$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 435 of 2,010
While a lot of players are dropping out of the Championship, Jake Ferro is poised to make another deep run. The reigning WPT Player of the Year and WPT RRPO runner-up pushed his stack up to 610,000 after coming back for Day 2 with 178,500.
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 475 of 2,010
Lakisha Slaughter moved all in from the cutoff for 100,000, and Dan Bekavac reraised over the top to 235,000 with 
.
Slaughter turned over 
, and she needed it to hold to stay alive.
The board came 
— both players paired the queen on the flop, but Bekavac turned two pair to win the pot and eliminate Slaughter from the tournament.
Dan Bekavac – 1,007,000 (252 bb)
Lakisha Slaughter – Eliminated
With approximately 475 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 212,000 (53 big blinds). The final 252 players will finish in the money, earning at least $5,650 each.
There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16, around 6:35 pm. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:30 am.
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 490 of 2,010
The players returned from break to begin Level 13, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 with a 4,000 ante.
A scan of the field during the break turned up three players with at least 800K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door, to create an unofficial leaderboard:
1. Dan Bekavac – 904,000 (226 bb)
2. Marcos Exterkotter – 817,000 (204 bb)
3. Justin Liberto – 814,000 (204 bb)
4. Bradford Corner – 796,000 (199 bb)
With approximately 490 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 205,000 (51 big blinds). The final 252 players will finish in the money, earning at least $5,650 each.
There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16, around 6:35 pm. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:30 am.
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 12: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 540 of 2,010
Mauricio Solano opened to 7,000 from early position and Brian England called in middle position. Wagner Wysotchanski called on the button followed by Amnon Filippi in the big blind.
It was four ways to the 
flop and Filippi checked. Solano bet 11,500 and England called. Wysotchanski moved all in for 54,000 and Filippi folded. Solano thought for a moment and moved all in over the top to get a fold from England.
Solano: 
Wysotchanski: 
Solano was ahead with his queens while Wysotchanski was at risk with an open-ended straight draw. The 
turn was no help for Wysotchanski and the 
river sent him out of the Championship.
Mauricio Solano – 235,500 (79 bb)
Wagner Wysotchanski – Eliminated
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining: 594 of 2,010
Dennis Cyr opened to 6,000 from under the gun and Francis Margaglione called. William Prin cold three-bet to 20,000 and Cyr called. Margaglione moved all in with a stack to cover the other two.
Prin called at risk for 130,000 and Cyr folded.
Margaglione:
Prin: 
Prin ran into a cooler with his queens into Margaglione’s kings and couldn’t find a save on the 
board.
Francis Margaglione – 494,000 (197 bb)
William Prin – Eliminated
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining: 594 of 2,010
Mike Dentale was all in for about 25,000 before the flop from the cutoff with three callers. With the board reading 
, Nick Lay bet 30,000 to get folds from the other two live players.
Dentale: 
Lay: 
Dentale was ahead with aces up and needed to fade the last two sixes in the deck. The river came to give lay a full house sixes full of fives and eliminate Dentale with the two-outer.
Nick Lay – 340,000 (136 bb)
Mike Dentale – Eliminated
$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Even though we’ve locked down the Championship field, we still have more than 10 trophy events to go starting with Event 39 at 1 pm. It is a $400 Deep Stacks NLH tournament with a $50,000 guarantee and one-day format.
Players start with 20,000 deep stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 5:30 pm. They will enjoy a 40-minute dinner break at 7:30 pm and return to determine our next Showdown champ.
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining: 630 of 2,010
Joe Serock returned today with only 21,000 and was under the gun on the first hand. He moved all in and was called by Marc Evanier in the cutoff and Amnon Filippi on the button.
The flop came 
and Evanier bet 23,000. Filippi called, the turn was 
, and Evanier checked. Filippi bet 41,000 to get a fold from Evanier.
Filippi: 
Serock: 
Filippi paired his seven on the flop and made trip sevens on the turn to leave Serock drawing dead to the 
river.
Amnon Filippi – 306,000 (122 bb)
Joe Serock – Eliminated
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining: 648 of 2,010
With the board reading 
and 33,000 in the pot, Alon Yehudai moved all in for 58,500 and Eric Afriat called with a similar stack.
Afriat:
Yehudai: 
Afriat was ahead with top pair top kicker but needed to fade a spade. The river was 
to lock up the hand for Afriat, the dealer counted down both stacks, and Afriat’s stack was one purple chip deeper with 59,000 to send Yehudai out early.
Eric Afriat – 150,500 (60 bb)
Alon Yehudai – Eliminated
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining: 659 of 2,010
Cards are back in the air for the 2022 WPT Poker Showdown Championship with 659 players returning and 252 set to make the money later today.
Blinds are 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 and the average stack is about 153,500 (61 bb).