Championship: Jonathan Jaffe Leads the Final 13 at the Break

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 1,165

Jonathan Jaffe
Chipleader Jonathan Jaffe

The players return from break to begin Level 27, with increased blinds of 50,000-100,000 with a 100,000 ante.

With 13 players remaining from a field of 1,165, the average chip stack is about 3,575,000 (36 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $39,270 each, and the next pay jump will be $48,805 for 12th place.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 53
Seat 1.  Joe Steur  –  1,075,000  (11 bb)
Seat 2.  Yuri Martins  –  3,900,000  (39 bb)
Seat 3.  John Haas  –  2,875,000  (29 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Dave Berman  –  3,600,000  (36 bb)
Seat 6.  Brian Altman  –  4,775,000  (48 bb)
Seat 7.  Steve Brite  –  1,075,000  (11 bb)
Seat 8.  Gabriel Abusada  –  4,125,000  (41 bb)

TABLE 54
Seat 1.  Steve Queen  –  1,225,000  (12 bb)
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  Jonathan Jaffe  –  8,175,000  (82 bb)
Seat 4.  Zachary Smiley  –  5,600,000  (56 bb)
Seat 5.  T.K. Miles  –  3,225,000  (32 bb)
Seat 6.  Will Berry  –  4,725,000  (47 bb)
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  Peter Vitantonio  –  2,325,000  (23 bb)

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