$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 1,869

Dylan Smith opened to 400,000 from middle position and Scott Wright called from the big blind. The flop was , Wright bet 400,000 and Smith raised to 1,200,000. Wright moved all in for about 5,000,000 and Smith calls.

Smith:
Wright:

Wright flopped middle pair of jacks but was behind Smith’s over pair. The turn and river finished the board and Wright was eliminated in 13th place.

Dylan Smith – 23,700,000 (158 bb)
Scott Wright – Eliminated in 13th Place ($57,000)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 1,869

Right before the first break, action folded to Pavlin Karakikov on the button. He moved all in for 1,350,000, and Jesse Lonis called in the big blind.

Lonis:
Karakikov:

Karakikov ran into a monster and Lonis improved to a set of queens on the flop. Karakikov had a spade draw and got there on the turn. His joy was short-lived when Lonis made a full house queens full of eights on the river to send him out.

Jesse Lonis – 9,350,000 (75 bb)
Pavlin Karakikov – Eliminated in 14th place ($57,000)

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $2,000,700 | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 81

Playing down late into the evening, the $25K High Roller final table returns to the Grand Ballroom at 2 pm with Brandon Wilson leading and a ton of talent coming after him.

Seat 1:  Martin Stausholm  –  485,000  (16 bb)
Seat 2:  David Coleman  –  570,000  (19 bb)
Seat 3:  Chance Kornuth  –  1,085,000  (36 bb)
Seat 4:  Martin Carnero  – 495,000  (17 bb)
Seat 5:  Brandon Wittmeyer  –  430,000  (14 bb)
Seat 6:  Jim Collopy  –  390,000  (13 bb)
Seat 7:  Min Zhang  –  680,000  (23 bb)
Seat 8:  Sergio Aido  – 1,640,000  (55 bb)
Seat 9:  Brandon Wilson  –  2,325,000  (78 bb)

1st:  $601,800 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $420,400
3rd:  $265,200
4th:  $181,100
5th:  $121,300
6th:  $91,100
7th:  $74,300
8th:  $65,200
9th:  $62,100

10th:  Manuel Fritz  –  $60,100
11th:  Vincent Cafone  –  $58,100

$600 Six-Max Five-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The Showdown schedule was packed full of all varieties of Omaha action and we had to throw one more on the schedule to close out the series. Event 74 is a $600 Six-Max Five-Card Pot-Limit Omaha tournament with deep stacks and one-day structure.

They sit down to 20K stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 6:30 pm and they refire at will during that time.

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 74 Structure Sheet

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 1,869

Jackob Datashvili opened to 250,000 from under the gun and Dylan Smith called on the button. The flop was , Datashvili continued for 275,000 and Smith called.

The turn was , Datashvili bet another 1,100,000 and Smith called. The river finished the board, Datashvili moved all in for about 4,000,000 and Smith quickly called.

Smith:
Datashvili:

A big cooler for Datashvili with both flopping sets but Smith was best to send Datashvili out in 15th place.

Dylan Smith – 11,700,000 (93 bb)
Jackob Datashvili – Eliminated in 15th Place ($57,000)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 1,869

Action folded to Dylan Linde in the small blind, he moved all in for 1,400,000 and Toby Boas called in the big.

Linde:
Boas:

Linde was ahead for his double but needed to fade the two live cards of Boas. The board ran out and was safe for Linde’s double.

Dylan Linde  –  2,950,000  (24 bb)
Toby Boas  –  3,050,000  (24 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 1,869

Landon Tice opened to 275,000 from under the gun and John Thornton came along in the cutoff. The flop was , both players checked, and the turn was .

Tice bet 800K, Thornton moved all in for 2,600,000 and Tice called.

Tice:
Thornton:

Tice was ahead with his paired jack but Thornton had a ton of out with his heart draw and open-ended straight draw. The completed Thornton’s flush and he doubled up.

John Thornton  –  6,075,000  (49 bb)
Landon Tice  –  1,900,000  (15 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 1,869

Barry Hatcher opened to 350,000 from early position and Alex Queen called in the big blind. The flop was , Queen checked, Hatcher bet 500,000 and Queen check-raised all in. Hatcher called with the smaller stack and was at risk.

Hatcher:
Queen:

Hatcher’s sevens were outflopped and Queen was ahead with his paired eight. He improved to tens and eights on the turn and Hatcher was eliminated after the river.

Alex Queen – 16,200,000 (129 bb)
Barry Hatcher – Eliminated in 16th Place ($47,500)

$600 Savage Average NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 124

Also underway, we have the $600 Savage Average with eight players remaining and $16,460 up top. For reference, this final table is deeper than the last two tables of the Championship.

Seat 1:  Matt Yorra  –  871,000  (73 bb)
Seat 2:  Huifang Zhang  –  319,000  (27 bb)
Seat 3:  Pablo Valdivieso  –  1,275,000  (106 bb)
Seat 4:  Spencer Simpson  –  707,000  (59 bb)
Seat 5:  Mike Preston  –  164,000  (14 bb)
Seat 6:  Tanupat Punjarojanakul  –  1,456,000  (121 bb)
Seat 7:  Khari Hutchings  –  255,000  (21 bb)
Seat 8:  Dan Heimiller  –  1,275,000  (106 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $16,460 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $11,000
3rd: $8,100
4th: $6,100
5th: $4,600
6th: $3,500
7th: $2,700
8th: $2,100

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 1,869

Cards are back in the air for Day 4 of the Championship with 16 players remaining and six of them trying to book a seat at the televised final table in Vegas.

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Jesse Lonis  –  2,475,000  (25 bb)
Seat 2.  Dylan Linde  –  3,325,000  (33 bb)
Seat 3.  Toby Boas  –  5,200,000  (52 bb)
Seat 4.  Jaroslaw Osinski  –  2,150,000  (22 bb)
Seat 5.  David Mzareulov  –  4,250,000  (43 bb)
Seat 6.  Aaron Kupin  –  5,250,000  (53 bb)
Seat 7.  Pavlin Karakikov  –  2,750,000  (28 bb)
Seat 8.  Wasim Assaf  –  6,750,000  (68 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Landon Tice  –  5,575,000  (56 bb)
Seat 2.  Jackob Datashvili  –  6,550,000  (66 bb)
Seat 3.  Scott Wright  –  3,125,000  (31 bb)
Seat 4.  John Thornton  –  2,625,000  (26 bb)
Seat 5.  Alex Queen  –  14,250,000  (143 bb)
Seat 6.  Dylan Smith  –  4,950,000  (50 bb)
Seat 7.  Barry Hatcher  –  1,925,000  (19 bb)
Seat 8.  Josh Reichard  –  22,200,000  (222 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $839,300*
2nd:  $550,000
3rd:  $410,000
4th:  $305,000
5th:  $230,000
6th:  $176,000
7th:  $136,000
8th:  $105,000
9th-10th:  $83,000
11th-12th:  $69,000
13th-15th:  $57,000
16th:  $47,500
* includes $10,400 seat into WPT Championship