$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 440

The 2022 Tampa Poker Classic Championship is down to the last nine players and it is a very talented final table with Justin Zaki in the lead. He’s followed closely by three-time WPT champ Brian Altman but there is little distance between the top six players.

Everyone is guaranteed $19,815 but there’s $198,150 sitting up top waiting for out TPC champ.

They will play the last 4:32 of Level 23 before blinds go up to 25,000/50,000/50,000.

Cards go in the air at 2 pm and we will have all the big hands.

Seat 1: Dante Cianfarra – 2,415,000 (60 bb)
Seat 2: Tom McDonald – 1,530,000 (38 bb)
Seat 3: Bryce McVay – 2,415,000 (60 bb)
Seat 4: Paul Snead – 2,365,000 (59 bb)
Seat 5: Brian Altman – 2,465,000 (62 bb)
Seat 6: Alexander Orlov – 525,000 (13 bb)
Seat 7: Sean Conklin – 790,000 (20 bb)
Seat 8: Justin Zaki – 2,530,000 (63 bb)
Seat 9: Siddharth Siddharth – 2,450,000 (61 bb)

Players by counts:

Justin Zaki – 2,530,000 (63 bb)
Brian Altman – 2,465,000 (62 bb)
Siddharth Siddharth – 2,450,000 (61 bb)
Dante Cianfarra – 2,415,000 (60 bb)
Bryce McVay – 2,415,000 (60 bb)
Paul Snead – 2,365,000 (59 bb)
Tom McDonald – 1,530,000 (38 bb)
Sean Conklin – 790,000 (20 bb)
Alexander Orlov – 525,000 (13 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $198,150
2nd: $132,095
3rd: $97,475
4th: $72,710
5th: $54,830
6th: $41,800
7th: $32,225
8th: $25,125
9th: $19,815

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 15 – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes each
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 15 Structure Sheet

2PM: Day 2 – $2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)

• Championship Day 3 Seats and Chip Counts
• Championship Payouts

2PM: Event 14 Day 2 – $1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Event 14 Day 2 Seats and Chip Counts
• Event 14 Payouts

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 440

Justin Zaki began Day 2 with the lead and he finished it with the lead. Nine players remain in the 2022 Tampa Poker Classic and he will return with the biggest stack at the final table when they resume play on Monday.

But three-time WPT champ Brian Altman is lurking and the top six players are separated by only four big blinds. The title is still wide open.

Everyone is guaranteed at least $19,815 but someone will bank $198,150. Cards go back in the air at 2 pm with 4:32 remaining in Level 23.

Seat 1: Dante Cianfarra – 2,415,000 (60 bb)
Seat 2: Tom McDonald – 1,530,000 (38 bb)
Seat 3: Bryce McVay – 2,415,000 (60 bb)
Seat 4: Paul Snead – 2,365,000 (59 bb)
Seat 5: Brian Altman – 2,465,000 (62 bb)
Seat 6: Alexander Orlov – 525,000 (13 bb)
Seat 7: Sean Conklin – 790,000 (20 bb)
Seat 8: Justin Zaki – 2,530,000 (63 bb)
Seat 9: Siddharth Siddharth – 2,450,000 (61 bb)

Players by counts:

Justin Zaki – 2,530,000 (63 bb)
Brian Altman – 2,465,000 (62 bb)
Siddharth Siddharth – 2,450,000 (61 bb)
Dante Cianfarra – 2,415,000 (60 bb)
Bryce McVay – 2,415,000 (60 bb)
Paul Snead – 2,365,000 (59 bb)
Tom McDonald – 1,530,000 (38 bb)
Sean Conklin – 790,000 (20 bb)
Alexander Orlov – 525,000 (13 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $198,150
2nd: $132,095
3rd: $97,475
4th: $72,710
5th: $54,830
6th: $41,800
7th: $32,225
8th: $25,125
9th: $19,815

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 440

Paul Snead opened to 80,000 from under the gun and Jason Block moved all in for 550,000 from next to act. The rest of the table folded and Snead called.

Snead:
Block:

Block was looking great for a needed double but Snead jumped ahead on the flop. The turn and river finished the board and Block was eliminated in 10th place.

Tournament staff paused the clock, handed out new seating slips, and the last nine players will return tomorrow at 2 pm to play out the final table.

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 440

Jason Block opened to 80,000 from the cutoff and Bobby Pratt three-bet to 200,000 from the button leaving about the same behind. Bryce McVay dropped enough chips in the middle to cover Pratt and push Block out of the hand. Pratt called at risk.

McVay:
Pratt:

Pratt was ahead in the race to double but McVay paired his king flop. Neither the turn nor the river was able to save Pratt’s Championship.

Bryce McVay – 2,400,000 (60 bb)
Bobby Pratt – Eliminated in 11th Place ($15,805)

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 440

Paul Snead limped from the small blind, Jason Block raised to 80,000 from the big and Snead called. The flop came and both players checked. The turn was , Snead bet 50,000 and Block moved all in for 250,000. Snead called and cards were flipped over.

Block:
Snead:

Big blind aces for Block and he picked up his double after the river.

Jason Block – 700,000 (18 bb)
Paul Snead – 1,700,000 (43 bb)

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 440

One hand after doubling up Alexander Orlov, Doug Marro moved all in for 510,000 and Tom McDonald called in the big blind.

Marro:
McDonald:

McDonald had the bigger ace and Marro was unable to catch the board to go out in 14th place.

While that hand was going down, John Dolan was eliminated from Table 22 after he could not come back from the short stack.

Tom McDonald – 1,450,000 (36 bb)
Doug Marro – Eliminated in 14th Place ($12,755)
John Dolan – Eliminated in 13th Place ($12,755)

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 440

Doug Marro opened to 80,000 from the cutoff and Alexander Orlov moved all in for 555,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Marro called with a bigger stack.

Orlov:
Marro:

It was a race and Orlov needed his jacks to hold to stay in the Champioship. The board came and Orlov doubled up.

Alexander Orlov – 1,210,000 (30 bb)
Doug Marro – 510,000 (13 bb)

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 440

The last break is over and players are back in their seats with 14 players remaining. They are schedule to play two more levels before bagging up or they will stop the clock when they reach nine players.

Table 21
Seat 1: Howard Feingold – 630,000 (16 bb)
Seat 2: Doug Marro – 945,000 (24 bb)
Seat 3: Alexander Orlov – 555,000 (14 bb)
Seat 4: Sean Conklin – 1,000,000 (25 bb)
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Brian Altman – 1,925,000 (48 bb)
Seat 7: Tom McDonald – 860,000 (22 bb)
Seat 8: Siddharth Siddharth – 2,025,000 (51 bb)

Table 22
Seat 1: Bryce McVay – 1,625,000 (41 bb)
Seat 2: Dante Cianfarra – 2,535,000 (63 bb)
Seat 3: Justin Zaki – 2,245,000 (56 bb)
Seat 4: Paul Snead – 1,895,000 (47 bb)
Seat 5: Jason Block – 515,000 (13 bb)
Seat 6: Bobby Pratt – 385,000 (10 bb)
Seat 7: John Dolan – 405,000 (10 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —

Remaining payouts:

1st: $198,150
2nd: $132,095
3rd: $97,475
4th: $72,710
5th: $54,830
6th: $41,800
7th: $32,225
8th: $25,125
9th-10th: $19,815
11th-12th: $15,805
13th-14th: $12,755

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 440

At the same time Mark Wiser was going out on Table 21, a big hand played on Table 22. It was three-ways with the board out and reading .

Paul Snead checked, Jason Block bet 210,000 and Bryce McVay raised to 575,000 (leaving about 50K behind). Snead folded, saying he had pocket nines, and Block called.

McVay:
Block:

Block flopped a full house jacks full of threes but McVay turned a bigger one with his aces to pull the huge pot.

Bryce McVay – 1,580,000 (53 bb)
Jason Block – 590,000 (20 bb)