Championship Day 1B: Akash Seth Leads 387 Players

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  387 of 1,155

Akash Seth
Akash Seth

After 10 levels of play, Day 1B came to an end with 387 players remaining, and the biggest stack belongs to Akash Seth, who bagged up 730,500 (292 big blinds).

The full list of official chip counts and the Day 2 seat draw will be posted later tonight, but here’s a look at the players who finished with at least 500K in chips:

1.  Akash Seth  –  730,500  (292 bb)
2.  Luke Brereton  –  628,500  (251 bb)
3.  Joel Weisberger  –  600,500  (240 bb)
4.  John Miller  –  540,000  (216 bb)
5.  Senhao Cao  –  502,500  (201 bb)

There were 1,135 entries for Day 1A, and another 1,155 entries today for Day 1B, giving us a total field size of 2,290. The prizepool will be worth $7,328,000, and the full list of payouts should also be posted later tonight.

Day 2 begins tomorrow (Sunday) at 12:00 noon. Return to SHRPO.com for our continuing coverage of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown championship.