Championship: David Meagher Leads the Field at the Break with 1.8 Million

$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

David Meagher
Chipleader David Meagher

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.