$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400 | Payouts | Results
Level 33: 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 1,417
Michael Amato raised from the button to 800,000, and Frank Funaro called from the big blind.
The flop came 
, Funaro checked, Amato bet 500,000, and Funaro check-raised to 1,300,000. Amato thought for a while before he called.
The turn card was the 
, Funaro checked, Amato bet 1,500,000, and Funaro called.
The river card was the 
, and Funaro used a Time Chip to tank for a while before he bet 5,400,000. Amato used two Time Chips to tank for more than a minute before he folded, and Funaro took the pot worth 7.8 million in chips.
Seat 1. Ian Cohen – 13,300,000 (33 bb)
Seat 2. Frank Funaro – 22,400,000 (56 bb)
Seat 3. Richard Seymour – 18,200,000 (46 bb)
Seat 4. Michael Amato – 16,900,000 (42 bb)
With four players remaining from a field of 1,417, the average chip stack is around 17.7 million (44 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $240,000 each.
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