2025 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 4
$700 DeepStack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  115
Prize Pool:  $70,150
April 28 – 30, 2025

The $700 DeepStack Challenge was a great warmup for the upcoming TPC Championship and it drew 115 entries to turn the $50,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $70,150. Shawn Cunix returned for Day 2 with the chip lead and left with the title, the trophy, and $15,240 after a heads-up deal with Riley Price.

Congrats Shawn!

$700 DeepStack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante

After Shawn Cunix and Riley Price returned from break, they looked at the counts and decided to chop the remaining prize pool right down the middle. Both earned $15,240 while Cunix earned the trophy as the chip leader.

1st: Shawn Cunix – $15,240 + TPC Trophy
2nd: Riley Price – $15,240
3rd: Sandro Vianna – $8,470
4th: Alexander Ziskin – $6,060
5th: Carlos Loving – $4,460
6th: Shane Dellus – $3,400
7th: Mohamed Lahlou – $2,670
8th: Walter Thornton – $2,170
9th: Adam Weingard – $1,830
10th: Jeffrey Greenstein – $1,830
11th: Wayne Leonard – $1,600
12th: John Dolan – $1,600
13th: Gabe Fuller – $1,440
14th: TK Miles – $1,440
15th: Nathaniel Galliford – $1,350
16th: Samuel Ronalds – $1,350

$700 DeepStack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 115

Seat 1: Shawn Cunix – 1,850,000 (62 bb)
Seat 2: Riley Price – 1,610,000 (54 bb)

1st: $18,270 + TPC Trophy
2nd: $12,210

3rd: Sandro Vianna – $8,470
4th: Alexander Ziskin – $6,060
5th: Carlos Loving – $4,460
6th: Shane Dellus – $3,400
7th: Mohamed Lahlou – $2,670
8th: Walter Thornton – $2,170
9th: Adam Weingard – $1,830
10th: Jeffrey Greenstein – $1,830
11th: Wayne Leonard – $1,600
12th: John Dolan – $1,600
13th: Gabe Fuller – $1,440
14th: TK Miles – $1,440
15th: Nathaniel Galliford – $1,350
16th: Samuel Ronalds – $1,350

$700 DeepStack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 115

Heads-up play for the DeepStack Challenge began with Riley Price leading Shawn Cunix and he extended it over the first few hands.

Then they both got their chips in the middle and it looked like Price was going to lock down the win.

Price:
Cunix:

Cunix needed a lot of help to double but missed the flop. The miracle hit the turn and Cunix doubled back into the lead after the river.

Seat 1: Shawn Cunix – 1,975,000 (79 bb)
Seat 2: Riley Price – 1,475,000 (59 bb)

$700 DeepStack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 115

$700 DeepStack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 115

$700 DeepStack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 115

$700 DeepStack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 115

$700 DeepStack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 115

$700 DeepStack Challenge (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 115

Players were sent on their first break with seven remaining and Shawn Cunix continued to hold a big lead on the rest of the players. Everyone is guaranteed at least $2,670, with $18,270 still waiting for the winner.

Seat 1: Shawn Cunix – 1,140,000 (76 bb)
Seat 2: Shane Dellus – 355,000 (24 bb)
Seat 3: Mohamed Lahlou – 60,000 (4 bb)
Seat 4: Riley Price – 435,000 (29 bb)
Seat 5: Alexander Ziskin – 560,000 (37 bb)
Seat 6: Carlos Loving – 380,000 (25 bb)
Seat 7: Sandro Vianna – 535,000 (36 bb)

1st: $18,270 + TPC Trophy
2nd: $12,210
3rd: $8,470
4th: $6,060
5th: $4,460
6th: $3,400
7th: $2,670