Championship: The Money Bubble Has Burst Before It’s Begun

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  311 of 2,482

When the dust settled in preparation for hand-for-hand play, the tournament staff announced that two players busted in the hands playing out waiting for the Money Bubble to begin.

That meant that there were 311 players remaining, and they were all in the money (guaranteed at least $6,195 each) without the need for any hand-for-hand play.

Congratulations to the 311 players who have cashed in this, the largest Main Tour event in WPT history!

With 311 players remaining from a field of 2,482, the average chip stack is about 319,000 (40 bb).

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after this level (around 6:55 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:30 am.