$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 2,290

The players have returned from break to begin Level 31, with increased blinds of 125,000-250,000 and a 250,000 ante.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1.  Isaac Kempton  –  12,900,000  (52 bb)
Seat 2.  James Anderson  –  17,950,000  (72 bb)
Seat 3.  Mitch Garshofsky  –  8,775,000  (35 bb)
Seat 4.  David Mzareulov  –  6,225,000  (25 bb)
Seat 5.  Rafael Farah Jarufe  –  20,700,000  (83 bb)
Seat 6.  Sridhar Sangannagari  –  17,725,000  (71 bb)
Seat 7.  Bin Weng  –  13,700,000  (55 bb)
Seat 8.  Naing Thu  –  16,600,000  (66 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts:

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

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

With eight players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 14,325,000 (57 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $142,000 each.

Action will continue until they are down to the six-handed televised WPT Final Table, which will be filmed in Las Vegas on Thursday, May 25th.