Championship: Steve Brite Doubles Thru Yuri Martins

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 1,165

Steve Brite
Steve Brite

Yuri Martins moved all in from the small blind for 2,350,000, and Steve Brite thought for a while before calling all in from the big blind for 1,475,000 with 10s10d.

Martins turned over Ad2s, and Brite needed his pocket pair to hold to stay alive.

The board came QdJd5dQc9c — Martins flopped a diamond flush draw, but improved no further. Brite won the pot with his pocket tens to double up in chips.

Steve Brite  –  3,025,000  (40 bb)
Yuri Martins  –  875,000  (12 bb)

With 17 players remaining from a field of 1,165, the average chip stack is about 2.75 million (37 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $26,290 each, and the next pay jump will be $31,950 for 16th place.

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