$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  665

George Pappas raised under the gun to 1,000, Valerie Novak called UTG+1, Bob Mather called from middle position, the small blind called, and James Calderaro called from the big blind.

The flop came , both blinds checked, and Pappas bet 2,800. Novak called, and Mather carefully counted out his bet using small chips before he called.

“How bad is that hand?” asked Calderaro. “He’s dipping into his black chips.”

The player in the small blind folded, and Calderaro called.

The turn card paired the board with the , Calderaro bet 6,200, Pappas called, and Novak and Mather both folded.

The river card was the , Calderaro checked, Pappas bet 7,000, and Calderaro snap-folded. Pappas took the pot.

After the hand, Calderaro said he folded queen-ten of clubs, while Pappas said he had ace-jack for trip jacks on the turn and a full house on the river. Calderaro said that he only played the hand because a reporter was there and he wanted to give them something to write.

George Pappas  –  117,500  (294 bb)
Bob Mather  –  79,000  (198 bb)
Valerie Novak  –  41,000  (103 bb)
James Calderaro  –  45,000  (113 bb)

The tournament clock shows 665 entries here on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,632 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $5.22 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.