$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 2,290

Leo Taffe raised from the cutoff to 650,000, leaving himself just a single 25K chip behind. Naing Thu moved all in from the big blind, and Taffe called all in for 675,000 with .

Thu turned over , and Taffe needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Thu won the pot with his king kicker to eliminate Taffe in 19th place.

Naing Thu  –  7,625,000  (61 bb)
Leo Taffe  –  Eliminated in 19th Place  ($46,200)

With 18 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 6,350,000 (51 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $46,200 each.

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