$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 90 of 1,207

Chris Klodnicki opened to 18,000 in middle position, and Taylor Paur three-bet shoved for 102,000 on the button. From the big blind, John Racener re-shoved for 144,000 total, and Klodnicki folded out of the way to leave Paur heads-up for his tournament life.

Paur:
Racener:

The board ran out , and Paur won the flip to to double up with two pair.

Taylor Paur – 243,000 (30 bb)
John Racener – 42,000 (5 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 95 of 1,207

Darryll Fish opened to 20,000 under the gun, and Jinghao Xu three-bet shoved for 76,000 a few seats over. Fish asked for the count, then called to put Xu at risk.

Fish:
Xu:

The flop was a disaster for Xu, and the turn and river sealed his elimination in 95th place. Fish won the pot with a pair of jacks.

Darryll Fish – 650,000 (81 bb)
Jinghao Xu – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 101 of 1,207

Guillaume Nolet open-shoved for 56,000 in early position, and Garrett Greer called to put him at risk from a couple seats over.

Nolet:
Greer:

The board ran out . Nolet flopped the only pair and took the lead, but Greer won the pot with the ten on the turn. Nolet with eliminated with right around 100 players remaining.

Garrett Greer – 585,000 (73 bb)
Guillaume Nolet – Eliminated

$300 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 184

The $300 no limit hold’em is down to its 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 a final table.

Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts for the final 10:

Seat 1: Rich Little – 166,500
Seat 2: Steven Bennett – 250,000
Seat 3: Roberto Bendeck – 199,000
Seat 4: Tobias Peters – 161,000
Seat 5: Marc Duquette – 322,500
Seat 6: Francis Garcia – 42,000
Seat 7: Mike Preston – 59,000
Seat 8: Aaron Scott – 152,500
Seat 9: Ashley Sleeth – 215,500
Seat 10: Michael Luong – 260,500

Hera are the remaining payouts:

1st: $12,157
2nd: $8,152
3rd: $4,809
4th: $2,929
5th: $2,5259
6th: $1,872
7th: $1,595
8th: $1,403
9th: $1,216
10th: $1,032

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 107 of 1,207

Matt Haugen moved all in for 72,500 under the gun, and Tony Sinishtaj called in the cutoff. From the button, Chad Eveslage re-shoved for 366,500 total, and Tony Tran called in the big blind to put both opponents at risk. Sinishtaj folded out of the way, and the three hands were tabled.

Haugen:
Eveslage:
Tran:

The board ran out , and Eveslage won the huge pot with two pair, aces and kings. Tran was parted with well over half his stack, while Haugen was eliminated.

Chad Eveslage – 893,000 (149 bb)
Tony Tran – 232,000 (39 bb)
Matt Haugen – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 109 of 1,207

Phil Hui raised from the hijack and Miguel Suarez Riera moved all in on the button for about 70,000. The blinds folded and Hui quickly called.

Hui showed and was in the lead against Riera’s .

The board ran out and Hui’s set of jacks holds up to eliminate Riera. Riera earned a min-cash for his second cash of the trip. He won the $1,100 no limit hold’em a couple days ago for his first cash of the trip.

Phil Hui – 725,000 (120 bb)
Miguel Suarez Riera – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 114 of 1,207

Kelly Minkin opened to 18,000 in early position, and Ankush Mandavia three-bet to 56,000 in the cutoff. Minkin called.

The flop was . Minkin checked, Mandavia continued for 58,000, and Minkin check-raised to 150,000. Mandavia called, and it looked like the two big stacks were going to play a serious pot. That was the end of the action, though, as both players checked through the turn and river.

Minkin tabled , and Mandavia’s reaction made it clear that her hand was best. She threw her arms into the air in celebration, and Mandavia flashed as he mucked.

Kelly Minkin – 1,225,000 (204 bb)
Ankush Mandavia – 840,000 (140 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 121 of 1,207

On the river with a completed board of , Vlad Mezheritsky got his last 227,500 into the middle against his opponent in middle position.

There were groans of amazement as the two hands were tabled. The player in middle position showed , good for a full house, but Mezheritsky tabled the only had that could beat him, .

Mezheritsky doubled up with quads and the next hand is dealt as the table chats about the cooler.

Vlad Mezheritsky – 505,000 (84 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 121 of 1,207

Pratyush Buddiga moved his last 52,000 chips into the middle from under the gun, and the player on the button re-shoved for about 160,000, isolating himself against the at-risk Buddiga.

Buddiga:
Button:

The board ran out safely for Buddiga, coming to give him a double-up.

Pratyush Buddiga – 122,000 (20 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 125 of 1,207

Frankie Flowers was down under 30,000 chips when he moved all in from middle position. John Gordon three-bet behind him, isolating himself against Flowers with a chance at the knockout.

Flowers:
Gordon:

The board ran out , and Gordon’s jacks held to earn him the knockout pot. Flowers was eliminated.

John Gordon – 245,000 (41 bb)
Frankie Flowers – Eliminated