Day 1B Done, Three Big Bags, and a Loaded Day 1D on Deck Yesterday was Day 1B of the WSOP Main Event, and three […]
WSOP 2026 Begins Now!!!
Two Seasons, One Vegas Summer: ETBPL Heads to the WSOP! The Elite Tampa Bay Poker League sends its biggest crew yet to the 2026 […]
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Nicholson Surges to the Top as the Final Three Weeks Loom
The prize pool for the Elite Tampa Bay Poker League Winter/Spring 2026 season has climbed to $79,600 and the league is firmly on track […]
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Week 14: Shawn O’Brien says “Bring it on!”
Shawn O’Brien’s remarkable performance at the poker tournament was nothing short of spectacular, as he clinched the championship with a series of strategic moves and unwavering focus.
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Week 13: Karl and Jordan Chop first!
The final table concluded with a nail-biting finish, as Karl Man and Jordan Joeckel emerged victorious, setting the stage for future rivalries.
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Week 15 ETBPL Update: New Leaders, a Crowded Bubble, and the Clock Is Ticking
The Elite Tampa Bay Poker League heats up with a dramatic shift in the leaderboard as the race for Las Vegas intensifies. With familiar faces stepping in and new dynamics at play, this Week 15 update promises thrilling poker action.
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Week 11: A6 is the Nuts
To honor the memory of League alum and friend Tom McDonald and his favorite hand, A6, Member Ondrei Ronhaar who hosts the popular “Live […]
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Tom McDonald
It took me a day or so to actually believe that Tom McDonald, one of our most beloved League Alumni, as well as a […]
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Week 10: Half Way to the WSOP!
We are half way there! At the half way point the top of the leaderboard has Saif Keshwani looking good but no one is […]
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Week 9: Jay Capitano gets the win!
Another stellar night at the League! Ondrei’s AQhh<Jay’s 99 Ondrei Ronhaar 9th Jay Capitano’s KK>Chrissy’s AJcc Chrissy Holubeck 8th Jay>Clive Clive Gavin 7th Maribeth […]
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Rice & McKinnon Chop the Top — Six Down, Fourteen to Go!
Week 6 of the Elite Tampa Bay Poker League is in the books, and it did not disappoint. With subs Asif Mohammed filling in […]
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Week 16: Rob & Dan chop a much needed 1st!!!
We had a classic start to the night! Mark Winchell’s QQ<Justin Green’s KK<Allen Wiseman’s AA So sick! Andra Zachow vs Dave Smith AcQh vs […]
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Lee Tran Strikes Gold: Week 13 Victory Shakes Up Top Five as Final Five Weeks Loom
With five weeks remaining and eight guaranteed $10K WSOP Main Event seats on the line, Lee Tran made the statement of the season. His […]
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Luck Box Strikes Gold: Steve Trizis Rides Hot Run to Week 12 Victory
They call him a “luck box” for a reason. Steve Trizis put on a masterclass in Week 12, riding pocket aces and timely holdings […]
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Mancini Strikes Again: Ray Extends Lead with Week 11 Victory as Top Contenders Falter
Ray Mancini is making a statement. With seven weeks remaining in the Fall 2025 season and the league prize pool swelling to over $65,000, […]
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Fulton Fires Back: Week 7 Winner Claims Victory After Monster Hand Night
The poker gods were dealing premium entertainment in Week 7 of the Elite TampaBay Poker League, where $10,000 WSOP Main Event dreams got a […]
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Muscles Flexes His Way to Victory: Week 8 Winner Emerges From Epic Pocket Kings Battle
Week 8 of the Elite TampaBay Poker League delivered the kind of premium hand excitement that makes WSOP dreams feel within reach. When Jacob’s […]
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Week 6: Ray Mancini tops the leaderboard!
Week 6 was full of excitement as the league has reached 1/3 of the season. Everyone still has a chance to represent the league […]
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Harfouch Harvests the Lead: Week 5 Propels New Points Leader as WSOP Dream Prize Pool Swells
The dream is becoming reality faster than anticipated! Week 5 has pushed our WSOP seat fund to a staggering $39,000 – just $1,000 shy […]
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Week 4: The Godfather Returns
Another great turn out this week including league alums Ed Vandingham subbing for Eric Buel and Tony Pellegrini subbing for Mitch Smith and Ian […]
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Elite TampaBay Poker League Fall Season Kicks Off with Electric Opening Night!
The hunt for 2026 WSOP seats begins—following 13 members who competed in the 2025 Main Event The felt was hot, the competition fierce, and […]
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WSOP 2025: David Smith & Jack Bittker cashed the Main! New season starts 7/31!
Congrats to David Smith & Jack Bittker who cashed the WSOP Main! David won a league record of $45,000 & Jack laddered up to […]
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Karl’s Coronation? Manouchakian Makes Massive Move in Week 18!
The Elite Tampa Bay Poker League’s WSOP qualifier race took a dramatic turn in Week 18 as Karl Manouchakian delivered a commanding performance, scoring […]
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What are the odds?
WSOP MAIN EVENT QUALIFICATION ODDS Elite Tampa Bay Poker League – After Week 17 With just three weeks remaining, here’s a comprehensive breakdown of […]
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Bubble Trouble: Mitch Climbs as Juan Rules in Pivotal Week 17
With just three weeks remaining in the 20-week Winter/Spring 2025 WSOP League at Win Derby, the battle for the six coveted WSOP Main Event […]
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Week 16: The Founding Fathers Make Their Move!
With just four weeks remaining in our high-stakes season, Week 16 delivered the dramatic shake-up we’ve been anticipating. In a stunning turn of events, […]
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Week 15: The Final Countdown: Five Weeks to Glory in Our Poker League
As our 20-week poker league season enters its final stretch, the battle for supremacy has never been more intense. With just five weeks remaining […]
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Week 14: Don Manns takes down the League after Hollywood run good!
A few subs this week: Dan Johnson for Shawn, Dan Joyce for Mitch, Former league winner Trey Harrell stepped in to sub for Evan […]
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Week 13: Evan & Dave B chop it!!
Week 13 was another week of changes – Dave Bennett leapfrogged from 12th to 7th – just 7 points behind a potential WSOP $10k […]
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Week 12: A Bitty of a SunRun
@Bittyplayspoker does it again! Jack Bittker has won league two weeks in a row! Following are some of the key hands of the night: […]
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Week 11: @bittyplayspoker takes it down!
New League member Jack Bittker dominated the league this week. Jack is a popular YouTube streamer – check out his channel Bittyplayspoker. https://youtube.com/@bittyplayspoker?si=KqhhiKGf-FVjXewB Following […]
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Week 10: The Big Race!!!
We’re half way through our Spring Season and all qualified members can still win their WSOP Main Event seats. There are still 140 final […]
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Week 9: Way Past Bedtime Steve & Ryan chop 1st!
This week Dan Johnson was subbing for Clive “The Wanker” Gavin Following are some notable hands: At the feature table Flop Q55, ck ck […]
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Week 8: A Chop for the old Wanker and young Jakob!
Jim Collins subbed for Bobby Cornette tonight. Thanks Jim for filling in! Clive Gavin challenged the youthful Evan VanCavage to a 100 meter race […]
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Week 7: Karl Man the Myth the Legend
We’ve concluded 7 of our 20 weeks of play and already have 3 seats for the 2025 WSOP $10k Main Event with 13 weeks […]
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Week 6: Dave Bennett wins after using all means to ensure that Clive didn’t.
Early in the evening, with a straight on the board, Ryan Johnson bet, Mo raised all in and Ryan called. QJ gave Ryan the […]
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Week 5: Aaron Thivyanathan says LFGOOOOO
Mohamed Lahlou 3rd 1.Aaron Thivyanathan 2.Ryan Johnson 3.Mitch Smith 4.Steve Trizis 5.Don Manns 6.Mohamed Lahlou 7.Mark Winchell 8.Evan Vancavage 9.Josh Harrison
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Week 4: A chop for Ryan Johnson & Mohamed Lahlou
It was another monthly birthday celebration at the league. Chrissy Holubeck is kind enough to coordinate these for the league. She’s amazing! Shawn QJss> […]
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Week 3: Juan Rodriguez says LFGOOOOOO
We had some new players this week. Chris Korlock , Jack Bittker, Mohamed Lahlou decided to see what the league was all about! The […]
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Week 2: A chop for Jackie Torro Rivers & Ray Mancini!
We had substitutes and former members Ed VanLandingham playing for Shawn O’Brien & Dan Johnson for Clive Gavin New league member Don Manns called […]
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Week 1: Nick Scholz wins the Season Opener
Karl Man was out 8th vs Steve Trizis Jason Barnett’s AK was no good vs Steve’s JJ! Jason 7th Lee Tran was 6th this […]
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Week 13: Clive & Aaron Chop it up!
Week 13 of 18 is complete and Janice Hulbert & Team Aaron/Juan have pretty solid leads in the top two spots. we’ve updated the […]
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Week 12: Janice Hulbert crushes the competition!
Week 12 of the League was full of exciting poker action. This was our unexpected Monday makeup night due to a big accident last […]
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Week 10: Sam Ronalds takes it down!
Monday makeup night for the Hurricane delay! Ryan Johnson flopped the nut flush but Herb Woodbery rivered the straight flush!!! Queen in the window […]
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Week 9: Hurricane delays League for three weeks!
After a three week delay due to Hurricanes Helene and Milton that closed Derby Lane down due to flooding, the League was back up […]
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Week 8: Pre Hurricane chop for Tom & Ryan!
Subs: Tony Pellegrini for Tonya Karl Man for Clive Gavin Troy Bercot for Sam Ronalds At the feature table , Tony Pellegrini put max […]
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Week 7: Team Herb/Janice tTop the Leaderboard!
We had more Subs this week- we had Dan Johnson for Darryl & Tony Pellegrini for Sam Ronalds. We finally clarified that Juan and […]
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Week 6: Lee Tran gets his 2nd win of the season!
We had lots of subs this week – players are allowed six subs to allow for travel/work or other conflicts. Teams are allowed two […]
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Big Wins at Week 20: WSOP Main Event Seat Winners! Get Ready to Cash In!
In this blog post, we will be diving into the exciting events of Week 20 in the poker league, where participants competed for coveted […]
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Unleashed Chaos in Week 19: Final Table Thrills as Mo & Joe Secure Top Two Spots for the Week, Opening Door to Endless Possibilities!
With only 2 weeks left and around 23 players still vying for 9 seats these last 2 weeks will be action packed!
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Week 17: Shaking up the Rankings: Ray Mancini Secures Main Event Seat, Bob Scholz Climbs to 9th, and Juan Rodriguez Takes Control of his team.
As the Elite Tampa Bay WSOP Poker League in Tampa Bay, Florida – playing at Win Derby- enters its final stretch with just three […]
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Week 16: Dave Bennett says “Hold my Beer”
Week 16 of the 20 week season is complete and we have more movement on the season leaderboard after the top 3 who maintained […]
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Week 15: Mo Maher tops the Winchell Family!
With 6 weeks left this season no qualified league member is out of the race! This is going to be a battle until the […]
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Week 13: Tom McDonald & Shawn O’Brien chop it!
Everyone knows who Tom McDonald is! After crushing the Hard Rock Main last week Tom has decided he’s not satisfied unless he wins. Following […]
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Week 12: A Chop for Karl Man and Bob Scholz
It was another exciting week – the 12th week of the Elite Tampa Bay Poker League! At the feature table, shortly before the first […]
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Week 11: Don Dean takes First & more leaderboard leapfrogging!
As we start the 2nd half of the season no one is safe on the leaderboard! A win, a few good finishes, it doesn’t […]
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Week 10: Mancini & McPhillips chop 1st at our half way point! Vancavage still tops the leaderboard!!
Week 10 had 42 entries – if we average 32 entries the rest of the season we would have 9 $10k WSOP Main Event […]
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Rising Stars Andra Zachow and Dave Bennett Shock the Poker World with Week 9 Victory!
At the feature table Mike “Gascard” Collins opened 800, Andra Zachow called and Mo Maher reraised to 10k in the blinds. Gascard jammed, Andra […]
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Watch out! Shawn’s back in it!
The league welcomed Wally Maddah who headed across the bay playing for Cecil this week and Danny & Cocoa Lobato playing for Mo Maher […]
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Week 6: David Smith goes All the Way!!
The league welcomed alum Jean Miccio back subbing for Don Dean who is back this season after a several year hiatus. A double for […]
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Steve “The Godfather” Trizis chops with Tom “Don’t you know who I am” McDonald
Barely over 1/3 of the way through our 20 week season the members continued their battle for a WSOP Main Event seat! After 7 […]
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Week 5: Old Guys don’t Fold
We had another big turnout this week – the 5th game of the season of our WSOP League – 47 entries and 5 places […]
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Game Changers: Mark and Matt Take Down the Unbeatable Gascard in Week 4 Poker Thriller!
Darbie Atkinson visited the East side of Derby substituting for Tom McDonald who was freezing his a** off in Maryland. Mark Winchell opened 1100, […]
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King Curtis Reigns in Week 3, but Clive Dominates the Season Leaderboard
It appears that we have reached a stable number of league participants after some participants from weeks 1 and 2 did not return for […]
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Week 2: Clive 2/3 (if you count the last week of Fall Season) & Brandon Figueroa dominates as a Sub!!!
Huge turnout tonight with 45 players & 57 entries with the rebuys!! This is a world record Elite Tampa Bay poker League!!! I can […]
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HUGE Field Week One & Trey gets the win
We had 43 players week one of the Spring Season of the Elite Tampa Bay Poker League! With rebuys we had 56 entries!! Lots […]
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Memoir of week 20: The Godfather
In the dimly lit backroom of the Win Derby Poker room, the chatter of chips and shuffling cards filled the air. Steve Trizis, known […]
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Fall Season 2023 Final Week
We had several players who were teetering on the edge of a seat during our final week of the league. The previous guest blog by […]
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Week 18: Chrissy Holubeck wins it on her birthday!
The final table in order of finish was: 9-Dan, 8-Eric, 7-Eric Buel,6-Ed, 5-Alan, 4-Jasen,3-Aaron, 2-Cecil, 1-Chrissy 😃
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Week 19: Karl Man chops it with Jim Collins/League party pics!
Sevens for Dugg A lot of painful rivers tonight in the league, including Twitch’s demise In the end the final table in order of […]
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Week 17: a chop for Darryl & Aaron
No calls when Darryl Woodruff jammed Alan Thomas rivered a set to knockout Eric Klatt Jacob’s AK dominated Tom McDonald’s hand And Jacob knocked […]
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Week 16: Shawn & Jim chop it!
But in the end the final table in order of finish was: 11/16 league 1. Shawn / Jim 2. Chop 3. Aaron 4. Brett […]
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Week 15
Aaron’s 99 bested Walt and sent him packing Leo’s A3 was best Aaron knocked out Alan Huge hand Leo chopped with Leo A double […]
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Week 14: Shawn gets the win!
Week 14 was a birthday celebration for the Godfather Steve Trizis! Chrissy took heaps from the Godfather! The Sweater got him! Godfather out! Celebrating […]
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Week 13: Jacob Naumann tops week 13!
Halloween week! Ed VanLandingham > Dan Johnson for the knockout Ed’s luck ran out vs Jim’s QQ A double for Jason with a four […]
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Week 12: Brett Pope #1
Week 12! Alan “3rd place” Thomas had the A to beat Nick Zivolich who was subbing for Cecil Riddle this week. FH >FH Tom […]
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Week 11: Shawn O’Brien crushes the field and guess who was third!
All the cool kids were here this week! Note that attendance is important as the players or a substitute must play 17 of the […]
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Week 10: While Tom McDonald Declines the Chop, Andra Zachow Celebrates a Close Second!
Half way through the 20 week Fall season Dan Johnson tops the leaderboard. Karl Man & Eric Klatt are 2nd and 3rd. With 10 […]
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“Week 9 Showdown: Jacob Naumann & Eric Klatt Rise to the Top”
As we reach the end of week 9, we are thrilled to announce that we have successfully secured 4 WSOP Main Event entry seats! […]
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Week 8: The Godfather & Dan Johnson chop Top Place!
Following his victory at the HR Senior event, Steve Trizis was on a winning streak chopping first with Dan Johnson this week. However, some […]
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Week 7: Karl Man wins again & League members relieved that multiple Main Event seats available
Week 7 of 20 is complete and Karl Man is pulling ahead on the season leaderboard with Dan Johnson and Eric Klatt 2nd & […]
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Week 6: Dan Johnson’s Slow & Steady Wins the Race
We had a couple visitors this week with Kevin Ragusa playing for Shawn O’Brien & Susan Tolson for Jason Barnett. Following are some notable […]
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Week 5: Shawn O’Brien takes 1st!
Summary of week 5 action: At the feature table About 30 seconds into level 1 Darryl and Jacob were betting big. In the end […]
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Week 4: Brett Pope comes over from the cash streets to get the win!
The league welcomed league alum Wally Maddah substituting for Nick Zivolich this week. This was the last week to join for the fall season. […]
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Week 3: New Member Eric Klatt Takes First!
Week three of the league is complete and the season leaderboard has changed again with the Karl Man/Clive Gavin team in first place after […]
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Week 2: The Godfather gets the win!
The Elite Tampa Bay Poker League plays two 20 week seasons a year at Derby Lane in St. Petersburg, FL. The goal of the […]
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HUGE GAME TONIGHT~ FALL SEASON 2023
The Elite Tampa Bay Poker League starts its Fall season tonight August 3rd at Derby Lane in St. Petersburg. Please arrive by 6:15 to […]
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Week 20: We have our Winners!
Early in the night at the feature table, before her vodka cranberry, Jerry-playing for Red Hat Dave- couldn’t shake Andra Zachow from her 67dd […]
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Week 18:Red Hats are Lucky, but Clayton doesn’t need one
At the feature table Red Hat Dave’s sub Jerry Argento was wearing a….red hat. Austin>Thang to almost double! A double for Rob Winsler through […]
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Week 15: George Imes gets two in a row!
We’ve completed 15 weeks of our 20 week season. With 70 final table points still available all eligible players can still win a seat […]
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Week 13: GingerDave Miller joins Mo Maher in a chop!
At the feature table Jason P, Steve Trizis put him all in and they were both chasing a flush with non ideal cards. Jason […]
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Week 12: Barbara Cardin and Nick Scholz get the win and Team Nick ties for #1 on the Leaderboard!
We added a liberal substitute policy this season after input that many could not participate in league due to travel/work commitments. Since we allow […]
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Week 11: Clayton Phelps moving up the Leaderboard! A chop for Phelps & Cy Frederick!
In a HUGE hand before break/end of rebuy, Andra bet 4k, Darryl jammed a short stack, Christian called & Walter jammed a decent sized […]
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Week 10: Peter Pompeii & Jason Palacios chop 1st
Clayton & Mark had subs tonight – Jeremy (not Becker but didn’t catch his name) & league alum Derek Caanadi. We have a liberal […]
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Week 8: Marie Harrell & Bob Scholz’ kids chop 1st! (Aka Trey Harrell and Nick Scholz)
Nick Scholz doubled through Ricardo at the feature table Then Andra Zachow doubled through Jacob Naumann who doesn’t like to fold. Nick & Ricardo […]
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Week 7: Clayton Phelps tops the Leaderboard after a Week 7 win!!
It was level two and Jason S and Todd Rivers were all in AQ vs AK. AK was good and Todd Rivers doubled his […]
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Week 6: Tig and Nick chop it up!
We had one substitute this week, notable local player Danny Lobato was ubbing for Mo Monir. Danny was sporting gear from the best Florida […]
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Week 4: Fear the Beard & There’s a new Trizis in town!
We’re four weeks in and it’s a great season already. While the Godfather is vacationing/playing poker in The Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure (finished 3rd in […]
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Week 3 Another Vesuvius Eruption! Peter Pompeii takes it down! One more week to register!
Jenny Marczynsky & Dugg Hadden were subs for Marsha & Darryl this week and Jenny had a great finish. The big winner, however, was […]
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Week 1: Trey comes out of retirement!
We had a lot of new faces and some past seasons’ alumni who had skipped a few seasons play week 1 of the Elite […]
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Week 19: Nick & Joe chop 1st while some head out to the WPT in Vegas!
Week 19 was crucial for many players-with 7 Main Event seats and many players just a point or two apart this week and next […]
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Week 18: Ed V & Shawn O chop it up much against their better judgement!!!
It was a battle for points week 18 of the Elite Tampa Bay Poker League. With 7 Main Event seats at stake and a lot very close in points the players made moves and took chances to get to the final table. Check out this week’s action in the League!
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Week 14: Jim Collins & Brett Pope celebrate Black Friday early with a great deal! (They chopped 1st)
After week 14’s chop, Jim Collins and Brett Pope have moved into the #2 & #3 spots on the season leaderboard with #1, Joe Parrish, holding a 10 point lead over Jim. It is looking like we’ll likely have 7 Main Event seats plus addition minor seats at our annual week 21 “losers lounge” so lots of seats to award to our members. Last place is currently 33 points behind 7th place on the leaderboard so, with 84 points left to win over the next 6 weeks, noone is out if it!
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Week 13: Ed VanLandingham leapfrogs up the leaderboard after chopping with Shawn O’Brien!
Week 13 had 32 entries – if we continue to have 32 entries for the rest of the season we will be just a […]
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Week 12: A Late Night (early morning) chop for Victor & Brett!
Week 12 of 20 is complete and, with his 3rd place finish this week, Joe Parrish’s top spot on our season leaderboard is ahead of 2nd by 15 points – more than a weekly win-but not out of reach. At this point we have 5 full Main Event Seats covered and 8 weeks left to cover at least a couple more so Joe is looking good to win one. There are 112 final table points left to win this season and no member is outvof it yet (some just need to kick it up a notch).
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Week 11: A chop for Peter Pompeii & Jim “JDawg” Collins!
Peter Pompeii and Jake Naumann both had the Q for the straight. Chop it up! Mark opened 1K at 200/300, Dave Bennett 3bet to […]
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Week 10: A chop for Cecil Riddle & Likang Berninger
Week 10 was another win for Team Riddle/Zivolich with the chop of Cecil Riddle & Likang Berninger subbing for Joe Parrish. Joe is solid […]
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Week 9: Nick Zivolich on top!
After the bi week – caused by Hurricane Ian- we were back! When the J came on the turn Herb’s TT gave him the […]
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Week 8: Peter Pompeii is our winner
We had 36 entries this week – 9 of them rebuys! By next week we will already have four Main Event seats covered and […]
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Week 7: Shawn O’Brien gets the win!
Week 7, oddly, started out with a lot of aggression. By the end of the night the top three were the same members that […]
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Week 6: Bad beats, more substitutes and a win for Eric Buel!
Players that couldn’t make it tonight planned ahead and had some strong substitutes this week – but not Ari Engel. Erin O’Toole played for […]
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Week 4:Joe Parrish says “Not this time” to Jim Collins!
It was the final Thursday of Derby’s 80s theme. We will certainly miss Josh’s outfits-fun times. We won’t miss the long registration lines due […]
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Week 2: Jacob Naumann gets the win, Jim Collins tops the leaderboard & five new members join the league!
Only two weeks into the league we already have enough funds reserved for our first Main Event seat! We have 30 members this season […]
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WSOP Poker League Starts Thursday August 4th at Win! Derby!
Our new 20 week season starts on August 4th! Enrollment is open the first 4 weeks but every week of attendance is worth a […]
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Two weeks at the 2022 World Series of Poker
Every year Mark (Winchell) and I head out to the WSOP for about 2 weeks – just long enough that our dog Gabby (aka […]
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Two ETBPL Alum have made it to day 5 of the Main Event!!!
Kenny and Aaron have made it to day 5 of the Main Event! We would assume this is due to the skills learned playing […]
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WSOP 7/6/22 flight 1D!
Our league rep Victor Iemolo did us proud yesterday with a day one bag of 67,000! Jim Collins used the skills he learned in […]
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The Main Event!! 7/5/2022
Jim Brinkley has made his way to Vegas despite a delay at airport security when the scanner picked up some metal – it was […]
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Week 19: Dave Bennett decides it’s time to take things seriously!
Week 19 or 20 is complete and about 10 people still have a chance at a WSOP Main Event seat!
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Week 18: Jim “JDawg” Collins gets the win!
With two weeks left this season in the Tampa Bay Elite Poker League, Jim “JDawg” Collins got a much needed win to move into 9th place, tied with Jim Brinkley with 78 points. 6th-11th place are all within 6 points of each other and 10 points behind Dave Bennett who is is currently in 5th place. There are 30 points still up for grabs!
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Week 17: Fear the Beard! Darryl takes first!
Darryl Woodruff took first this week over Tina Pridgen. This moves them up on the season leaderboard and with 3 weeks left most can still win a Main Event Seat!!!
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Week 16: A chop for the Iemolos!
It was a chop this week for Victor and Johnny Iemolo. This moves Victor up to the #2 spot on the leaderboard. If this was a football game he’d be penalized for excessive celebration…
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Week 13: A chop for Tina Pridgen & John Gordon!
Lucky week 13 went better for some, not so great for others. We had Chrissy Holubeck subbing for Marv “The Duckman” Karlins who, along […]
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Week 12: Victor on top again! (With Dave Bennett)
Victor Iemolo chopped for the second week in a row and that gives him a solid 2nd place on the season leaderboard. Read and subscribe to the blog for the hands and pictures of the night.
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Wow! Jim “JDawg” Collins takes down event #1 at the SHR Hollywood Poker Showdown!
Is it because of the skills obtained playing in the Elite Tampa Bay Poker League? Can I borrow $20?
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Week 11: No Gamble No Future
Week 11 is complete and we have 9 weeks left. Victor Iemolo and Ryan Marin chopped this week after a battle royale all night!
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Week 10: A win for John “Muscles” Gordon
We are half way through our 20 week season and though Jacob Naumann has topped the leaderboard for weeks, John Gordon and many others keep moving up. Everyone is still in contention for a WSOP Main Even seat!
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Week 9: A chop for Austin Fowler & Doc Brown!
Doc Brown was on fire last Thursday and seemed unbeatable, but Austin Fowler, one of the shortest stacks at the final table, ran up […]
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Week 8: Lawyer Joe gets the win! Duckman appealing.
Week 8 of 30 of the Elite Tampa Bay poker league is complete and Joe Parrish topped the Duckman for the win. Jacob Naumann still tops the season leaderboard and, with his second place finish, Marv Karlins holds the number two spot!
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Week 7: Jacob “Horseshoe” Naumann does it again’
Jacob “Horseshoe up his ***” Naumann continues his hot streak in the Elite Tampa Bay Poker League. Jacob’s 1st and Tina Pridgen’s second place finish for week 7 of 20 puts them in 1st and 2nd place on the season leaderboard as well. Read and subscribe to the blog to see the pictures and read all about the highly skilled play that will get many league members Main Event seats in this summer’s WSOP Main Event!
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Week 6: A chop for Jim Brinkley’s substitute and Jacob Naumann!
Joe was all in on the river and Dave B claimed to maybe be folding Jacks. Joe showed 22 for a set! Dave Bennett, […]
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Week 4: Jacob Naumann on top, AGAIN!
Week four of the Elite Tampa Bay Poker League held at Derby Lane in St. Petersburg, Florida is complete and Jacob Naumann tops the leaderboard.
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Week 3: League to John Gordon “If you bring that cake we’ll let you win every week.”
Week three of the Elite Tampa Bay Poker league at Derby Lane in St. Petersburg Florida with John Gordon winning the week and Tina Pridgen now #1 on the leaderboard.
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Week 2: Huge Game: A Chop for Victor and Herb aka Ryan!
We had a few new members join the league this week and we had some subs-Chrissy Holubeck and Herb Woodbery-playing very well for members […]
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Week 1 is on the books and Jacob Naumann tops the Leaderboard!
The first week of the Elite Tampa Bay Poker league is in the books and Jacob Naumann got the win. There are two more weeks of registration and room to join.
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Winter/Spring League Starts January 6th!
Nothing says Happy New Year like a new season of the Elite Tampa Bay Poker League starting at Derby Lane in St. Pete on […]
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Week 18 It’s WSOP Time!!! 5 Main Event seats are locked up!
After some early wins by Steve Trizis, who said he’d won every hand he played (Even beating Andra Zachow’s K9♣︎♣︎ with T4dd when she […]
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Week 17: Short Stack Specialist Andra Zachow stages a HUGE comeback to get a win!
With one week left three of the five WSOP main Event seats are not yet locked up!
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Week 16: World Renowned Poker Player got his start in the TBEPL!
With two weeks left this season several WSOP Main event seats are up for grabs, but Jeremy Becker and Brenda Worley have locked up two of them!
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Week 15: Chrissy gets the win!
We had numerous subs again for week 15. Chrissy for Dave Bennett Rob for Jordan Twitch for Dave miller Don for Jeremy Becker Anthony […]
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Week 13: A chop for SuperDave and the Michaels!
We had some more substitutes helping us out this week. Anthony Pellegrini was playing for Wally, Mike Beattie for Michael Laake, Chrissy holubeck for […]
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Week 12: Rigged: A chop for Brenda and Dave Bennett
We’d like to thank our substitutes this week. We had Anthony Vitale subbing for Marv Karlins this week, Chrissy Holubeck subbing for Dave Miller, […]
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Week 11: Brenda tops the leaderboard!
Week 11 of 18 is complete and Brenda Worley has now won or chopped three weeks in a row. With this win she has […]
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Week 10: Ladies night! Brenda, Chrissy & Andra are #1, #2, #3 this week!
After a less than exciting start, finally we had a big pot at the feature table. Steve Deloache opened 1200 and only Alex Brown, […]
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Week 9: Subs Subs Everywhere! But they didn’t win. A chop for Brenda & Dave!
We had quite a few players traveling this week, but due to our generous summer session sub policy it was not an issue. We […]
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Week 8: It’s a Pirate Dave & Ed V Chop! Ed VanLandingham on the move this week but Jeremy still tops the leaderboard!
Way too early (100/200) at the outer table three were all in and Doc Brown said, in his Doc Brown accent, “I’m finally at […]
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Week 7: Michael “The Pro” Laake dominates the week 7 field, Jeremy Becker still tops the leaderboard!
While Steve Trizis was off in the Greek Isles cavorting with celebrities, the feature table was still full of older folks talking about their […]
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Week 6: Jeremy Becker pulling ahead of the pack! The Punk Kid & The Rat Bastard chop it!
At the feature table it was set over set Mark Winchell >SuperDave Kaucher Shortly after that at 100/200 Andra raised, SuperDave 3 bet to […]
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Week 5: The biggest Wall EVER! AKA Monster Stack!It’s chop for Andrea “The Dragon” Ruosi and Matt “The Good Trizis” Trizis
As Jason Barnett arrived sporting his usual Bronze God appearance, Marv “the Duckman” noticed that, due to the chill of the poker room, Jason’s […]
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Week 4: A multi-generational chop! Becker & The Duckman!
Early in the evening at the feature table, Matt Trizis, on his second bullet, found a fold after John Gordon 3 bet all in […]
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Week 3: Derek Worley gets the win!
We had quite a few subs this week. Our summer league has a very lenient sub policy to allow for vacations etc. that normally […]
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Week 2: HUGE GAME! The Dragon and the other Jeff Gordon chop!
Level 1: early in at the feature table Rob Benford bet 400, Michael Laake raised to 1500 and Rob 4 bet to 4K. Michael […]
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Summer league week 1: Jeremy Becker starts out strong!
All the cool kids were here this week for the start of the NEW FIRST TIME EVER summer league! New members, old members and […]
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Week 21: Final Winners Determined! Strizis, Parrish, Winchell and Barnett top the Spring League!
Week 21 is the final week of Spring League. Three $10K WSOP Main Event seats and one $3500 seat go to our top 4 […]
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Week 20: One week left and seats are still up in the air!
With one week left 5 members are still in the mix for seats and the rest eligible to win through our season end tournament. […]
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Week 19: The Week in Pictures: Godfather knocks local Shyster out of first place & Mark bests the Boxer!
With the chop/win this week Steve Trizis pulled ahead into 1st place, Joe Parrish moves down to 2nd and Mark Winchell pulls ahead of […]
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Week 17: a Chop for Andrea Ruosi and Doc Brown!
The final table in order of finish was: 1 chop-Andrea Ruosi & Doc Brown 3. SuperDave Kaucher 4. Mark Winchell 5 Bob scholz 6. […]
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Week 18: SuperDave Kaucher gets another win! He’s En Fuego!
GuamDave Miller aka VegasDave aka OneEyedDave made it back from Guam after a long absence and substitutes making him look good. Strve Trizis and […]
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Week 15: A chop for SuperDave & Doc!
Two weeks in a row SuperDave Kaucher has chopped first! He’s gone from 2nd to last place to the middle of the pack & […]
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Week 14: Ian “The Hired gun” Feller and Super(Again)Dave Kaucher chop it up!
At the feature table Chrissy was down to around 2K early at 100/200, a victim of Doc Brown’s AA, FH>FH I believe. She was […]
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Week 13: Jason Barnett’s aggressive play gets him the win! April Fools on the aggressive part.
Kenny O’Donnell made an appearance again this week in the league – this time playing for Joe Parrish. At the feature table Doc Brown’s […]
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Week 11: The Dragon slays his way to the Top!
Week 11 found some new faces on top but Steve Trizis and Joe Parrish had a decent finish to gather even more points to […]
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Week 9: Chrissy takes first to celebrate the upcoming International Women’s Day!
Joe was our first bust when Doc’s AT>KQ. Joe was all in after a Q high flop and Doc rivered an A, of course. […]
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Week 7: Donkfest
Steve, somewhat quieter than last week, had been chipping up early. Tina, short stacked, got a few shoves through then doubled through Steve. Mark’s […]
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Week 6: A chop for John “Muscles” Gordon & Tina “always has it” Pridgen
At the feature table Andra arrived late and quickly gave Tina 6k Shortly after that Vegas Dave, short, shoved his remaining 4K +|- and […]
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Week 5: It’s a chop for Clive Gavin and Vegas Dave Miller!
Week five was our final week of registration and we have sixteen players on our roster. With continued attendance we are hoping to have […]
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Week 4: Oh good, the Godfather is back.
Weeks four of the league was all about Steve Trizis who, once the final table was set, practically knocked every player out himself. Not […]
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Week 3: Nitfest: Mark and Jason top the field!
Week three found Clive Gavin back for the new season after some travel kept him away at the start. Steve Trizis and John Gordon […]
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Spring League Week 2: The Good Dave on Top & not just because it’s in alphabetical order!
With 19 weeks left to play and 3 more weeks of registration the league has had a great start. Note new start time is […]
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Week 1: We’re Back! A chop for Mark and Dave!
The new Spring 2021 started with 14 players currently signed up and room for about 24. There are 4 more weeks of registration (must […]
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The League is back: Spring league Starts January 7! League alumni running good!
Check out the “about the league” page or all of the details of the Spring 2021 League starting this Thursday! Also – In case […]
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Weeks quaranteen through quaranteen: Andra still on top. Because we can’t play.
So the League has been on hiatus since week 11. The League thought it was best to stop playing as a shutdown had begun […]
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Week 11: It’s a chop! Andrea “The Dragon” Ruosi chops 1st with Paul “The Teacher” Mastella but Andra “The Birthday Girl” Zachow Still tops the leaderboard!
Week 11 of the Elite Tampa Poker league was underway despite the Pandemic, National Emergency, world closing Corona Virus aka Covid-19. When asked why […]
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Week 10: Return of the Empire, The Godfather Strikes Back
Week ten was rewarding for the bottom rung players on the season leaderboard. Steve Trizis, known as “The Godfather” of the league, who was […]
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Week 9: Derek Csanadi takes first……but Andra Zachow still tops the season leaderboard
With 9 of 21 weeks complete we saw some players move up the leaderboard this week with some top final table finishes. Andra missed […]
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Week 8: It’s a chop! Jason Barnett and Mark Winchell Chop! Mark’s wife missed her 8th final table but still tops the leaderboard!
Rob 88>Mark 66 👀 SuperDave AA>Clive Q2♣️♣️ Rob 42=Mark42♥️♥️ Chrissy, the most popular substitute this season (she finished 3rd last week for Marv), is […]
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Dianna Ross Fundraiser is a HUGE SUCCESS!!
Wednesday night’s fundraiser at The Silks for everyone’s favorite dealer, Derby Lane’s Dianna Ross, was a huge success with 75 participants! Some pretty awesome […]
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Week 4: Andra “short stack specialist” Zachow takes first for the week and on the leaderboard!
Week four winner Andra Zachow is the only member who has made final tables four of the first four weeks this season and it […]
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2019 Fall League Week 21: We have our winners! Allen, Andra, Jason & Steve (of course) are headed to the WSOP $10K Main Event this summer to represent the TBEPL and Ed Vanlandingham gets a win during the final week!
There was tremendous pressure during Week 21! This was the final week of the league and this week’s finish would determine who would win […]
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Day 1 Wraps Up: Chip Counts, Heartbreak, and a Toast for Tom
Elite Tampa Bay Poker League — WSOP 2026 Update Day 1 of the WSOP Main Event is officially in the books for the whole […]
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Week 19: One Week to Go: The Math, the Momentum, and the Players Who Still Have a Shot
The prize pool for the Elite Tampa Bay Poker League Winter/Spring 2026 season has reached $86,400 and nine players will be making the trip […]
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Week 18 Recap: The Race to Vegas Enters Its Final Two Weeks
The prize pool for the Elite Tampa Bay Poker League Winter/Spring 2026 season has climbed to $83,000 and the league is firmly on track […]
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Nobody is Saif yet: Week 16 recap
The prize pool for the Elite Tampa Bay Poker League Winter/Spring 2026 season just hit $75,800 and the league is on a path to […]
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