$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  253 of 2,010

When Peter Fellows was UTG+1 with just 10,000 in chips, he used half of his Time Chips (5) before he folded.

When Fellows was under the gun with just 10,000 in chips, he used the rest of his Time Chips (5) before he folded.

Then hand-for-hand play began on the Money Bubble.

During Hand #1 of hand-for-hand play, Fellows was forced all in from the big blind. Since the ante is paid first, Fellows was forced all in for 2,000.

Two players limped for 8,000, and then Ivan Ruban raised from the button to 45,000. The two other players folded.

Once action completed at all of the other tables, they revealed their cards — Fellows had , and needed to improve to stay alive against Ruban’s .

The board came — Ruban paired his six on the turn and picked up a diamond flush draw, but Fellows paired his nine on the river to win the pot and double up in chips.

Ivan Ruban  –  616,000  (77 bb)
Peter Fellows  –  18,000  (2 bb)

With 253 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 397,000 (50 big blinds). The final 252 players will finish in the money, earning at least $5,650 each.

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 12:30 am (depending on how long the Money Bubble lasts).