$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  893

Jason Weaver raised under the gun to 5,000, a player in middle position called, and the player in the hijack moved all in for 26,300. Weaver called, and the player in middle position thought for a while before he folded, claiming he had ace-queen.

The hijack turned over , but he needed to improve to stay alive against Weaver’s .

The board came , and the pocket kings held up for Weaver to win the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Jason Weaver  –  174,000  (174 bb)

The tournament clock shows 893 entries as play resumes, and the prizepool is already up over $2.85 million on its way to the $3 million guarantee.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (around 9:15 pm).