$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Remaining Players: 261 of  577 entries

Here is a look at some of the top chip counts and notables in the field late in Day 1A as the end of play approaches

Andrew Ostapchenko – 325,000
Eyal Eshkar – 280,000
Ari Engel – 230,000
Shankar Pillai – 230,000
Kharlin Sued – 215,000
Jonathan Marcu – 208,000
Paul Snead – 195,000
Viet Vo – 185,000
Roberto Bendeck – 115,000
Loni Hui – 115,000

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Remaining Players: 261 of  577 entries

Esther Taylor was all in short with in the hole UTG+1, and Tom Revello had her covered holding .

The final board read , and Taylor was eliminated on the hand. Revello stacked up 162,000 after collecting the pot.

Tom Revello – 162,000 (108 bb)
Esther Taylor – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Remaining Players: 261 of  577 entries

Here is a look at the top chip counts in the room after the last break of the night.

1.   Jeremy Eyer  –  311,500  (208 bb)
2.  Chance Kornuth  –  310,000  (207 bb)
3.  Eyal Eshkar  –  300,500  (200 bb)
4.  Cuinn Griffin  –  298,500  (199 bb)
5.  Brian Altman  –  297,000  (198 bb)

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Entries: 577

Day 1A has come to a close at the championship event here in Tampa with a field of 577 entries, which topped the 548 entries that played in this flight from one year ago. The field will now play two more levels until the end of play at 11:15 pm. Registration will be open tomorrow for Day 1B until right before the ninth level of play as well, with registration closing at 9:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  564

After a series of raises, James Calderaro was all in for 35,600 under the gun with in the hole, and the button had him covered holding .

The board was dealt , and Calderaro doubled up to survive with 74,200 after collecting the pot.

James Calderaro – 74,200 (62 bb)

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  556

Here is a look at the top chip counts in the room that are chasing the current chip leader Brian Altman, who has been cruising around over/under 300,000.

Michael Newman  –  230,000
Paul Snead  –  194,000
Bin Weng  –  165,000
Nick Palma  –  164,000
Brett Bader  –  155,000
Balakrishna Patur  –  153,000
Jerry Wong  –  140,000
David Farber  –  132,000
Phil Hui  –  125,000
Nitis Udornpim  –  120,000

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  550

The button was all in short with in the hole, and Christy Whitehurst had him covered holding on the hijack.

The final board read , and the button was eliminated. Whitehurst stacked up 135,000 after collecting the pot.

Christy Whitehurst – 135,000 (112 bb)

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  541

Brian Altman has held the chip lead for a good chunk of play on Day 1A, and despite losing a recent pot he still leads the field with a stack of 287,000.

In that hand there was 12,000 in the pot, and the flop read when Altman bet 2,000 from the button.

His opponent check-called from the cutoff before the turn fell , and then Altman check-called 10,000 against his opponents bet.

The river delivered the , Altman bet 13,000, and the cutoff check-raised to 40,000. Altman folded his cards to leave himself with his current lead of 247,000.

Brian Altman – 247,000 (247 bb)

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  538

The board read when Scott Baumstein bet 25,000. David Jackson then raised more than enough to put Baumstein all in, and he called off the rest of his stack.

Baumstein showed for a flush, but it was not enough to top the held by Jackson. Jackson stacked up 127,000 after collecting the pot, and Baumstein was eliminated.

David Jackson – 127,000 (127 bb)
Scott Baumstein – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  533

Brandon Caputo got all in for 25,500 from the button with in the hole, and Ian O’Hara had him covered holding on the button.

The board ran out , and Caputo doubled up to survive with 53,500, and O’Hara held 35,300 after the hand.

Brandon Caputo – 53,500 (53bb)
Ian O’Hara – 35,300 (35 bb)