$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:  20 of 2,010

Matt Berkey raised under the gun to 1,000,000, and James Calderaro reraised from the small blind enough to put Berkey all in. Berkey used two of his Time Chips to tank for more than a minute before he called all in for 1,100,000 with .

Calderaro turned over , and Berkey needed his pocket pair to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Calderaro rivered an ace-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Berkey in 21st place.

James Calderaro  –  9,200,000  (92 bb)
Matt Berkey  –  Eliminated in 21st Place  ($34,000)

With 20 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 5,025,000 (50 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).