Championship: Justin Fawcett Leads the Field at the Break with 1,328,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  185 of 1,417

Justin Fawcett
Chipleader Justin Fawcett

A scan of the field during the dinner break turned up five players with at least 950K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Justin Fawcett  –  1,328,000  (133 bb)
2.  John McDonald  –  1,268,000  (127 bb)
3.  Tal Avivi  –  1,126,000  (113 bb)
4.  Ryan Hoenig  –  1,103,000  (110 bb)
5.  Joey Weissman  –  977,000  (98 bb)

The field is seven spots away from the money, and these are the payouts they’re playing for:

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

With 185 players remaining from a field of 1,417, the average chip stack is around 383,000 (38 big blinds). Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:30 am.

John McDonald
John McDonald

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