Championship: Day 2 Ends with Alex Nguyen Leading the Final 107 Players

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  107 of 2,290

Alex Nguyen
Chipleader Alex Nguyen

Day 2 of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship came to an end with 107 players remaining, and the big stack belonged to Alex Nguyen, who bagged up 2,570,000 (103 big blinds).

The full list of official chip counts will be posted later tonight, but in the meantime, here is the probable top seven:

1.  Alex Nguyen  –  2,570,000  (103 bb)
2.  Dovid Lakein  –  2,400,000  (96 bb)
3.  Raffaelle Sorrentino  –  2,380,000  (95 bb)
4.  Nick Palma  –  2,295,000  (92 bb)
5.  Thomas Carroll  –  2,230,000  (89 bb)
6.  Chapie Douglas  –  2,160,000  (86 bb)
7.  Ethan “Rampage” Yau  –  2,135,000  (85 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $1,128,250* + Showdown Trophy + WPT Trophy
2nd:  $745,000
3rd:  $550,000
4th:  $413,000
5th:  $312,000
6th:  $238,000
7th:  $183,000
8th:  $142,000
9th-10th:  $111,500
11th-12th:  $88,500
13th-14th:  $70,500
15th-16th:  $56,800
17th-20th:  $46,200
21st-24th:  $38,000
25th-32nd:  $31,500
33rd-40th:  $26,400
41st-48th:  $22,300
49th-56th:  $19,100
57th-64th:  $16,500
65th-72nd:  $14,400
73rd-80th:  $12,650
81st-88th:  $11,300
89th-104th:  $10,050
105th-107th:  $9,050

The schedule for tomorrow’s Day 3 is to play down to the final 16 players, but keep in mind that when the field reaches the final five tables (40 players), blind levels will increase to 90 minutes.

Day 3 begins tomorrow (Monday) at 12:00 noon EDT. Return to SHRPO.com for our continuing coverage of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship.