$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400 | Payouts | Results
Level 22: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 1,417
Quang Vu raised from the hijack to 60,000, Morgan Petro reraised from the cutoff to 155,000, and Artem Metalidi used a Time Chip to tank for a while before he moved all in for 600,000.
Vu used three Time Chips of his own to tank for nearly two minutes before he moved all in over the top, and Petro quickly folded.
Metalidi turned over 
, but he needed to improve to stay alive against Vu’s 
.
The board came 
, and the pocket jacks held up for Vu to win the pot and eliminate Metalidi in 54th place.
Quang Vu – 2,125,000 (71 bb)
Artem Metalidi – Eliminated in 54th Place ($16,300)
With 53 players remaining from a field of 1,417, the average chip stack is around 1,335,000 (45
big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $16,300 each.
When the field reaches the final 40 players, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes. Action will continue today until the field reaches the final two tables (16 players).
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