$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:  101 of 2,010

Andrew Esposito raised from middle position to 65,000, Will Failla moved all in from the hijack for 385,000, and Esposito thought for a while before he called with .

Failla turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Esposito turned a full house, eights full of tens, to win the pot and eliminate Failla in 102nd place.

Andrew Esposito  –  1,170,000  (59 bb)
Will Failla  –  Eliminated in 102nd Place  ($9,300)

With 101 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 995,000 (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).