$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  170 of 2,290

The players have returned from break to begin Level 19, with increased blinds of 10,000-15,000 and a 15,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up 10 players with at least 1.7 million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Frank Lagodich  –  2,120,000  (141 bb)
2.  Michael Rossitto  –  2,095,000  (140 bb)
3.  Stephen Sullo  –  2,025,000  (135 bb)
4.  James Anderson  –  1,935,000  (129 bb)
5.  Danny Shiff  –  1,915,000  (128 bb)
6.  Akash Seth  –  1,915,000  (128 bb)
7.  Alex Nguyen  –  1,900,000  (127 bb)
8.  Debbie Lee  –  1,885,000  (126 bb)
9.  Andrew Ostapchenko  –  1,760,000  (117 bb)
10.  Leo Taffe  –  1,715,000  (114 bb)

With 170 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 675,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,600 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:35 am).