$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries: 770
Five players see a flop of 
, and it checked to the button, who a player in late position who bets 1,000, Ray Qartomy called from the big blind, and Mario Hudson check-raised all in from under the gun.
Everyone else folded, and Qartomy called all in for about 28,000 with 
for a spade flush draw with an open-ended straight draw. Hudson turned over 
, and Qartomy needed to improve to stay alive.
The turn card was the 
, the river card was the 
, and the pocket aces held up for Hudson to win the pot and eliminate Qartomy.
Mario Hudson – 82,000 (164 bb)
Ray Qartomy – Eliminated
With 770 entries and counting, the prizepool is up over $2.46 million on its way to the $3 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until 9:15 pm, with Day 1B beginning tomorrow at 11:00 am.
