$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 1,309

Scott Margereson opened to 60,000 from under the gun, Joe Cheong called from the cutoff and Roberto Alberro raised to 200,000. Both of his opponents called.

The flop came , Alberto bet 300,000 and only Margereson called.

The turn brought the , Alberro shoved for 1,755,000 and Margereson called.

Alberro tabled and need to get lucky against Margereson’s . The river was the and Margereson’s pocket queens held to eliminate Alberro in 15th place ($35,233)

Scott Margereson – 8,300,000 (277 bb)
Roberto Alberro – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 1,309

After Craig Mason’s elimination in 17th place, the remaining 16 players redrew for the final two tables.

Table 7

Seat 1: Joe Cheong – 3,850,000
Seat 2: Victor Ramdin – 400,000
Seat 3: Roberto Alberro – 2,000,000
Seat 4: Brian England – 2,280,000
Seat 5: Scott Margereson – 4,400,000
Seat 6: Pedro Palacio – 1,580,000
Seat 7: Nelson Beck – 1,200,000
Seat 8: Zach Donovan – 2,200,000

Table 14

Seat 1: Brian Hastings – 3,210,000
Seat 2: Faraz Jaka – 1,885,000
Seat 3: Tanner Millen – 2,900,000
Seat 4: Nicholas Schuman-Werb – 760,000
Seat 5: Matt Stout – 2,220,000
Seat 6: AJ Gambino – 480,000
Seat 7: Joey Couden – 4,525,000
Seat 8: Jeff Fielder – 3,500,000

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 1,309

Joey Couden opened from the hijack, and Joseph Hinton jammed for 1,400,000 from the small blind. Couden called

Hinton tabled and needed to improve against Couden’s .

The board came and Couden’s pocket kings held to eliminate Hinton in 18th place ($28,879).

Joey Couden – 3,850,000 (128 bb)
Joseph Hinton – Eliminated 

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 1,309

Jeff Gross moved all in from under the gun for 510,000 and Brian Hastings called from the cutoff.

Gross tabled and needed to get lucky against Hastings’s .

The board came and Hastings wound up with a set of queens to eliminate Gross in 19th place ($28,879)

Brian Hastings – 3,120,000 (104 bb)
Jeff Gross – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 1,309

Joey Couden opened to 58,000 from the cutoff, and Brian England raised to 175,000 from the button. Kenny Nguyen raised to 345,000 from the big blind and England called.

Nguyen appeared to be in great shape as he tabled against England’s .

The board came and England spiked a king on the river to eliminate Nguyen in 22nd place ($23,928)

Brian England – 3,100,000 (129 bb)
Kenny Nguyen – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 1,309

Nelson Beck limped from under the gun, Craig Mason raised to 75,000 from the cutoff and Keith Masseta moved all in for 316,000 from the button. Both of his opponents called.

Beck checked in the dark, the flop came , and Mason bet 200,000 creating a side pot. Beck called.

Both players checked the on the turn and the on the river.

Beck turned over for a pair of queens, beating Mason’s and Masseta’s . Masseta’s 25th place elimination created the three table redraw.

Nelson Beck – 3,476,000 (87 bb)
Craig Mason – 960,000 (40 bb)
Keith Masseta – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 26 of 1,309

Here’s a look at some recent eliminations:

27th: Scott Stewart – $20,042
28th:  Kobi Ribak  –  $20,042
29th:  Michael Newman  –  $20,042
30th:  Dennis Stevermer  –  $20,042
31st:  George Cain  –  $20,042
32nd:  Jake Bazeley  –  $20,042
33rd:  Grayson Ramage  –  $16,974
34th:  Ashley Sleeth  –  $16,974
35th:  Jason Marshman  –  $16,974
36th:  Elliott Zaydman  –  $16,974
37th:  John Gordon  –  $16,974

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 1,309

Joey Couden opened to 60,000 from the hijack, Faraz Jaka called from the button, as did Matt Stout from the small blind.

The flop came and all three players checked. The turn brought the , Stout bet 135,000 and Jaka called.

The river was the , Stout bet 200,000 and Jaka called. Stout tabled for a set of sevens but was no good against Jaka’s set of nines.

Faraz Jaka – 2,900,000 (121 bb)
Matt Stout – 1,810,000 (75 bb)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 40

Brandon Adams opened the button to 35,000 and Barry Hutter called from the big blind.

The flop came , Hutter checked and Adams bet 45,000. Hutter called. Both players checked the on the turn.

The river brought the , Hutter bet 60,000, and Adams put Hutter all in for his last 270,000. Hutter thought for a while before letting it go.

Brandon Adams – 2,500,000 (167 bb)
Barry Hutter – 270,000 (18 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 31 of 1,309

Jake Bazeley opened to 45,000 from under the gun, Faraz Jaka made it 135,000 from middle position, and Bazeley shoved for around 820,000.

Bazeley tabled and was racing against Jaka’s .

The board came out and Jaka wound up with two-pair to eliminate Bazeley in 32nd place ($20,042).

Faraz Jaka – 3,065,000 (150 bb)
Jake Bazeley – Eliminated