Championship: Frank Funaro Leads the Field at the Break with 2.26 Million

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  168 of 2,482

Frank Funaro
Frank Funaro

A scan of the field during the break turned up five players with at least 1.45 million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Frank Funaro  –  2,260,000  (151 bb)
2.  Josh Kay  –  1,925,000  (128 bb)
3.  Daniel Blum  –  1,780,000  (119 bb)
4.  Selim Oulmekki  –  1,680,000  (112 bb)
5.  Chris Limo  –  1,475,000  (98 bb)

With 168 players remaining from a field of 2,482, the average chip stack is about 591,000 (37 bb). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $7,465 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:45 am.