Championship: Andrew Moreno Doubles Thru Dovid Lakein

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  70 of 2,290

Andrew Moreno
Andrew Moreno

Dovid Lakein raised from the cutoff to 60,000, Andrew Moreno moved all in from one of the blinds for 710,000, and Lakein called with 6h6c.

Moreno turned over As9h, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came QhQd9s4d5s, and Moreno paired his nine on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Andrew Moreno  –  1,465,000  (37 bb)
Dovid Lakein  –  2,700,000  (68 bb)

With 70 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 1,635,000 (41 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $14,400 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field is down to the final two tables (16 players). When the field is down to 40 players, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes.