$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 1,360

With the board reading  and about 850,000 already in the pot, Chad Eveslage checked the small blind, and Jerry Robinson  shoved from the big blind for 325,000.

Dan Chalifour folded the cutoff, Jason Marshman folded the button, and Eveslage called.

Robinson turned up and needed to hold against Eveslage’s draw.

The river was the , a brick for Eveslage, and Robinson scooped the pot. Chad Eveslage lost the chip lead to James Carroll for the first time today.

Jerry Robinson  –  1,500,000  (20 bb)
Chad Eveslage  –  6,900,000  (92 bb)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 99

Joe McKeehen dropped further and was all in for ~560,000 with Alex Foxen putting him at risk.

McKeehen:
Foxen:

McKeehen was dominant and pulled his double when the board ran out .

Joe McKeehen – 1,270,000 (21 bb)
Alex Foxen – 1,450,000 (24 bb)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 99

Joe McKeehen opened to 130,000 from under the gun and Aaron Mermelstein defended his big blind to the flop. Mermelstein checked, McKeehen bet 120,000 and Mermelstein called.

The turn was and Mermelstein put out 130,000. McKeehen called, the river was and Mermelstein 500,000. McKeehen thought for a moment and put in a bar of 25k chips to call.

Mermelstein tabled for trip sixes and McKeehen mucked.

Aaron Mermelstein – 4,800,000 (80 bb)
Joe McKeehen – 685,000 (11 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 1,360

Eric Afriat opened from the button and Victor Figueroa defended his big blind.

The flop came , Figueroa checked and Afriat continued for 150,000.  Figueroa check-raised all in for 825,000, and Afriat called.

Figureoa had the best of it for the moment with against Afriat’s .

The turn  was the and Afriat pleaded to the dealer, “Seven of clubs, seven of clubs, seven of clubs.”

The river brought the  and Afriat immediately fist pumped saying, “Yes!”

Figueroa is eliminated in 13th place for a $44,600 payday.

Eric Afriat – 3,300,000 (44 bb)
Victor Figueroa – Eliminated in 13th Place ($44,600)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 1,360

James Carroll raised to 175,000 from middle position and Eric Afriat called on the button.

Dien Le moved all in for 775,000 from the small blind, Carroll got out of the way and Afriat called.

Le was in great shape as he tabled against Afriat’s .

The board ran out and Le dodged Afriat’s straight draw to stay alive.

Dien Le – 1,875,000 (25 bb)
Eric Afriat – 2,100,000 (28 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 1,360

On a flop of Jerry Wong checked from the big blind and Victor Figueroa bet 150,000 from the cutoff into a pot of around 400,000. Wong called

Both players check the on the turn. The river was the and Wong shoved for about 2,300,000. Figueroa used two of his Time Chips before eventually laying it down.

Jerry Wong  –  3,000,000  (40 bb)
Victor Figueroa  –  1,500,000  (20 bb)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 99

The five remaining players took a quick ten-minute break from the game and will return with Aaron Mermelstein holding a big lead and a virtual tie between the rest.

Seat 1: Aaron Mermelstein – 3,215,000 (54 bb)
Seat 2: Joe McKeehen – 1,620,000 (27 bb)
Seat 3: Alex Foxen – 1,750,000 (29 bb)
Seat 5: Shannon Shorr – 1,770,000 (30 bb)
Seat 6: James Calderaro – 1,550,000 (26 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $674,895
2nd: $489,060
3rd: $305,665
4th: $210,295
5th: $136,935

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 1,360

James Carroll raised to 175,000 from the button and Vladimir Vasilyev moved all in from the small blind for 1,500,000.

Carroll called with and was ahead of Vasilyev’s .

The board came  and Carroll’s pocket sevens held  for Carroll to win the pot and eliminate Vasilyev in 14th place.

James Carroll  –  7,300,000  (97 bb)
Vladimir Vasilyev  –  Eliminated in 14th Place  ($44,600)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 1,360

Chad Eveslage raised to 150,000 on the button and both Maria Ho and Jerry Robinson called in the blinds.

The flop came and all three players checked.

The turn brought the and Ho led out 325,000. Robinson called. The river was the , Ho checked and Robinson thought shortly before betting 425,000.

Ho snap-called and after Robinson flipped over his for two pair but was no good against Ho’s flush.

Maria Ho – 3,275,000 (50 bb)
Jerry Robinson – 2,250,000 (30 bb)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 99

Niall Farrell opened to 100,000 from the button and Aaron Mermelstein shipped for 1,130,000 from the small blind. Joe McKeehen folded his big and Farrell called with a similar stack.

Mermelstein:
Farrell:

Mermelstein was ahead but Farrell grabbed the lead on the flop. Mermelstein added a gutshot on the turn and the straight got there on the river.

After counting down the stacks, Farrell was left with only 15,000 and was eliminated two hands later by Joe McKeehen.

Aaron Mermelstein – 2,360,000 (47 bb)
Niall Farrell – Eliminated in 6th Place ($100,255)