Championship: Fred Paradis Leads the Final 16 with Close to 7 Million

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 1,165

Fred Paradis – Photo Credit : Drew Amato for World Poker Tour

Day 3 has ended with the final 16 players bagging up chips in the Championship Event in Tampa. Fred Paradis held the chip lead at the end of play with 6,975,000, and Steven McKoy is in second with 5,825,000. Rounding out the top three was Seth Berger 5,275,000.

And a big reminder to everyone remaining, play will take place down in the Poker Room tomorrow beginning at Noon. Play will resume with 30 minutes remaining in Level 25 with blinds at 50,000-75,000 with a 75,000 ante.

Here is a look at the seating chart with chip counts at the end of play.

Seat 1:  Kevin Ragusa  –  4,050,000  (54 bb)
Seat 2:  Dimitry Agrachov  –  3,600,000  (48 bb)
Seat 3:  Sam Laskowitz  –  1,350,000  (18 bb)
Seat 4:  Corey Wade  –  2,825,000  (38 bb)
Seat 5:  Bernie Wen  –  1,550,000  (21 bb)
Seat 6:  Fred Paradis  –  6,975,000  (93 bb)
Seat 7:  James Calderaro  –  2,125,000  (28 bb)
Seat 8:  Seth Berger  –  5,275,000  (70 bb)

Seat 1:  Donnie Phan  –  4,025,000  (54 bb)
Seat 2:  James Mendoza   –  4,775,000  (64 bb)
Seat 3:  David Tuthill  –  4,975,000  (66 bb)
Seat 4:  Alejandro Funes  –  1,150,000  (15 bb)
Seat 5:  Brock Wilson  –  5,075,000  (68 bb)
Seat 6:  Scott Heiligman  –  2,150,000  (29 bb)
Seat 7:  Aaron Olshan  –  2,100,000  (28 bb)
Seat 8:  Steven McKoy  –  5,825,000  (78 bb)

Here is the remaining prize pool up for grabs:

1st:  $615,050
2nd:  $410,000
3rd:  $300,000
4th:  $226,000
5th:  $170,000
6th:  $130,000
7th:  $100,000
8th:  $78,000
9th-10th:  $61,500
11th-12th:  $49,000
13th-14th:  $39,400
15th-16th:  $32,000