$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400 | Payouts | Results
Level 30: 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 1,417
Richard Seymour raised UTG+1 to 400,000, Michael Amato reraised from the hijack to 1,200,000, and Micah Raskin moved all in from the small blind for 8,175,000.
Seymour quickly folded, and Amato thought for a while, saying, “I hope we have the same hand.”
Amato called with 
, but Raskin turned over 
. Amato needed to improve to stay alive.
Amato looked to the dealer and said, “Give me a chance.”
The flop came 
, and Amato looked defeated. But as the dealer was about to put out the turn card, Amato shouted out for a jack.
The turn card was the 
.
Amato had picked up a gutshot straight draw, and needed a jack on the river to stay alive. Once again, Amato shouted out for a jack.
The river card was — the 
!
Amato shouted in celebration as he caught a runner-runner ace-high straight to crack Raskin’s aces in a massive pot. Amato doubled up to 16.4 million, while Raskin was knocked all the way down to just two big blinds.
“I don’t even want to play anymore,” said Johnny Bromberg. “That hand gave me trauma.”
Michael Amato – 16,400,000 (82 bb)
Micah Raskin – 375,000 (2 bb)
With seven players remaining from a field of 1,417, the average chip stack is around 10,125,000 (51 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $106,000 each.
The field will play as many 90-minute levels as it takes to reach the final six players for tomorrow’s 12:00 noon WPT Final Table, which will also be live streamed.
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