$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  50 of 2,010

Andrew Barfield raised from the cutoff to 110,000, Nicholas Immekus moved all in from the button for 630,000, and Barfield called with .

Immekus turned over , and needed his pocket pair to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Barfield paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Immekus in 51st place.

Andrew Barfield  –  2,250,000  (45 bb)
Nicholas Immekus  –  Eliminated in 51st Place  ($17,300)

With 50 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 2,010,000 (40 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $17,300.

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 field is down to the final two tables (16 players).