$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 2,010

Robert Lofaso raised from the cutoff to 250,000, Sean Ripp reraised from the button to 750,000, and Lofaso four-bet all in.

Ripp called all in for about 2.7 million with , but Lofaso turned over , and Ripp needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket kings held up for Lofaso to win the pot and eliminate Ripp in 18th place.

Robert Lofaso  –  6,400,000  (64 bb)
Sean Ripp  –  Eliminated in 18th Place  ($41,000)

With 17 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 5,900,000 (59 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $41,000 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field is down to the final two tables (16 players).