$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 29: 40,000/80,000/10,000 Ante
Andre Crooks opened to 180,000, Griffin Paul and Dan Heimiller called and Ryan Rivers moved all in for 1.015 million and Crooks folded. Paul called and Heimiller folded. Rivers had 
and was dominating the 
of Paul.
The board ran out 
to give the Rivers the double up. Players are now on a 15-minute break.
$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 29: 40,000/80,000/10,000 Ante
Dan Heimiller opened for 235,000 and John Thrower moved all in for 1.11 million total. It was folded back around to Heimiller who made the call with 
. They were racing as Thrower held 
and Thrower would sprint to the lead after the 
flop. The turn gave him a second pair as it was the 
and the river was the 
to give Thrower the double up to approximately 2.3 million in chips.
$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 29: 40,000/80,000/10,000 Ante
Andre Crooks starting things off with a raise to 180,000. One spot to his left, David Peters reraised to 430,000. Sitting another spot over was Griffin Paul who put in yet another raise to 1.1 million. Crooks quickly got out of the way and Peters moved all in for approximately 2.1 million total. Paul snap-called with 
but he was dominated by Peters and his 
.
The flop came 
to give Paul some hope with a pair of kings and the miracle king would come on the turn as it was the 
. Now it was Peters who needed a miracle, but the river was the 
and that would be the end of Peters tournament. He finishes in 10th place collecting $58,500 for his finish.
$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 29: 40,000/80,000/10,000 Ante
It was folded to Joe Ebanks on the button who opened to 160,000 and was called by Ryan Rivers out of the big blind. The flop came 
and Rivers snap-shoved his remaining 555,000 into the middle. He was quickly called by Ebanks. Rivers had 
for a small flush draw and Ebanks had for top pair.
The turn was the 
keeping Ebanks in the lead but Rivers would hit his flush on the 
river to give him the double up to approximately 1.5 million.
$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 29: 40,000/80,000/10,000 Ante
Dan Heimiller opened for 230,000 and was called by Joe Ebanks. The flop came 
and Heimiller checked. Ebanks made a bet of 225,000 and was check-raised to 625,000 by Heimiller. Ebanks made the call and the turn was the . Heimiller led out for 1.1 million and was called by Ebanks.
The river was the and both players checked. Heimiller showed but that was well behind the that Ebanks held as he rivered two pair. Ebanks moved to approximately 7.5 million with that pot.
$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 29: 40,000/80,000/10,000 Ante
On the first hand back from break, John Thrower moved all in for just under ten big blinds and was called by Andre Crooks. Thrower was in great shape with his 
against the 
that Crooks held. He was in even better shape after the dealer put out a flop of 
. The 
on the turn meant Crooks was drawing dead and the dealer put out an irrelevant on the river.
$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 28: 30,000/60,000/10,000 Ante
Seat 1: David Peters – 3,360,000
Seat 2: Griffin Paul – 10,440,000
Seat 3: Dan Heimiller – 8,615,000
Seat 4: John Thrower – 780,000
Seat 5: Joe Ebanks – 5,195,000
Seat 6 – Sean Shah – 2,175,000
Seat 7 – Ryan Rivers – 1,480,000
Seat 8 – Shawn Nguyen – 2,350,000
Seat 9 – Brian Green – 4,745,000
Seat 10 – Andre Crooks – 5,070,000
$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 27: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante
Eli Levy heads into the final two tables with the chip lead holding 6.285 million in chips. Levy has had recent success here having won Event #7 back on the 12th but the $3,945 he won for that victory will pale in comparison to what he’ll take home for his finish this week.
One seat to his left tomorrow will be Griffin Paul who is second in chips with 6.055 million. Rounding out the top three is Shawn Nguyen who has 4.19 million in chips. Play will resume at noon local time later today. Here’s the full seating assignments and chip counts:
Table 17
Seat 1: Brian Green – 1,750,000
Seat 2: Lenny Duvdivani – 310,000
Seat 3: Sean Shah – 3,065,000
Seat 4: Vladimir Dobrovolskii – 2,650,000
Seat 5: Dan Heimiller – 500,000
Seat 6: Harvey Vandeven – 1,355,000
Seat 7: John Thrower – 1,715,000
Seat 8: Eli Levy – 6,285,000
Seat 9: Griffin Paul – 6,055,000
Table 18
Seat 1: Andre Crooks – 2,105,000
Seat 2: Mohsin Charania – 1,435,000
Seat 3: Shawn Nguyen – 4,190,000
Seat 4: Ryan Rivers – 3,175,000
Seat 5: Travis Northrope – 640,000
Seat 6: Cornel Cimpan – 1,100,000
Seat 7: Joe Ebanks – 2,690,000
Seat 8: David Peters – 3,110,000
Seat 9: Gilbert Barrett – 1,375,000
$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 27: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante
Steven McKoy opened for 110,000 and Cornel Cimpan moved all in for 330,000. Vladimir Dobrovolskii re-shoved and the action was folded back to McKoy who took a moment before saying “I’m never folding this” and making the call, his tournament life at risk since Dobrovolskii had him covered.
McKay had , Cimpan 
, and Dobrovolskii . The board ran out 
and Cimpan tripled up while Dobrovolskii’s tens were enough to win the side pot.
Players are re-drawing for the final two tables and bagging and tagging. We’ll have the updated chip counts and new seating assignments momentarily.
$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 27: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante
The remaining 19 players are back from break. One more elimination is all it will take to end the night.