$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400 |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 1,417

Ian Cohen moved all in from the small blind, and Michael Amato called all in from the big blind for 900,000 with . Cohen turned over , and there was a pretty good chance for a chop.

But there was a six in the window as the board came , and Amato won the pot with a pair of sixes to double up in chips.

Michael Amato  –  1,950,000  (13 bb)
Ian Cohen  –  9,400,000  (63 bb)

The next hand, Amato moved all in from the small blind for 1,950,000, and Dylan Smith thought for a bit before he called from the big blind with .

Amato turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Amato paired his queen on the flop and faded Smith’s open-ended straight draw to win the pot and double up in chips for the second hand in a row.

Michael Amato  –  4,050,000  (27 bb)
Dylan Smith  –  1,600,000  (11 bb)

With 10 players remaining from a field of 1,417, the average chip stack is around 7,075,000 (47 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $65,000 each.

The field will play as many 90-minute levels as it takes to reach the final six players for tomorrow’s 12:00 noon WPT Final Table, which will also be live streamed.