$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  121 of 1,417

The players return from break to begin Level 19, with increased blinds of 10,000-15,000 and a big blind ante of 15,000.

A scan of the field during the break turned up eight players with at least 1.4 million in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Thien Nguyen  –  2,220,000  (148 bb)
2.  Evan Beard  –  1,955,000  (130 bb)
3.  Mike Vela  –  1,950,000  (130 bb)
4.  Ian Cohen  –  1,940,000  (129 bb)
5.  Johnny Bromberg  –  1,870,000  (125 bb)
6.  Jon Zusman  –  1,580,000  (105 bb)
7.  John McDonald  –  1,470,000  (98 bb)
8.  Alexander Farahi  –  1,400,000  (93 bb)
9.  Dale Roesel  –  1,395,000  (93 bb)

With 121 players remaining from a field of 1,417, the average chip stack is around 585,000 (39 big blinds). Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:30 am.