Championship: Thien Nguyen Leads the Final 80 Players at the End of Day 2

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  80 of 1,417

Thien Nguyen
Chipleader Thien Nguyen

Day 2 comes to an end with 80 players remaining, and the big stack belongs to Thien Nguyen, who bagged up 3.2 million (128 big blinds).

The full list of official chip counts will be posted soon, along with the Day 3 seat draw, but as a preview, here are the five players who bagged at least 2.0 million:

1.  Thien Nguyen  –  3,200,000  (128 bb)
2.  Ian Cohen  –  2,820,000  (113 bb)
3.  Alexander Farahi  –  2,805,000  (112 bb)
4.  Richard Seymour  –  2,760,000  (110 bb)
5.  John McDonald  –  2,055,000  (82 bb)

With 80 players remaining from a field of 1,417, the average chip stack is around 745,000 (37 big blinds).

Here are the remaining payouts at stake:

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:  $9,600

Day 3 begins tomorrow (Monday) at 12:00 noon EDT. Return to SHRPO.com for our continuing coverage of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship.

Richard Seymour
NFL Hall of Famer and three-time Super Bowl champion Richard Seymour is fourth in chips.

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