$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 2,290

Andrew Moreno raised from the cutoff to 250,000, and Jeff Madsen moved all in from the button for 2,800,000. Asher Conniff called all in from the big blind for 1,525,000, and Moreno quickly folded.

Conniff turned over , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against Madsen’s .

The board came , and Conniff won the pot with a pair of aces and his king kicker to double up in chips.

Asher Conniff  –  3,250,000  (26 bb)
Jeff Madsen  –  1,275,000  (20 bb)

With 22 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 5,200,000 (42 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $38,000 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field is down to the final two tables (16 players).