$1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 146 entries

Day 1 has come to a close in Event 26, and Claudio Piedrabuena was the chip leader at the end of play with a stack of 412,000. The top 18 players advanced from a field of 146, and they will return at 1 pm on Monday to play down to a champion. Play will resume at the start of Level 16, and the button will be in Seat 2.

The money bubble burst just before the end of the night, and then Kahlil Francis became the fist player to cash in the tournament when he exited in 19th place for a payday of $3,290. Here is a look at the table and seat draw with chip counts at the end of play tonight.

2022 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 27
$1,100 Survivor NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  50
Prize Pool:  $50,000
September 4, 2022

Here are the final results from Event 27 in Tampa. The final five survivors all took home the following in prize money, from the field of 50 entries.

1st: Michael Laufer – $10,000
2nd: Antonio Fernandez – $10,000
3rd: Robert Bourkney – $10,000
4th: Charles Allredge – $10,000
5th: Anes Kovacevic  – $10,000

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000
Players Remaining: 9 of 242

The final nine players have taken their seats at the final table for Event 26. Here is a look at the seat draw with chip counts.

Seat 1: Daniel Tanco – 235,000
Seat 2: Bill Davis – 445,000
Seat 3: Sherlok Wong – 430,000
Seat 4: Robert Marcus – 240,000
Seat 5: Mike Wetcher – 220,000
Seat 6: Brian Dube – 1,560,000
Seat 7: Marsha Wolak – 265,000
Seat 8: Laura Born – 485,000
Seat 9: Matt Rose – 960,000

Here is a look at the remaining payouts up for grabs:

1st: $18,800
2nd: $13,200
3rd: $8,310
4th: $5,050
5th: $3,900
6th: $3,230
7th: $2,760
8th: $2,350
9th: $1,880

2022 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 25
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  242
Prize Pool:  $81,070
September 4, 2022

The payouts have bee released for Event 25, with $18,800 going to the eventual champion along with a WPT Trophy. The top 31 players will take home at least $560 in prize money. Here is a look at the full payout structure.

1st: $18,800
2nd: $13,200
3rd: $8,310
4th: $5,050
5th: $3,900
6th: $3,230
7th: $2,760
8th: $2,350
9th: $1,880
10th-12th: $1,590
13th-15th: $1,370
16th-18th: $1,150
19th-21st: $940
22nd-24th: $750
25th-27th: $650
28th-31st: $560

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 99 of 1,165

Flight A: 577 Entries; 209 Advanced
Flight B: 588 Entries; 205 Advanced
Day 2: 414 Returned; 99 Advanced
Day 3: Monday at noon

2022 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 26
$1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  146
Prize Pool:  $219,000
September 4, 2022

The total field of 146 entries created a prize pool worth $219,000 in Event 26. The top 19 players will take home at least $3,290 in prize money, and the eventual champion will take home $60,440. Here is a look at the full payouts:

1st: $60,440
2nd: $38,330
3rd: $22,560
4th: $13,690
5th: 10,620
6th: $8,770
7th: $7,670
8th: $6,840
9th: $6,050
10th-12th: $5,260
13th-15th: $4,490
16th-18th: $3,830
19th: $3,290

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 99 of 1,165

Day 2 in the Championship Event has come to a close in Tampa, and Corey Wade is the chip leader of the final 99 players with a stack of 1,945,000 to pace the field. Here is a look at the top three players at the end of play:

1.  Corey Wade  –  1,945,000  (130 bb)
2.  David DiBernardi  –  1,545,000  (103 bb)
3.  Frank Weigel  –  1,460,000  (97 bb)

A few of the notables that busted today in the money included Matthew Wantman, David Sathue, Kosta “Gus” Kalathakis, Cherish Andrews, Phil Hui, Raminder Singh, Brian Altman, Stephen Song, and Phil Hui.

Full official chip counts and the redraw for tomorrow will be posted soon. Day 3 will begin at Noon on Monday here in Tampa.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 100 of 1,165

The remaining players have been informed that they will play four more hands before the end of Day 2 in the Championship Event. Stay tuned for chip counts, and a summary of the day.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 100 of 1,165

Here is a look at the results in the money for Day 2 in the Championship Event in Tampa.

100th: Gregory Wilson – $7,100
101st: Bud Gibson – $7,100
102nd: Casey Hatmaker – $7,100
103rd: Vito Distefano – $7,100
104th: Jason Hickey – $7,100

105th: Jeffrey McAuliffe – $6,600
106th: Stephen Song – $6,600
107th: Scott Anderson – $6,600
108th: Thong Ho – $6,600
109th: Mark Dickstein – $6,600
110th: Bryce McVay – $6,600
111th: Not Collected – $6,600
112th: Luis Torres – $6,600
113th: Max Kingtsone –  $6,600
114th: Andrew Mazzurco – $6,600
115th: Fawaz Siddiqui – $6,600
116th: Brian Altman – $6,600
117th: Samuel Blankenship – $6,600
118th: Did not collect – $6,600
119th: Tarun Galuti – $6,600
120th: Raminder Singh – $6,600

121st: Aditya Prasetyo – $6,200
122nd: Sergey Glagolev – $6,200
123rd: Kenneth O’Donnell – $6,200
124th Phil Hui – $6,200
125th: David Poces – $6,200
126th: Mohamad Alhalwani – $6,200
127th: Eyal Eshkar – $6,200
128th: Ethan Yau – $6,200
129th: Alwin Hui – $6,200
130th: Cherish Andrews – $6,200
131st: Glenn Becker – $6,200
132nd: Kostas Kalathakis – $6,200
133rd: Eric  Valerio – $6,200

134th: Yaser Al-Keliddar – $5,950
135th: Sheldon Gross – $5,950
136th: Ashley Spring – $5,950
137th: David Sathue – $5,950
138th: Chad DeBerry – $5,950
139th: Walter Thornton – $5,950
140th: Michael Finstein – $5,950
141st: Rohit Palla – $5,950
142nd: Gary Gelman – $5,950
143rd: Antoinette Fiorenza – $5,950
144th: Daniel Chalifour – $5,950
145th: William Stanford – $5,950
146th: Matthew Wantman – $2,975
147th: Bobby Buckingham – $2,975

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 117 of 1,165

Aaron Mermelstein got all in for 271,000 with in the hole from the small blind, and Raymond Roberty called to cover him holding in early position.

The board ran out , and Mermelstein doubled up to survive with 562,000. Roberty held 285,000 after the hand.

Aaron Mermelstein – 562,000 (56 bb)
Raymond Roberty – 285,000 (29 bb)