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Richard Saunders Takes Home the SPS Guitar Pick Trophy in the $400 Deep Stack

2023 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 6

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$25,000 Guaranteed

Entries: 204
Prize Pool: $68,340
September 10, 2023

Richard Saunders

Richard Saunders took home the top prize worth $12,070 along with the SPS trophy after a chop was decided to at the final table among the last seven players standing around 2 am in Event 6.

We caught up with Saunders shortly after the win, and here is what he had to say about the victory, “This sensation is very good to win such a nice tournament. There were a lot of good people playing. I feel very good. A lot of good people playing, a very good atmosphere.”

He continued, “Actually, today was a lot of fun. My first table was a lot of happy people, and I enjoy that. Yeah, let’s have fun.”

Saunders journey through the tournament was an up and down affair. He lost a bad beat, but rallied back from it on the way to the title. “Poker is like this, you have to breathe in order to come back. We always have another hand.”

Saunders had built up a big stack by the time the final table began, but he did reveal a key hand that sent him on the path to victory. “A guy raised, another one three-bet, and I came in with tens and went all in, and I won. My tens held, and I made 800,000 to win that hand,” said Saunders.

Saunders has his eyes on the main event for the tournament series after this, and he is enjoying his time at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa. “Yes, the main event, I’m just the hold’em. It’s very nice here, everything is very nice,” said Saunders.

Final Results:

PlaceFirst NameLast NameCityStatePrize Amount
1RichardDe Carvalho SaundersWestonFL$12,070 *
2MatthewEdensKailuaHI$7,625 *
3AsifMohammedBrandonFL$7,480 *
4JohnSafaroBrunswick$6,985 *
5AvadesBahnamCape CoralFL$4,920 *
6SaifKeshwaniTampaFL$4,640 *
7WallyMaddahTampaFL$4,380 *
8CoryCunninghamLafayetteIN$2,000
9StevenDinelliHyde ParkNY$1,680
10JamesTomblinWilton ManorsFL$1,460
11IllyaLibermanAlpharettaGA$1,460
12AdamIsaacsonOviedoFL$1,460
13GregoryJosephsonSarasotaFL$1,240
14DavidHowardParrishFL$1,240
15JenniferHaseltonRiverviewFL$1,240
16NicholasScholzTampaFL$1,030
17PatrickMcconnellMeridenCT$1,030
18JamesStephensFoleyAL$1,030
19MichaelHermoza LaverdeFlushingNY$820
20TamNguyenTampaFL$820
21AngelBoasSylvaNC$820
22PisethPeaPalm CoastFL$630
23DanielKasperMinneolaFL$630
24JosephGargiuloPort CharlotteFL$630
25AnthonyHallN FranklinCT$510
26ConstanceStephensPort CharlotteFL$510

* – denotes results of a seven-way deal

Event 6: Official Payout Structure

2023 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 6

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$25,000 Guaranteed

Entries: 204
Prize Pool: $68,340
September 10, 2023

Registration has closed in Event 6 at the SPS Series with 204 entries easily topping the guarantee of $25,000. The total prize pool is $68,340 with $16,830 to the winner, and a min-cash worth $510. Here is a look at the full payout structure:

1: $16,830
2: $11,670
3: $7,000
4: $4,260
5: $3,290
6: $2,730
7: $2,320
8: $2,000
9: $1,680
10-12: $1,460
13-15: $1,240
16-18: $1,030
19-21: $820
22-24: $630
25-26: $510

Event 6: Sunday One-Day

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$25,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

Not everyone could make it through to Day 2 from the big Event 1 field so we have three new trophy events on today’s schedule starting with Event 6 at 2 pm. It is a $400 Deep Stack with a $25,000 guaranteed prize pool and football on the TVs.

Players start with 30K deep stacks and all levels last 30 minutes for the one-day trophy event. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 6:30 pm. The 30-minute dinner break is scheduled for 8:30 pm and they’ll return to play down until one player is posing with the SPS trophy.

  • $25,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 30,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
  • Event 6 Structure Sheet

SPS Day 5 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

1PM: Event 1 Day 2 – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

2PM: Event 6 – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $25,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 30,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
  • Event 6 Structure Sheet

4PM: Event 7 Day 1 – $1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 30,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-12 last 30 minutes; Levels 13+ last 40 minutes
  • Final table levels last 60 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (9:00pm)
  • Day 1 will end after Level 15
  • Event 7 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 8 – $400 Mixed PLO (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 20 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7 (8:15pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
  • Event 8 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

10AM: $140 Event 7 Satellite (1-in-10)

  • 1-in-10 win seats into $1,100 buy-in Event 7
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 7 (11:45am)
  • Structure Sheet

8PM: $150 Event 10 Satellite (1-in-5)

  • 1-in-5 win seats into $600 buy-in Event 10
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 7 (9:45pm)
  • Structure Sheet

2023 Tampa Signature Poker Series Schedule
Reminder: All tournaments will be held in the Event Center

Kyle Peck Wins $400 PLO Title Outright for $7,800

2023 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 6

$400 Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed

Entries: 76
Prize Pool: $25,460
March 13, 2023

Kyle Peck

Of the 12 Tampa Poker Classic trophy events on the schedule, three of them were of the non-hold’em variety and we closed out that portion of the schedule yesterday with a $400 Deep Stack PLO. It drew 76 Omaha lovers and Kyle Peck took the title with an outright win for $7,800.

Congrats Kyle!

Results:

PlaceFirst NameLast NameCityStatePrize Amount
1KylePeckLakelandFL$7,800
2LikangBerningerLargoFL$5,200
3JosephKessmanBradentonFL$3,470
4NicholasGiovineMiddletownNJ$2,410
5CoryWoodValricoFL$1,750
6LeheljuwanTinsleyLakelandFL$1,330
7FilipposStavrakisForest HillMD$1,060
8BrianRayTampaFL$880
9JosephRazianoSan AntonioFL$780
10DavidSmithZionsvilleIN$780

Event 6: Prize Pool and Payouts with $7,800 to the PLO Champ

2023 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 6

$400 Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed

Entries: 76
Prize Pool: $25,460
March 13, 2023

Registration closed for the $400 Deep Stack PLO tournament with 76 entries turning the $10,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $25,460. The last ten players will make some money with $780 for a min-cash and $7,800 plus the TPC trophy for the Event 6 winner.

1st: $7,800 + TPC trophy
2nd: $5,200
3rd: $3,470
4th: $2,410
5th: $1,750
6th: $1,330
7th: $1,060
8th: $880
9th-10th: $780

Event 6: More Omaha

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante

We have another Omaha tournament getting underway at noon, this time it’s a $400 buy-in Deep Stack PLO game with is $10,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Players start with 25,000 and all levels last 30 minutes for the one-day tournament. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm and they may re-enter as often as needed during that time.

They will take a 30-minute dinner break at 6:30 pm and return to find our next TPC PLO champ.

  • $10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 25,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
  • Event 6 Structure Sheet

TPC Day 6 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

10AM: Event 5 Flight B – $200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

  • $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-16 will last 30 minutes; Levels 17+ will last 40 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when 10% of field remains
  • Event 5 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 6 – $400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

  • $10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 25,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
  • Event 6 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 5 Flight C – $200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

  • $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-16 will last 30 minutes; Levels 17+ will last 40 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when 10% of field remains
  • Event 5 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

3PM: $140 TPC Event 8 Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Two seats guaranteed into TPC $1,100 One-Day Challenge
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 20 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 7 (5:10pm)
  • Structure Sheet

2023 Tampa Poker Classic Schedule

Raminder Singh Captures Fourth Tampa Title with Event 6 Win

2022 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 6
$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  94
Prize Pool:  $91,180
December 6, 2022

Raminder Singh

With time running out before the 2022 Tampa Winter Poker Open Championship, we ran the first of two big preliminary tournaments with the $1,100 Deep Stack. Event 6 drew 94 tough entries and Seminole Hard Rock Poker legend Raminder Singh took the top spot for $21,486 after a three-way final table deal.

The tournament surpassed its $75,000 guarantee and put up a prize pool worth $91,180. The last 12 players made the money, and Singh was in the bottom half of the counts as the final table neared. He had only nine big blinds with four players remaining, went up from there in a hurry, and was posing with the trophy less than an hour later.

Singh battled, doubled a few times, and eliminated Tom McDonald, our 2022 Tampa Poker Classic Championship third-place finisher, in fourth place. Two more doubles and he wrestled the lead from Shane Melert and Philip Jackson.

With three players remaining, they made a deal to divide up the remaining prize pool with Singh holding more than half of the chips in play and getting the lion’s share of the prize pool.

This marks the fourth time Singh has finished a major Tampa tournament in the top. In addition to this title, he earned two trophies during the WPT Tampa series in August and won this WPO tournament in 2020.

2020 WPO $600 Deep Stack NLH
2022 WPT Tampa $400 Turbo NLH
2022 WPT Tampa $600 Deep Stack NLH
2022 WPO $1,100 Deep Stack NLH

The Event 6 result pushes Singh’s dominance across the board in Seminole Hard Rock Poker events. Add these four Tampa titles to the incredible nine in Hollywood, plus a RunGood Poker Series Main Event ring from Coconut Creek, and no one has finished it out more times.

Congratulations to Raminder for extending the legend!

Results:

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1RaminderSingh$21,486 *
2PhilipJackson$17,619 *
3ShaneMelert$16,375 *
4TomMcDonald$8,330
5CodyHernandez$6,080
6KarlManouchakian$4,620
7AdamJaffe$3,660
8JoePresho$3,030
9JeffHardin$2,620
10DavidDiBernardi$2,620
11JoeyZahn$2,370
12DionJagroo$2,370

* – denotes results of a three-way deal

Event 6: We Have a Deal!

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante

Raminder Singh

After a few times around the three-handed table, they decided to take a look at the ICM numbers. Everyone liked what they saw and Raminder Singh is the WPO Event 6 champ thanks to his big chip lead after a three-way deal.

Shane Melert earned $16,375 for third place, Philip Jackson banked $17,619 as the runner-up, and Singh walked away with $21,486 plus another trophy.

Raminder Singh – 1,540,000 (77 bb)
Philip Jackson – 725,000 (36 bb)
Shane Melert – 555,000 (28 bb)

1st: Raminder Singh – $21,486 + WPO trophy
2nd: Philip Jackson – $17,619
3rd: Shane Melert – $16,375

Shane Melert
Philip Jackson