Tampa Poker Classic

Championship: We Have a Deal!

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 359

Paul Snead

With Paul Snead holding a massive lead, the Tom McDonald and John Gordon offered him a deal. Snead would take $101,000 while they would split the remaining money. It was accepted, and Snead earned his second Tampa Poker Classic Championship title.

Paul Snead – 8,975,000
Tom McDonald – 2,350,000
John Gordon – 2,250,000

1st: Paul Snead: $101,000 + TPC Trophy
2nd: Tom McDonald – $66,930
3rd: John Gordon – $66,930

Tournament recap to come tomorrow, congrats Paul!

Tom McDonald
John Gordon

Championship: Billy Papadopoulos – 4th Place ($39,360)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 359

Billy Papadopoulos

After Paul Snead began running over the table, the other three needed to make a move to catch up. Billy Papadopoulos took his shot with an open-shove for 1,225,000 and Tom McDonald called in the big blind with only 100K more.

McDonald: KsQd
Papadopoulos: 7s7c

They were racing, the board ran AsTs9h8sJh, and McDonald rivered a Broadway straight to send Papadopoulos out.

Tom McDonald – 2,675,000 (21 bb)
Billy Papadopoulos – Eliminated in 4th Place ($39,360)

Championship: Austin Srur – 5th Place ($29,520)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 359

Austin Srur

Austin Srur opened to 200,000 from the button and Paul Snead called in the big blind. The flop was Qs7c6s, Snead checked, Srur bet 150,000, and Snead check-raised to 700,000.

Srur moved all in for 1,050,000 total and Snead called.

Srur: Qc9d
Snead: Qd4c

Srur was head with a pair of queens bigger kicked but the 4s turn made two pair for Snead. The river 5d finished the board and Srur was eliminated in fifth place.

Paul Snead – 7,500,000 (75 bb)
Austin Srur – Eliminated in 5th Place ($29,520)

Championship: Zachary Wells – 6th Place ($22,410)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 359

Zachary Wells

After a series of big raises, Zachary Wells and Tom McDonald got all their chips in the middle with similar stacks.

Wells: 5h5d
McDonald: JdJs

Wells was dominated by the bigger pair and it got much worse when McDonald flopped a set of jacks on the JcTh2d board. The 9d turn and 3d river finished the board and the stacks were counted down.

McDonald was the at-risk player for 1,725,000 and Wells was left with only 75K. He found a small triple on the next hand but Paul Snead finished the job one hand later.

Tom McDonald – 3,600,000 (36 bb)
Zachary Wells – Eliminated in 6th Place ($22,410)

Championship: Counts on Break

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 359

Seat 2: Zachary Wells – 1,600,000 (16 bb)
Seat 3: Billy Papadopoulos – 3,000,000 (30 bb)
Seat 4: Paul Snead – 3,350,000 (34 bb)
Seat 5: John Gordon – 1,175,000 (12 bb)
Seat 6: Tom McDonald – 2,225,000 (22 bb)
Seat 7: Austin Srur – 2,125,000 (21 bb)

1st: $109,110 + TPC Trophy
2nd: $72,610
3rd: $53,140
4th: $39,360
5th: $29,520
6th: $22,410

Championship: Carlos Loving – 7th Place ($17,200)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 359

Carlos Loving

Tom McDonald opened to 200,000 from under the gun and Carlos Loving min-clicked to 320,000 from middle position with 10K behind. It folded back to McDonald, he put Loving all in, and he called at risk.

McDonald: AcJd
Loving: Js5s

Loving had two suited live cards for a small double but the Ah5h4cQc6h sent him out in seventh place.

Tom McDonald – 1,500,000 (19 bb)
Carlos Loving – Eliminated in 7th Place ($17,200)

Championship: Paul Snead Doubles Through Zachary Wells

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 359

Paul Snead

Zachary Wells opened to 120,000 from the button and Paul Snead called in the big blind. The flop came AdQs8d, Snead checked, Wells bet 300,000 and Snead called.

The turn was 6c, Snead checked, and Wells announced all in. Snead had 1,540,000 left, thought for a few minutes, and called the bet while calling his wife from the rail for good luck.

Snead: Ac5h
Wells: Qc8c

Wells was ahead with two pair queens and eights, and Snead needed help to double up. The 6h river paired the board, and Snead counterfeited Wells’s two pair and made aces up for a huge double.

Paul Snead – 4,010,000 (67 bb)
Zachary Wells – 2,000,000 (33 bb)

Championship: Counts on Break

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 359

Seat 1: Carlos Loving – 1,910,000 (32 bb)
Seat 2: Zachary Wells – 2,500,000 (42 bb)
Seat 3: Billy Papadopoulos – 4,015,000 (67 bb)
Seat 4: Paul Snead – 1,225,000 (20 bb)
Seat 5: John Gordon – 2,425,000 (40 bb)
Seat 6: Tom McDonald – 825,000 (14 bb)
Seat 7: Austin Srur – 1,405,000 (23 bb)

1st: $109,110 + TPC Trophy
2nd: $72,610
3rd: $53,140
4th: $39,360
5th: $29,520
6th: $22,410
7th: $17,220

Championship: Zachary Wells Versus Paul Snead

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 359

Paul Snead opened to 110,000 from under the gun and picked up calls from Zachary Wells in the small blind and Billy Papadopoulos in the big. The flop was JdJc7c, Wells and Papadopoulos checked, and Snead continued for 100,000.

Wells called, Papadopoulos folded, and the turn was 6c. Both players checked, the river was Jh, and Wells bet 100,000. Snead raised to 450,000 and Wells took a few minutes to think before he called.

Snead turned over KsQs for trip jacks with king-queen kickers but Wells showed pocket eights 8s8c for a full house jacks full of eights to take the pot.

Zachary Wells – 2,920,000 (73 bb)
Paul Snead – 1,350,000 (34 bb)

Championship: James McKinnon – 8th Place ($13,400)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 359

James McKinnon

Carlos Loving opened to 100,000 and Billy Papadopoulos three-bet to 300,000 from the cutoff. James McKinnon four-bet shipped for 1,325,000 from the big blind, Loving folded, and Papadopoulos called.

Papadopoulos: QcQd
McKinnon: AdKs

Off to the races and McKinnon needed to improve to double up. The dealer spread the 6d3h2c5c9s board, no help for McKinnon, and he was eliminated in eighth place.

Billy Papadopoulos – 4,275,000 (10bb)
James McKinnon – Eliminated in 8th Place ($13,400)