Day 1B Ends with Maxwell Young Leading 346 Surviving Players; Day 2 Begins at 12:00 Noon EDT

Photo:  Maxwell Young is the overall chipleader heading into Day 2 with 623,000 (249 big blinds).

There were 924 entries on Day 1B of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship, and 346 players bagged up chips for Day 2, which begins tomorrow (Sunday) at 12:00 noon EDT. The total field size reached 1,869 entries, generating a total prizepool worth $5,980,800, which nearly doubled the $3 million guarantee.

The biggest stack on Day 1B belongs to Maxwell Young, and there were only two other players who bagged more than 400K:

1.  Maxwell Young  –  623,000  (249 bb)
2.  Valeriy Pak  –  530,000  (212 bb)
3.  Gregory Wilson  –  455,500  (182 bb)

The full list of chip counts will be posted later tonight on the Chip Counts page, followed by the official Day 2 seat draw which will be posted overnight. Day 2 will begin with 644 players, and the final 234 will finish in the money. Here is the full list of payouts:

1st:  $839,300*
2nd:  $550,000
3rd:  $410,000
4th:  $305,000
5th:  $230,000
6th:  $176,000
7th:  $136,000
8th:  $105,000
9th-10th:  $83,000
11th-12th:  $69,000
13th-15th:  $57,000
16th-19th:  $47,500
20th-23rd:  $39,500
24th-31st:  $33,000
32nd-39th:  $27,500
40th-47th:  $23,100
48th-55th:  $19,400
56th-63rd:  $16,300
64th-79th:  $13,800
80th-98th:  $11,500
99th-117th:  $9,600
118th-150th:  $8,200
151st-187th:  $7,000
188th-234th:  $6,400

Day 2 begins tomorrow (Sunday) at 12:00 noon, and we expect the Money Bubble to burst sometime around the dinner break. The field will play another 10 one-hour levels, with action likely ending shortly after midnight. Stay tuned to WPT.com for our continuing coverage of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com