$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:  17 of 2,010

Benjamin Miner raised from the button to 1,300,000 (nearly all in), Marcos Exterkotter moved all in from the small blind, and Miner called all in for 1,325,000 with .

Exterkotter turned over , and Miner was dominated as he faced elimination.

But the board came , and Miner paired his nine on the flop, turned trips, and rivered quads to win the pot and double up in chips.

Benjamin Miner  –  2,850,000  (29 bb)
Marcos Exterkotter  –  1,100,000  (11 bb)

With 17 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 5,900,000 (59 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $41,000 each.

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