$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 1,207

Ubaid Habib raised to 90,000 from under the gun and John Gordon called on the button. Jason Brin called out of the small blind and Tony Sinishtaj three-bet to 340,000 out of the big blind.

Habib moved all in for about 1,500,000 and Gordon moved all in for 1,065,000. Jason Brin stands up and talks about how bad of a laydown he is going to make.

He spends several minutes in the tank before folding and asking the dealer to look at his hand to verify what he folded. Sinishtaj quickly folds and Brin claims he folded pocket kings.

It was a good fold with Gordon showing and Habib tabling .

Habib never picks up any real equity and Gordon doesn’t have to sweat much as the board ran out . Gordon doubled up and Habib was left as one of the shorter stacks.

John Gordon – 2,595,000 (64 bb)
Ubaid Habib – 460,000 (11 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 1,207

Benjamin Reinhart moved all in for 435,000 from the hijack and Dan Colman called from the cutoff. Reinhart showed and needed some help against Colman’s .

The flop was , giving Reinhart the best hand, but the turn was the , which gave Colman the nut straight.

Reinhart made two pair on the turn, so he needed to hit a four-outer on the river to double up and stay alive, but the came on the river and he was eliminated in 16th place for $31,202.

Dan Colman – 4,800,000 (120 bb)
Benjamin Reinhart – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 1,207

Just after the redraw, there were two quick eliminations. Vlad Mezheritsky hit the rail in 18th place and Chad Eveslage was eliminated in 17th place. They each took home $31,202.

17th: Chad Eveslage – $31,202
18th: Vlad Mezheritsky – $31,202
19th: Jake Schwartz – $25,470
20th: Taylor von Kriegenbergh – $25,470
21st: Phil Hui – $25,470
22nd: Nipun Java – $20,968
23rd: Iaron Lightbourne – $20,968
24th: Jeffrey Trudeau – $20,968
25th: Brandon Caputo – $18,352
26th: Bob Bounahra – $18,352
27th: David Hubbard – $18,352

Championship Payouts from 28th – 151st

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 1,207

Jake Schwartz moved all in from the small blind for about 425,000 and Eric Beller called from the big blind. Schwartz showed and needed help against Beller’s .

The board ran out and Schwartz was eliminated in 19th place. He took home $25,470 and there is a short break while the final 18 players redraw for seats at the final two tables.

Eric Beller – 4,200,000 (105 bb)
Jake Schwartz – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 1,207

John Gordon raised to 105,000 from middle position and Taylor Von Kriegenbergh called, all in for 55,000. Simeon Naydenov three-bet to 280,000 on the button and everybody else got out of the way, leaving Von Kriegenbergh heads-up for his tournament life against Naydenov.

Naydenov showed and Von Kriegenbergh’s needed a lot of help.

The flop was and Naydenov flopped top set, but Von Kriegenbergh picked up outs with a straight draw.

The turn was the , giving Von Kriegenbergh the nut straight, but the river was the , which paired the board, gave Naydenov a full house, and eliminated Von Kriegenbergh in 20th place for $25,470.

Simeon Naydenov – 1,225,000 (30 bb)
Taylor Von Kriegenbergh – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 1,207

Phil Hui moved all in from under the gun for 770,000 and Lander Lijo called from the big blind.

Lijo showed and had Hui’s dominated. The board ran out dry for Hui as it came . Lijo’s big slick held up to win the pot and eliminate Hui in 21st place.

Hui earned $25,470 for his deep run.

Lander Lijo – 1,580,000 (39 bb)
Phil Hui – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 21 of 1,207

Action folded to Vlad Mezheritsky in the small blind, who raised to 90,000. Nipun Java moved all in for about 400,000 and Mezheritsky called.

Java showed and has Mezheritsky’s dominated. The flop was and Mezheritsky flopped much more equity with the nut flush draw.

The turn was the , changing nothing, but the river was the and Mezheritsky rivered a seven to eliminate Java in 22nd place. He earned $20,698 for his finish.

Vlad Mezheritsky – 1,285,000 (43 bb)
Nipun Java – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 1,207

John DePersio raised to 65,000 from the hijack and Dan Colman called from the cutoff. Tony Sinishtaj called from the big blind and James Mackey defended his big blind.

Four players take a flop of and Sinishtaj checked. Mackey checked as well and DePersio bet 165,000. Colman folded, Sinishtaj folded and Mackey check-raised to 375,000. DePersio moved all in and Mackey called.

Mackey was the player at risk and all in for 1,790,000 with , good for middle pair and a flush draw. He needed to improve against DePersio’s .

The turn was the , keeping DePersio in the lead, but the river was the and Mackey rivered a flush to win the pot and double up.

Mackey becomes one of the biggest stacks remaining after taking a huge chunk from DePersio’s stack.

James Mackey – 3,875,000 (129 bb)
John DePersio – 2,000,000 (66 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 23 of 1,207

On a flop of , Dan Colman bet 160,000 from the big blind and James Mackey raised to 405,000 from the hijack.

Colman called and the turn was the . Colman checked and Mackey moved all in for 805,000. Colman double checked his cards and thought for about a minute before tossing his hand into the muck, exposing the in the process.

Dan Colman – 2,650,000 (88 bb)
James Mackey – 1,900,000 (63 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 23 of 1,207

Action folded to Benjamin Reinhart in the small blind, who moved all in for effectively Jake Schwartz’s roughly 300,000-chip stack. Schwartz called and the cards were tabled.

Reinhart showed and needed help against Schwartz’s . The board ran out and Schwartz doubled up with aces and fives.

Jake Schwartz – 630,000 (21 bb)
Benjamin Reinhart – 700,000 (23 bb)