Championship: Mukul Pahuja Eliminated by Brian Hastings

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 39 of 1,309

Mukul Pahuja

Brian Hastings opened to 35,000 from the cutoff and Jeff Fielder called from the small blind. Mukul Pahuja moved all in for 291,000 from the big blind and Hastings called.

It was heads up with Pahuja’s Ah8d in the lead against Hastings’s KcQc.

The board ran out Qh9h6d5d8s and Hastings flopped a queen to eliminate Pahuja in 40th place ($16,974).

Brian Hastings – 2,480,000
Mukul Pahuja – Eliminated

High Roller: Barry Hutter Doubles Through Pablo Fernandez

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 40

Barry Hutter

Pablo Fernandez opened to 20,000 from the button and Barry Hutter called from the big blind to the Kc8s5d flop. Hutter checked, Fernandez bet 20,000 and Hutter check/raised to 55,000.

Fernandez called and the turn came Qs. Hutter led for 70,000 and Fernandez called to the river 4d. Hutter moved all in for 125,000 and Fernandez thought for a minute before he called.

Hutter: 7s6c
Fernandez: KdTc

Hutter took the pot with his eight-high straight besting top pair kings for the double.

Barry Hutter – 650,000 (65 bb)
Pablo Fernandez – 855,000 (86 bb)

High Roller: Pablo Fernandez Versus Brandon Adams

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 40

Brandon Adams opened to 30,000 from the small blind and Pablo Fernandez defended in the big to the Jd9c5c flop. Adams bet 55,000 and Fernandez called to see the Jc turn.

Adams bet out 130,000, Fernandez called and they both checked the 2s river.

Adams tabled Ac3h but Fernandez was better with jacks up Qs9c for the pot.

Pablo Fernandez – 1,100,00 (110 bb)
Brandon Adams – 1,620,000 (162 bb)

Championship: Good Level for Matt Stout

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 42 of 1,309

Matt Stout

Brian England opened to 31,000 from under the gun and Matt Stout raised to 84,000. England called.

The flop came 8h2d2c, England checked and Stout bet 58,000. England called.

The turn was the 5s, England checked again, and Stout bet 130,000. England called.

The river brought the Qh, England checked for a third time, and Stout bet 350,000. England called. Stout turned over pocket aces for two-pair, and England mucked.

Mukul Pahuja goes “This was a good level for you Stout”

Matt Stout – 1,600,000 (100 bb)
Brian England – 465,000 (29 bb)

Championship: Matt Stout vs. Brian Hastings

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 43 of 1,309

Matt Stout

Matt Stout opened to 38,000 from the hijack and Brian Hastings raised to 95,000 from the button. Stout called.

The flop came 9s7d4d, Stout checked and Hastings bet 85,000. Stout raised to 240,000 winning himself the pot.

Matt Stout – 870,000 (54 bb)
Brian Hastings – 1,860,000 (116 bb)

Championship: Millard Hale Eliminated by Nelson Beck

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 43 of 1,309

Nelson Beck

On a flop of KdKh2d Nelson Beck bet 120,000 from the cutoff and Millard Hale moved all in from the button for 369,000.

Beck snap called with KsQs and was in great shape against Hale’s AdQd.

The turn Jh and river 8s came clean for Beck and Hale was eliminated in 44th place ($14,536).

Nelson Beck – 2,000,000 (125 bb)
Millard Hale – Eliminated 

 

High Roller: Larry Greenberg Eliminated by Brandon Adams

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 40

Larry Greenberg

Larry Greenberg was the shortest stack coming back to the final table, tried one shove that made it through earlier, then watched Pablo Fernandez fade the bubble with a two-out river. After that hand, he was all in for his final 230,000 against Brandon Adams and in good shape.

Adams: AcQd
Greenberg: AsKs

Greenberg’s fate changed on the QcQhJh flop and he went out on the money bubble after the Ad turn and 9s river.

Brandon Adams – 1,750,000 (175 bb)
Larry Greenberg – Eliminated

High Roller: Pablo Fernandez Doubles Through Ajay Chabra

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 40

Pablo Fernandez opened to 20,000 and Ajay Chabra three-bet to 70,000 from the small blind. Fernandez moved all in for 386,000 and Chabra quickly called.

Chabra: TdTs
Fernandez: QsQh

Fernandez was in line for a double but Chabra flopped a set on the KdTh7c board. Fernandez had two game-saving outs after the 7d turn and it showed up on the Qc river for his double.

Pablo Fernandez – 792,000 (79 bb)
Ajay Chabra – 520,000 (52 bb)

Championship: Justin Liberto Eliminated by Jeff Fielder

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 44 of 1,309

Jeff Fielder (left) vs Justin Liberto (right)

Jeff Fielder opened to 36,000 from the cutoff and Justin Liberto raised to 108,000 from the small blind. Fielder called.

Both players checked the Kc9d3s flop. The turn brought the 5d, Liberto bet 42,000 and Fielder called.

The river was the Ah, Liberto checked and Fielder bet 147,000, and Liberto used a time chip before moving all in for 371,000 total.

Fielder used a time chip as well before he put in the calling chips with Ac3c for a rivered two-pair. Liberto showed QhQc as he was eliminated in 45th place ($14,536)

Jeff Fielder – 1,860,000 (116 bb)