$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:  65 of 2,290

Martin Raus moved all in from the cutoff for 500,000, and Nick Palma called from the button with . Raus turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Raus to win the pot and double up in chips.

Martin Raus  –  1,100,000  (28 bb)
Nick Palma  –  1,785,000  (45 bb)

With 65 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 1,760,000 (44 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $14,400 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field is down to the final two tables (16 players). When the field is down to 40 players, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes.