$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 2,010

Robert Georato raised under the gun to 200,000, Andrew Barfield called from the button, and Jason Wandling called from the big blind.

The flop came , Wandling checked, and Georato bet 200,000. Barfield called, and Wandling check-raised all in for 1,100,000. Georato folded.

Barfield called with for a gutshot straight draw, and Wandling turned over for trip nines. Wandling needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Barfield rivered an ace-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Wandling in 19th place.

Andrew Barfield  –  5,900,000  (59 bb)
Jason Wandling  –  Eliminated in 19th Place  ($41,000)

With 18 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 5,575,000 (56 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $41,000 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field is down to the final two tables (16 players).