Championship: Rafael Farah Jarufe Leads the Field at the Break with 19,975,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 2,290

Rafael Farah Jarufe
Chipleader Rafael Farah Jarufe

The players have returned from break to begin Level 30, with increased blinds of 100,000-200,000 with a 200,000 ante.

Here are the official chip counts from the break, followed by the remaining payouts:

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  David Mzareulov  –  5,600,000  (28 bb)
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  Isaac Kempton  –  5,750,000  (29 bb)
Seat 4.  Clemen Deng  –  3,275,000  (16 bb)
Seat 5.  Gal Yifrach  –  2,475,000  (12 bb)
Seat 6.  
Seat 7.  James Anderson  –  18,550,000  (93 bb)
Seat 8.  Bin Weng  –  16,925,000  (85 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Dorian Rios  –  3,950,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2.  Naing Thu  –  11,650,000  (58 bb)
Seat 3.  Mitch Garshofsky  –  8,775,000  (44 bb)
Seat 4.  Rafael Farah Jarufe  –  19,975,000  (100 bb)
Seat 5.  
Seat 6.  
Seat 7.  Sridhar Sangannagari  –  9,900,000  (50 bb)
Seat 8.  Dylan Smith  –  2,750,000  (14 bb)

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

With 12 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 9,550,000 (64 big blinds).

* First prize amount includes the winner’s $10,400 seat into the 2023 WPT World Championship.