$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:  405 of 2,290

Eric Valerio got it all in from the button for 139,000 with , and needed it to hold against big blind’s .

The board came , and the pocket jacks held up for Valerio to win the pot and double up in chips.

Eric Valerio  –  286,000  (57 bb)

With about 405 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 283,000 (57 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).