$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  640 of 2,482

Huilin Chen was all in from the big blind for 48,500 with , and he needed to improve against the of James Anderson on the button.

The board came — Anderson paired his ace on the flop and turned trips, but Chen rivered a spade flush to win the pot and double up in chips.

Huilin Chen  –  101,500  (34 bb)
James Anderson  –  272,000  (91 bb)

With 640 players remaining from a field of 2,482, the average chip stack is about 155,000 (52 big blinds). The final 311 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $6,195 each.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16 (around 6:40 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:30 am.