$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  117 of 2,010

Mike Gao got it all in from middle position for about 250,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Rafael Farah in the hijack.

The board came , and Farah rivered a club flush to win the pot and eliminate Gao in 118th place.

Rafael Farah  –  860,000  (43 bb)
Mike Gao  –  Eliminated in 118th Place  ($8,400)

With 117 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 860,000 (43 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $8,400.

The 30-second Action Clock by Protection Poker is in use, and players have 30 seconds to make each decision. Each player has been given a limited number of non-transferable Time Chips that can be used to extend a decision by 30 seconds.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:45 am (depending on how long the Money Bubble lasts).