$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  342

We have a big chip leader early and it’s five-time WSOP bracelet winner Jeremy Ausmus. As told to us by the tournament staff, Ausmus picked up aces on the first hand and laid a cooler on Vijay Chander who had kings.

Ausmus jumped to 100,500 on the first hand of the day for the insta-lead.