$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $276,540  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 838

2026 Tampa Poker Classic
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 2
$250 No-Limit Hold’em
$20,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  179
Prize Pool:  $35,800
March 8, 2026

Registration closed for the $250 No-Limit Hold’em with 179 entries, crushing the $20,000 guarantee and creating a prize pool worth $35,800. The last 23 spots will be paid with $440 for a min-cash and $9,320 plus the TPC trophy to the winner.

1st: $9,320 + TPC Trophy
2nd: $5,750
3rd: $3,990
4th: $2,830
5th: $2,070
6th: $1,550
7th: $1,190
8th: $940
9th: $770
10th-12th: $650
13th-15th: $560
16th-18th: $500
19th-21st: $460
22nd-23rd: $440

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $276,540  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 838

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $276,540  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 838

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $276,540  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 838

As they were breaking a table after reaching 18 players, Cheri Ivan defended her big blind from a Sam O’Bryant raise.

The flop was and both players checked, then all of Ivan’s 485,000 went in the middle after the turn.

Ivan:
O’Bryant:

O’Bryant flopped a full house but he was drawing to one out against Ivan’s quads. It wasn’t the river and Ivan doubled big through the leader.

Cheri Ivan – 1,100,000 (28 bb)
Sam O’Bryant – 2,200,000 (55 bb)

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $276,540  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 838

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $276,540  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 838

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $276,540  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 838

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $276,540  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 838

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $276,540  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 838

Here’s a look at the lineup at the last three tables with 22 players remaining and Sam O’Bryant leading.

Table 10
Seat 1: Juan Catala – 745,000 (19 bb)
Seat 2: Aaron Thivyanathan – 1,685,000 (42 bb)
Seat 3: Luke Torres – 885,000 (22 bb)
Seat 4: Chris Caywood – 1,860,000 (47 bb)
Seat 5: Chase Kalivas – 1,400,000 (35 bb)
Seat 8: Drew Luker – 470,000 (12 bb)
Seat 9: Gabe Fuller – 1,220,000 (31 bb)

Table 13
Seat 1: Raymond Anderson – 760,000 (19 bb)
Seat 2: Chris Moore – 1,935,000 (48 bb)
Seat 3: Kai Merola – 585,000 (15 bb)
Seat 4: Ben Paul Chelladurai – 850,000 (21 bb)
Seat 5: John Kennedy – 555,000 (14 bb)
Seat 6: Forrest Raleigh – 1,930,000 (48 bb)
Seat 8: John Gordon – 115,000 (3 bb)
Seat 9: Christy Pham – 420,000 (11 bb)

Table 21
Seat 1: Joe Incatasciato – 365,000 (9 bb)
Seat 2: Chris Placko – 905,000 (23 bb)
Seat 3: Sam O’Bryant – 2,890,000 (72 bb)
Seat 4: Nick Egarhos – 1,165,000 (29 bb)
Seat 6: Cheri Ivan – 690,000 (17 bb)
Seat 8: Justin Green – 2,175,000 (54 bb)
Seat 9: Chris Nance – 1,450,000 (36 bb)

23rd: Imre Papp – $1,840
24th: Josh Nicholson – $1,840
25th: Jason O’Loughlin – $1,580
26th: Michael Gross – $1,580
27th: Steven Sinclair – $1,580

Remaining payouts:

1st: $50,090
2nd: $30,960
3rd: $22,950
4th: $17,200
5th: $13,040
6th: $10,000
7th: $7,760
8th: $6,090
9th: $4,840
10th-12th: $3,890
13th-15th: $3,170
16th-18th: $2,610
19th-21st: $2,180
22nd: $1,840