Championship: Vito DiStefano – 8th Place ($82,000)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400 |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,417

Vito DiStefano
Vito DiStefano

Micah Raskin raised from middle position to 400,000, Ian Cohen reraised from the hijack to 900,000, and Vito DiStefano moved all in from the big blind for 4,900,000.

Raskin folded, and Cohen quickly called with JhJd. DiStefano turned over AsJs, and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came KhJc9cKd8c, and Cohen flopped a set of jacks and turned a full house to win the pot and eliminate DiStefano in eighth place.

Ian Cohen  –  19,925,000  (100 bb)
Vito DiStefano  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($82,000)

With seven players remaining from a field of 1,417, the average chip stack is around 10,125,000 (51 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $106,000 each.

The field will play as many 90-minute levels as it takes to reach the final six players for tomorrow’s 12:00 noon WPT Final Table, which will also be live streamed.