$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:  26 of 2,290

With the board showing on the turn, Taylor von Kriegenbergh got it all in from the big blind for 550,000 with for a pair of eights, but he needed to improve to stay alive against the (pair of aces) of Andrew Moreno in the cutoff.

The river card was — the !

Von Kriegenbergh spiked an eight on the river to win the pot with trip eights and double up in chips.

Taylor von Kriegenbergh  –  1,850,000  (19 bb)
Andrew Moreno  –  8,625,000  (86 bb)

With 26 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 4,400,000 (44 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $31,500 each.

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