Championship Day 1B: Eric Yanovsky Leads 233 Survivors with 526,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  233 of 680

Eric Yanovsky
Chipleader Eric Yanovsky

There were 680 entries on Day 1B of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, creating a total field size of 1,417, and a prizepool worth $4,534,400.

Day 1B comes to an end with 233 players remaining, and the big stack belongs to Eric Yanovsky, who bagged 526,000 (210 big blinds). The full list of official chip counts will be posted a little later tonight, but in the meantime, here’s a look at the four players who bagged at least 400K in chips:

1.  Eric Yanovsky  –  526,000  (210 bb)
2.  David Pelosi  –  452,000  (181 bb)
3.  Geronimo Timerman  –  417,500  (167 bb)
4.  Joel Gola  –  410,500  (164 bb)

The final 178 players will finish in the money (probably around the dinner break on Day 2), and here is the full list of payouts:

1st:  $656,200 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $430,000
3rd:  $320,000
4th:  $240,000
5th:  $181,000
6th:  $138,000
7th:  $106,000
8th:  $82,000
9th-10th:  $65,000
11th-12th:  $54,000
13th-15th:  $46,000
16th-19th:  $38,500
20th-23rd:  $32,500
24th-31st:  $27,500
32nd-39th:  $23,000
40th-47th:  $19,400
48th-55th:  $16,300
56th-63rd:  $13,800
64th-79th:  $11,500
80th-96th:  $9,600
97th-114th:  $8,200
115th-142nd:  $7,000
143rd-178th:  $6,400

Day 2 begins tomorrow (Sunday) at 12:00 noon EDT. Stay tuned to SHRPO.com for our continuing coverage of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.

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