Championship: Nicholas Rigby Leads the Field at the Break with 764,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  350 of 1,417

Nicholas Rigby

The players return from break to begin Level 13, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 and a big blind ante of 4,000.

A scan of the field during the break turned up nine players with at least 600K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Nicholas Rigby  –  764,000  (191 bb)
2.  Tony Sinishtaj  –  719,000  (180 bb)
3.  David Pelosi  –  708,000  (177 bb)
4.  Richard Seymour  –  694,000  (174 bb)
5.  Trace Henderson  –  690,000  (173 bb)
6.  Ryan Hoenig  –  680,000  (170 bb)
7.  Stuart Paterson  –  627,000  (157 bb)
8.  Dylan Smith  –  611,000  (153 bb)
9.  Eric Yanovsky  –  606,000  (152 bb)

With about 350 players remaining from a field of 1,417, the average chip stack is around 202,000 (51 big blinds). There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16 (6:30 pm), and action will continue today until the end of Level 20, around 12:30 am.

Tony Sinishtaj

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