$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  257 of 2,010

The players have returned from dinner to continue Level 16, with blinds of 4,000-8,000 with an 8,000 ante.

A scan of the field during dinner turned up six players with at least one million in chips, and another knocking on the door, to create an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Michael Nugent  –  1,822,000  (228 bb)
2.  Kenneth Nicoletti  –  1,208,000  (151 bb)
3.  Dan Bekavac  –  1,114,000  (139 bb)
T-4.  Larry Hoffman  –  1,082,000  (135 bb)
T-4.  Kunal Shah  –  1,082,000  (135 bb)
6.  Adam Hendrix  –  1,057,000  (132 bb)
7.  Dave Farber  –  987,000  (123 bb)

With 257 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 391,000 (49 big blinds). The final 252 players will finish in the money, earning at least $5,650 each.

The 30-second Action Clock by Protection Poker is in use, and players have 30 seconds to make each decision. Each player has been given a limited number of non-transferable Time Chips that can be used to extend a decision by 30 seconds.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:30 am (depending on how long the Money Bubble lasts).