$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  162 of 2,010

The players returned from break to begin Level 19, with increased blinds of 10,000-15,000 and a 15,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up eight players with at least 1.5 million in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Allan Rabinovich  –  2,380,000  (159 bb)
2.  Aram Zobian  –  2,255,000  (150 bb)
3.  Marcos Exterkotter  –  2,230,000  (149 bb)
4.  Mark Davis  –  2,225,000  (148 bb)
5.  Kunal Shah  –  1,685,000  (112 bb)
6.  Adam Hendrix  –  1,570,000  (105 bb)
7.  Michael Nugent  –  1,540,000  (103 bb)
8.  Millard Hale  –  1,505,000  (100 bb)
9.  Nicholas Immekus  –  1,475,000  (98 bb)

With 162 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 620,000 (41 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $6,600.

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 end of Level 20, around 12:45 am (depending on how long the Money Bubble lasts).