Championship: David DiBernardi Doubles Thru Champie Douglas

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  64 of 2,290

David DiBernardi
David DiBernardi

Champie Douglas raised from middle position to 90,000, David DiBernardi moved all in from the button for 510,000, and Douglas thought for a bit before he called with AcJc.

DiBernardi turned over AdKd, and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came 5s5h3h6h7s, and DiBernardi won the pot with his king kicker to double up in chips.

David DiBernardi  –  1,120,000  (22 bb)
Champie Douglas  –  2,350,000  (47 bb)

With 64 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 1,790,000 (36 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $16,500 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.