$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 1,360

With Ari Dinov’s eliminations in seventeenth place, players have redrawn to the final two tables.

Here are their new seating positions, along with their updated chip counts:

TABLE 13
Seat 1.  Dan Chalifour  –  2,625,000  (53 bb)
Seat 2.  Jason Marshman  –  5,085,000  (102 bb)
Seat 3.  Chad Eveslage  –  7,775,000  (156 bb)
Seat 4.  Maria Ho  –  3,975,000  (80 bb)
Seat 5.  Richard Seymour  –  850,000  (17 bb)
Seat 6.  Jerry Robinson  –  4,250,000  (85 bb)
Seat 7.  Ami Alibay  –  2,350,000  (47 bb)
Seat 8.  Danny Qutami  –  4,890,000  (98 bb)

TABLE 14
Seat 1.  Taylor Black  –  655,000  (13 bb)
Seat 2.  Eric Afriat  –  3,380,000  (68 bb)
Seat 3.  Dien Le  –  2,380,000  (48 bb)
Seat 4.  Victor Figueroa  –  570,000  (11 bb)
Seat 5.  Ryan D’Angelo  –  4,875,000  (98 bb)
Seat 6.  James Carroll  –  5,900,000  (118 bb)
Seat 7.  Vladimir Vasilyev  –  2,750,000  (55 bb)
Seat 8.  Jerry Wong  –  2,020,000  (40 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 1,360

Dien Le opened to 100,000 from under the gun, and Eric Afriat called on the button.

Ari Dinov moved all in for 725,000 from the button. Le elected to shove over the top for 1,550,000, and Afriat got out of the way.

Dinov tabled and needed to improve to stay alive against Le’s .

The board ran out and Dinov couldn’t catch up as he became the 17th place finisher.

Dien Le – 2,380,000
Ari Dinov – Eliminated in 17th Place ($29,690)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 99

Sam Soverel limped his small blind, Alan Schein raised to 100K from the big, and Soverel called to the flop. Soverel checked, Schein moved all in for 230,000 and Soverel called.

Schein:
Soverel:

Schein was ahead for the double and stayed that way on the turn and river.

Alan Schein – 685,000 (27 bb)
Sam Soverel – 450,000 (18 bb)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 99

Ali Imsirovic was the next to take a shot at doubling up and moved all in for ~350,000. Aaron Mermelstein called to put him at risk.

Imsirovic:
Mermelstein:

Imsirovic was in great shape to double but Mermelstein caught top two on the flop. Imsirovic could not find a save and was sent out in 13th place.

Aaron Mermelstein – 1,200,000 (48 bb)
Ali Imsirovic – Eliminated in 13th Place ($58,690)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 1,360

Ari Dinov shoved all in from under the gun for 350,000 and Chad Eveslage called from the big blind.

Dinov turned up and needed to improve against chip leader Eveslage’s .

The board ran out and Dinov spiked a king on the turn to stay alive.

Ari Dinov – 775,000 (16 bb)
Chad Eveslage – 8,400,000 (168 bb)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 99

Rainer Kempe open-shoved for 185,000 from the cutoff and Sean Winter called in the big blind.

Winter:
Kempe:

The board ran out to send Kempe a needed double while knocking Winter short. Before Winter found a small double a little later before Kempe was all in again. This time is was Joe McKeehen trying to send him out and McKeehen’s caught an ace on the turn on the board.

It was a rollercoaster ride for Kempe that ends with a 14th place payout.

Joe McKeehen – 1,300,000 (52 bb)
Sean Winter – 150,000 (6 bb)
Rainer Kempe – Eliminated in 14th Place ($56,240)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 1,360

Jerry Robinson raised from the button to 150,000 and Victor Figueroa moved all in from the small blind for 400,000.

Figueroa was in good shape as he turned over against Robinson’s .

The board came and Figueroa’s ace high holds to score the double.

Victor Figueroa  –  900,000  (18 bb)
Jerry Robinson  –  4,125,000  (83 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 1,360

Brett Murray moved all in under the gun for 410,000, and Dien Le moved all in over the top from the button for 710,000.  The rest of the table folded and it was heads up.

Murray turned over , and needed to get lucky against Le’s .

The flop came giving Murray a gunshot, but the board ran out , , bricks for Murray.

Dien Le  –  1,245,000  (25 bb)
Brett Murray  –  Eliminated in 18th Place  ($29,690)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 99

Alex Foxen opened to 45,000 from early position and Jonathan Jaffe three-bet to 110,000. The rest of the table released and Foxen put in a fourth bet to 285,000. Jaffe thought for a minute, announced all in for 800,000 total, and Foxen snapped.

Foxen:
Jaffe:

Jaffe was in rough shape holding the shorter stack but added a club draw on the flop. The turn was no help and the High Roller bubble burst after the river.

Alex Foxen – 1,800,000 (90 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe – Eliminated

High Roller 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
11th: $63,580
12th: $61,135
13th: $58,690
14th: $56,240

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 1,360

Dien Le moved all in from the small blind for 330,000, and Jason Marshman called from the big blind .

Le turned over [kq] and was in good shape against Marshman’s .

The board ran out and Le’s king high held to avoid elimination.

Dien Le  –  710,000  (14 bb)
Jason Marshman  –  5,200,000  (104 bb)