$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  750

The players returned from break to begin Level 5, with increased blinds of 300-600 and a 600 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up two players with more than 200K in chips, and one more knocking on the door for an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  David Farber  –  288,100  (480 bb)
2.  Jonathan Mattia  –  227,900  (380 bb)
3.  Sergey Glagolev  –  197,500  (329 bb)

The tournament clock shows 750 entries here on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,717 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $5.49 million, absolutely crushing the $3 million guarantee.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. Action should continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.