Championship: Michael Amato Shoves the River Against Ian Cohen

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400 |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 34:  300,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 1,417

Michael Amato (Photo: WPT/Alicia Skillman)

Michael Amato completed the small blind to 500,000, Ian Cohen raised from the big blind to 1,500,000, and Amato called.

The flop came Ah9c8h, Amato checked, Cohen bet 1,200,000, and Amato called.

The turn card was the 8s, and both players checked.

The river card was the 10s, and Amato thought for a while before he moved all in for 13,700,000. Cohen folded, and Amato took the pot.

Seat 1.  Ian Cohen  –  10,500,000  (21 bb)
Seat 2.  Frank Funaro  –  19,900,000  (40 bb)
Seat 3.  Richard Seymour  –  20,800,000  (42 bb)
Seat 4.  Michael Amato  –  19,600,000  (39 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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