$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 1,207
John Gordon raised to 105,000 from middle position and Taylor Von Kriegenbergh called, all in for 55,000. Simeon Naydenov three-bet to 280,000 on the button and everybody else got out of the way, leaving Von Kriegenbergh heads-up for his tournament life against Naydenov.
Naydenov showed 
and Von Kriegenbergh’s 
needed a lot of help.
The flop was 
and Naydenov flopped top set, but Von Kriegenbergh picked up outs with a straight draw.
The turn was the 
, giving Von Kriegenbergh the nut straight, but the river was the 
, which paired the board, gave Naydenov a full house, and eliminated Von Kriegenbergh in 20th place for $25,470.
Simeon Naydenov – 1,225,000 (30 bb)
Taylor Von Kriegenbergh – Eliminated