$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

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.

Seat 3: Bryce McVay – 7,600,000 (51 bb)
Seat 4: Paul Snead – 10,000,000 (67 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $198,150
2nd: $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

With the flop out and reading , Tom McDonald put his 2,850,000 stack in the middle and Paul Snead quickly called to put him at risk.

Snead:
McDonald:

Both flopped top pair but McDonald had bad kicker issues. The turn and river finished the board and McDonald’s come back attempt fell short.

Paul Snead – 10,000,000 (67 bb)
Tom McDonald – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($97,475)

$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.

Tom McDonald – 3,950,000 (26 bb)
Bryce McVay – 9,400,000 (63 bb)

$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

On the first hand back from break, Tom McDonald had the button and open-shoved for 2,500,000. Bryce McVay folded his small blind and Paul Snead quickly called in the big.

Snead:
McDonald:

McDonald needed a lot of help to stay in the game, picked up a diamond draw on the flop and it got there on the turn. The river finished the board and McDonald pulled a big double.

Tom McDonald – 5,250,000 (35 bb)
Paul Snead – 4,050,000 (27 bb)

$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

Three players remain at the next break of the day with Bryce McVay leading, Paul Snead not far behind, and Tom McDonald with some work to do.

Seat 2: Tom McDonald – 2,500,000 (17 bb)
Seat 3: Bryce McVay – 8,400,000 (56 bb)
Seat 4: Paul Snead – 6,700,000 (45 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $198,150
2nd: $132,095
3rd: $97,475

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 440

Paul Snead opened to 275,000 from the button and Dante Cianfarra moved all in from the small blind. Tom McDonald checked his cards and quickly moved all in from the big to get a fold from Snead.

McDonald:
Cianfarra:

McDonald caught a big hand and Cianfarra was in trouble for a double. The board ran and McDonald made a full house to win the pot. They counted down the stacks and McDonald had Cainfarra covered by a single 25K chip to send him out in fourth place.

Tom McDonald – 2,875,000 (23 bb)
Dante Cianfarra – Eliminated in 4th Place ($72,710)

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 440

Blinds are up at the four-handed Championship final table with Bryce McVay and Paul Snead holding the bigger stacks while Tom McDonald and Dante Cianfarra are grinding it out.

Seat 1: Dante Cianfarra – 2,300,000 (18 bb)
Seat 2: Tom McDonald – 2,500,000 (20 bb)
Seat 3: Bryce McVay – 6,625,000 (53 bb)
Seat 4: Paul Snead – 6,125,000 (49 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $198,150
2nd: $132,095
3rd: $97,475
4th: $72,710

$1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 94

While we are concentrating on the four-handed Championship, Event 14 reached its final table and down to five players. Karl Manouchakian leads with Event 12 winner and runner-up Bret Apter and Hunter Cichy still in contention along with Aaron Thivyanathan and Daniel Sepoil.

Seat 1: Aaron Thivyanathan – 585,000 (49 bb)
Seat 2: Daniel Sepoil – 664,000 (55 bb)
Seat 3: Karl Manouchakian – 761,000 (63 bb)
Seat 4: Hunter Cichy – 357,000 (30 bb)
Seat 5: Brett Apter – 465,000 (39 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $45,970 + TPC trophy
2nd: $28,410
3rd: $18,850
4th: $13,020
5th: $9,390

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 440

Justin Zaki open-shipped for 950,000 from the button and Tom McDonald called in the big blind for slightly more.

McDonald:
Zaki:

Zaki was live for a double up but he couldn’t catch on the board to exit the Championship in fifth place.

Tom McDonald – 2,150,000 (22 bb)
Justin Zaki – Eliminated in 5th Place ($54,830)

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 440

Paul Snead opened to 225,000 from the cutoff and Alexander Orlov moved all in for 950,000 from the button. The blinds folded, Snead asked for a count and called.

“I’m peeling,” Snead said to Bryce McVay.

Snead:
Orlov:

Snead was ahead with the bigger ace and his hand held on the board to send a tough Orlov out in sixth place.

Paul Snead – 6,400,000 (64 bb)
Alexander Orlov – Eliminated in 6th Place ($41,800)