$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 79 of 1,207
Garrett Greer opened with a raise in middle middle position, Matt Affleck called in the cutoff, and Taylor Paur defended his big blind to create three-way action.
The flop was . It checked to Affleck, who continued for 35,000, and only Paur called. Both players checked through the turn, and the river was the . Paur led for 36,000, and Affleck raised to 146,000 effective to put his opponent to the decision for the rest of his stack.
There was little to decide; Paur double-checked his hole cards and quickly called to put himself at risk for that amount.
Paur: (aces full)
Affleck: (trip jacks)
It was quite a cooler for Affleck, but he still appears to be the overall chip leader despite granting Paur that double-up.
Taylor Paur – 440,000 (44 bb)
Matt Affleck – 1,405,000 (140 bb)