$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:  168 of 2,010

After a flop of , Nicholas Immekus checked from middle position, Jesse Lonis bet about 56,000, and Immekus check-raised to 122,000. Lonis called.

The turn card was the , Immekus moved all in for roughly 850,000, and Lonis used five Time Chips to tank for nearly three minutes before he called with for a pair of kings.

Immekus turned over for an overpair, and Lonis needed a king or a queen on the river to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Immekus won the pot with his pocket aces to eliminate Lonis in 169th place.

Nicholas Immekus  –  1,480,000  (123 bb)
Jesse Lonis  –  Eliminated in 169th Place  ($6,250)

With 168 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 598,000 (50 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $6,600.

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).