Championship Day 1A: 2014 Showdown Champion Eric Afriat Doubles Up

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with an 800 ante
Day 1A Entries:  888

Eric Afriat
Eric Afriat won this event back in 2014, earning $1,081,184.

A player limped from the cutoff for 800, and Eric Afriat moved all in from the button for 12,300. The player on the button called, and the cutoff folded.

Afriat turned over 5s5h, and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the big blind’s KcQs.

The board came 10h10d2c9d6d, and the pocket fives hold up for Afriat to win the pot and double up in chips.

Eric Afriat  –  26,600  (33 bb)

Registration remains open with a single re-entry per starting flight until the start of Level 9, around 9:20 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after this level (around 5:35 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:20 pm.