entry number with more than three hours of late registration remaining. Our players have put $261,000 toward the $300,000 guarantee so we can virtually lock that up already.

A few more friends in the crowd include James Kerr, Justin Zaki, Harry Bindo, Daniel Couzens and Ryan Hogan.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight B Entries:  64

The first break ended, players returned to their seats, and everyone is chasing runaway chip leader Armando Figueroa. He is sitting with an incredible 213,600 after three levels and, to top it off, Figueroa is trying to use the best-stack-forward option.

Figueroa already has a Day 2 bag from Flight A worth 241,000 so he’s going big or at least trying for a min-cash with a double bag.

Armando Figueroa – 213,600 (427 bb)
Fred Paradis – 68,700 (137 bb)
Diego Uez – 65,600 (131 bb)
Terri-Anne Crawford – 50,600 (101 bb)
Ross Corless – 48,700 (97 bb)
Carlos Loving – 47,400 (95 bb)
Marie Harrell – 41,100 (82 bb)
Tom Nguyen – 40,700 (81 bb)
Tony March – 39,700 (79 bb)
Matthew Leecy – 39,200 (78 bb)
Hassan Hakim – 37,900 (76 bb)
Filipp Khavin – 34,200 (68 bb)
Tarun Gulati – 28,300 (57 bb)
Shane Melert – 25,600 (51 bb)
David DiBernardi – 19,900 (40 bb)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight B Entries:  51

We are cruising along in the Poker Room with 51 entries and the first break coming up at the top of the hour. They are having a great time and it’s a fun atmosphere with a ton of friends battling it out.

A few more early entrants include WPO Championship runner-up Diego Uez, Hassan Hakim, Carlos Loving, Marie Harrell, Terri-Anne Crawford, Tom Nguyen, and Tarun Gulati.