Championship: Brian Hastings Leads the Final Six

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30: 40,000/80,000 with 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,309

Brian Hastings

The $3,500 WPT Showdown Championship event is down to its final six players. Brian Hastings takes a big chip lead into the final day, with 12,855,000 (161 bb).

Cards get in the air at 4:00 PM local time on Wednesday and the final six will play down to a winner, which will be live streamed on PokerGo.com.

Levels will be shortened to 60 minutes long and they will start at the current blind level of 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante. Joey Couden will start with the button. Each player will also refill to a full eight time extension chips.

Everybody is guaranteed a cash of at least $144,775, but they all have their sights set on the $696,740 first place prize.

Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts for the final six players:

Seat 1: Jeff Fielder – 4,320,000 (54 bb)
Seat 2: Matt Stout – 3,190,000 (40 bb)
Seat 3: Brian Hastings – 12,855,000 (161 bb)
Seat 4: Faraz Jaka – 2,450,000 (31 bb)
Seat 5: Joey Couden –  8,255,000 (103 bb)
Seat 6: Scott Margereson –  8,195,000 (102 bb)

Here’s whats up for grabs:

1st: $696,740*
2nd: $454,496
3rd: $336,466
4th: $251,523
5th: $189,880
6th: $144,775

*Prize is inclusive of $15,000 WPT Tournament of Champions seat