$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  440 of 2,290

The player in the hijack raised to 12,000, the button called, and the player in the small blind moved all in for 103,000. David DiBernardi moved all in over the top from the big blind for about 320,000, and the other two players folded.

The small blind turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive against DiBernardi’s .

The board came , and the small blind paired his jack on the flop and turned a diamond flush draw, but missed all of his outs on the river. DiBernardi won the pot with his pocket aces to eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

David DiBernardi  –  440,000  (88 bb)

With about 440 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 260,000 (52 big blinds). There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16 (about 6:35 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:20 am).