2026 Tampa Signature Poker Series Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 7 $600 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em $25,000 Guaranteed Entries: 75 Prize Pool: $39,000 July 22, 2026
Registration closed for the $600 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em tournament with 75 entries, beating the $25,000 guarantee and creating a prize pool worth $39,000. The last ten places will be paid with $1,200 for a min-cash and $11,940 up top for the winner.
$600 Mega Stack No-Limit Hold’em Prize Pool: $77,480 | Structure | Payouts Level 24: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Robert Melo
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.
$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.
$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
Roberto Melo
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)
