$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  47 of 2,010

Dan Bekavac raised from the cutoff to 160,000, Justin Zaki moved all in from the small blind for 725,000, and Bekavac called with .

Zaki turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came — Bekavac turned a straight draw, but the river card paired the board. The pocket jacks held up for Zaki to win the pot and double up in chips.

Justin Zaki  –  1,550,000  (31 bb)
Dan Bekavac  –  3,800,000  (76 bb)

With 47 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 2,140,000 (43 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $20,000.

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).