$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  46 of 2,290

Eran Aydin got it all in from the hijack for 765,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Jeff Madsen.

Even though he was already ahead, Aydin called out for a nine, and the flop came , giving Aydin a set of nines to Madsen’s pair of tens.

Even with a big lead, Aydin called out for another nine, and the turn card was the , giving him quad nines to clinch the pot. (The meaningless river card was the .)

Aydin won the pot with his quad nines to double up in chips.

Eran Aydin  –  1,680,000  (28 bb)
Jeff Madsen  –  3,500,000  (58 bb)

With 46 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 2,490,000 (42 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $22,300 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field is down to the final two tables (16 players). When the field is down to 40 players, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes.