Championship: Richard Seymour Doubles Thru Frank Funaro

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400 |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 33:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 1,417

Richard Seymour (Photo: WPT/Alicia Skillman)

Frank Funaro raised from the small blind to 8,700,000, and Richard Seymour called all in from the big blind for 8,700,000 with Ac9d.

Funaro turned over Qc9c, and Seymour needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came AdQh10c8h6c, and Seymour outflopped Funaro to win the pot with a pair of aces and double up in chips.

Seat 1.  Ian Cohen  –  11,100,000  (28 bb)
Seat 2.  Frank Funaro  –  16,600,000  (42 bb)
Seat 3.  Richard Seymour  –  17,800,000  (45 bb)
Seat 4.  Michael Amato  –  25,300,000  (63 bb)

With four players remaining from a field of 1,417, the average chip stack is around 17.7 million (44 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $240,000 each.

Richard Seymour (Photo: WPT/Alicia Skillman)