Championship: Andrew Moreno Leads the Field at the Break with 8,125,000

$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:  41 of 2,290

Andrew Moreno
Andrew Moreno

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 4.5 million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Andrew Moreno  –  8,125,000  (108 bb)
2.  Natasha Mercier  –  7,625,000  (102 bb)
3.  Sridhar Sangannagari  –  5,750,000  (77 bb)
4.  Rafael Farah Jarufe  –  5,125,000  (68 bb)
T-5.  Jeff Madsen  –  4,750,000  (63 bb)
T-5.  Ryan Riess  –  4,750,000  (63 bb)

With 41 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 2,800,000 (37 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $22,300 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field is down to the final two tables (16 players). When the field is down to 40 players, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes.