2026 Tampa Signature Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 3
$600 Mega Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$75,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  149
Prize Pool:  $77,480
July 19 – 22, 2026

The third event on the Signature Poker Series schedule was a $600 buy-in Mega Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with three starting flights. It attracted 149 entries for a $77,480 and Roberto Melo dominated the final two tables to take the title.

He earned $15,990 in a four-way deal plus the SPS trophy and 146.88 SPS Leaderboard points.

Congrats Roberto!

SPS Tournament Leaderboard

$600 Mega Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $77,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante

After the break, the four remaining players looked at the ICM numbers, made a few adjustments, and came to an agreement on how to split the remaining prize pool.

Roberto Melo took the top spot and the title along with $15,900 as the chip leader followed by Shawn Barnett, Brad Sailor, and Robert Fregosi.

1st: Roberto Melo – $15,900 + SPS Trophy
2nd: Shawn Barnett – $12,890
3rd: Brad Sailor – $10,500
4th: Robert Fregosi – $9,700

$600 Mega Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $77,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 149

Seat 3: Shawn Barnett – 1,540,000 (31 bb)
Seat 4: Roberto Melo – 2,855,000 (57 bb)
Seat 5: Brad Sailor – 880,000 (18 bb)
Seat 9: Robert Fregosi – 685,000 (14 bb)

1st: $20,960 + SPS Trophy
2nd: $12,950
3rd: $8,890
4th: $6,280

$600 Mega Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $77,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 149

$600 Mega Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $77,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 149

$600 Mega Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $77,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 149

$600 Mega Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $77,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 149

$600 Mega Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $77,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 149

$600 Mega Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $77,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 149

With the elimination of Richard Leyberman, the $600 Mega Stack reached nine players and tournament staff paused the clock to redraw seats at the final table.

Roberto Melo continues to lead but Brad Sailor is closing the distance. Everyone is guaranteed at least $1,720 with the $20,960 top prize awaiting the winner.

Seat 1: Jeffrey Uligian – 550,000 (22 bb)
Seat 2: Jason Block – 875,000 (35 bb)
Seat 3: Shawn Barnett – 575,000 (23 bb)
Seat 4: Roberto Melo – 1,280,000 (51 bb)
Seat 5: Brad Sailor – 925,000 (37 bb)
Seat 6: Igor Tretyakov – 380,000 (15 bb)
Seat 7: Karl Manouchakian – 675,000 (27 bb)
Seat 8: Sanjib Acharya – 405,000 (16 bb)
Seat 9: Robert Fregosi – 390,000 (16 bb)

1st: $20,960 + SPS Trophy
2nd: $12,950
3rd: $8,890
4th: $6,280
5th: $4,560
6th: $3,410
7th: $2,630
8th: $2,100
9th: $1,720

10th: Richard Leyberman – $1,460
11th: Mike Ahmad – $1,460
12th: Kevin Blewitt – $1,460
13th: Ori Remen – $1,290
14th: Oscar Lindo – $1,290
15th: Clyde Maliauka – $1,290
16th: Randy Raji – $1,170
17th: Drew Dodge – $1,170
18th: Aaron Speer – $1,170
19th: Robert Spahn – $1,110
20th: Sandro Vianna – $1,110

$600 Mega Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $77,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 149

The $600 Mega Stack is down to 12 players and Roberto Melo is trying to lap the field. He leads everyone with 1,340,000 and nearly double the stack of second-place Igor Tretyakov.

The average stack is still fairly deep but Melo’s huge castle is skewing most everyone else into short stacks.

Table 9
Seat 1: Kevin Blewitt – 235,000 (12 bb)
Seat 3: Mike Ahmad – 235,000 (12 bb)
Seat 4: Sanjib Acharya – 435,000 (22 bb)
Seat 5: Roberto Melo – 1,340,000 (67 bb)
Seat 6: Jason Block – 370,000 (19 bb)
Seat 8: Karl Manouchakian – 330,000 (17 bb)

Table 10
Seat 2: Richard Leyberman – 255,000 (13 bb)
Seat 3: Shawn Barnett – 410,000 (21 bb)
Seat 4: Jeffrey Uligian – 515,000 (26 bb)
Seat 6: Igor Tretyakov – 710,000 (36 bb)
Seat 8: Robert Fregosi – 630,000 (32 bb)
Seat 9: Brad Sailor – 500,000 (25 bb)

1st: $20,960 + SPS Trophy
2nd: $12,950
3rd: $8,890
4th: $6,280
5th: $4,560
6th: $3,410
7th: $2,630
8th: $2,100
9th: $1,720
10th-12th: $1,460

13th: Ori Remen – $1,290
14th: Oscar Lindo – $1,290
15th: Clyde Maliauka – $1,290
16th: Randy Raji – $1,170
17th: Drew Dodge – $1,170
18th: Aaron Speer – $1,170
19th: Robert Spahn – $1,110
20th: Sandro Vianna – $1,110