Championship: Jacob Bell Eliminated in 12th Place by Micah Raskin

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400 |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,417

Jacob Bell
Jacob Bell

Micah Raskin raised from the button to 300,000, Jacob Bell moved all in from the small blind for 3,325,000, and Raskin called with 8s8c.

Bell turned over KcQc, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 8h7s2d6h7d, and Raskin flopped a set of eights to win the pot and eliminate Bell in 12th place.

Micah Raskin  –  10,700,000  (86 bb)
Jacob Bell  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($54,000)

With 11 players remaining from a field of 1,417, the average chip stack is around 6,450,000 (52 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $54,000 each.

The field will play as many 90-minute levels as it takes to reach the final six players for tomorrow’s 12:00 noon WPT Final Table, which will also be live streamed.