$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  300 of 2,482

After a flop of , the big blind checked, Nadya Magnus bet 30,000 from middle position, and the big blind tanked for a while before moving all in.

Magnus snap-called all in for 137,000 with , and her opponent turned over for a pair of tens. Magnus needed her pair to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the pocket queens held up for Magnus to win the pot and double up in chips.

Nadya Magnus  –  330,000  (41 bb)

With about 300 players remaining from a field of 2,482, the average chip stack is about 331,000 (41 bb). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $6,195 each.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after this level (around 6:55 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:30 am.