$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 99

Joe McKeehen was on the button, Sean Winter in the small blind, and Winter was at risk for his last 690,000.

Winter:
McKeehen:

Winter was dominated for his double but took the lead on the flop. The turn flipped the lead and Winter went out on the final table bubble after the river.

Tournament staff paused the clock and redrew seats for the final table. Levels are now 60-minutes long.

Joe McKeehen – 1,950,000 (49 bb)
Sean Winter – Eliminated in 10th Place ($66,025)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 99

It folded around to Brandon Adams on the button and he open-shoved for 570,000. Shannon Shorr folded his small blind and Ben Yu quickly called in the big.

Yu:
Adams:

Adams was live for a double, picked up flush draw on the flop, and it filled on the turn. The river was to double Adams and leave Yu short.

Ben Yu – 220,000 (6 bb)
Brandon Adams – 1,200,000 (30 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 1,360

Three-time Super Bowl champion Richard Seymour moved all in for 360,000 from the cutoff off and Ami Alibay called from the small blind.

Seymour tabled and needed to get lucky against Alibay’s .

The flop was spread , and Seymour smiled quickly as he saw he flopped two-pair, until he saw the ten.

The turn and river made it official as Seymour was eliminated in 15th place.

Ami Alibay  –  2,605,000  (43 bb)
Richard Seymour  –  Eliminated in 15th Place ($36,195)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 99

In a battle of the blinds, Aaron Mermelstein ended up with his 645,000 stack in the middle from the big blind against Sean Winter in the small.

Mermelstein:
Winter:

Mermelstein was in command and the runout sent him a double.

Aaron Mermelstein – 1,310,000 (33 bb)
Sean Winter – 1,075,000 (27 bb)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 99

Alex Foxen opened to 90,000 and Shannon Shorr defended his big blind to the flop. Shorr bet 115,000 and Foxen called before the turn.

Shorr checked, Foxen bet 165,000 and Shorr called. The river was and Shorr checked once again. After two minutes and a peek at Shorr’s stack, Foxen announced all in. It looked like Shorr thought about calling for a moment but mucked the big pot to Foxen.

Alex Foxen – 1,700,000 (43 bb)
Shannon Shorr – 850,000 (21 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 1,360

Eric Afriat raised to 130,000 from the button and Victor Figueroa defended his big blind.

The flop came , Figueroa checked,  and Afriat continued for 130,000. Figueroa called.

Both players checked the on the turn as well as the on the river.

Figueroa tabled his for a pair of fives but was no good against Afriat’s pair of sevens.

Eric Afriat – 5,270,000 (88 bb)
Victor Figueroa – 905,000 (15 bb)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 99

Table 86
Seat 1: Niall Farrell – 585,000 (15 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Alan Schein – 675,000 (17 bb)
Seat 4: Joe McKeehen – 765,000 (19 bb)
Seat 5: Sean Winter – 1,555,000 (39 bb)
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: Aaron Mermelstein – 925,000 (23 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —

Table 89
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Brandon Adams – 315,000 (8 bb)
Seat 4: Shannon Shorr – 1,285,000 (32 bb)
Seat 5: Ben Yu – 1,200,000 (30 bb)
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: James Calderaro – 1,185,000 (30 bb)
Seat 8: Alex Foxen – 1,305,000 (33 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $674,895
2nd: $489,060
3rd: $305,665
4th: $210,295
5th: $136,935
6th: $100,255
7th: $83,140
8th: $70,915
9th: $68,470
10th: $66,025

$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Entries: 49

The one-day eight-handed $5,000 buy-in $200,000 guarantee ticked past 43 entries and busted the six-figure prize pool target just a bit ago. The clock shows 49 entries in the game putting the pot at $232,750. Registration and re-entry are available all the way until about 5:40pm.

We will pick up updates from this event a little deeper into the structure.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 99

Niall Farrell opened to 60,000 from the button and Alan Schein called in the small blind. Joe McKeehen moved all in from the big for 345,000, Farrell called, and Schein folded.

McKeehen:
Farrell:

McKeehen to win the race to double and hit the flop. The board finish turn and river to send the pot to McKeehen.

Joe McKeehen – 750,000 (25 bb)
Niall Farrell – 600,000 (20 bb)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 99

Action folded to Shannon Shorr on the button and he opened to 65,000. Ben Yu folded his small blind and Andjelko Andrejevic shipped in for ~150,000 to get a call from Shorr.

Andrejevic:
Shorr:

Andrejevic was dominated and found no help as the dealer spread the board to send him out in 11th place.

Shannon Shorr – 975,000 (33 bb)
Andjelko Andrejevic – Eliminated in 11th Place ($63,580)