$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries: 545

Ray Qartomy got all in with in the hole from middle position with the board reading , and his opponent held under the gun.

The river was dealt , and Qartomy doubled up to survive with 148,000 after collecting the pot.

Ray Qartomy – 148,000 (148 bb)

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries: 536

The pot was worth 8,500, and the flop read when the cutoff bet 1,800. The big blind raised to 3,600, and Rodney Turvin moved all in. The cutoff tanked before folding, and the big blind called all in. The last two players then tabled their cards.

Turvin:
Big Blind:

Turn and River:

Turvin won the hand to stack up 112,000 after collecting the pot, and eliminating his opponent.

Rodney Turvin – 112,000 (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 1B Entries: 530

Here is a look at some of the top stacks and notable chip counts from the room on Day 1B.

Steven McKoy  –  180,000
Josh Adkins  –  160,000
Rania Nasreddine  –  155,000
Jorge Gomez  –  130,000
Thomas Carroll  –  115,000
Willie Wiggins  –  115,000
Jen Shahade  –  112,000
Shawn Cunix  –  104,000
Javier Zarco  –  90,000
Frank Russo  –  90,000

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries: 501

The players have returned from dinner with 501 players, and recent arrivals after the dinner break before the close of registration include Esther Taylor, Kyle Bowker, and Brandon Cantu. Registration is still upon until the start of Level 9 at 9:15 pm, and Day 1B will end after Level 10 at 11:15 tonight.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  489

Here is a look at the chip leaders from dinner break on Day 1B at the Championship Event. Play will resume in just over a half hour from now with registration still open until the start of Level 9 at 9:15 pm.

1. Bin Weng  –  272,000 (272 bb)
2. David Farber  –  265,500 (266 bb)
3. A.J. Kelsall  –  241,000 (241 bb)

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  470

We said players were trying to catch David Farber and it looks like Bin Weng is making a run at him. While Farber chipped up a bit more, Weng is right on his tails with 225,000.

Matt Wantman is closing as well with 195,000 and Matt Affleck is doing well at the moment with 165,000.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  425

Players returned from break and everyone is trying to chase down David Farber at the top of the counts. He leads the way with 225,000 and not many players close to him at this point.

They have two levels to do some work before enjoying a 90-minute dinner break away from the tables.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  401

Players were sent on their second break no long after we pipped the entry count over 400 with six hours left to build it up.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  363

The entry count moved over 360 heading into Level 4 to hit another milestone. The 2022 WPT Tampa Championship prize pool is now over $3,000,000 and the second biggest in our history.

And it’s still going up.

A few more friendly faces include Matt Wantman fresh of a WPT final table at the Bike, Romeo Mendoza with two final tables this series, AJ Kelsall, and Steve “the Godfather of Tampa Poker” Trizis (so named by Kelsall).

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  345

With the board reading , Frank Russo led out from the small blind and his opponent raised to 13,300 from the cutoff. Russo thought for a minute, moved all in for 27,700 and his opponent quickly called.

“You have the flush?” Russo asked.

He did.

Russo:
Opponent:

“Give me a boat,” Russo asked the dealer.

The river was the river for his full house; Russo celebrated and doubled up.

Frank Russo – 70,200