$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  95 of 1,082

The fast pace continues and here’s a look at the next group of players to cash in TPC Event 1.

97th: Eric Fetter – $690
98th: Conrad Flores – $690
99th: Julio Delgado – $690
100th: Chrissy Holubeck – $690
101st: Tony March – $690
102nd: William Soscia – $690
103rd: Mark Wiser – $690
104th: Gregory Wilson – $690

105th: Leonard Demchak – $650
106th: Brian Johnson – $650
107th: Attye Vasquez – $650
108th: Leeyuan Jang – $650
109th: Chad Ditty – $650
110th: Jake Ferro – $650
111th: Geoffrey Lewit – $650
112th: Richard Lahey – $650
113th: Aaron Thivyanathan – $650
114th: Nick Scholz – $650
115th: Michael Fryett – $650
116th: Ryan Thomas – $650
117th: Yefim Vakser – $650
118th: Ramon Martinez – $650
119th: Paul Spice – $650
120th: Timothy Helm – $650

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  95 of 1,082

Shortly after the first break, we heard a call for a payout at Table 10, and Conrad Flores stood up. He was among the leaders a few minutes earlier but stood in the payout line shortly after.

As told by the table, Flores took a shot with ace-queen against James Collins who paired a king with his ace-king. Collins is now up to 1,185,000 while Flores had an unfortunate early exit.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  101 of 1,082

We took a walk among the tables while players were enjoying their first break, looking for big stacks and who’s having a nice early afternoon.

Ben Chelladurai returned for Day 2 with 361,000 and added nearly one million over two levels. He was the leader at break with 1,238,000, followed by Kara Margraf with 840,000 and Eran Golan with 798,000.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  104 of 1,082

On the last hand before break, Parm Mehmi opened to 17,000 from early position and picked up one caller. Tony March shipped from the big blind for 83,000 and only Mehmi came along to put March at risk.

March:
Mehmi:

March was in a lot of trouble with the smaller pair but found a save on the flop. He made a full house and Mehmi could not come from behind on the turn or river to send some chips across the table.

Tony March – 195,000 (33 bb)
Parm Mehmi – 222,000 (37 bb)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  106 of 1,082

While players are crashing out of the tournament early in the day, those chips need to go somewhere, and Kara Margraf is one of those moving in a positive direction.

Already among the big stacks coming back for Day 2, unbagging third-best 725K, she is now closing on a million and sits with 945,000.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  118 of 1,082

We are flying right along in the Poker Room with Event 1 quickly down to 118 players at 15 tables and pays jumping up. Here’s a look at those who cashed out between 121st and 137th.

121st: Andra Zachow – $610
122nd: James Morrissey – $610
123rd: Xiang Huang – $610
124th: Damon Mabins – $610
125th: Rasheed Ounlap – $610
126th: Edward Stephenson – $610
127th: Luke Boldissar – $610
128th: Sandeep Kumar – $610
129th: Sandro Vianna De Sa – $610
130th: Thomas Hunnicutt – $610
131st: James McKinnon – $610
132nd: Patrick Moore – $610
133rd: Gregory Wytka – $610
134th: Joseph Mattucci – $610
135th: Ronald Holt – $610
136th: Anthony Daniel Camara – $610
137th: Christopher Mitchell – $580

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  118 of 1,082

Andra Zachow open-shoved for 81,000 from early position and it folded to Eric Tarikas in the big blind. He woke up with a monster and quickly called.

Tarikas:
Zachow:

Zachow ran her suited ace into pocket kings and could not find a miracle on the board to exit in 121st place.

Eric Tarikas – 483,000 (81 bb)
Andra Zachow – Eliminated in 121st Place ($610)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  137 of 1,082

Cards are in the air for Day 2 of TPC Event 1 with 137 players remaining and one hand before the blinds go up. They will play through Level 16 before taking a break and setting up the rest of their day.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  137 of 1,082

The first tournament on the 2024 Tampa Poker Classic schedule had a big turnout to kick off the series. The $400 buy-in tournament drew 1,082 entries over six flights, converting the $200,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $357,060.

We have 137 players returning this morning at 11 am to begin the process of finding our champ. They come back to the action already in the money and guaranteed at least $580 but everyone wants the $59,500 waiting up top.

Arman Navazi took the overall lead late in the last flight and was the only player over 800K for the restart. Zak Fellow, Kara Margraf, Conrad Flores, and Eran Golan round out the top five but it’s still anyone’s game.

They will play one hand at 3,000/5,000 blinds (there are 12 seconds remaining in Level 14), and the blinds will increase to 40 minutes long at the start of Level 20.

Top ten returning stacks:

1. Arman Navazi – 840,000 (168 bb)
2. Zak Fellows – 793,000 (159 bb)
3. Kara Margraf – 725,000 (145 bb)
4. Conrad Flores – 632,000 (126 bb)
5. Eran Golan – 613,000 (123 bb)
6. Matt Longfellow – 607,000 (121 bb)
7. Bogdan Toma – 560,000 (112 bb)
8. James Collins – 555,000 (111 bb)
9. Matthew White – 500,000 (100 bb)
10. Jason Andrzejewski 494,000 (99 bb)

Day 2 Seats | Day 2 Chips | Payouts

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1 Day 2 – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Event 1 Day 2 Chip Counts
• Event 1 Day 2 Table and Seat Assignments
• Event 1 Payouts

12PM: Event 2 – $200 Bankroll Builder NLH (Re-Entry)

• $20,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 25,000 in chips
• Levels last 25 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:50pm)
• This is a one day tournament and please to completion
• Event 2 Structure Sheet