$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 79 of 1,207

Anton Astapau opened with a raise in early position, and he and several others saw a cheap flop, including SHRP Team member Matt Affleck. Those two ended up being the only two who factored in what would become a huge pot.

The flop was , and Affleck led out for 40,000. Astapau raised to 190,000, and Affleck moved all in with the larger of the two stacks. Astapau began the hand with just over 600,000 chips, and he called all in to put himself at risk.

Astapau: (bottom pair, flush draw)
Affleck: (top two pair)

The turn and river completed the board safely for Affleck, and he eliminated Astapau in 79th place. With that big pot, Affleck also moves into the chip lead with less than one level left in Day 2.

Matt Affleck – 1,560,000 (156 bb)
Anton Astapau – Eliminated