$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  62 of 2,010

Rafael Farah entered the pot from the hijack for 150,000, Blaise Ingoglia moved all in from the button for 890,000, and Javier Zarco called all in from the big blind for about 600,000. Farah folded.

Zarco turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Ingoglia’s .

The board came , and Ingoglia won the pot with a pair of aces and his king kicker to eliminate Zarco in 62nd place.

Blaise Ingoglia  –  1,700,000  (43 bb)
Javier Zarco  –  Eliminated in 62nd Place  ($15,000)

With 62 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 1,620,000 (41 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $15,000.

The 30-second Action Clock by Protection Poker is in use, and players have 30 seconds to make each decision. Each player has been given a limited number of non-transferable Time Chips that can be used to extend a decision by 30 seconds.

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