$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Entries: 1,134

Bob Bounahra raised to 1,300 from early position and gets called by Martin Finger in the small blind and the player in the big blind.

They were three-handed to a flop of and all three players checked to the turn card.

Finer led out for 3,100, the big blind called, and Bounahra folded. The river was the and Finger led out for 6,500. The big blind quickly called and Finger showed , good for bottom set.

The big blind mucked his hand and Finger took the pot.

Martin Finger – 79,000

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 Ante
Entries: 1,072

Ray Qartomy limped in from early position, Patrick Eskandar did the same a couple seats over, and Tim West joined on the button. From the small blind, Joseph Cappello three-bet to 2,250. Fermin Micheo called in the big blind, and the three limpers called the remainder to create a five-way pot.

All five players checked through the flop, and the turn was the . The blinds checked, and Qartomy bet 4,300. Everyone folded except for Micheo, who called to see the river. It was the , and Micheo led out for 8,000 of his own. Qartomy raised to 22,000, which was most of his remaining stack. Micheo called, Qartomy just mucked, and Micheo showed for two pair as the dealer pushed him the pot.

A few hands later, Qartomy moved all in for his last 2,450 behind a few limps. The first limper, Tim West, re-shoved for 19,350, and that got him heads-up with Qartomy and flipping for the knockout.

Qartomy:
West:

Qartomy’s plight improved on every street, but he could not get over the hump on the run-out. West ended with sevens full, eliminating Qartomy with one level left in the re-entry period.

Fermin Micheo – 115,000
Tim West – 24,500
Ray Qartomy – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Entries: 1,072

On a flop of , Ravi Raghavan checked from early position and Justin Young, who won this event last year, bet from middle position. Raghavan check-raised to about 10,500 and Young called.

There was about 23,000 in the pot heading to the turn card and Raghavan moved all in for 33,275, which sends Young into the tank. After several minutes of thought, Young tosses his hand into the muck.

Raghavan mucked his hand and took the pot. There was a little discussion after the hand among the players, but they couldn’t come to a consensus on what Raghavan’s holding was.

Justin Young – 38,000
Ravi Raghavan – 56,000

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Entries: 1,072

On the turn with the board reading , Michael Aron bet about 1,800 from the big blind and Blake Bohn called from under the gun.

The river was the and Aron bet about 5,000. Bohn called fairly quickly. The table audibly let out a groan in awe of Aron’s quad sevens. Bohn mucked his hand and Aron dragged the pot.

Michael Aron – 29,000
Blake Bohn – 16,000

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Entries: 1,040

On a flop of , Tony Sinishtaj checked from the small blind and Mark Herm bet 1,400 on the button. Sinishtaj called and the turn was the .

Sinishtaj checked again and Herm bet again, this time 2,700. Sinishtaj called and the river was the .

Sinishtaj checked and Herm took a few moments of thought before checking back. Sinishtaj announced “ace” and showed . Herm mucked his hand and Sinishtaj took the pot.

Tony Sinishtaj – 72,000
Mark Herm – 76,000

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 Ante
Entries: 1,030

There are two players named Mike Sexton in the field this evening.

One of them is the Poker Hall of Famer and the voice of the World Poker Tour, who has more than $6.5 million in career tournament earnings and a stack of about 51,000 chips at the moment.

The other is a local grinder who is seated across the room at Table 48, where he was recently involved in a multi-way pot. It began with him limping under the gun, and Andy Spears did the same a couple seats over. The button raised to 2,100, the small blind called, and Sexton and Spears both called the remainder to see a four-way flop.

It came . The small blind checked, and Sexton led out for 3,600. Only Spears called, so it was heads up to the turn. Sexton bet 6,500, and Spears called again. The river was the , and Sexton emptied the clip with one last bet of 10,000. Spears didn’t seem to love it, but he shook his head, shrugged, and called.

“King?” Sexton half-asked. A dissatisfied nod from Spears indicated it was likely good, so Sexton showed to win the pot with a pair of kings.

“Other” Mike Sexton now has more chips than his Hall of Fame namesake.

Mike Sexton – 70,000
Andy Spears – 17,500

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 Ante
Entries: 1,004

Championship players returned from their 90-minute dinner break and are prepared to play four more levels today. But first they must get through two more levels and a break before registration is officially closed on big game.

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship (Re-Entry)
Returning to Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 Ante
Entries: 1,004

We added another handful of entries after the start of dinner break to top 1,000 with more than three hours remaining to register.

Alejandro Duque will return to the biggest stack in the room and a lot of talent trying to run him down.

Alejandro Duque – 204,000 (408 bb)
Miguel Suarez – 151,000 (302 bb)
Garrett Greer – 129,000 (258 bb)
Jared Jaffee – 126,000 (252 bb)
Matthew Waxman – 124,700 (249 bb)
Pratyush Buddiga – 124,300 (249 bb)
Brenda Clarke – 122,225 (244 bb)
Barry Hutter – 121,700 (243 bb)
Jorge Gomez – 120,000 (240 bb)
Pedro Luque – 120,000 (240 bb)
Maduka Durayalak – 115,000 (230 bb)
Mathew Haugen – 114,075 (228 bb)
Martin Carnero – 110,000 (220 bb)
Jordan Scott – 106,775 (214 bb)
Michael Gaetjens – 106,325 (213 bb)
David Lopez – 106,000 (212 bb)
Susan MacPherson – 104,250 (209 bb)
Jeffrey Trudeau Jr – 102,800 (206 bb)
Andrey Plotnikov – 102,750 (206 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 Ante
Entries: 995

Level 6 concluded, and the field was sent on a 90-minute dinner break. Play resumes right around 8:00 p.m.

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Entries: 995

On a flop of , Cliff Josephy checked from middle position and Team SHRP member Darryll Fish bet 2,000 on the button.

Josephy called and the turn was the . Josephy checked and Fish bet 4,400. Josephy quickly moved all in for effectively Fish’s remaining 20,000 behind.

That sent Fish into the tank for about five minutes. The table was silent throughout the whole tank before finally tossing his hand into the muck just a few minutes before dinner break. Josephy quickly mucked his hand and took the pot.

Cliff Josephy – 54,500
Darryll Fish – 18,500