2024 Tampa Poker Classic

Event 1 Flight B: Registration Closed with 90 Entries

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2.000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  29 of 90

Registration closed for Flight B of TPC Event 1 with another 90 entries putting the combined count at 223 for the tournament and four more big flights to go to top the $200,000 guarantee.

Flight B will continue until 12 players remain and survivors will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

FlightDayEntriesAdvanced
AWeds 11a13316
BWeds 6p90TBD
CThurs 11a
DThurs 6p
EFriday 11a
FSaturday 11a
Total22316

Event 1: Chip Counts Through Flight A

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 133

Flight A: 133 Entries; 16 Advanced
Flight B: Underway
Flight C: Thursday at 11 am
Flight D: Thursday at 6 pm
Flight E: Friday at 11 am
Flight F: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

RankFirst NameLast NameCitySTChip Count
1BogdanTomaSeattleWA560,000
2JamesCollinsPalm HarborFL555,000
3KirillWolfSeattleWA332,000
4EliasKiwanWesley ChapelFL310,000
5ParmMehmiWesley ChapelFL293,000
6PatrickCurryBradentonFL239,000
7AnthonyLaValleColumbusOH239,000
8RyanHoganWinter GardenFL233,000
9ChaseBesudenClearwater BeachFL212,000
10AnthonyMarchTampaFL211,000
11PaulSpiceDavenportFL206,000
12TarunGulatiTampaFL193,000
13RaymondManciniSarasotaFL149,000
14MarkWiserLand O LakesFL114,000
15LeighLewisTampaFL98,000
16AmelioAmatoSarasotaFL58,000

Event 1 Flight A: Bogdan Toma and James Collins Bag Big

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  16 of 133

Bogdan Toma

After a long, extended process to get the field into the money, they had a double knockout to leave 16 advancing to Day 2.

Bogdan Toma bagged the biggest stack for 560,000 with James Collins only a single 5K chips behind with 555,000. We will post the complete chip count list as soon as it is available.

James Collins

Event 1 Flight A: Kirill Wolf Way Out Front

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  28 of 133

Kirill Wolf

The second break ended, the purple chips were taken out of play, and we have a massive leader in the field. Kirill Wolf was second in chips at the second break but far in front with 483,000 at the third with a big group in second with less than 300K.

Great position for the upcoming bubble and bag.

Event 1 Flight B: Second Session

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The second flight of TPC Event 1 gets underway at 6 pm and will build on Flight A’s great start. The $400 buy-in tournament should easily, thoroughly smash the $200,000 guarantee and we will get closer to the magic number this evening.

Players start with 30,000 in their stacks and the first 19 levels last 30 minutes then increasing to 40 minutes for the duration. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 pm.

Flight B will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and those players will bag their chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday at 11 am in the money.

  • $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 30,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-19 last 30 minutes; Levels 20+ last 40 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
  • Event 1 Structure Sheet

Event 1 Flight A: Five Tables Remain

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  38 of 133

Parm Mehmi

Flight A is down to the last five tables with 38 players remaining and 17 advancing to Day 2. They still have some work to do to get there but we can see the bubble on the horizon.

Some of those still in contention include Parm Mehmi, Tony March, Ryan Hogan, Tarun Gulati, Daniel Couzens, Frank Spaulding, Dan Clemente, Mark Wiser, and Karl Manouchakian.

Tony March

Event 1 Flight A: Registration Closed with 133 Entries

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2.000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  48 of 133

Registration closed for Flight A of TPC Event 1 with 133 entries putting $43K toward the $200,000 guarantee with a lot of time to crush that number. Flight B is the next to go, starting at 6 pm with late registration available until 10:30 pm.

Flight A will continue until 17 players remain and survivors will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

FlightDayEntriesAdvanced
AWeds 11a133TBD
BWeds 6p
CThurs 11a
DThurs 6p
EFriday 11a
FSaturday 11a
Total133TBD

Event 1 Flight A: Nashaat Antonious and Kirill Wolf Lead

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight A Entries:  133

Nashaat Antonious

The second break ended, players returned to their seats with the black chip colored out of the play and registration closed.

We found two big stack after eight levels with Nashaat Antonious leading with 237,700 and followed closely by Kirill Wolf’s 234,500. There’s plenty of time to catch them with the field shrinking at a steady pace.

Kirill Wolf

Event 1 Flight A: Last Level to Register

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Entries:  124

Level 8 rolled around and time is about up if you want to jump in the first flight of the first event of the series. We have 124 entries in the game right now but that will make a little jump before registration closes when the next break ends at 3:30 pm.