$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 1,082

Cards are back in the air for TPC Event 1 with 14 players remaining and Ryan Hogan leading. Next stop; final table.

Remaining payouts:

1st: $59,500 + TPC Trophy
2nd: $39,730
3rd: $29,370
4th: $21,930
5th: $16,540
6th: $12,610
7th: $9,720
8th: $7,560
9th-10th: $5,950
11th-12th: $4,740
13th-14th: $3,810

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 1,082

Table 21
Seat 1: Ray Mancini – 1,675,000 (22 bb)
Seat 2: Eran Golan – 1,300,000 (17 bb)
Seat 3: Ben Chelladurai – 1,200,000 (16 bb)
Seat 4: Corey Christophersen – 1,000,000 (13 bb)
Seat 5: Ryan Hogan – 6,775,000 (90 bb)
Seat 6: Eric Tarikas – 3,325,000 (44 bb)
Seat 7: Richie Smith – 2,600,000 (35 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —

Table 22
Seat 1: Thomas Robertson – 2,225,000 (30 bb)
Seat 2: Mario Valbuena – 3,525,000 (47 bb)
Seat 3: Ross Corless – 1,525,000 (20 bb)
Seat 4: Tyler Pruitt – 1,250,000 (17 bb)
Seat 5: Randy Levin – 1,900,000 (25 bb)
Seat 6: Parm Mehmi – 1,700,000 (23 bb)
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: Phil Krnyaich – 2,425,000 (32 bb)

1st: $59,500 + TPC Trophy
2nd: $39,730
3rd: $29,370
4th: $21,930
5th: $16,540
6th: $12,610
7th: $9,720
8th: $7,560
9th-10th: $5,950
11th-12th: $4,740
13th-14th: $3,810
15th: Manny Minaya – $3,100
16th: Michael Traficante – $3,100

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 1,082

Level 25 ended and tournament staff sent the 14 remaining players on a 30-minute dinner break. They will return and continue playing down to our TPC Event 1 champ.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 1,082

Event 1 is down to the last two tables and Ryan Hogan did a lot of the heavy lifting. He flopped a set against Elias Kiwan to send him out and packed up 4,575,000 for a trip to his new seat at Table 21.

17th: Christopher Johnson – $2,550
18th: Elias Kiwan – $2,550
19th: Cecil Briceno III – $2,550
20th: Davy Ridout – $2,550
21st: Zachary Rogalski – $2,130
22nd: Anthony LaValle – $2,130
23rd: Matt Longfellow – $2,130
24th: Robert Gonzalez – $2,130

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 1,082

Action slowed a little after the three-table but we have a new leader with 20 remaining. Eran Golan dipped after two big hands, one against Parm Mehmi and another against Ben Chelladurai, and Mario Valbuena jumped to the top with 4,610,000.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 1,082

With Dion Jagroo eliminated in 25th place, tournament staff began redrawing seats at the last three tables. Before the last hand was complete, Robert Gonzalez was sent out in 24th place.

24th: Robert Gonzalez – $2,130
25th: Dion Jagroo – $1,790
26th: Forrest Raleigh – $1,790
27th: Kara Margraf – $1,790
28th: Zak Fellows – $1,790
29th: Raphael Doromal – $1,790
30th: Nicholas Martz – $1,790
31st: Michael Batyi – $1,790
32nd: Sean Carmichael – $1,790

Remaining payouts:

1st: $59,500 + TPC Trophy
2nd: $39,730
3rd: $29,370
4th: $21,930
5th: $16,540
6th: $12,610
7th: $9,720
8th: $7,560
9th-10th: $5,950
11th-12th: $4,740
13th-14th: $3,810
15th-16th: $3,100
17th-20th: $2,550
21st-24th: $2,130

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 1,082

A lot of people were standing around Table 22, so it seemed like a good place to be. We did not see the pre-flop action, but we found a three-way all-in with big hands.

Zak Fellows was all in for about 600,000 with and Tyler Pruitt was all in for 640,000 with . Kara Magraf had them both covered but needed help with .

That was pretty exciting and things went a little further when Magraf paired her ace while Pruitt made a set of tens on the flop. The turn made quads for Pruitt to lock up the huge pot and sent Fellows out in 28th place.

Magraf was down to 240,000 and eliminated on the next hand.

Tyler Pruitt – 2,055,000 (51 bb)
Kara Margraf – Eliminated in 27th Place ($1,790)
Zak Fellows – Eliminated in 28th Place ($1,790)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 1,082

Another break has come and gone and we are still looking at the same big stack in the game.

Eran Golan has been leading most of the day and, despite one hiccup, he’s still running away. He is tops with 4,075,000, Elias Kiwan is up to second with 2,605,000, and Ryan Hogan is knocking on the two-milly door with 1,975,000.

With 29 players remaining, they are five eliminations away from a three-table redraw.

2024 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 2
$200 Bankroll Builder NLH (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  219
Prize Pool:  $35,040
March 17, 2024

Registration closed for the $200 Bankroll Builder with 219 entries pushing the $20,000 into a prize pool worth $35,040. The last 28 players will make the money with $340 for a min-cash and $8,010 awaiting the winner.

1st: $8,010 + TPC Trophy
2nd: $5,300
3rd: $3,860
4th: $2,850
5th: $2,130
6th: $1,610
7th: $1,240
8th: $960
9th-10th: $750
11th-12th: $620
13th-14th: $520
15th-16th: $450
17th-20th: $400
21st-24th: $360
25th-28th: $340

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 1,082

From 18 tables at the start of the day, Event 1 is now down to the last four. Everyone is guaranteed at least $1,790 and some big money is coming up later this evening.

33rd: Gregory Osborne – $1,530
34th: James Collins – $1,530
35th: Ahmad Hamoush – $1,530
36th: Lu Yu – $1,530
37th: Bogdan Toma – $1,530
38th: Morgan Peters – $1,530
39th: Matthew White – $1,530
40th: Christopher Moore – $1,530

41st: Jordan Holt – $1,320
42nd: Carlos Loving – $1,320
43rd: Ian Tudor – $1,320
44th: Habnel Acevedo – $1,320
45th: Jason Andrzejewski – $1,320
46th: Marco Grasso – $1,320
47th: Mark Milburn – $1,320
48th: Harry Binda Jr – $1,320

Remaining payouts:

1st: $59,500 + TPC Trophy
2nd: $39,730
3rd: $29,370
4th: $21,930
5th: $16,540
6th: $12,610
7th: $9,720
8th: $7,560
9th-10th: $5,950
11th-12th: $4,740
13th-14th: $3,810
15th-16th: $3,100
17th-20th: $2,550
21st-24th: $2,130
25th-32nd: $1,790