$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

Faraz Jaka was in the midst of writing a great comeback story but he came up short. Earlier he was down to one big blind before the bubble on Day 2 but built it back over 400,000 to safely slide into the money. Jaka had another drop to five big blinds before rebounding to bag 431,000 by the end of the night.

His final hand came when Mohsin Charania open shoved for 395,000 and Jaka had just 30,000 behind in the small blind. He called with against Charania’s and needed help.

The did nothing to improve his situation but he added an open-ended straight draw on the turn. No love for the Jaka-comeback story when on the river to send the popular out in 52nd.

Got knocked out of @shrpo #SHRPO Main event in 52nd QQ > AK for 850k pot. Cashed for $13.5k …relax for a few days then @WPT $15k borgata

— Faraz Jaka (@FarazJaka) April 20, 2015

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

With approximately 175,000 in the pot and a flop of a short-stacked Dan Heimiller moved all in facing two opponents, one of them being Joe Ebanks. The second player thought long and hard before letting his hand go and Ebanks snap-folded.

“Whew,” said a relieved Heimiller, as he continues to hang on.

$1,650 Eight-Max No Limit Hold’Em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 800/1,600/200 Ante

While most eyes are on the Championship, Day 2 of the $1,650 8-Max tournament was underway with a lot of interesting names in the last 11.

2006 WSOP Main Event Champion Jamie Gold was still around with a chance for another title but fell short in 10th place after Richard Leger went out in 11th. They are now gathered on one table to find a winner.

Seat 1: Eracles Panayitou
Seat 2: Long Nguyen
Seat 3: Sean Giesbrecht
Seat 4: Daren Stabinski
Seat 5: Chino Rheem
Seat 6: Ray Qartomy
Seat 7: Robert Black
Seat 8: Rachel Kranz
Seat 9: Dan DiZenzo

Payouts
1st: $44,827
2nd: $26,400
3rd: $19,635
4th: $13,860
5th: $10,478
6th: $8,003
7th: $6,435
8th: $5,198
9th: $4,125

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

Top ten stacks during the second break:

Vladimir Dobrovolskiy – 2,200,000
Joe Ebanks – 2,000,000
John Thrower – 1,850,000
David Peters – 1,690,000
Ely Levy – 1,650,000
Muhammad Abdel-Rahim – 1,601,000
Shankar Pillai – 1,580,000
Raj Vohra – 1,520,000
Scott Efron – 1,400,000
Robert Campbell – 1,344,000

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

In a battle of Seminole Hard Rock Poker regulars, Nancy Birnbaum and Scott Efron went to battle with the three-time WSOP Circuit champ Birnbaum on the bad end.

She three-bet shoved for 280,000 and Efron quickly called with . Birnbaum needed a lot of help with but couldn’t find the miracle when the board ran out . Birnbaum had a nice run but was eliminated while Efron continues to hover around the leaders.

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

After what seemed like single-person focused coverage, the Noah Schwartz coaster ride came to an end.

Most of the damage came when he was against Shawn Nguyen with the better against . Nguyen added a gutshot wheel draw on the flop before hitting the turn. The river finished things off to knock Schwartz down to just 90,000.

He was gone soon after, much sooner than he wished.

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

Schwartz is just attracting action now and this time is was against Esther Taylor-Brady. She three-bet shoved for 90,000 with and Schwartz quickly called with .

She was ahead an took an out away from Schwartz after the flop. Taylor-Brady made it through the turn and river to double over 200,000.

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

Live updates are currently backlogged due to a system-wide internet outage but we’re back. Players are on their second break and we are pushing to catch up on the downtime action.

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

Earnest Evans was in the Championship on the cheap after winning a satellite and he made a nice run before crashing out.

Lenny Duvdivani opened to 40,000 and Cornel Cimpan called. Evans moved all-in for 159,000 to get Duvdivani out of the pot but Cimpan quickly called. Evans said he didn’t think that sounds too good but he was incorrect.

Evans was ahead with against before the flop.

“Uh oh” was all Evans could say when he saw the open-ended straight draw. The turn was harmless but the straight completed on the river to send him out in 62nd.

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

Cornel Cimpan saw plenty of action before it came around to him in the big blind. Yunior Bella opened for his entire 150,000 stack before Nader Bahhur came over the top for all his chips from the button.

The small blind let his hand go before Cimpan called having both players covered.

Cimpan:
Bella:
Bahhur:

It was a clean board for Cimpan to send both opponents to the rail while he moved up to 580,000.