Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1 Flight G – $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

$400 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  71 of 555

Flight A:  126 Entries; 16 Advanced
Flight B:  72 Entries; 9 Advanced
Flight C:  106 Entries; 14 Advanced
Flight D:  91 Entries; 12 Advanced
Flight E:  160 Entries; 20 Advanced
Flight F:  Underway; Late reg till 10:30 pm
Flight G: Satruday 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 E Players Remaining:  20 of 160

It was neck-and-neck down to the wire for the Flight E lead when the bubble finally burst after more than a level of hand-for-hand action.

Tampa regulars Steve Blackmon and Fred Paradis both had big stacks but Blackmon’s 431,000 was a few chips bigger than Paradis’s 419,000 at the end of the day.

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

Flight E counts:

1. Steve Blackmon – 431,000 (54 bb)
2. Fred Paradis – 419,000 (52 bb)
3. Richie Smith – 388,000 (49 bb)
4. Manny Minaya – 374,000 (47 bb)
5. Aaron Speer – 325,000 (41 bb)
6. Dominick Minaya – 312,000 (39 bb)
7. Ceasar Isayyid – 306,000 (38 bb)
8. Michael Vitale – 275,000 (34 bb)
9. Robert Brandl – 273,000 (34 bb)
10. Robert Robinson – 266,000 (33 bb)
11. Shawn Sorgi – 242,000 (30 bb)
12. Lazaro Remolina – 194,000 (24 bb)
13. Jason Block – 193,000 (24 bb)
14. Justin Coltharp – 189,000 (24 bb)
15. William Criego – 147,000 (18 bb)
16. Lucas Sadowski – 145,000 (18 bb)
17. Grant Missonis – 141,000 (18 bb)
18. Michael Traficante – 93,000 (12 bb)
19. Marshall Morris – 89,000 (11 bb)
20. Robert Kinstle – 69,000 (9 bb)

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

Flight F of TPC Event 1 gets underway at the top of the hour and the $400 buy-in tournament will hit a milestone pretty early. Only 52 new entries are needed to surpass the $200,000 guarantee and it will cruise past it. This will be a big one with a huge final flight running tomorrow at 11 am.

• $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 E Players Remaining:  64 of 160

Registration closed for Flight E of TPC Event 1 with 160 entries, putting the combined total at 555 for the tournament. They have contributed $183,150 toward the $200,000 guarantee, and that number will be surpassed this evening at 6 pm.

Action will continue until 20 players remain and they will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

Chip counts through Flight D

$400 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight E Entries:  148

We are winding down the registration phase of Flight E with 148 entries so far and a few more expected before we close the door at 3:30 pm. But have no fear if you miss out, we have another flight tonight at 6 pm and a huge one tomorrow at 11 am.

Some friends in action today include two-time Tampa Main Event champ Matthew Leecy, Carlos Loving, Jacob Naumann, Walter Thornton, Wasim Assaf, Steve Blackmon, Antuan Bunkley, Stephen Dees, James McKinnon, and Forrest Raleigh.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  51 of 395

Flight A:  126 Entries; 16 Advanced
Flight B:  72 Entries; 9 Advanced
Flight C:  106 Entries; 14 Advanced
Flight D:  91 Entries; 12 Advanced
Flight E:  Underway; Late reg available until 3:30 pm
Flight F:  Friday at 6 pm
Flight G: Satruday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1 Flight E – $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 F – $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 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  39 of 304

Flight A:  126 Entries; 16 Advanced
Flight B:  72 Entries; 9 Advanced
Flight C:  106 Entries; 14 Advanced
Flight D:  Underway; Late reg till 10:30 pm
Flight E:  Friday at 11 am
Flight F:  Friday at 6 pm
Flight G: Satruday 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 C Players Remaining:  15 of 106

It looked like Flight C would end earlier than the previous two but they went hand-for-hand for two levels before the matter was settled.

14 players advanced with William Burdick bagged the overall lead with 547,000. We will post the complete chip counts as soon as they are available.

William Burdick – 547,000 (68 bb)
Sanjib Acharya – 506,000 (63 bb)
David DiBernardi – 468,000 (59 bb)
Don Jackson – 265,000 (33 bb)
Marcio Peixoto – 248,000 (31 bb)
David Edwards – 186,000 (23 bb)
Dennis Primeau – 185,000 (23 bb)
Eric Vongsay – 174,000 (22 bb)
Milind Naik – 155,000 (19 bb)
Zackary Shriver – 129,000 (16 bb)
Ryan Hogan – 106,000 (13 bb)
Steve Brite – 84,000 (11 bb)
Steven Barnhouse – 74,000 (9 bb)
Wayne Leonard – 51,000 (6 bb)