Championship Day 1B: Shawn Nguyen Bags the Overall Chip Lead

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
End of Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Players Remaining: 524 of 1,360

Shawn Nguyen

Day 1B of the $3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship is complete.

A total of 648 Day 1B entries joined the 712 from Day 1A to make the total field size 1,360, up 51 entries from last year. 246 players bagged, and along with the 278 from Day 1A there will be 524 players returning Sunday for Day 2.

Shawn Nguyen is the Day 1B chip leader with 319,500, good for the overall lead entering Day 2.

Here are the top five counts from Day 1B:

1. Shawn Nguyen – 319,500
2. Aman Singh – 293,000
3. Sam Soverel – 288,500
4. Ubaid Habib – 276,000
5. A.J. Gambino – 261,000

Full chip counts, along with the Day 2 Table and Seat draw, will be available at about 2 a.m.

Day 2 begins at noon on Sunday