Championship: Dinner Break Until 8:20 pm; Official Chip Counts

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 2,010

Final Three Tables
Final Three Tables

Level 26 came to an end, and the players left for a one-hour dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 8:20 pm EDT.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Michael Laufer  –  8,570,000  (86 bb)
Seat 2.  Christian Harder  –  2,500,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  James Mendoza  –  2,075,000  (21 bb)
Seat 5.  James Kousouros  –  2,775,000  (28 bb)
Seat 6.  Carlos Dorca  –  10,400,000  (104 bb)
Seat 7.  Mark Davis  –  8,600,000  (86 bb)
Seat 8.  Dave Moore  –  2,850,000  (29 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Jason Wandling  –  1,700,000  (17 bb)
Seat 2.  Robert Georato  –  2,550,000  (26 bb)
Seat 3.  Andrew Davidson  –  7,775,000  (78 bb)
Seat 4.  Benjamin Miner  –  2,275,000  (23 bb)
Seat 5.  
Seat 6.  Marcos Exterkotter  –  6,525,000  (65 bb)
Seat 7.  Andrew Barfield  –  4,725,000  (47 bb)
Seat 8.  Vinny Pahuja  –  2,025,000  (20 bb)

TABLE 16
Seat 1.  Sean Ripp  –  3,775,000  (38 bb)
Seat 2.  James Calderaro  –  3,725,000  (37 bb)
Seat 3.  Viet Vo  –  5,700,000  (57 bb)
Seat 4.  Matt Berkey  –  1,750,000  (18 bb)
Seat 5.  Adam Hendrix  –  3,850,000  (39 bb)
Seat 6.  Benjamin McCoy  –  5,900,000  (59 bb)
Seat 7.  Darren Elias  –  6,400,000  (64 bb)
Seat 8.  Robert Lofaso  –  4,100,000  (41 bb)

With 22 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 4,575,000 (46 big blinds). Here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $1,000,300
2nd:  $660,000
3rd:  $490,000
4th:  $370,000
5th:  $280,000
6th:  $215,000
7th:  $165,000
8th:  $125,000
9th-10th:  $100,000
11th-12th:  $79,000
13th-14th:  $63,000
15th-16th:  $51,000
17th-20th:  $41,000
21st-22nd:  $34,000

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field is down to the final two tables (16 players).

Carlos Dorca
Chipleader Carlos Dorca