$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).