$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 26: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante

Players are now on a 15-minute break.

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 26: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante

We didn’t catch the exact amounts but Uri Tenenboim opened pre-flop for a raise and would call the three-bet from Eli Levy. The flop came and Tenenboim checked. Levy casually waved his arms as he said “all in” and it was Tenenboim who was at risk as Levy was the biggest stack in the room.

Tenenboim didn’t think too long before calling and turning over for two overs with a flush draw with his . He was in all kinds of trouble though as Levy had . “Oh, he has that,” sighed Tenenboim, knowing his tournament was over unless some miracle came.

The turn was the and there would be no miracle. The dealer put out the meaningless on the river and Tenenboim was eliminated in 20th place. One more elimination and they will stop play for the evening.

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 26: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante

Dan Heimiller moved all in from the button for 355,000 and was called by Shawn Nguyen out of the small blind. The big blind folded and Heimiller turned over and proclaimed “at least I have live cards” when he saw Nguyen’s .

The flop came to keep Nguyen in the lead. The turn was the and Heimiller stood up, ready to depart. The river though was the .

“Doh,” smiled Heimiller. “Jack on the end. That’s twice.”

Heimiller is still short with approximately 750,000 but he’s also still in so there’s something to be said for that.

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 26: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante

Sean Shah may end up being a villain on the WPT TV broadcast of this event because he is knocking out all the cool kids.

This time his victim was Ravi Raghavan.  Raghavan bet out 90,000 then Shah went over the top for 200,000.  Raghavan went all-in for the last of his stack and Shah called.

Raghavan:
Shah:

The race for Raghavan’s tournament life didn’t last long as Shah hit the on the flop and Raghavan could not catch up. Raghavan exits our championship event in 21st place leaving us only two eliminations until the end of play tonight.

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 26: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante

One of Seminole Hard Rock’s top Omaha players and a WPT favorite have both fallen in a matter of mintues here at the WPT Poker Showdown.

Robert Campbell was the first to be eliminated.  Campbell pushed his short stack in and was called by Steven McKoy.  Campbell was sitting on but McKoy showed the pocket rockets with .  McKoy all but shut down the hand on a flop and the board ran out knocking him out in 23rd place.

Raj Vorha was the next to go.  After managing a double-up after a devastating hand, Raj was all-in preflop with his 210,000 chip stack with two callers.  After a flop, Moshin Charania bet John Thrower out of the hand and showed Vorha he’d hit trips with .  Vorha only had and was sent to the rail in 22nd.

We’re only three eliminations away from the end of the night here in the championship event with 21 remaining this evening.

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 26: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante

Travis Northrope limped in for 40,000 and Raj Vohra raised it to 120,000 and Gilbert Barrett called from the small blind. Northrope said “so enticing” before letting his hand go.

The flop came and Barrett moved all in for his last 340,000. Vohra looked back at his cards, played with his chips, and asked the dealer for a confirmation of how much the bet was. “340,000,” said the dealer and Vohra glared at Barrett before leaning back in his chair. Scratching his chin, Vohra grabbed the chips to make the call and put them into the middle. Vohra had for a pair of nines but he was behind Barrett who had .

The turn was the giving Barrett two pair but he could still be eliminated with a river ace or nine. The river hit one of the two, but it was Barrett who was the beneficiary as it was the to give him a full house. He doubled up to approximately a million in chips while Vohra was left with less than 300,000.

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 26: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante

Andy Hwang will not be putting his name on the WPT Champions Cup a second time this week.  After taking a big hit from Shawn Nguyen, Hwang pushed his stack with but ran into Joe Ebanks’ .

Hwang caught a glimmer of hope after the turn brought a board giving him a gutshot straight draw but the on the river put the hand away for Ebanks.

Hwang is eliminated in 24th place for $22,100.

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 26: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante

The remaining 24 players are back from break and cards are in the air.

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

Players are now on a 15-minute break.