$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry) Prize Pool: $594,000 | Structure Level 10: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante Flight C Entries: 201
Registration closed for the final flight of the 2025 TPC Championship, with 201 entries, bringing the total number of entries to 396 and turning the $300,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $594,000.
We will post the payout information as soon as action completes this evening.
Flight C will continue until 26 players remain and survivors will return tomorrow at noon for Day 2. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.
$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry) Prize Pool: $549,000 | Structure Level 7: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante Flight C Entries: 171
Larry Begnal
The second break ended and cards are back in the air with two hours remaining to jump in the game. The prize pool is nearing $550K and our players are building something nice.
Larry Begnal is your new chip leader and nearing 200,000 in the middle stage of the day. He has a lot of competition at his table that includes Ryan Hogan, Drew Dodge, John Tyler Kennedy, and Mansoor Kader.
Larry Begnal – 195,800 (196 bb) Amer Al Kemeh – 170,300 (170 bb) Mo Alhalwani – 152,200 (152 bb) Mike Ahmad – 121,900 (122 bb) Karl Manouchakian – 113,000 (113 bb) Terri-Anne Crawford – 102,400 (102 bb) Sam Cunix – 97,400 (97 bb) Manny Minaya – 97,000 (97 bb) Riley Price – 83,900 (84 bb) Ken Fishman – 78,400 (78 bb) Robert LeBeau – 76,300 (76 bb) Aaron Thivyanathan – 73,000 (73 bb) Richie Smith – 66,500 (67 bb) Ashley Spring – 64,300 (64 bb) Mark Winchell – 64,200 (64 bb) Ray Mancini – 60,600 (61 bb) Huicun Qaio – 55,200 (55 bb) Wayne Leonard – 49,700 (50 bb) Tom Nguyen – 49,500 (50 bb) Ryan Hogan – 47,500 (48 bb) Michael Laake – 44,700 (45 bb) Maribeth “MB” Hilliard – 42,800 (43 bb) Tarun Gulati – 41,400 (41 bb) Paul Robbins – 41,100 (41 bb) Don Manns – 40,600 (41 bb) Daniel Couzens – 40,300 (40 bb) Drew Dodge – 39,300 (39 bb) Tony March – 36,700 (37 bb) Gabe Fuller – 34,000 (34 bb) Jerry Silva – 30,000 (30 bb) Forrest Raleigh – 30,000 (30 bb) Mansoor Kader – 27,800 (28 bb) Kevin Blewitt – 26,200 (26 bb) Shawn Cunix – 24,200 (24 bb) John Two Bears – 17,500 (18 bb) Igor Tretyakov – 14,700 (15 bb) John Tyler Kennedy – 12,000 (12 bb)
$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry) Prize Pool: $517,500 | Structure Level 5: 300/600 with a 600 ante Flight C Entries: 150
Shawn Cunix
Play continued through the middle stages of the flight, and the entry count hit 150 with just over three hours to add to the totals. The prize pool topped $500,000, and we’re watching for any new milestone between now and the close of registration.
Yesterday, we had two sets of father-son combos and half of another. Phil and Jayden Krnyaich, along with Manny and Dominick Minaya, played in Flight B.
Today, we have $700 DeepStack Challenge winner Shawn Cunix at one table and his son Sam at another. It’s pretty cool.
$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry) Prize Pool: $490,500 | Structure Level 4: 300/500 with a 500 ante Flight C Entries: 132
Ahmad Kamme
Players returned from their first break with a prize quickly approaching $500,000. A great turnout this afternoon and they’ll keep growing that prize pool until registration closes at 5:45 pm.
We took at the stacks while they were gone and found some players having a good start to the day. Ahmad Kamme leads the field early with Robert Lofaso, Paul Robbins, and Mo Alhalwani rounding out the players who hit six-digits already.
Here’s a look at some leaders and counts from around the room:
Ahmad Kamme – 139,000 (278 bb) Robert Lofaso – 122,000 (244 bb) Paul Robbins – 120,400 (241 bb) Mo Alhalwani – 112,200 (224 bb) Amer Al Kemeh – 88,500 (177 bb) Mahmoud Ahmad – 82,000 (164 bb) Terri-Anne Crawford – 76,500 (153 bb) Igor Tretyakov – 69,600 (139 bb) Robert LeBeau – 68,900 (138 bb) Ken Fishman – 68,200 (136 bb) Ashley Spring – 65,500 (131 bb) Don Manns – 63,100 (126 bb) Brent Pasquarella – 62,000 (124 bb) Jerry Silva – 56,500 (113 bb) Riley Price – 56,200 (112 bb) Mike Ahmad – 54,500 (109 bb) Huicun Qaio – 52,200 (104 bb) Ryan Hogan – 51,900 (104 bb) Aaron Thivyanathan – 50,500 (101 bb) Tony March – 48,900 (98 bb) Vittario Iemolo – 48,000 (96 bb) Rina Coss – 46,700 (93 bb) Mark Winchell – 42,700 (85 bb) Sam Cunix – 42,700 (85 bb) Gabe Fuller – 42,000 (84 bb) Tom McDonald – 40,800 (82 bb) David Meagher – 33,200 (66 bb) Forrest Raleigh – 32,600 (65 bb) Anthony Bertuccio – 32,400 (65 bb) Wayne Leonard – 32,200 (64 bb) Tom Nguyen – 30,000 (60 bb) Maribeth “MB” Hilliard – 29,000 (58 bb) Shawn Cunix – 27,700 (55 bb) Kevin Blewitt – 24,700 (49 bb) Woodrow Pass – 17,200 (34 bb) Gregory Josephson – 12,400 (25 bb)
$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry) Prize Pool: $343,500 | Structure Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante Flight C Entries: 34
Cards are in the air for the first flight of the TPC Championship and, as promised, we hit the first milestone as soon as the clock was started.
Only five new entries were needed to hit the $300,000 guarantee and we had 34 at the start. We expect a busy day in the Poker Room, come get a seat and build a bag.
$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry) $300,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
The third and final flight of the 2025 TPC Championship gets underway at 11 am and it will immediately hit a milestone. The tournament drew 195 entries over the first two flights leaving the $1,700 buy-in tournament only five new entries away from hitting the $300,000 guarantee.
We have more than that already registered for today, so the prize pool will instantly jump over $300,000 when the clock starts.
They’ll sit down to 40K in their stacks and all levels last 40 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 10 at 5:45 pm and players may re-enter as often as they wish during that time.
Flight C will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and survivors will return tomorrow at noon for Day 2.
$300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 40,000 in chips
Levels last 40 minutes
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (5:45pm)
