$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
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Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  69 of 1,165

The players return from break to begin Level 20, with increased blinds of 10,000-20,000 and a 20,000 ante. With 69 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 675,000 (34 big blinds).

The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $9,305 each. The next pay jump will be $10,410 for 64th place.

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 1.5 million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  David Meagher  –  1,815,000  (91 bb)
2.  Brian Altman  –  1,690,000  (85 bb)
3.  Peter Vitantonio  –  1,590,000  (80 bb)
4.  John Haas  –  1,555,000  (78 bb)

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 21, around 11:45 pm.

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Level 19:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  72 of 1,165

Here are the most recent players who have been eliminated, along with their payouts:

73rd:  Marie Harrell  –  $8,415
74th:  Joshua Bray  –  $8,415
75th:  Rafael Marcondes Dos Reis  –  $8,415
76th:  Wilmer Chavira  –  $8,415
77th:  Justin Zaki  –  $8,415
78th:  Jason Kapoor  –  $8,415
79th:  Jerry Wong  –  $8,415
80th:  Shanmukha Meruga  –  $8,415

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
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Level 19:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  73 of 1,165

After a flop of , Joshua Bray was all in from the button for about 70,000 with (pair of aces), but he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Perry Shiao in the hijack.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the set of eights held up for Shiao to win the pot and eliminate Bray in 74th place.

Perry Shiao  –  770,000  (48 bb)
Joshua Bray  –  Eliminated in 74th Place  ($8,415)

With 73 players remaining from a field of 1,165, the average chip stack is about 638,000 (40 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $8,415 each. The next pay jump will be $9,305 for 72nd place.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 21, around 11:45 pm.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
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Level 19:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  80 of 1,165

Here are the most recent players who have been eliminated, along with their payouts:

81st:  Ken Fishman  –  $7,710
82nd:  Ryan Luker  –  $7,710
83rd:  George James  –  $7,710
84th:  Robert Manjura-Boody  –  $7,710
85th:  Ronald Sullivan  –  $7,710
86th:  Matthew Zarcadoolas  –  $7,710
87th:  Kevin Castillo  –  $7,710

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
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Level 19:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  80 of 1,165

Ken Fishman was all in from the button for about 195,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of James Gilbert in the big blind, who covered him by only a few thousand.

The board came , and the pocket sevens held up for Gilbert to win the pot and eliminate Fishman in 81st place.

James Gilbert  –  417,000  (26 bb)
Ken Fishman  –  Eliminated in 81st Place  ($7,710)

With 80 players remaining from a field of 1,165, the average chip stack is about 583,000 (36 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $8,415 each. The next pay jump will be $9,305 for 72nd place.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 21, around 11:45 pm.

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Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  82 of 1,165

After a flop of with about 72K already in the pot, Jonathan Jaffe checked, Sumeet Wayachal bet 20,000, and Jaffe check-raised to 55,000. Wayachal reraised to 140,000, and Jaffe four-bet all in for 442,000.

Wayachal called with for a queen-high flush, and Jaffe turned over for a set of sixes. Jaffe needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was — the ! The table reacted with surprise as Jaffe clinched the pot with quad sixes.

The meaningless river card was the , and Jaffe won the pot with his quads to double up in chips.

Jonathan Jaffe  –  956,000  (80 bb)
Sumeet Wayachal  –  360,000  (30 bb)

With 82 players remaining from a field of 1,165, the average chip stack is about 568,000 (47 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $7,710 each. The next pay jump will be $8,415 for 80th place.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 21, around 11:45 pm.

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Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  87 of 1,165

88th:  Joshua Rothberg  –  $7,710
89th:  Damjan Radanov  –  $7,710

90th:  Armando Figueroa  –  $7,155
91st:  Narimaan Ahmadi  –  $7,155
92nd:  Barrett Purvis  –  $7,155
93rd:  Shankar Pillai  –  $7,155
94th:  Jeffrey Esterling  –  $7,155
95th:  Ronnie Day, Jr.  –  $7,155
96th:  Sokchheka Pho  –  $7,155
97th:  Igor Tretyakov  –  $7,155
98th:  Kevin Greene  –  $7,155

99th:  Jeffrey Morzella  –  $6,725
100th:  Vitor Coelho  –  $6,725
101st:  Anthony March  –  $6,725
102nd:  David Nathaniel, Jr.  –  $6,725
103rd:  Filipp Khavin  –  $6,725
104th:  Steven McKoy  –  $6,725

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
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Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  92 of 1,165

The players return from break to begin Level 18, with increased blinds of 6,000-12,000 with a 12,000 ante. With 92 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 507,000 (42 big blinds).

A scan of the field during the dinner break turned up six players with at least one million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Peter Vitantonio  –  1,550,000  (129 bb)
2.  David Meagher  –  1,248,000  (104 bb)
3.  Cricket Agnello  –  1,194,000  (100 bb)
4.  Jon Borenstein  –  1,137,000  (95 bb)
5.  Dave Berman  –  1,007,000  (84 bb)

The 30-second Action Clock by Protection Poker is in play, and players have 30 seconds to make each decision. They have all been given a limited number of non-transferable Time Chips that can be used to extend a decision by an additional 30 seconds.

The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $7,155 each. The next pay jump will be $7,710 for 89th place.

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Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  93 of 1,165

Level 17 came to an end and the 99 remaining players were sent on their 60-minute dinner break. They will return at 7:33 pm to play four more levels before survivors advance to Day 3.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  104 of 1,165

We have another big list of results as the field is close to dropping into double digits before the dinner break. The next round of payouts included Alex Rocha, Craig Varnell, Mark Dube, Matt Waxman, Bala Patur, Steve Karp, and Harrison Gimbel.

104th: Christopher Dombrowski – $6,725
105th: Steven McKoy – $6,725
106th: Boris Shakhmurov – $6,725
107th: Craig Varnell – $6,725
108th: James Pace – $6,725
109th: Kenneth Stacy – $6,725
110th: Mark Dube – $6,725
111th: Benjamin Miner – $6,725
112th: David Kim – $6,725
113th: Matt Waxman – $6,725
114th: Travis Klein – $6,725
115th: Adam Bacome – $6,725
116th: Steven Snyder – $6,725
117th: David Shmuel – $6,405
118th: Gregory Wilson – $6,405
119th: Linda Kittle – $6,405
120th: Samuel Sternfield – $6,405
121st: Spencer Champlin – $6,405
122nd: Francisco Gomez – $6,405
123rd: Deon Sampson – $6,405
124th: Javier Zarco Sanchez – $6,405
125th: Balakrishna Patur – $6,405
126th: Richard Wilburn – $6,405
127th: Steven Karp – $6,405
128th: Harrison Gimbel – $6,405
129th: Michael Rocco – $6,405
130th: Alex Rocha – $6,405
131st: Javier Sarache – $6,405
132nd: Gregory Bannin – $6,405