$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Entries: 48
The clock hit 11 am and cards went in the air for Flight A of the Tampa Poker Classic Championship. We have 48 entries at the start and we expect many more with late registration available until 6:30 pm.
$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
After more than a week of openers, it’s time to roll out the headliner with the 2022 Tampa Poker Classic Championship. The $2,500 buy-in tournament has a $500,000 guarantee with two starting flights. Cards go in the air for Flight A at 11 am with Flight B running tomorrow at the same time.
Players will sit down to 40,000 starting stacks and all Day 1 levels last 40 minutes. They will increase to 60 minutes on Day 2 and remain that way until we have two players remaining. Late registration is available until the start of Level 10 at 6:30 pm following the dinner break and players may re-enter as often as needed.
Day 1 will come to an end after Level 14 and all survivors will return on Sunday at noon for Day 2.
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Day 1A – $2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
12PM: Event 12 Day 2 – $2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Secondary Event Schedule
9AM: $280 TPC Championship Turbo Satellite (Re-Entry)
4PM: $400 TPC Championship Satellite (Re-Entry)
We are almost there, the 2022 Tampa Poker Classic Championship kicks off tomorrow morning at 11 am and we anticipate a huge crowd throughout the weekend with plenty of skill on display.
The tournament has a $2,500 buy-in and features a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool. They’ll get 40,000 stacks out front and 40-minute levels on Day 1 and 60-minute levels from the start of Day 2 until the tournament gets heads-up.
Flight A gets runs tomorrow with the last flight on Saturday. Late registration for both flights will remain open until the start of Level 10 at 6:30 pm following their hour-long dinner break.
We can’t wait to see our old friends and make new ones throughout the weekend and look forward to seeing everyone in the Poker Room.
2021 Tampa Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 13
$250 Seniors Plus 60+ (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 105
Prize Pool: $21,530
December 13, 2021
The 2021 Tampa Winter Poker Open schedule closed out with a fun Seniors Plus tournament, open to anyone 60 years or older. It drew 105 entries and Pasquale took the title after a five-way deal at the final table.
The tournament played later than anticipated and the last five players decided to divide up the remaining prize pool right down the middle. They each received $3,439 in the deal and Hudson earned the win with the trophy courtesy of his chip lead.
Results:
| Place | First Name | Last Name | City | State | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pasquale | Hudson | Dade City | FL | $3,439 * |
| 2 | Adam | Farjam | Daytona Beach | FL | $3,439 * |
| 3 | Anthony | March | Tampa | FL | $3,439 * |
| 4 | David | Tanner | Pearson | GA | $3,439 * |
| 5 | David | Bander | Valrico | FL | $3,439 * |
| 6 | Mary | Walker | Carlsbad | CA | $1,050 |
| 7 | Marcelo | Lanas | Bradenton | FL | $830 |
| 8 | Marsha | Wolak | Margate | FL | $690 |
| 9 | John | Ripstra | Tampa | FL | $600 |
| 10 | Robert | Roseberry | The Villages | FL | $600 |
| 11 | Deborah | Greenway | Alapaha | GA | $560 |
* – Denotes results of a five-way deal
2021 Tampa Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 13
$250 Seniors Plus 60+ (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 105
Prize Pool: $21,530
December 13, 2021
The 2021 Winter Poker Open closed out the schedule with one more successful tournament. The $250 Seniors Plus tournament drew 105 entries 60 years and older, a great number, and they crushed the $10,000 guarantee.
They combined to put $21,530 in the prize pool and the last 11 players will make some money today. A min-cash is worth $560 and the Seniors Plus champion will earn $6,860 along with the last WPO trophy we have.
1st: $6,860 + WPO trophy
2nd: $4,220
3rd: $2,800
4th: $1,930
5th: $1,390
6th: $1,050
7th: $830
8th: $690
9th: $600
10th: $600
11th: $560
$250 Seniors Plus 60+ (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100 with a 100 ante
We are down to the last day of the series and we are wrapping it up with a fun one. Event 13 is a $250 Seniors Plus tournament that is open to any of our players 60 years or older and features a $10,000 guarantee to make it even more interesting.
Players start with 20,000 stacks out front and all levels will last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm. They will have a dinner break around 7:45 pm and return to play until we award the last WPO trophy of the series.
We will pick up some of the action later this afternoon after registration closes and we have our prize pool locked in.
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Event 13 – $250 Seniors 60+ (Re-Entry)
2021 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 13
$2,200 Eight-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 167
Prize Pool: $334,000
June 17, 2021
It’s been a pretty good week for Hasan Hakim.
On Day 1A of Event #1, Hakim walked over to the media desk and asked what it would take to get his photo in the live updates. He was told that it would be tough on Day 1, and he’d need to have the biggest chip stack in the room (with 463 entries) at one of the breaks.
Hakim said he would do it. And he did, taking the lead shortly before the Money Bubble burst in that first starting flight. With his photo in the updates, Hakim said his next step was to make the final table.
Hakim said he would do it, and three days later, he did, beginning the final table just two big blinds behind the chipleader. That’s when Hakim said he was going to win the trophy.
Unfortunately, Hakim came up short on that one, finishing in fifth place to earn $76,080. But he promised he’d be back, and he promised that next time, he’d win the trophy.
Hakim said he would do it, and — he did it.
On Thursday night, Hasan Hakim outlasted a tough field of 167 players to win the $2,200 Eight-Max No Limit Hold’em event in a three-way deal with Aaron Thivyanathan and Will Parker. As chipleader, Hakim was declared the champion, receiving the title, the trophy, and $75,347.
“I’m very happy to be a champion today,” said Hakim. “I finished fifth on Sunday when I took a pretty bad beat, and I told all my friends that I was coming back so I could play another one. I have a full-time job in sales at Toyota, but I took a little vacation so I could come and play.”
“The final table went good,” said Hakim. “I was very short coming into the final two tables, and then I finally chipped up in a huge hand where I had pocket queens against a guy who called me with nines, and that led me to the final table.”
The key hand for Hakim at the final table seemed to be when he got his big stack all in with aces against chipleader Dan Sepiol’s ace-king. That doubled Hakim into a huge chip lead, which he held onto for the rest of the way.
“I’m glad I went against the chipleader in a huge cooler with his ace-king against my aces,” said Hakim. “That’s why I’m chopping it up and taking first.”
Hakim ended his interview with some nice words for the casino and its staff.
“I want to thank the Seminole Hard Rock for organizing the tournament,” said Hakim. “Nice management, a good staff, and everything was neat and player friendly.”
Can Hakim make it three final tables in a row? He plans to return tomorrow to play Day 1A of the $3,500 WPT Tampa main event, so stay tuned.
| Place | First Name | Last Name | City | State | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HASSAN | EL HAKIM | SARASOTA | FL | $75,347 |
| 2 | AARON | THIVYANATHAN | RENTON | WA | $63,498 |
| 3 | WILLIAM | PARKER | MICANOPY | FL | $52,639 |
| 4 | RODNEY | TURVIN | CAIRO | GA | $27,837 |
| 5 | ANDREW | BARFIELD | OCEAN SPRINGS | MS | $20,201 |
| 6 | DANIEL CONSTANTINE | SEPIOL | MICHIGAN CITY | IN | $15,142 |
| 7 | JESSE | LONIS | MEDFORD | OR | $11,737 |
| 8 | MOHSIN | VIRANI | EL DORADO | AR | $9,418 |
| 9 | JAKE | SCHWARTZ | FT LAUDERDALE | FL | $7,833 |
| 10 | JONATHAN | BORENSTEIN | TEANECK | NJ | $7,833 |
| 11 | JEFFREY | LEHOUILLIER | ASHWAUBENON | WI | $6,762 |
| 12 | JAMES | GILBERT | PHILADELPHIA | PA | $6,762 |
| 13 | BRETT | APTER | NASHVILLE | TN | $6,067 |
| 14 | MICHAEL | STASHIN | MASSAPEQUA | NY | $6,067 |
| 15 | THOMAS | BOYDEN | CONCORD | NC | $5,668 |
| 16 | SPENCER | CHAMPLIN | SCARBOROUGH | ME | $5,668 |
| 17 | GREGORY | BACK | THE WOODLANDS | TX | $5,521 |
$2,200 Eight-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 167
Shortly after Rodney Turvin’s elimination in fourth place, the final three players agreed to a deal to split up the rest of the prizepool among them. These were their chip counts at the time:
1. Hasan Hakim – 1,630,000 (82 bb)
2. Aaron Thivyanathan – 1,090,000 (55 bb)
3. Will Parker – 595,000 (30 bb)
And here are the modified payouts they agreed to:
1. Hasan Hakim – $75,347
2. Aaron Thivyanathan – $63,498
3. Will Parker – $52,639
As chipleader, Hasan Hakim will be declared the champion, receiving the title and the trophy in addition to the most money.
