$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $637,500 | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 425

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $637,500 | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 425

Action is flying and tournament staff paused the clock with 24 players remaining to redraw seats. Here is the lineup and we will update with counts once they get settled.

Table 11
Seat 1: Dakota Diaz
Seat 2: Dion Jagroo
Seat 3: Fred Paradis
Seat 4: Stephen Dees
Seat 5: Dan Clemente
Seat 6: Aaron Mederos
Seat 7: Filipp Khavin
Seat 8: Wayne Leonard

Table 21
Seat 1: Phi Nguyen
Seat 2: Rusty Wadsworth Jr
Seat 3: Colby Covington
Seat 4: Sandro Vianna De Sa
Seat 5: Vincent Censabella
Seat 6: John Kamis
Seat 7: David Meagher
Seat 8: Gabe Fuller

Table 22
Seat 1: William Medina Diaz
Seat 2: Jeffrey Trudeau Jr
Seat 3: William Wolf
Seat 4: Ryan Hogan
Seat 5: Mark Glazewski
Seat 6: Robert Gill
Seat 7: Scott Heiligman
Seat 8: James Doepker

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $637,500 | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 425

Paul Snead opened to 40,000 from the cutoff and Dakota Diaz called in the big blind to see the flop. Diaz checked, Snead continued for another 50,000 and Diaz moved all in with the bigger stack. Snead called and the hands were tabled.

Snead:
Diaz:

Our two-time TPC Champion was 2-to-1 to win on the flop and 4-to-1 after the turn. But Diaz binked a river to make a queen-high straight and loudly celebrated.

“Suck out king!”

Snead fell short of his third Tampa Championship and they field was down to 24.

Dakota Diaz – 1,300,000 (65 bb)
Paul Snead – Eliminated in 25th Place ($4,050)

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $637,500 | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 425

Mike Ahmad was short and took a shot with a big blind shove for about 130,000 and William Wolf had him at risk.

Wolf:
Ahmad:

Ahmad was in good shape and Wolf was already counting out chips to send across the table. That changed on the flop when Wolf paired his king to take the lead. The board finished and and Ahmad was eliminated in 27th place.

William Wolf – 545,000 (36 bb)
Mike Ahmad – Eliminated in 27th Place ($4,050)

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $637,500 | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 425

Ryan Hogan opened to 30,000 from early position and Stephen Dees called on the button. James Maita three-bet to 130,000 from the big blind and only Hogan came along.

The flop was and Maita moved all in for 385,000. Hogan took several minutes to think, reconfirmed the count, and called with the bigger stack.

Hogan:
Maita:

Maita was ahead with his pair of jacks but needed to dodge Hogan’s open-ended straight draw/backdoor flush draw. The turn gave Hogan a ten-high straight and Maita was drawing dead to the river to exit in 28th place.

Ryan Hogan – 1,600,000 (107 bb)
James Maita – Eliminated in 28th Place ($4,050)

Recent eliminations:

29th: Drew Dodge – $4,050
30th: Stephen Brite – $4,050
31st: David Moses – $4,050

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $637,500 | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 425

After an unscheduled break, the regular break came around a little later when Level 18 ended. Here’s a look at the four remaining tables with chip counts.

Blinds are at 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante and the average stack is about 550,000 (37 bb).

Table 10
Seat 1: James Doepker – 490,000 (33 bb)
Seat 2: Mark Glazewski – 670,000 (45 bb)
Seat 3: William Medina Diaz – 725,000 (48 bb)
Seat 4: Sandro Vianna De Sa – 325,000 (22 bb)
Seat 5: Vincent Censabella – 125,000 (8 bb)
Seat 6: Drew Dodge – 195,000 (13 bb)
Seat 7: Fred Paradis – 535,000 (36 bb)
Seat 8: Phi Nguyen – 310,000 (21 bb)

Table 11
Seat 1: Dan Clemente – 620,000 (41 bb)
Seat 2: Wayne Leonard – 470,000 (31 bb)
Seat 3: Scott Heiligman – 565,000 (38 bb)
Seat 4: Filipp Khavin – 290,000 (19 bb)
Seat 5: David Moses – 185,000 (12 bb)
Seat 6: Aaron Mederos – 140,000 (9 bb)
Seat 7: Dion Jagroo – 765,000 (51 bb)
Seat 8: Rusty Wadsworth Jr – 415,000 (28 bb)

Table 21
Seat 1: Mike Ahmad – 175,000 (12 bb)
Seat 2: Stephen Dees – 755,000 (50 bb)
Seat 3: David Tuthill – 265,000 (18 bb)
Seat 4: James Maita – 680,000 (45 bb)
Seat 5: William Wolf – 750,000 (50 bb)
Seat 6: Stephen Brite – 160,000 (11 bb)
Seat 7: Ryan Hogan – 910,000 (61 bb)
Seat 8: Jeffrey Trudeau Jr – 1,055,000 (70 bb)

Table 22
Seat 1: Colby Covington – 1,205,000 (80 bb)
Seat 2: John Kamis – 375,000 (25 bb)
Seat 3: Dakota Diaz – 480,000 (32 bb)
Seat 4:
Seat 5: David Meagher – 1,565,000 (104 bb)
Seat 6: Gabe Fuller – 705,000 (47 bb)
Seat 7: Robert Gill – 300,000 (20 bb)
Seat 8: Paul Snead – 795,000 (53 bb)

32nd: Mitch Mitchell – $4,050
33rd: Tamas Hartman – $3,580
34th: RJ Sullivan – $3,580
35th: Jenn Franenstein – $3,580
36th: James Calderaro – $3,580
37th: Ray Mancini – $3,580
38th: Wasim Assaf – $3,580
39th: Michael Laake – $3,580
40th: Brian Ray – $3,580
41st: Peter Bozek – $3,220
42nd: Jared Reinstein – $3,220
43rd: Reese Combs – $3,220
44th: Salvador Ramos – $3,220
45th: Pratik Shah – $3,220
46th: Matt White – $3,220
47th: Gustavo Machado – $3,220
48th: Kumar Kantamaneni – $3,220
49th: Sihao Zhang – $2,960
50th: Ken Fishman – $2,960
51st: Dorian Rios – $2,960
52nd: Christopher Hyden – $2,960
53rd: Mansoor Kader – $2,960
54th: Daniel Chalifour – $2,960
55th: David Moses – $2,960

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $637,500 | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 425

Before we could practically take a breath to catch up, the WPO Championship is already down to five tables with 40 players remaining.

41st: Peter Bozek – $3,220
42nd: Jared Reinstein – $3,220
43rd: Reese Combs – $3,220
44th: Salvador Ramos – $3,220
45th: Pratik Shah – $3,220
46th: Matt White – $3,220
47th: Gustavo Machado – $3,220
48th: Kumar Kantamaneni – $3,220

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $637,500 | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 425

49th: Sihao Zhang – $2,960
50th: Ken Fishman – $2,960
51st: Dorian Rios – $2,960
52nd: Christopher Hyden – $2,960
53rd: Mansoor Kader – $2,960
54th: Daniel Chalifour – $2,960
55th: David Moses – $2,960 *
* – David Moses bagged twice and received a min-cash for his smaller bag

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $637,500 | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  400/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  52 of 425

Mansoor Kader open-shipped for 106,000 from the hijack and Dakota Diaz called from the button with the bigger stack.

Diaz:
Kader:

Kader needed a lot of help to double up and stay in the game but missed the flop. He made a set on the turn to take the lead but Diaz returned the favor with a river to send him out.

Dakota Diaz – 406,000 (51 bb)
Mansoor Kader – Eliminated in 53rd Place ($2,960)

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $637,500 | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  400/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  54 of 425

Action is underway for Day 2 of the WPO Championship, kicking off at the top of Level 16. Flight C finished during the break after Level 15 so they get a full level at 4,000/8,000.