$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:  100 of 2,010

After a flop of , Sean Ripp got it all in from the big blind for 650,000, Matt Berkey got it all in from middle position for 1,670,000, and Michael Nugent covered them both from UTG.

These were their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Michael Nugent:    (pair of jacks)
Matt Berkey:    (set of tens)
Sean Ripp:    (set of fives)

Berkey had a huge lead, poised to win a pot worth about 4.1 million in chips and catapult into the chip lead to end Day 2.

But the turn card was the , the river card was the , and Ripp turned quad fives to win the main pot and triple up in chips.

Berkey won the side pot that was nearly as large as the main pot with his set of tens for a relatively small profit on the hand.

Sean Ripp  –  2,105,000  (105 bb)
Matt Berkey  –  2,040,000  (102 bb)
Michael Nugent  –  275,000  (14 bb)

With 100 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 1,005,000 (50 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $9,300.

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).