$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  296 of 2,290

Michel Bittan got it all in from the small blind for about 50,000 against Naing Thu on the button and the UTG player. Any additional betting would create a side pot.

Both players checked to the river on a board of , and all three players turned over their cards.

Naing Thu:    (playing the board)
UTG Player:    (playing the board)
Michel Bittan:    (five-high flush)

Bittan’s five of clubs plays to give him a slightly higher flush than the board to win the pot and triple up in chips.

Michel Bittan  –  165,000  (21 bb)

With 296 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 387,000 (48 big blinds). There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16 (about 6:35 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:20 am).