$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 41 of 1,165
Another two levels in the books and another break. We also have another leader in the Championship as Brock Wilson moves into the top spot with 3,690,000. He’s followed by Donnie Phan with 3,500,000 and Michael Stashin’s 3,225,000.
Blinds are up to 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante and the average stack is about 1,420,000 (36 bb).
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 47 of 1,165
Another round of results shows WPT Champions Club member Justin Liberto and former WPT Player of the Year Mukul Pahuja among the latest to cash out.
57th: Mukul Pahuja – $10,450
58th: Justin Zaki – $10,450
59th: Austin Sullivan – $10,450
60th: Chris Dombrowski – $10,450
61st: Dan Clemente – $10,450
62nd: David Gaskin – $10,450
63rd: Kevin Greene – $10,450
64th: Justin Liberto – $10,450
$1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 146 entries
Event 26 came back for Day 2 with 18 players remaining and they cut that in half to form the nine-handed final table. Claudio Piedrabuena continues to lead with Raminder Singh looking for his third trophy of the series and Ken Fishman his second.
Everyone is guaranteed at least $6,050 with more than $60K awaiting the winner.
Seat 1: Raminder Singh – 310,000 (31 bb)
Seat 2: Ken Fishman – 240,000 (24 bb)
Seat 3: Brian Luo – 110,000 (11 bb)
Seat 4: Claudio Piedrabuena – 525,000 (53 bb)
Seat 5: Yaymel Bodes – 365,000 (37 bb)
Seat 6: Nitis Udornpim – 390,000 (39 bb)
Seat 7: RJ Sullivan – 325,000 (33 bb)
Seat 8: Brett Bader – 235,000 (24 bb)
Seat 9: Derek Meteraud – 220,000 (22 bb)
Remaining 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
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 55 of 1,165
In a heads-up pot between Manny Minaya and David Tuthill with about 300K in the middle, the flop came 
and Minaya checked from middle position. Tuthill bet 85,000 and Minaya called.
The turn was 
, Minaya checked, Tuthill bet 200,000 and Minaya called. The board finished with the 
and Minaya checked again. Tuthill used a time chip then bet 600,000 leaving only a few chips behind. Minaya waited less than the 30 seconds allowed and tossed in a chip to call.
Tuthill showed 
and took the pot after the Minaya tabled his 
. Tuthill added another boost to his stack while Minaya was down to 130,000 and gone soon after.
David Tuthill – 2,250,000 (75 bb)
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 64 of 1,165
The surprisingly quick pace this afternoon continued and the Championship is down to the last eight tables, showing no signs of slowing. Here’s a look at the last round of results, everyone is now guaranteed at least $10,450.
65th: Connor Jodon – $9,350
66th: Chad Roedersheimer – $9,350
67th: Nathan Russler – $9,350
68th: Raj Vohra – $9,350
69th: Brian Kent – $9,350
70th: Grant Wang – $9,350
71st: Shankar Pillai – $9,350
72nd: David Jackson – $9,350
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 64 of 1,165
We did not see the preflop action but the result was David Tuthill getting all in for 355,000 against Chris Dombrowski and needing help.
Tuthill: 
Dombrowski: 
Tuthill was behind but took the lead when he paired his ace on the 
flop. The board finished and 
to send Tuthill a double.
David Tuthill – 775,000 (31 bb)
Chris Dombrowski – 380,000 (15 bb)
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 70 of 1,165
Cards are back in the air after the break and two hours into the day, players are still chasing the same two players at the top of the counts. Corey Wade leads the field with 2,670,000 followed by David DiBernardi’s 2,355,000.
Blinds are up to 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante and the average stack is about 830,000 (33 bb).
1. Corey Wade – 2,670,000 (107 bb)
2. David DiBernardi – 2,355,000 (94 bb)
3. Kevin Ragusa – 1,990,000 (80 bb)
4. Donnie Pham – 1,950,000 (78 bb)
5. Brad Owen – 1,830,000 (73 bb)
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 72 of 1,165
Players are getting ready for their first break and we caught up on some paperwork. Here are the results from 73rd to 88th after a quick run of eliminations over the last part of Level 20.
73rd: Phi Nguyen – $8,450
74th: Sebastian Aube – $8,450
75th: Matthew Zarcadoolas – $8,450
76th: Amie Martini – $8,450
77th: Jake Ferro – $8,450
78th: Marcus Stein – $8,450
79th: Zachary Fischer – $8,450
80th: Wagner Wysotchanski – $8,450
81st: Juan Rodriguez Torres – $7,750
82nd: John Gorsuch – $7,750
83rd: Christopher Agnello – $7,750
84th: David Farber – $7,750
85th: Ricardo Velasco – $7,750
86th: Matthew Emmel – $7,750
87th: Seth Fischer – $7,750
88th: Frank Lagodich – $7,750
$10,000 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
The second big tournament kicking off at 2 pm is the $10,000 High Roller, something for the big bankrolls still in town and our local high rollers.
Players start with huge 100K stacks and all Day 1 levels last 40 minutes, going up to 90 at the final table. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 10 pm.
The two-day tournament will play down to its nine-handed final table this evening and those players will return tomorrow to the Poker Room to play it down to our $10K High Roller champ.
$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 78 of 1,165
Aaron Olshan was down to 290,000 and got his chips in the middle against David Jackson in a tough spot.
Olshan:
Jackson: 
Olshan ran into a cooler and blanked the 
flop. Jackson made a set of kings on the 
turn while Olshan picked up a gutshot straight draw.
That got there on the river to give him a king-high straight.
Aaron Olshan – 630,000 (32 bb)
David Jackson – 80,000 (4 bb)
