Championship Day 1A: Anthony Spinella Leads 378 Survivors

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1A Remaining:  378 of 1,135

Anthony Spinella
Chipleader Anthony Spinella

After 10 levels of play, Day 1A came to an end with 378 players remaining, and the biggest stack belongs to Anthony Spinella, who bagged up 473,000 (189 big blinds).

The full list of official chip counts will be posted later this evening, but here’s a look at players with at least 400K in chips:

1.  Anthony Spinella  –  473,000  (189 bb)
2.  Ethan “Rampage” Yau  –  451,000  (180 bb)
3.  James Anderson  –  412,500  (165 bb)
4.  Brandon Wilson  –  411,500  (165 bb)
5.  Jeff Madsen  –  406,500  (163 bb)

There were 1,135 entries in today’s flight, putting $3,632,000 into the prizepool with a second starting flight (Day 1B) tomorrow at 11:00 pm.

Ethan "Rampage" Yau
Ethan “Rampage” Yau