With 122 entrants thus far for Day 1c the total number of entrants is now 303 putting 400 easily within reach. There is approximately 38 minutes left to register for Day 1c after which players will have to come back at 7 pm for Day 1d if they wish to take a shot at the $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool.
Natasha Barbour and Mike Raimon were married earlier this year and the two poker players are here looking for their own personal bragging rights. The two were taking to Twitter before their arrival and having a little fun at one another's expense:
Jordan Wunder took down the PPC Tampa Downs Winter Fest Main Event title back in January of this year for $23,054. He's here in action today looking to add another title to his poker resume. He's already heading to Aruba so a little extra spending money for his "poker-cation" wouldn't hurt.
We're already over 100 entrants for this flight with 104 showing on the tournament clock. Among those taking their seat are Sam Medina Jr. ( @sam_medinajr) and John Pappas, who as we saw yesterday has a tendency to joke with his fellow players.
Two of the more notable names looking to move on to play tomorrow are Chris Lewis and Robert Harwell. Lewis comes into action today with $109,414 in reported lifetime tournament winnings including a $19,500 win at the PPC Studz Summer Splash in Miami Gardens. Harwell, a recent Tampa transplant, has $171,719 in tournament winnings including a six figure score he received for a win in Biloxi in August of 2013.
The husband and wife duo of Andrew (@anteupandrew) and Sara (@MalowitzSara) have taken their seats after deciding late one night that maybe one of them should play today. Not wanting to feel left out, both of them decided to play. Sara won a $130 PPC Ladies event here at Tampa Downs for $1,455 back in January. No word on if there is a last longer bet between the two but the house money is on Sara.