2022 WPT Tampa Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 13 $600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $30,000 Guaranteed Entries: 161 Prize Pool: $84,525 August 29, 2022
Registration closed for the $600 No Limit Hold’em tournament with 161 entries more than doubling the $30,000 guarantee. They put together a prize pool worth $84,535 and the last 21 spots will be paid. A min-cash will earn $1,100 and the Event 13 champ will take home $22,475 along with the WPT trophy.
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $30,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 2: 100/100 with a 100 ante Entries: 60
Cary Rosenthal (left) and Jeff Silverstein (right)
It didn’t take long for Event 13 to blast past its $30,000 guarantee, less than one hour, and they were already building up the prize pool with 60 entries and climbing.
A few familiar faces in early action include Cary Rosenthal, Jeff Silverstein, Daniel Pearlman, Michael Tait, and Rafael Feis.
We have another big one-day tournament starting at noon in the Event Center. Event 13 has a $600 buy-in with a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool and it will finish later this evening when another player walks away with a trophy.
Players start with 20,000 out front and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm with re-entries available during that time. There is a 40-minute dinner break scheduled at 6:30 pm and they return to play down to a champ.
$30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Levels last 30 minutes
Late registration available until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
2022 Tampa Poker Classic Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 13 $2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry) $500,000 Guaranteed Entries: 440 Prize Pool: $990,000 March 18 – 21, 2022
Paul Snead
The 2022 Tampa Poker Classic series was headlined by the $500,000 guaranteed Championship and the big tournament drew a talented field. It had 440 entries join over two starting flights and poker pro Paul Snead walked away with the title along with nearly $200,000.
The turnout created a prize pool worth $990,000 and the last 55 spots were paid. Of the 440 entries, 77 players advanced to Day 2 with Tampa legend Justin Zaki leading the way.
Day 2 played down to the final table and Zaki was still the leader when they bagged up for a Day 3 return. But it wasn’t going to be an easy ride because the top six stacks were all within four big blinds of each other and one of them belonged to three-time WPT champ Brian Altman.
Altman’s day ended early after several hands against Snead dropped him down and out. Sean Conklin, Siddharth Siddharth, Alexander Orlov, and Zaki all fell short of the title and the last four players had a long grind to settle the game.
Cianfarra, the one-time chip leader at the final table, went out in fourth place followed by Tom McDonald after a valiant short stack effort.
Snead began heads-up play with the chip lead against former Tampa champ Bryce McVay and never lost a major pot during the match. McVay caught some bad luck on the last hand but earned $132,095 for his runner-up finish.
Snead, a New York resident and Tampa snowbird, took home $198,150 as the TPC Champion after a fantastic run over the last three days.
Congratulations to Paul and thanks to all over our players for the tremendous turnout.
$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry) $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 30: 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Paul Snead
Paul Snead limped his button and Bryce McVay moved all in for 2,300,000. Snead thought for a few moments and called to put the game on the line.
Snead: McVay:
McVay was ahead for the double up but Snead paired his five on the flop. He needed a miracle to double but blanked the turn and river to exit in second place.
He earned $132,095 for his runner-up finish while Snead takes home nearly $200,000 for his TPC Championship win.
1st: Paul Snead – $198,150 2nd: Bryce McVay – $132,095
$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry) $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 29: 100,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 440
Bryce McVay (left) versus Paul Snead (right)
The heads-up match for the 2022 Tampa Poker Classic Championship is underway with Paul Snead leading Bryce McVay with nearly $200K going to one of them.
They will finish out Level 29 and blinds will increase every 30 minutes after that point.
$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry) $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 29: 100,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 440
After his earlier double up, Tom McDonald’s stack was whittled back down to 1,900,000 against Bryce McVay and the three-handed action. He moved all in from the small blind and McVay quickly called in the big.
McDonald: McVay:
McDonald’s sixes were ahead and he doubled back into the game on the board.
flop. He needed a miracle to double but blanked the 
turn and 
river to exit in second place.
, Tom McDonald put his 2,850,000 stack in the middle and Paul Snead quickly called to put him at risk.
turn and 
river finished the board and McDonald’s come back attempt fell short.
board.