$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  922

After a flop of , the UTG player checked, and George Pappas bet 6,000. The player in the cutoff folded, Valerie Novak called, and the UTG player folded.

The turn card was the , Pappas checked, Novak bet 10,000, and Pappas called.

The river card was the , and both players checked. Pappas showed for a pair of aces with a jack kicker, and Novak mucked. Pappas won the pot.

George Pappas  –  162,000  (162 bb)
Valerie Novak  –  24,000  (24 bb)

The tournament clock shows 922 entries here on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,889 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $6.04 million, absolutely crushing the $3 million guarantee.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. Action should continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.