$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:  19 of 2,010

James Mendoza raised from the button to 225,000, and Carlos Dorca called from the big blind.

The flop came , Dorca checked, Mendoza bet 175,000, and Dorca called.

The turn card was the , Dorca checked, Mendoza moved all in for about 1,100,000, and Dorca called with for a pair of kings.

Mendoza turned over for an open-ended straight draw, and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The river card paired the board with the , and Dorca won the pot with trip kings to eliminate Mendoza in 20th place.

Carlos Dorca  –  10,800,000  (108 bb)
James Mendoza  –  Eliminated in 20th Place  ($41,000)

With 19 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 5,275,000 (53 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $41,000 each.

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