Championship: Leart Hasani Knocks Out a Player

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  672 of 2,482

Leart Hasani
Leart Hasani

A player was all in from the big blind for about 48,000 with Ac7d, and needed to improve to stay alive against the AdQc of Leart Hasani on the button.

The board came 8c6h5hKs10d, and Hasani won the pot with his queen kicker to eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

Leart Hasani  –  125,000  (42 bb)

With 672 players remaining from a field of 2,482, the average chip stack is about 148,000 (49 big blinds). The final 311 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $6,195 each.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16 (around 6:40 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:30 am.