$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 16: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante Players Remaining: 13 of 122
The big blind was all in with , and Brad Miller had him covered holding on the cutoff.
The board ran out , and Miller stacked up 275,000 after collecting the pot. With that hand Flight 1A came to a close with 25:23 remaining in Level 16, so stay tuned for official chip counts a short time from now.
$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
We are heading into the second week of the series and rolling out a new multi-flight tournament. Event 9 is a $200 No Limit Hold’em tournament with a $100,000 guarantee prize pool and six starting flights. Three will run today with the last three tomorrow.
Players start with 20K in their stack and the first 16 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 with Level 17. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 2:30 pm.
Flight A will continue until only 10% of the field remains and survivors will return on Wednesday at 2 pm for Day 2 in the money.
$100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Levels 1-16 last 30 minutes; Levels 17+ last 40 minutes
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
2023 Tampa Poker Classic Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida $1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry) $500,000 Guaranteed Entries: 625 Prize Pool: $937,500 March 16 – 20, 2023
The 2023 Tampa Poker Classic Championship was the big game on the schedule and the $1,700 buy-in tournament drew 625 tough players. After a long weekend battling for the title, Ryan Brown took the top spot for $148K after denying Fred Paradis his third title of the series.
The tournament featured a $500,000 guarantee that turned into a prize pool worth $937,500. We had 156 players return for Day 2, 79 made the money, and 20 were still around when they bagged up for an extra day.
Brown held the lead for much of the final table but lost it against Paradis. They were in a dead heat when heads-up play began and the two decided to even out the top two payouts. The lead changed hands but Brown was finally able to knock Paradis out with a full house version a straight.
Paradis earned $138,010 while Brown was crowned our 2023 TPC Champion and he took home $148,010 along with the TPC guitar trophy.
Congrats Ryan!
Final table results:
1st: Ryan Brown – $148,010 2nd: Fred Paradis – $138,010 3rd: Thad McNulty – $84,160 4th: Huicun Qiao – $62,630 5th: Alec Magdan – $47,130 6th: Steve Buckner – $35,870 7th: Rodney Turvin – $27,610 8th: Ray Mancini – $21,500 9th: Pavel Milanov – $16,930
$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry) $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 32: 150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
With the flop reading , Ryan Brown checked, Fred Paradis bet 400,000 and Brown called. The turn was , Brown checked again, Paradis bet 1,200,000 and Brown called.
The river was and Brown checked one last time. Paradis bet 1,500,000 and Brown moved all in. Paradis double-checked his cards and called at risk for 6,700,000.
Paradis: Brown:
Paradis turned a jack-high straight but Brown rivered a full house queens full of eights to take the pot and the Championship.
Before heads-up play began, they adjusted the payouts, and here are the final results.
1st: Ryan Brown – $148,010 2nd: Fred Paradis – $138,010
$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry) $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 31: 125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 625
With the flop reading , Ryan Brown checked, Fred Paradis bet 400,000 and Brown check-raised to 1,200,000. Paradis called, the turn was , Brown bet 1,100,000 and Paradis called.
The river was and Brown moved all in for 7,150,000. Paradis thought for a minute and called. Paradis showed and was playing the wheel on the board but Brown had for the turned spade flush to re-take the lead.
Ryan Brown – 19,200,000 (77 bb) Fred Paradis – 5,600,000 (22 bb)
$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry) $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 30: 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 625
Ryan Brown took control of the heads-up match and quickly built a lead for the title. Then Fred Paradis raised to 400,000 from his button and Brown called to see the flop.
Brown checked, Paradis continued for 300,000 and Brown called. The turn was , Brown checked, Paradis bet 1,600,000 and Brown called.
The river was and Brown checked again. Paradis moved all in for 6,450,000 and Brown thought for several minutes. He tossed in chips to call and Paradis showed for a ten-high straight. Brown mucked and his two pair was second best.
Fred Paradis – 18,400,000 (92 bb) Ryan Brown – 6,400,000 (32 bb)