Championship: Austin Peck Doubles Thru Thomas Carroll

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  89 of 2,290

Austin Peck
Austin Peck

After a flop of QsJc7c, Austin Peck got it all in from the small blind for 640,000 with QdJd (two pair) against the AsAc of Thomas Carroll, who was UTG+1.

The turn card was the 4h, the river card was the 10c, and the two pair held up for Peck to win the pot and double up in chips.

Austin Peck  –  1,460,000  (49 bb)
Thomas Carroll  –  1,965,000  (66 bb)

With 89 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 1,285,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $10,050 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.