$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 1,165

The final 18 players return from dinner to begin Level 26, with increased blinds of 50,000-75,000 and a 75,000 ante.

With 18 players remaining from a field of 1,165, the average chip stack is about 2.6 million (35 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $26,290 each. The next pay jump will be $31,950 for 16th place.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 28, or there are six players left, whichever comes first.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 1,165

Level 25 comes to an end, and the players take a one-hour dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume at 7:45 pm EDT.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 53
Seat 1.  Yuri Martins  –  775,000  (10 bb)
Seat 2.  Steve Brite  –  1,550,000  (21 bb)
Seat 3.  Jebhar Patterson  –  750,000  (10 bb)
Seat 4.  Perry Shiao  –  1,350,000  (18 bb)
Seat 5.  Dennis Rodriguez  –  1,825,000  (24 bb)
Seat 6.  Dave Berman  –  3,275,000  (44 bb)
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  

TABLE 54
Seat 1.  Jon Borenstein  –  2,175,000  (29 bb)
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  Jonathan Jaffe  –  7,900,000  (105 bb)
Seat 5.  James Gilbert  –  750,000  (10 bb)
Seat 6.  Brian Altman  –  3,900,000  (52 bb)
Seat 7.  T.K. Miles  –  3,200,000  (43 bb)
Seat 8.  Gabriel Abusada  –  1,850,000  (25 bb)

TABLE 57
Seat 1.  
Seat 2.  John Haas  –  3,100,000  (41 bb)
Seat 3.  Peter Vitantonio  –  2,200,000  (29 bb)
Seat 4.  Steve Queen  –  2,575,000  (34 bb)
Seat 5.  Zachary Smiley  –  5,175,000  (69 bb)
Seat 6.  Joe Steur  –  1,875,000  (25 bb)
Seat 7.  Will Berry  –  2,375,000  (32 bb)
Seat 8.  

With 18 players remaining from a field of 1,165, the average chip stack is about 2.6 million (35 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $26,290 each. The next pay jump will be $31,950 for 16th place.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 28, or there are six players left, whichever comes first.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 1,165

With the board showing on the turn, Steve Queen was all in under the gun for 1,265,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against Peter Vitantonio’s (pair of jacks) in the big blind.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the pocket kings held up for Queen to win the pot and double up in chips.

Steve Queen  –  2,800,000  (47 bb)
Peter Vitantonio  –  2,100,000  (35 bb)

With 18 players remaining from a field of 1,165, the average chip stack is about 2,590,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $26,290 each. The next pay jump will be $31,950 for 16th place.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 28, or there are six players left, whichever comes first.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 1,165

Kevin Garosshen began this level with 5.2 million in chips (87 big blinds), but it went all downhill from there.

First, Jon Borenstein doubled thru him when his flopped a king against Garosshen’s , all in preflop.

Then T.K. Miles shoved the turn with a gutshot straight-flush draw, and Garosshen called with a set of jacks. A ten on the river gave Miles a jack-high straight to win the pot and double thru Garosshen.

Then Garosshen was racing with against Altman’s , and an ace on the river gave Altman the double up.

Finally, Garosshen got it all in against Altman again, but this time Garosshen’s was dominated by Altman’s , and he never improved.

Kevin Garosshen  –  Eliminated in 19th Place  ($26,290)

With 18 players remaining from a field of 1,165, the average chip stack is about 2,590,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $26,290 each. The next pay jump will be $31,950 for 16th place.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 28, or there are six players left, whichever comes first.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 1,165

T.K. Miles opened to 125,000 from the button and Sam Panzica moved all in for 525,000 from the big blind. Miles called and the cards were tabled.

Miles:
Panzica:

It was a race and Panzica needed his fours to hold while dodging the suited over cards. Miles took the lead on the with his paired queen and WPT Champions Club member Panzica was eliminated after the turn and river.

T.K. Miles – 3,300,000 (55 bb)
Sam Panzica – Eliminated in 20th Place ($26,290) 

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 1,165

It folded to Jon Borenstein on the button and opened to 130,000. Kevin Garosshen moved all in from the big blind with a bigger stack and Borenstein called for 1,240,000 total.

Borenstein:
Garosshen:

Borenstein had two suited over cards and paired his king on the flop. He made kings up on the turn and doubled after the river.

Jon Borenstein – 2,570,000 (43 bb)
Kevin Garosshen – 3,900,000 (65 bb)

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 1,165

Another break has come and gone and the 20 remaining WPT Tampa Championship players are back in their seats. They will play one more level before enjoying a 60-minute dinner break.

Blinds are up to 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante and the average stack is about 2,330,000 (39 bb).

Table 1
Seat 1: Yuri Martins – 1,710,000 (29 bb)
Seat 2: Steve Brite – 1,350,000 (23 bb)
Seat 3: Jebhar Patterson – 665,000 (11 bb)
Seat 4: Perry Shiao – 2,320,000 (39 bb)
Seat 5: Dennis Rodriguez – 1,180,000 (20 bb)
Seat 6: Dave Berman – 2,015,000 (34 bb)
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: Garbriel Abusada – 2,135,000 (36 bb)

Table 2
Seat 1: Jon Borenstein – 1,240,000 (21 bb)
Seat 2: Sam Panzica – 595,000 (10 bb)
Seat 3: Kevin Garosshen – 5,205,000 (87 bb)
Seat 4: Jonathan Jaffe – 7,695,000 (128 bb)
Seat 5: Jim Gilbert – 580,000 (10 bb)
Seat 6: Brian Altman – 1,420,000 (24 bb)
Seat 7: T.K. Miles – 1,200,000 (20 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —

Table 3
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: John Haas – 3,025,000 (50 bb)
Seat 3: Peter Vitantonio – 3,110,000 (52 bb)
Seat 4: Steven Queen – 810,000 (14 bb)
Seat 5: Zachary Smiley – 4,250,000 (71 bb)
Seat 6: Joe Steur – 1,855,000 (31 bb)
Seat 7: Will Berry – 3,985,000 (66 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —

Remaining payouts:

1st: $613,225
2nd: $408,825
3rd: $302,200
4th: $225,675
5th: $170,275
6th: $129,825
7th: $100,030
8th: $77,900
9th-10th: $61,325
11th-12th: $48,805
13th-14th: $39,270
15th-16th: $31,950
17th-20th: $26,290

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 1,165

David Meagher opened to 110,000 from the cutoff, John Haas called on the button, and Steve Queen called in the big blind.

The flop came , Queen checked, Meagher bet 350,000 and only Haas came to the turn. Meagher moved all in for 535,000 and Haas called.

Haas:
Meagher:

Both players flopped to pair but Haas had the bigger kicker. The river finished the board and Meagher was eliminated in 21st place.

John Haas – 2,580,000 (52 bb)
David Meagher – Eliminated in 21st Place ($21,880)

$300 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  135 of 427

Registration closed on the $50,000 GTD one-day tournament and the $300 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em game drew 427 entries to wallop the guarantee. They combined to create a prize pool worth $106,750 and the last 43 players will earn some money.

A min-cash is worth $545 while the Event 17 will take home $$22,803 and one of the last WPT Tampa trophies.

2021 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 17
$300 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  427
Prize Pool:  $106,750
June 21, 2021

1st: $22,803 + Trophy
2nd: $15,980
3rd: $10,276
4th: $6,619
5th: $5,103
6th: $4,222
7th: $3,544
8th: $2,909
9th: $2,280
10th-12th: $1,922
13th-15th: $1,639
16th-18th: $1,356
19th-21st: $1,121
22nd-24th: $912
25th-27th: $788
28th-36th: $665
37th-43rd: $545

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 1,165

T.K. Miles opened to 115,000 from the button and Rafael Rovira Soler three-bet shoved for 620,000 from the small blind. Sam Panzica folded his big blind and Miles called to put Rovira at risk.

Rovira:
Miles:

Miles was ahead with big slick and Rovira could not pull a miracle on the board to exit in 22nd place.

T.K. Miles – 1,440,000 (29 bb)
Rafael Rovira Soler – Eliminated in 22nd Place ($21,880)