$130 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
The second flight of SPS Event 15 gets underway and builds on the great turnout of Flight A yesterday. We had 81 entries for the $130 buy-in tournament, setting it up to crush the $50,000 guarantee this weekend.
Players start with 20K in their stacks and the first 18 levels last 20 minutes before increasing to 30 for the rest of the tournament. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 7 at 9:15 pm. Flight B will continue until 10% of the field remains and survivors will return on Tuesday at 6 pm to play it out.
$50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Levels 1-18 last 20 minutes; Levels 19+ last 30 minutes
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7 (9:15pm)
$130 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 8: 500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante Flight A Entries: 81
Registration closed for Flight A of the $130 buy-in tournament with 81 entries. They will continue until nine players remain and survivors will return on Tuesday at 6 pm to finish it off.
$130 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
The next multi-flight event on the SPS schedule is a great one for all bankrolls and a ton of value. It has a $130 buy-in with a $50,000 guarantee and five starting flights.
With a different twist, so everyone can get involved, we will have one flight each for today, Tuesday, and Wednesday, then another on Sunday and Monday. Day 2 will run on Tuesday alongside the Championship, making it a fun day.
$50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Levels 1-18 last 20 minutes; Levels 19+ last 30 minutes
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7 (9:15pm)
2023 Tampa Poker Classic Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 15 $400 T.O.E. (Re-Entry) Entries: 60 Prize Pool: $20,100 September 14, 2023
Charlie Wells
Another marathon heads-up match marked the final battle in Event 15 to give Charlie Wells the top prize worth $6,460 and the SPS guitar pick trophy. The score tonight was the first tournament win for the mixed-game specialist from nearby Melbourne, Florida.
We caught up with him after the victory, and here is what he had to say about the win, “Amazing to tell you the truth. My buddy Jim Hagan got second last night in the O8, so we’ve had two late nights. Crushed both of the tournaments, it doesn’t get any better than that. It’s going to be a long drive back to Melbourne [laughs].”
“Oh yeah, for sure, I mean that’s the reason we came over here was for these two events. I feel really lucky, because I know there was a lot of good players in the tournament way better than me. This is the first time I’ve ever played deuce-to-seven triple draw, I’ve never even played the game before. It was fun though. My buddy [Hagan] coached me on the way over here on the two-hour drive from Melbourne [laughs]. It’s a lot of fun,” said Wells about his affinity for mixed games.
“I just tried to not get in conversations with him, because I don’t want to encourage more stories from him. Everybody talked to him, but I was just trying to focus on my game, and not listen to his stories. Because he has a million stories,” said Wells when he was asked about keeping his composure when the table talk was particularly heavy at the final table tonight.
“I was just trying to not lose concentration and not lose my chips. I was trying to pick spots where I knew he was weak. He liked to check when he was weak, and I was trying to exploit that a little bit,” said Wells when he was asked about the long heads-up match that ended play.
Wells certainly used the minutiae of the tournament in addition to playing well in the hands themselves to come up with the win and the trophy tonight.
Final Results:
1st: Charlie Wells – $6,460 + SPS Trophy 2nd: James Johnson – $4,210 3rd: Anthony Mazza – $2,800 4th: Filippos Stavrakis – $1,910 5th: David Brookshire – $1,330 6th: James Hagan – $950 7th: Nicola De Lazzari-Stacey – $700 8th: Edward Sojack – $700 9th: Jon Heneghan – $520 10th: Dale Phillips – $520
The final hand saw James Johnson get all in short on the button, and Charlies Wells had him covered. Wells was standing pat before the final draw even occurred so it came as no surprise how things ended up when the cards were revealed.
Wells held 10-8-7-3-2, and Johnson was at 7-5-4-4-3. Johnson was eliminated in second place, good for $4,210, and Wells took home the top prize worth $6,460 along with the SPS guitar pick trophy.
Stay tuned a for winner’s photo and interview with the champion.
Anthony Mazza got all in short with a J-8-5-3-2, but Charlie Wells had him covered holding 8-7-5-3-2 after the final draw.
Mazza was eliminated in third place, good for $2,800. Wells stacked up 975,000 after collecting the pot, and he takes a lead into the heads-up final against James Johnson and his stack of 825,000.
Charlie Wells – 975,000 (16 bb) James Johnson – 825,000 (13 bb) Anthony Mazza – Eliminated in Third Place ($2,800)
The final board read , and there was a three-way all-in that had David Brookshire at risk. Filippos Stavrakis and Charlie Wells both had him covered.
Welss: Stavrakis: Brookshire:
Brookshire was eliminated in fifth place, good for $1,330. Stavrakis was at 125,000 after the hand, and Wells was up to 625,000 after the dust settled.
Charlie Wells – 625,000 (7 bb) Filippos Stavrakis – 125,000 (3 bb) David Brookshire – Eliminated in Fifth Place ($1,330)
, and there was a three-way all-in that had David Brookshire at risk. Filippos Stavrakis and Charlie Wells both had him covered.
