Championship: Dinner Break Until ~8:25 pm

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  260 of 2,482

30-Second Action Clock
30-Second Action Clock

Level 16 comes to an end, and the players take a 90-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 8:25 pm EDT.

During the break, the Action Clock by Protection Poker is being put in place, and it will be used for the rest of the tournament. Players will have 30 seconds to make each decision, and each player will receive 10 non-transferable Time Chips which can be used to extend a decision by an additional 30 seconds.

These are the only Time Chips players will receive until they reach the final three tables (24 players), when players will have their Time Chips reset.

With 260 players remaining from a field of 2,482, the average chip stack is about 331,000 (41 bb). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $6,355 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:45 am.