$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 2,010

Benjamin McCoy raised from the cutoff to 200,000, Darren Elias reraised from the button to 500,000, and McCoy moved all in for 2,700,000.

Elias called with , and McCoy turned over . McCoy needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket nines held up for Elias to win the pot and eliminate McCoy in 22nd place.

Darren Elias  –  9,550,000  (96 bb)
Benjamin McCoy  –  Eliminated in 22nd Place  ($34,000)

With 21 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 4,775,000 (48 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $34,000 each.

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