$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  1,135

The players have returned from break to begin Level 9, with increased blinds of 1,000-1,500 and a 1,500 ante.

Registration is now closed, and the tournament clock shows an unofficial field size of 1,135. When we get official numbers, we will post them here in the updates.

A scan of the field during the break turned up seven players with at least 300K, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Jason Andrews  –  427,000  (285 bb)
2.  Michael Rossitto  –  388,500  (259 bb)
3.  Nikita Kalinin  –  342,500  (228 bb)
4.  Jeff Madsen  –  331,500  (221 bb)
5.  Ramazan Tahhusoglu  –  320,500  (214 bb)
6.  James Romero  –  319,000  (213 bb)
7.  Rania Nasreddine  –  300,000  (200 bb)
8.  Aaron Rosenthal  –  297,500  (198 bb)

With 1,135 unofficial entries, the prizepool is up over $3.63 million, having surpassed the $3 million guarantee before the dinner break. Registration is now closed, but Day 1B begins tomorrow at 11:00 am.