2025 Tampa Signature Poker Series Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 12 $150+$50 Quad Stack Bounty NLH (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed Entries: 98 Prize Pool: $10,780 Bounty Prize Pool: $4,900 July 28, 2025
$150+$50 Quad Stack Bounty NLH (Re-Entry) $20,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
The last new trophy event of the day gets underway at 6 pm and the format should juice up the action. It is a $150 + $50 Quad Stack Bounty, plenty of chips in play and 50 reasons to knock out your opponent.
Players sit with huge 40K stacks and the first eight levels last 15 minutes before going up to 20 for the rest of the tournament. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 8:15 pm.
$10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 40,000 in chips
Levels 1-8 last 15 minutes; Level 9+ last 20 minutes
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (8:15pm)
This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
2024 Tampa Signature Poker Series Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 12 $400 Big O (Re-Entry) Entries: 78 Prize Pool: $26,130 September 22, 2023
2024 Tampa Signature Poker Series Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 12 $400 Big O (Re-Entry) Entries: 78 Prize Pool: $26,130 September 22, 2023
Registration close for the $400 Big O with 78 entries creating a prize pool worth $26,130. Coincidentally, the exact same numbers as the $400 Five-Card PLO tournament yesterday. The last ten spots will be paid with $800 for a min-cash and $8,010 up top for the Big O champ.
$400 Big O (Re-Entry) Structure Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
We’ve been running a one-day Omaha trophy event every day over the last week or so and today it’s time for a $400 Big O at 5 pm. A perfect spot for those who drop out of the Event 7 restart or those looking for a lot of action. Or both.
Players sit down to 25K in their stacks and the first 18 levels last 20 minutes before increasing to 30 for the duration. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 7:15 pm.
Players begin with 25,000 in chips
Levels 1-18 last 20 minutes; Levels 19+ last 30 minutes
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (7:15pm)
This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
2023 Tampa Poker Classic Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 12 $2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $75,000 Guaranteed Entries: 46 Prize Pool: $92,000 September 13, 2023
Frank Brannan
Frank Brannan topped the field at a talented final table that included runner-up Paul Snead, AJ Kelsall (who was multi-tabling two final tables along with Event 13), and Joe Serock to take home the tournament title in Event 12 at the SPS tournament series. Brannan was awarded the top prize worth $32,710 along with the SPS guitar pick trophy. He now holds more than $460,000 in career tournament earnings.
Here is what Brannan had to say after the win, “It feels good, I haven’t won a tournament since a deuce-to-seven triple draw. I haven’t won a hold’em tournament since like 2020 or something.”
He continued, “I’ll play anyone, I don’t really care. I just tried to play as optimally as possible short-handed. I’m pretty well studied sub-15 big blind poker, it’s not that difficult. Everyone was pretty even, so there weren’t really many strong ICM spots because we were all equal in chips.”
When he was asked about the heads-up final, here were Brannan’s thoughts “Nothing crazy, and I think heads-up I was just more prepared. He had more chips, but he was doing weird things, he kept four x-ing . I had the more solid strategy, I’ve played a lot of heads-up, I used to play heads-up sit-and-go’s.”
Eight-handed play uncannily lasted for more than three hours, and Brannan took a bad beat during the slow period of play. He offered some interesting thoughts on keeping his composure during that stretch of play.
“I was actually so tilted because I lost a chip lead pot there with jacks versus A-9 there. We were eight-handed for like three hours. I went from being the chip leader to almost the soft bubble, I honestly normally don’t get titled, but I hadn’t eaten yet today because I fasted. I was a little hangry plus tilted. I try not to get emotional. I mean I will get mad, but I don’t let it affect the way I play my hands. It will never change how I play. I’m going to play exactly the way I’m going to play. I’m a big tilter, but if I’m tilted I will just go home, I’ve always good been with that,” said Brannan.
Final Results:
1st: Frank Brannan – $32,710 + SPS Trophy 2nd: Paul Snead – $21,810 3rd: AJ Kelsall – $14,540 4th: Mostafa Aboalmajed – $10,090 5th: Elliot Smith – $7,310 6th: Tim Mina – $5,540
$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 25: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante Players Remaining: 1 of 973
Frank Brannan had gained the upper hand in the heads-up final when all the chips went into the middle and he held against the of Paul Snead on a final board reading . Snead was eliminated in second place, good for $21,810, and Brannan was awarded $32,710 for the win along with the SPS guitar pick trophy.
Stay tuned for a winner’s photo and interview later tonight.
$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 25: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 973
The final match has been set between Paul Snead (925,000) and Frank Brannan (455,000). Here is a look at the results that took things down to heads-up play while action was flying at the two other final tables as well.
3rd: AJ Kelsall – $14,540 4th: Mostafa Aboalmajed – $10,090 5th: Elliot Smith – $7,310 6th: Tim Mina – $5,540
against the 
of Paul Snead on a final board reading 
. Snead was eliminated in second place, good for $21,810, and Brannan was awarded $32,710 for the win along with the SPS guitar pick trophy.