WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 9: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 39 of 64

Mohsin Charania raised to 2,500 from middle position and Matt Waxman called on the button. Tyler Patterson called as well from out of the big blind and they were three-handed to a flop of .

Patterson checked and Charania bet 1,700. Waxman raised to 3,800 and Patterson folded. Charania called and the turn was the .

Both players checked and the river was the . Charania bet 12,300 and Waxman went into the tank. Waxman used two of his time chips to gain an extra minute of thought. Eventually, the clock struck zero and Waxman’s hand was dead.

Charania dragged the pot and chipped up over the 100,000 chip mark.

Mohsin Charania – 116,000
Matt Waxman – 51,000

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 41 of 64

Sheraz Nasir just informed us about his bustout hand from two levels ago.

According to Nasir, raised to 1,600 from the cutoff and Jared Mahoney three-bet to 5,100 on the button. Nasir four-bet to 12,000 and Mahoney moved all in for 55,000.

Nasir called and was all in for 49,000. He was in great shape to double up with his up against Mahoney’s .

The board ran out and Mahoney flopped a set of fives to almost double up and eliminate Nasir.

Jared Mahoney – 104,000
Sheraz Nasir – Eliminated

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 41 of 64

On a flop of , Jared Jaffee checked from the small blind and Farid Yachou checked from the big blind. Matthew Waxman bet 3,500 from the cutoff and Jordan Cristos moved all in on the button for 27,700.

Jaffee called and was all in for 9,300, Yachou called and Waxman folded.

Yachou showed , Jaffee tabled and Cristos tabled . Yachou was in great shape to eliminate two players with top and bottom pair. The turn was the , leaving Jaffee drawing dead, and the river was the to send both players home, shipping the pot to Yachou.

Farid Yachou – 121,000
Jordan Cristos – Eliminated
Jared Jaffee – Eliminated

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 45 of 64

With two and a half levels left in the night, here is a look at the players who have busted since the field returned from dinner:

Adam Weinraub
Anthony Gregg
David Chiu
David Paredes
Tony Dunst
James Calderaro
Javier Gomez
Jonthan Little
Kevin Eyster
Stefan Chillhabel
Sheraz Nasir
Aaron Mermelstein

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 45 of 64

Ben Cade raised to 2,500 under-the-gun and Tyler Patterson called in early position. Amir Babakhani called from middle position before Jonathan Jaffe three-bet to 11,800 from the hijack.

Dylan Wilkerson was on the button and moved all in for 20,400. Action folded back around to Jaffe, who called.

Jaffe showed , but was in trouble against Wilkerson’s . The board ran out and Wilkerson doubled up.

Dylan Wilkerson – 50,600
Jonathan Jaffe – 87,000

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 7: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 48 of 64

Mark Newhouse raised to 1,800 from under-the-gun and Ravi Raghavan called from middle position. David Paredes defended his big blind and three players took a flop of .

Paredes checked and Newhouse bet 3,000. Raghavan folded and Paredes called. The turn was the and Paredes checked. Newhouse bet 5,600 and Paredes called.

The river was the and Paredes checked again. Newhouse bet 10,000 and Paredes called. Newhouse showed and Paredes mucked his hand.

Mark Newhouse – 85,000
David Paredes – 34,500

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 7: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 50 of 64

David Chiu moved all in from middle position for 7,800 and Taylor Paur called from the hijack. Nam Le went into the tank on the button and used two time bank chips before making it 43,000, leaving himself with 500 behind.

Paur went into the tank and used two time bank chips of his own before tossing his hand into the muck, leaving Chiu heads-up with Le.

Le showed and was in the lead against Chiu’s . The board ran out and Le’s pair held up to eliminate Chiu.

“With like 21 seconds left, I almost went all in,” said Paur after the hand, claiming he folded pocket jacks. “Then I re-considered and ended up folding.”

Nam Le – 61,100
David Chiu – Eliminated

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 7: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 64

Players are back in the meeting room and the WPT Tournament of Champions is underway in Level 7 with 53 of 64 players remaining.

WPT Tournament of Champions
Returning to Level 7: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 64

John Hennigan continues to lead the WPT Tournament of Champions with a handful of players behind him over 100,000.

They’ll return at 8:15 and play four more levels tonight, with a break in the middle.

John Hennigan – 179,000 (224 bb)
Noah Schwartz – 133,000 (166 bb)
Ravi Raghavan – 124,000 (155 bb)
Vlad Darie – 115,000 (144 bb)
Tyler Patterson – 114,000 (143 bb)
Michael Mizrachi – 112,000 (140 bb)
Chris Leong – 100,000 (125 bb)
Dan Smith – 94,000 (118 bb)
Jonathan Roy – 93,000 (116 bb)
Darren Elias – 90,000 (113 bb)
Iaron Lightbourne – 84,000 (105 bb)

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 6: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 64

The WPT Tournament of Champions field has gone off on their 75-minute dinner break. If they wish to stick around the lounge area, we’ve put out a nice little spread that includes beef tenderloin, lamb chops, salads, and a very popular mashed potato bar.

They’ll return around 8:15pm and play four more levels.