$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30: 40,000/80,000 with 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 1,309

Tanner Millen opened to 180,000 from the button and Pedro Palacio moved all in from the small blind for 1,240,000. Millen called.

Palacio turned over and needed to get lucky against Millen’s .

The board ran out , and Millen wound up with a bull house to eliminate Palacio in eighth place ($86,740).

Tanner Millen – 2,875,000 (36 bb)
Pedro Palacio – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
End of Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 1,309

Seat 1: Jeff Fielder – 1,810,000 (73 bb) – 0 Time Chips
Seat 2: Tanner Millen – 1,495,000 (13 bb) – 1 Time Chip
Seat 3: Pedro Palacio – 1,250,000 (34 bb) – 6 Time Chips
Seat 4: Matt Stout – 5,260,000 (103 bb) – 5 Time Chips
Seat 5: Brian Hastings – 12,595,000 (99 bb) – 5 Time Chips
Seat 6: Faraz Jaka – 1,355,000 (92 bb) – 5 Time Chips
Seat 7: Joey Couden – 8,775,000 (125 bb) – 6 Time Chips
Seat 8: Scott Margereson – 6,790,000 (175 bb) – 6 Time Chips

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 1,309

Scott Margereson  opened to 120,000 from middle position and Brian Hastings raised to 475,000. Margereson  called.

The flop came , Hastings bet 375,000 and Margereson  called.

The turn brought the , Hastings bet 1,400,000 and Margereson  let it go.

Brian Hastings – 11,250,000 (188 bb)
Scott Margereson  – 6,900,000 (115 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 1,309

Tanner Millen opened to 130,000 from under the gun, it folded around to Jeff Fielder in the big blind, who made the call.

Both players checked the flop. The turn brought the , Fielder checked and Millen bet 100,000. Fielder called.

The river was the , Fielder checked again, and Millen bet 280,000. Fielder called and Millen turned over for the winning straight. Fielder mucked.

Tanner Millen – 1,500,000 (25 bb)
Jeff Fielder – 1,840,000 (31 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 1,309

Brian Hastings opened to 135,000 from middle position and Joey Couden called from the hijack.

Both players checked the flop. The turn brought the , Hastings bet 200,000 and Couden called.

The river was the , Hastings bet 525,000 and Couden raised to 1,360,000. Hastings quickly folded and Couden scooped the pot.

Joey Couden – 7,800,000 (130 bb)
Brian Hastings – 10,320,000 (172 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 1,309

Brian England opened from the hijack, Scott Margereson raised to 450,000, and England shoved. Margereson called all in for 2,925,000.

Margereson turned over and was racing against England’s .

The board came and Margereson wound up with two-pair to avoid elimination.

Scott Margereson – 5,730,000 (96 bb)
Brian England – 600,000 (10 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 1,309

Scott Margereson opened to 120,000 from middle position, Brian Hastings raised to 475,000 from the small blind and Margereson called.

The flop came , Hastings checked, and Margereson bet 350,000. Hastings called.

The turn brought the , Hastings checked again, and Margereson bet 1,200,000. Hastings called.

The river was the , Hastings checked for the third time, an Margereson shoved. Hastings snap called all in for 3,315,000.

Margereson tabled for trip queens but was no good against Hastings’s full house. Hastings took the chip lead with that big double up.

Brian Hastings – 10,830,000 (180 bb)
Scott Margereson – 3,400,000 (57 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 1,309

Jeff Fielder opened to 125,000 from the button and Tanner Millen moved all in from the small blind for 740,000. Fielder called.

Millen turned over and was out in front against Fielder’s .

The board ran out and Millen flopped two pair to avoid elimination.

Tanner Millen – 1,630,000 (27 bb)
Jeff Fielder – 2,700,000 (45 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
End of Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 1,309

Players are currently on a fifteen minute break, here’s a look at their current chip counts and Time Chips:

Seat 1: Jeff Fielder – 3,660,000 (73 bb) – 0 Time Chips
Seat 2: Tanner Millen – 670,000 (13 bb) – 1 Time Chip
Seat 3: Pedro Palacio – 1,680,000 (34 bb – 6 Time Chips
Seat 4: Matt Stout – 5,135,000 (103 bb) – 5 Time Chips
Seat 5: Brian Hastings – 4,685,000 (99 bb) – 5 Time Chips
Seat 6: Faraz Jaka – 4,580,000 (92 bb) – 6 Time Chips
Seat 7: Joey Couden – 6,255,000 (125 bb) – 6 Time Chips
Seat 8: Brian England – 3,755,000 (75 bb) – 6  Time Chips
Seat 9: Scott Margereson – 8,745,000 (175 bb) – 6 Time Chips