Obviously, I was on the good end of a lot of big hands all day.” He continued: “I struggle with pride like the next guy or gal … I feel blessed and thankful that it ran this way. “Poker is a game where we tend to think we’re doing everything perfect when it’s going well and everything’s just against us when it’s going bad.”
“It’s humbling,” Leecy told tournament officials after his win. In the end, poker pro Matt Leecy won the tournament outright for $112,425. The 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Poker Classic $1,650 Main Event attracted 332 entrants and created a $498,000 prize pool, well above the advertised $300K guarantee.
Hard Rock Tampa Poker Classic Prelim Winners.Tampa Poker Classic Final Table Results.