$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 35 of 2,010
The players have returned from break to begin Level 26, with increased blinds of 50,000-75,000 and a 75,000 ante.
A scan of the field during the break turned up six players with at least 400K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:
1. Carlos Dorca – 9,400,000 (125 bb)
2. Mark Davis – 8,975,000 (120 bb)
3. Darren Elias – 6,375,000 (85 bb)
4. Benjamin McCoy – 6,125,000 (82 bb)
5. Andrew Barfield – 4,500,000 (60 bb)
6. Adam Hendrix – 4,150,000 (55 bb)
7. Michael Laufer – 3,975,000 (53 bb)
With 35 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 2,875,000 (38 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $24,000.
The 30-second Action Clock by Protection Poker is in use, and players have 30 seconds to make each decision. Each player has been given a limited number of non-transferable Time Chips that can be used to extend a decision by 30 seconds.
Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field is down to the final two tables (16 players).