Championship: Thomas Taylor Eliminated in 185th Place by Masoud Shoja

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  184 of 2,290

Masoud Shoja
Masoud Shoja

After a flop of 9h7h6s, Thomas Taylor was all in for about 120,000, Masoud Shoja was all in for 207,000, and a third player covered them both.

Big Stack:  8h4h  (heart flush draw, open-ended straight draw)
Masoud Shoja:  Ac9d  (pair of nines)
Thomas Taylor:  8s6d  (pair of sixes, open-ended straight draw)

The turn card paired the board with the 7c, the river card was the 4s, and Shoja won the entire pot with two pair nines and sevens, to double thru the big stack and eliminate Taylor in 185th place.

Masoud Shoja  –  595,000  (50 bb)
Thomas Taylor  –  Eliminated in 185th Place  ($6,300)

With 184 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 622,000 (52 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,600 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:35 am).