Championship Day 1A: Play Ends with Michael Stashin Leading with 362,000

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Remaining Players: 209 of  577 entries

Michael Stashin – Photo Credit: Drew Amato for World Poker Tour

Day 1A has come to a close in the Championship Event here in Tampa, and Michael Stashin leads the final 225 players with a chip stack of 362,000.

Other top stacks were bagged up by Michael Rossitto (352,500), Loni Hui (351,500), Jeremy Ausmus (344,500), and rounding out the top five was Chance Kornuth (334,500) for a star-studded group of chip leaders.

Notables that busted along the way, but will be able to re-enter again tomorrow include Alex Foxen, Esther Taylor, Viny Lima, Yuva Bronstein, Steven Snyder, Paul Spice, and Carlos Rodriguez..

Day 1B will begin 11 am on Saturday, and registration will remain open until the start of Level 9 at 9:15 pm.

Here is a look at the top 10 chip counts:

1. Michael Stashin – 362,000
2. Michael Rossitto – 352,500
3. Loni Hui – 351,500
4. Jeremy Ausmus – 344,500
5. Chance Kornuth – 334,500
6. William Pappas – 326,500
7. Matthew Leecy – 326,000
8. Raminder Singh – 319,000
9. Jeremy Eyer – 312,500
10. Mukul Pahuja – 291,000