$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  64 of 1,165

Here are the most recent players who have been eliminated, along with their payouts:

65th:  Demo Kiriopoulos  –  $9,305
66th:  David Smith  –  $9,305
67th:  Sumeet Wayachal  –  $9,305
68th:  Timothy Capretta  –  $9,305
69th:  Frank Stepuchin  –  $9,305
70th:  Samuel Blankenship  –  $9,305
71st:  Blaise Ingoglia  –  $9,305
72nd:  Frank Funaro, Jr.  –  $9,305

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  65 of 1,165

After a flop of , David Smith checked the big blind, Jeff Rolland bet 30,000 from the button, and Smith moved all in for 245,000.

Roland thought for a while before calling with for an ace-high flush draw, and Smith turned over for an open-ended straight draw.

The turn card paired the board with the , the river card tripped the board with the , and Rolland won the pot with his ace high to eliminate Smith in 66th place.

Jeff Rolland  –  1,175,000  (59 bb)
David Smith  –  Eliminated in 66th Place  ($9,305)

With 65 players remaining from a field of 1,165, the average chip stack is about 717,000 (36 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $9,305 each. The next pay jump will be $10,410 for 64th place.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 21, around 11:45 pm.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  69 of 1,165

The players return from break to begin Level 20, with increased blinds of 10,000-20,000 and a 20,000 ante. With 69 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 675,000 (34 big blinds).

The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $9,305 each. The next pay jump will be $10,410 for 64th place.

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 1.5 million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  David Meagher  –  1,815,000  (91 bb)
2.  Brian Altman  –  1,690,000  (85 bb)
3.  Peter Vitantonio  –  1,590,000  (80 bb)
4.  John Haas  –  1,555,000  (78 bb)

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 21, around 11:45 pm.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  72 of 1,165

Here are the most recent players who have been eliminated, along with their payouts:

73rd:  Marie Harrell  –  $8,415
74th:  Joshua Bray  –  $8,415
75th:  Rafael Marcondes Dos Reis  –  $8,415
76th:  Wilmer Chavira  –  $8,415
77th:  Justin Zaki  –  $8,415
78th:  Jason Kapoor  –  $8,415
79th:  Jerry Wong  –  $8,415
80th:  Shanmukha Meruga  –  $8,415

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  73 of 1,165

After a flop of , Joshua Bray was all in from the button for about 70,000 with (pair of aces), but he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Perry Shiao in the hijack.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the set of eights held up for Shiao to win the pot and eliminate Bray in 74th place.

Perry Shiao  –  770,000  (48 bb)
Joshua Bray  –  Eliminated in 74th Place  ($8,415)

With 73 players remaining from a field of 1,165, the average chip stack is about 638,000 (40 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $8,415 each. The next pay jump will be $9,305 for 72nd place.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 21, around 11:45 pm.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  80 of 1,165

Here are the most recent players who have been eliminated, along with their payouts:

81st:  Ken Fishman  –  $7,710
82nd:  Ryan Luker  –  $7,710
83rd:  George James  –  $7,710
84th:  Robert Manjura-Boody  –  $7,710
85th:  Ronald Sullivan  –  $7,710
86th:  Matthew Zarcadoolas  –  $7,710
87th:  Kevin Castillo  –  $7,710

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  80 of 1,165

Ken Fishman was all in from the button for about 195,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of James Gilbert in the big blind, who covered him by only a few thousand.

The board came , and the pocket sevens held up for Gilbert to win the pot and eliminate Fishman in 81st place.

James Gilbert  –  417,000  (26 bb)
Ken Fishman  –  Eliminated in 81st Place  ($7,710)

With 80 players remaining from a field of 1,165, the average chip stack is about 583,000 (36 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $8,415 each. The next pay jump will be $9,305 for 72nd place.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 21, around 11:45 pm.

$600 Turbo NLH / PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries:  47

Registration closed in the $600 Turbo No Limit Hold’em tournament with 47 entries, creating a prizepool worth $10,117. The final five players will finish in the money, and the winner will earn $10,117 and the guitar trophy.

2021 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 16
$600 Turbo NLH / PLO (Re-Entry)
Entries:  47
Prize Pool:  $24,675
June 20, 2021

1st:  $10,117 + Trophy
2nd:  $6,169
3rd:  $3,701
4th:  $2,714
5th:  $1,974

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  82 of 1,165

After a flop of with about 72K already in the pot, Jonathan Jaffe checked, Sumeet Wayachal bet 20,000, and Jaffe check-raised to 55,000. Wayachal reraised to 140,000, and Jaffe four-bet all in for 442,000.

Wayachal called with for a queen-high flush, and Jaffe turned over for a set of sixes. Jaffe needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was — the ! The table reacted with surprise as Jaffe clinched the pot with quad sixes.

The meaningless river card was the , and Jaffe won the pot with his quads to double up in chips.

Jonathan Jaffe  –  956,000  (80 bb)
Sumeet Wayachal  –  360,000  (30 bb)

With 82 players remaining from a field of 1,165, the average chip stack is about 568,000 (47 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $7,710 each. The next pay jump will be $8,415 for 80th place.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 21, around 11:45 pm.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  87 of 1,165

88th:  Joshua Rothberg  –  $7,710
89th:  Damjan Radanov  –  $7,710

90th:  Armando Figueroa  –  $7,155
91st:  Narimaan Ahmadi  –  $7,155
92nd:  Barrett Purvis  –  $7,155
93rd:  Shankar Pillai  –  $7,155
94th:  Jeffrey Esterling  –  $7,155
95th:  Ronnie Day, Jr.  –  $7,155
96th:  Sokchheka Pho  –  $7,155
97th:  Igor Tretyakov  –  $7,155
98th:  Kevin Greene  –  $7,155

99th:  Jeffrey Morzella  –  $6,725
100th:  Vitor Coelho  –  $6,725
101st:  Anthony March  –  $6,725
102nd:  David Nathaniel, Jr.  –  $6,725
103rd:  Filipp Khavin  –  $6,725
104th:  Steven McKoy  –  $6,725