$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 100 of 1,165

Here is a look at the results in the money for Day 2 in the Championship Event in Tampa.

100th: Gregory Wilson – $7,100
101st: Bud Gibson – $7,100
102nd: Casey Hatmaker – $7,100
103rd: Vito Distefano – $7,100
104th: Jason Hickey – $7,100

105th: Jeffrey McAuliffe – $6,600
106th: Stephen Song – $6,600
107th: Scott Anderson – $6,600
108th: Thong Ho – $6,600
109th: Mark Dickstein – $6,600
110th: Bryce McVay – $6,600
111th: Not Collected – $6,600
112th: Luis Torres – $6,600
113th: Max Kingtsone –  $6,600
114th: Andrew Mazzurco – $6,600
115th: Fawaz Siddiqui – $6,600
116th: Brian Altman – $6,600
117th: Samuel Blankenship – $6,600
118th: Did not collect – $6,600
119th: Tarun Galuti – $6,600
120th: Raminder Singh – $6,600

121st: Aditya Prasetyo – $6,200
122nd: Sergey Glagolev – $6,200
123rd: Kenneth O’Donnell – $6,200
124th Phil Hui – $6,200
125th: David Poces – $6,200
126th: Mohamad Alhalwani – $6,200
127th: Eyal Eshkar – $6,200
128th: Ethan Yau – $6,200
129th: Alwin Hui – $6,200
130th: Cherish Andrews – $6,200
131st: Glenn Becker – $6,200
132nd: Kostas Kalathakis – $6,200
133rd: Eric  Valerio – $6,200

134th: Yaser Al-Keliddar – $5,950
135th: Sheldon Gross – $5,950
136th: Ashley Spring – $5,950
137th: David Sathue – $5,950
138th: Chad DeBerry – $5,950
139th: Walter Thornton – $5,950
140th: Michael Finstein – $5,950
141st: Rohit Palla – $5,950
142nd: Gary Gelman – $5,950
143rd: Antoinette Fiorenza – $5,950
144th: Daniel Chalifour – $5,950
145th: William Stanford – $5,950
146th: Matthew Wantman – $2,975
147th: Bobby Buckingham – $2,975

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 117 of 1,165

Aaron Mermelstein got all in for 271,000 with in the hole from the small blind, and Raymond Roberty called to cover him holding in early position.

The board ran out , and Mermelstein doubled up to survive with 562,000. Roberty held 285,000 after the hand.

Aaron Mermelstein – 562,000 (56 bb)
Raymond Roberty – 285,000 (29 bb)

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 145 of 1,165

Steven McKoy raised to 21,000 from early position, Nicholas Davidson called on the hijack, and Bobby Buckingham moved all-in for 98,000 from the small blind. McKoy got out of the way, and Davidson called. The two remaining players then tabled their cards.

Davidson:
Buckingham:

Board:

Buckingham was eliminated on the hand, while  Davidson stacked up 360,000 after the hand. At the same time at another table Wantman saw his pocket tens run into the pocket kings to end his tournament run, so the two players split prize money of $2,975 on the money bubble.

Nicholas Davidson – 360,000 (36 bb)
Matt Wantman – Eliminated in 146th Place ($2,975)
Bobby Buckingham – Eliminated in 147th Place ($2,975)

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 148 of 1,165

Stephen Song got all in for 131,000 with in the hole from the button, and UTG+1 had him covered holding .

The board was dealt , and Song doubled up to survive with 287,000 after collecting the pot.

Stephen Song – 287,000 (28 bb)

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 154 of 1,165

Justin Liberto limped preflop, and Matthew Wantman raised all in from the big blind for 264,000. Liberto tanked before calling all in for 220,000. The two players then flipped over their cards.

Liberto:
Wantman:

Board:

Liberto doubled up to survive with 452,000, and Wantman was at 44,000 after the hand.

Justin Liberto – 452,000 (57 bb)
Matthew Wantman – 44,000 (6 bb)

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 156 of 1,165

Aaron Mermelstein was all in with in the hole from the big blind, and a player in late position held .

The final board read , and Mermelstein doubled up to survive with 520,000 after collecting the pot.

Aaron Mermelstein – 520,000 (65 bb)

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 154 of 1,165

Championship players were sent on their final break of the day with 154 players remaining and the money bubble on the near horizon.

David DiBernardi is back top and he pushed his stack over 1,000,000. His 1.4 million might be good for the lead but we will check on break to confirm.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 166 of 1,165

Level 16 rolled around, and Brian Altman is again leading the WPT Tampa Championship. He is up to 835,000 and top of the charts as the money bubble nears.

Blinds are up to 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante and the average stack is about 351,000 (44 bb).

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 180 of 1,165

Scott “Twitch” Anderson has been cruising along this afternoon and we caught up with him dragging more chips. A short stack opponent was all in for his last 24,000 and Anderson called to put him at risk.

Anderson:
Opponent:

The popular local was ahead and faded a small spade sweat on the board to get the field one spot shorter.

Scott Anderson – 281,000 (47 bb)

The Championship is down to 180 players and all tables will being to convert to eight-handed play for the duration.

$3,500 WPT Tampa Championship (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 189 of 1,165

A quick walk among the tables, we took a look at some of our locals regulars still in contention, trying to keep the title in Tampa.

Jake Ferro – 735,000 (123 bb)
Wagner Wysotchanski – 341,000 (57 bb)
Brian Kent – 320,000 (53 bb)
James Calderaro – 312,000 (52 bb)
Bryce McVay – 290,000 (48 bb)
Scott Anderson – 272,000 (45 bb)
Ken O’Donnell – 207,000 (35 bb)
Justin Zaki – 76,000 (13 bb)