$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
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Level 12: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 40

A few shorter stacks are getting shovey and Justin Young took a shot when he moved all in for 80,000 from early position. The move made it around to Ankush Mandavia in the big blind and he called.

Young:
Mandavia:

Young needed to dodge the two suited overcards for the double and the dealer did a clean board when he came for his double.

Justin Young – 168,000 (34 bb)
Ankush Mandavia – 305,000 (61 bb)

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Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 116 of 1,309

Jeff Fielder opens to 18,000 from under the gun, it folded around to Eric Afriat who shoved for around 130,000 from the big blind.

Afriat tabled pocket aces and appeared to be in great shape against Fielder’s pocket kings.

The flop was clean, then Fielder spiked a king on the turn to eliminate Afriat.

Jeff Fielder – 550,000 (69 bb)
Eric Afriat – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
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Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 114 of 1,309

Sam Phillips got all in from the big blind for 166,000 and got action from Wendy Freedman in the cutoff.

It was a flip with Freedman’s up against Phillips’ .

The flop was and Phillips flopped trips to take the lead. The turn was the and the river was the . Phillips dodged a two-outer on the turn and river to double up.

Sam Phillips – 354,000
Wendy Freedman – 90,000

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
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Level 12: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 40

The 16 remaining players are in their new seats and cards are back in the air. Below is the new table draw with chip counts to come.

Table 78
Seat 1: Sergi Reixach
Seat 2: Barry Hutter
Seat 3: Chance Kornuth
Seat 4: Ankush Mandavia
Seat 5: Shaun Deeb
Seat 6: Justin Young
Seat 7: Larry Greenberg
Seat 8: Brandon Adams

Table 79
Seat 1: Ajay Chabra
Seat 2: Jonathan Little
Seat 3: Seth Davies
Seat 4: Darren Elias
Seat 5: Mark Fisher
Seat 6: Jerry Wong
Seat 7: Pablo Fernandez
Seat 8: Lance Steinberg

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Level 11: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 40

Shaun Deeb opened from under the gun and Barry Hutter three-bet to 24,000. Ben Yu moved all in for 87,000 from the button and Deeb shipped in over the top for 187,000. Hutter considered coming along, for a few minutes, but reluctantly released his hand.

Yu:
Deeb:

Yu was dominated in his comeback attempted and nothing on the could save it.

At exactly the same time, Will Failla was all in and knocked out in 17th place.

Tournament Director Tony Burns paused the clock and they are redrawing seats at the last two tables.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
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Level 11: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 40

There was a long drought of action after James Collopy was sent out but there was some over the last few minutes. Ben Yu found himself on the short stack after going to battle with Darren Elias. Yu called flop and rivers bets with the board reading . Elias was good with to leave Yu with crumbs.

Then he doubled against Elias with against to get some chips back.

Soon after, James Calderaro moved all in for 45,000 and Yu moved all in behind for 60,000. The rest of the table released and Calderaro was in trouble.

Calderaro:
Yu:

Calderaro was dominated and the board could not save him.

While that hand was doing down, Marc MacDonnell was knocked off Table 78 to leave them two eliminations from a two-table redraw.

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Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 214

The $360  Big Stack Black Chip Bounty reached the final 10 players and they have redrawn for seats at the unofficial final table.

With one more elimination, the final nine players will be credited with making the official final table. They are all guaranteed a cash of at least $899, but they are all within reach of the $10,398 first place money.

Here is a look at the chip counts and seat draw for the final 10 players:

Seat 1: Matthew Paul – 302,000
Seat 2: Dongjun Ji – 676,000
Seat 3: Jeff Goodman – 135,000
Seat 4: Michael Lin – 345,000
Seat 5: Josh Daff – 391,000
Seat 6: Craig White – 405,000
Seat 7: Matt Vinke – 507,000
Seat 8: Jack Battaglia – 138,000
Seat 9: David Larson – 67,000
Seat 10: Amelio Amato – 260,000

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Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 135 of 1,309

A player in middle position opened to 14,000, Ness Reilly moved all in for 85,000 and David Inselberg reshoved from the big blind. The original raiser folded and it was heads up.

Reilly tabled and was racing for her tournament life against Inselberg’s .

The board ran out and Inselberg’s pocket tens held to eliminate Reilly.

David Inselberg – 235,000 (39 bb)
Ness Reilly – Eliminated

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Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 134 of 1,309

Jordan Joeckel moved all in from early position for about 60,000 and Riley Fuller called all in for less from the cutoff. Kevin Ho called out of the big blind, having everybody covered.

Ho showed , Joeckel tabled and Fuller turned up .

The board ran out and Ho won the pot with nines and sevens. He eliminated both Joeckel and Fuller with Joeckel getting the better finish since he started the hand with more chips.

Joeckel busted in 135th and Fuller departed in 136th place.

Kevin Ho – 465,000
Jordan Joeckel – Elimimated
Riley Fuller – Eliminated 

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 147 of 1,309