$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: 47 of 2,290
Gal Yifrach moved all in from UTG+1 for 440,000, and Sridhar Sangannagari called from the big blind with . Yifrach turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.
The board came , and Yifrach flopped a gutshot straight draw, turned a pair of nines, and paired his ace on the river to win the pot with two pair and double up in chips.
Gal Yifrach – 970,000 (16 bb)
Sridhar Sangannagari – 5,350,000 (89 bb)
With 47 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 2,435,000 (41 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.