$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  587

The players returned from break to begin Level 3, with increased blinds of 200-400 with a 400 ante.

A scan of the room during the break turned up three players with at least 130K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Asem Alsaadi  –  143,200  (358 bb)
2.  Joey Gargiulo  –  142,700  (357 bb)
3.  Justin Liberto  –  130,200  (326 bb)

Joey Gargiulo was among the top two in chips at the second and third breaks yesterday, and while he didn’t bag up chips on Day 1A, he’s off to a strong start again on Day 1B.

The tournament clock shows 587 entries here on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,554 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $4.97 million, absolutely crushing the $3 million guarantee.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. Action should continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.