$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 440

There was little change over the last 30 minutes of Level 20 and the 21 remaining players were sent on their hour-long dinner break.

Remaining payouts:

1st: $198,150
2nd: $132,095
3rd: $97,475
4th: $72,710
5th: $54,830
6th: $41,800
7th: $32,225
8th: $25,125
9th-10th: $19,815
11th-12th: $15,805
13th-14th: $12,755
15th-16th: $10,415
17th-20th: $8,610
21st: $7,200

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 440

Former chip leader Romeo Mendoza went out in 22nd place to leave 21 remaining with 30 minutes to go till dinner. Here’s how the lineup looks now and we will update all counts while they are gone.

Table 20
Seat 1: Brian Altman
Seat 2: Paul Snead
Seat 3: Jeremy Joseph
Seat 4: Mark Wiser
Seat 5: Dante Cianfarra
Seat 6: Doug Marro
Seat 7: Steven Snyder
Seat 8: — Empty —

Table 21
Seat 1: Howard Feingold
Seat 2: Michael Stonehill
Seat 3: Alexander Orlov
Seat 4: Sean Conklin
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Christopher Meyers
Seat 7: Tom McDonald
Seat 8: Siddharth Siddharth

Table 22
Seat 1: Bryce McVay
Seat 2: Cody Hernandez
Seat 3: Justin Zaki
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Jason Block
Seat 6: Bobby Pratt
Seat 7: John Dolan
Seat 8: Ken Fishman

22nd: Romeo Mendoza – $7,200
23rd: Clarence Murray – $7,200
24th: Caleb Piderit – $7,200

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 440

Action folded around to Brian Altman on the button and he looked at the stacks of Stuart Taylor and Mark Wiser in the blinds. Both were short and Altman dropped in a stack of 25K chips, enough to cover either or both if that happened.

Taylor called at risk for 140,000 and Wiser folded.

Taylor:
Altman:

Taylor was ahead and faded the flop. Altman paired his ten on the turn and Taylor, our Event 11 champ, was eliminated in 25th place after the river.

Tournament staff paused the clock and the remaining 24 players are redrawing seats at the last three tables.

Brian Altman – 1,450,000 (97 bb)

Recent results:

25th: Stuart Taylor – $6,095
26th: Chris Perry – $6,095
27th: Nashaat Antonious – $6,095
28th: Samuel Steele – $6,095
29th: Aaron Mederos – $6,095
30th: Charla Ellis – $6,095
31st: Anthony Askey – $6,095
32nd: Oleg Rutskin – $6,095

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 440

Paul Snead opened the action, Chris Perry three-bet all in for 125,000, and Snead called.

Perry:
Snead:

Perry needed his sevens to hold to double but Snead paired his ace on the to take the lead. Perry couldn’t come back on the turn or river to exit in 26th place.

Paul Snead – 965,000 (64 bb)
Chris Perry – Eliminated in 26th Place ($6,095)

Meanwhile back on Table 20, Brian Altman has moved back among the leaders and he’s always a dangerous spot at the table.

Brian Altman – 1,280,000 (85 bb)

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 440

Brian Altman opened to 45,000 from the cutoff, Mark Wiser thought about coming along in the small blind before his fold, and Aaron Mederos moved all in for 105,000 to get a quick call from Altman.

Altman:
Mederos:

Mederos was live for a double up but Altman made aces up on the flop. The turn and river finished the board and Mederos was eliminated in 29th place.

Brian Altman – 560,000 (37 bb)
Aaron Mederos – Eliminated in 29th Place ($6,095)

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 440

Cards are back in the air after the second break with 29 players remaining and a three-table redraw in the near future. Siddharth Siddharth continues to lead but dropped back to the pack a tiny bit while Justin Zaki moved closer to regaining the top spot.

Blinds are up to 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante and the average stack is about 605,000 (40 bb).

Siddharth Siddharth – 1,540,000 (103 bb)
Justin Zaki – 1,430,000 (95 bb)
Bryce McVay – 1,210,000 (81 bb)
Ken Fishman – 1,140,000 (76 bb)
Jeremy Joseph – 1,020,000 (68 bb)

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 440

A player in middle position opened to 25,000 and Paul Snead moved all in for 162,000 from the small blind. The OG raiser called and Snead was racing.

Snead:
Middle Position:

Snead started to stand up from his chair but quickly sat back down when he saw the flop. He made trip aces and doubled up after the turn and river.

Paul Snead – 348,000 (29 bb)

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 440

Another level is down and another table gone. The Championship is down to the last four tables with 32 players remaining. Siddharth Siddharth has been on a supreme heater in the last hour and sits as the clear leader with 1,970,000.

Blinds are now 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante and the average stack is about 550,000 (46 bb).

Recent results:

33rd: Dushyant Gulanti – $5,225
34th: Gerald Dunn – $5,225
35th: Tyler Knittle – $5,225
36th: Fabian Foster – $5,225
37th: TK Miles – $5,225
38th: Byron Kaverman – $5,225
39th: Courtney Webb – $5,225
40th: Fernando Rodriguez – $5,225

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  35 of 440

TK Miles open-shipped for 147,000 from middle position, Ken Fishman reshoved from the button and Justin Zaki folded his big blind after thinking about joining. Miles was behind with against and our 2021 Tampa WPO Champion could not find a save.

Elsewhere, Siddharth Siddharth caught a flush with his against Fabian Foster’s pocket tens to send him out and move over a million.

Siddharth Siddharth – 1,100,000 (110 bb)
Ken Fishman – 806,000 (81 bb)

$2,500 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 440

They are moving right along in the Championship after the bubble burst, only pausing long enough to take their 15-minute break. The game is down to the last five tables with 40 players still in contention.

Recent results:

41st: Jarod Ludemann – $4,535
42nd: Antonio Fernandez – $4,535
43rd: Wayne Harmon – $4,535
44th: Nghia Le – $4,535
45th: Daniel Brown – $4,535
46th: Farid Jattin – $4,535
47th: Brett Brucaleri – $4,535
48th: Peter Bozek – $4,535