$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  110

Level 8 is here, leaving players one more hour to grind up a big bag for Day 2 or make some moves. Since this is a best-stack-forward tournament, they can play tomorrow if they don’t like the state of their stack tonight.

Ken Fishman is still having himself a day, up over 400,000 after sending Liz McKane out when her kings ran into his aces. Wagner Wysotchanski is also building a castle to sit behind with 150,000.

We will gather all the chip counts once the bags are full and report the complete list later this evening.

$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  105

The last break ended and cards are back in the air for the last two levels of the day. Ken Fishman continues to hold a big lead with 271,900 and trying to go nearly wire-to-wire today.

Andrew Neiding is in second with 179,000 followed by Ya Yun Liu (174,200), Jack Bittker (154,300), and Tarun Gulati (150,900).

They will play out the next two levels, color off the black chips, and bag up for a Day 2 return on Sunday.

$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries:  105

The last break of the day is right around the corner with 105 entries in the game and and about 72 players still in action. We will grab our break leader and see how they stack up going into the final two levels of Flight A.

$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries:  100

The entry count hit triple digits and this field has the tournament almost halfway to the $500K with a big Saturday planned.

A few more familiar faces include Chad Kitchen, Andrew Neiding, Ryan Hogan, John Devine, John O’Neal, Jake Ferro, and last night’s champ Rodney Turvin.

$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries:  98

The second break ended and players returned to action only two new entries away from hitting 100 for the day. Fantastic.

Ken Fishman is the new leader in the room, out front with 127,700 (and added a nice chunk on the first hand back). Andrew Neiding, sitting across the table from Fishman, is second with 125,000 while Oscar Lindo (115,000), and Chad Lipton (104,500) are giving chase.

$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  92

Time once again for Championship players to take a break from the action, maybe catch a snack at the grill or some sun now that it has returned to the Tampa area.

With 92 entries so far, our Day 1A players have put more than $200K toward the $500,000 guarantee. It’s a good day to be in the Poker Room.

$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  86

Another level is in the books and the entry count to steadily clicking up toward 100. With a full day of registration and a level on Day 2, there’s plenty of time to join us.

Some more friends in action include Liz McKane (who finished eighth out of 825 in Event 3), Mo Alhalwani, Steve Ekin, Mitch Mitchell, Thad McNulty, and Woodrow Pass.

$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1A Entries:  69

Action is back underway after the first break with 69 entries and more coming to the cage to register. A fine start to the final weekend of the series.

Cory Wood is the early leader in the Championship, out front with 118,000 followed closely by Tahsin Kelekci with 110,000.

$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries:  64

Flight A players are about ready to take their first break from the action with 64 on the clock and many more expected as we head into the weekend.

More friends in the game include Dion Jagroo, Wagner Wysotchanski, Kharlin Sued, Robert Lebeau, and Dan Clemente.

2024 Tampa Signature Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 14
$700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 334
Prize Pool: $203,740
September 23 – 26, 2023

The last warmup before the SPS Championship was Event 14, with a $700 buy-in and $100,000 guarantee. The tournament drew 334 entries to more than double the guarantee, and Rodney Turvin won the trophy after a heads-up deal with Mariano Rodriguez.

Turvin was the chip leader when they decided to split the remaining prize money evenly. He earned the top spot along with $35,275 plus the SPS trophy.

Congrats Rodney!

• Full SPS Event 14 results (PDF)