Championship Day 1B: David Tuthill Doubles Thru Peter Vitantonio; Christian Harder Joins the Chipleaders

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | StructurePayouts
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  170 of 617  (Total Field:  1,165)

David Tuthill and Peter Vitantonio
David Tuthill (left) and Peter Vitantonio

David Tuthill was short-stacked and all in from the hijack with AhKc, and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the QsJd of Peter Vitantonio in the cutoff.

The board came 9d8c2c7d7s — Vitantonio flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Tuthill won the pot with his ace to double up in chips.

David Tuthill  –  25,000  (10 bb)
Peter Vitantonio  –  508,000  (203 bb)

Christian Harder
Christian Harder

As we near the end of Day 1B, Christian Harder has built up a pretty big stack, and he is now getting close to the chipleaders.

Christian Harder  –  415,000  (166 bb)

With about 170 players remaining from a Day 1B field of 617, the average chip stack is about 145,000 (58 big blinds).

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of this level, around 12:30 am.