Championship Day 1A: Dinner Break Until 7:00 pm EDT

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  960

Level 6 comes to an end, and the players take a 90-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 7:00 pm.

A scan of the field shows four players with at least 250K in chips, and the chipleader is Dylan Smith. (We’ll identify the others when they return from dinner.)

1.  Dylan Smith  –  281,000  (281 bb)

With 960 entries and counting, the prizepool is up over $3.07 million, already surpassing the $3 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until 9:15 pm, with Day 1B beginning tomorrow at 11:00 am.