$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 1,165

Joe Steur was all in from the hijack for 1,075,000 with , but he needed to improve to stay alive against the of John Haas on the button.

The board came — Steur flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Haas won the pot with a rivered set of kings to eliminate Steur in 13th place.

John Haas  –  3,900,000  (39 bb)
Joe Steur  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  ($39,270)

With 12 players remaining from a field of 1,165, the average chip stack is about 3,875,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $48,805 each, and the next pay jump will be $61,325 for 10th place.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 28, or until there are six players left, whichever comes first.