$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Level 6: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries: 513
The board read 
with over 5,000 in the pot when Raminder Singh bet 8,300 UTG+1.
His opponent called from the big blind before the river delivered the . Singh showed , and that was enough to top the 
held by his opponent. Singh stacked up 93,000 after collecting the pot.
Raminder Singh – 93,000 (116 bb)
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Level 6: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries: 513
The players have now gone on dinner break for 90 minutes during Day 1A in Tampa. They will return at 7 pm. Stay tuned for an updated list of chip leaders from the tournament field.