WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 45 of 64

Ben Cade raised to 2,500 under-the-gun and Tyler Patterson called in early position. Amir Babakhani called from middle position before Jonathan Jaffe three-bet to 11,800 from the hijack.

Dylan Wilkerson was on the button and moved all in for 20,400. Action folded back around to Jaffe, who called.

Jaffe showed , but was in trouble against Wilkerson’s . The board ran out and Wilkerson doubled up.

Dylan Wilkerson – 50,600
Jonathan Jaffe – 87,000

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 7: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 48 of 64

Mark Newhouse raised to 1,800 from under-the-gun and Ravi Raghavan called from middle position. David Paredes defended his big blind and three players took a flop of .

Paredes checked and Newhouse bet 3,000. Raghavan folded and Paredes called. The turn was the and Paredes checked. Newhouse bet 5,600 and Paredes called.

The river was the and Paredes checked again. Newhouse bet 10,000 and Paredes called. Newhouse showed and Paredes mucked his hand.

Mark Newhouse – 85,000
David Paredes – 34,500

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 7: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 50 of 64

David Chiu moved all in from middle position for 7,800 and Taylor Paur called from the hijack. Nam Le went into the tank on the button and used two time bank chips before making it 43,000, leaving himself with 500 behind.

Paur went into the tank and used two time bank chips of his own before tossing his hand into the muck, leaving Chiu heads-up with Le.

Le showed and was in the lead against Chiu’s . The board ran out and Le’s pair held up to eliminate Chiu.

“With like 21 seconds left, I almost went all in,” said Paur after the hand, claiming he folded pocket jacks. “Then I re-considered and ended up folding.”

Nam Le – 61,100
David Chiu – Eliminated

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 7: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 64

Players are back in the meeting room and the WPT Tournament of Champions is underway in Level 7 with 53 of 64 players remaining.

WPT Tournament of Champions
Returning to Level 7: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 64

John Hennigan continues to lead the WPT Tournament of Champions with a handful of players behind him over 100,000.

They’ll return at 8:15 and play four more levels tonight, with a break in the middle.

John Hennigan – 179,000 (224 bb)
Noah Schwartz – 133,000 (166 bb)
Ravi Raghavan – 124,000 (155 bb)
Vlad Darie – 115,000 (144 bb)
Tyler Patterson – 114,000 (143 bb)
Michael Mizrachi – 112,000 (140 bb)
Chris Leong – 100,000 (125 bb)
Dan Smith – 94,000 (118 bb)
Jonathan Roy – 93,000 (116 bb)
Darren Elias – 90,000 (113 bb)
Iaron Lightbourne – 84,000 (105 bb)

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 6: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 64

The WPT Tournament of Champions field has gone off on their 75-minute dinner break. If they wish to stick around the lounge area, we’ve put out a nice little spread that includes beef tenderloin, lamb chops, salads, and a very popular mashed potato bar.

They’ll return around 8:15pm and play four more levels.

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 6: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Players Remaining: 54 of 64

On the river with a completed board of , David Paredes checked from the small blind. Mark Newhouse bet 5,000 from the big blind and Paredes took some time before calling.

Newhouse showed , good for a full house and Paredes mucked his hand. Newhouse dragged the pot, but is still just shy of a starting stack.

Mark Newhouse – 48,000
David Paredes – 75,100

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 6: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Players Remaining: 54 of 64

On a flop of , Asher Conniff checked from the small blind and Darren Elias bet 3,600 from the big blind. Michael Mizrachi called from middle position, Taylor Paur folded from the cutoff, Jason Brin folded on the button and Conniff folded as well.

They were heads-up to the turn and Elias checked. Mizrachi bet 5,150 and Elias called.

The river was the and both players checked. Elias showed and Mizrachi mucked his hand.

Darren Elias – 98,000
Michael Mizrachi – 115,000

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 5: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Players Remaining: 55 of 64

James Calderaro has been riding a short stack for much of the day but has doubled once again to get closer to a starting stack.

This time, it was a battle among WPT Seminole Hard Rock champions when Calderaro mixed it up with Griffin Paul. It was three-ways to the flop with Yevgeniy Timoshenko coming along but he moved out of the way when all of Calderaro’s chips went in the middle.

Calderaro was at risk but his flopped set looked pretty safe against Paul’s bottom pair . Paul was less than 0.5% to catch up and was drawing dead after the turn to give Calderaro the double.

Griffin Paul – 65,000 (108 bb)
James Calderaro – 32,000 (51 bb)

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 5: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Players Remaining: 56 of 64

On the turn with the board reading , Yevgeniy Timoshenko checked from the small blind and Taylor von Kriegenbergh bet 3,000 from the cutoff.

Timoshenko called and the river was the . Timoshenko checked and von Kriegenbergh bet 5,500. Timoshenko waited until there was two seconds left on the action clock, before announcing a check-raise to 17,500.

von Kriegenbergh goes into the tank and used one of his time chips to get an extra 30 seconds of time to act. With a few seconds left on the second clock, he tosses his hand into the muck.

Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 77,000
Taylor von Kriegenbergh – 60,000