$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)

$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

Here are the official chip counts from the break for the final 14 players:

TABLE 13
Seat 1.  Dan Chalifour  –  2,225,000  (30 bb)
Seat 2.  Jason Marshman  –  6,300,000  (84 bb)
Seat 3.  Chad Eveslage  –  7,950,000  (106 bb)
Seat 4.  Maria Ho  –  2,300,000  (31 bb)
Seat 5.
Seat 6.  Jerry Robinson  –  3,650,000  (49 bb)
Seat 7.  Ami Alibay  –  3,850,000  (51 bb)
Seat 8.  Danny Qutami  –  5,900,000  (79 bb)

TABLE 14
Seat 1.
Seat 2.  Eric Afriat  –  4,075,000  (54 bb)
Seat 3.  Dien Le  –  900,000  (12 bb)
Seat 4.  Victor Figueroa  –  2,800,000  (37 bb)
Seat 5.  Ryan D’Angelo  –  4,825,000  (64 bb)
Seat 6.  James Carroll  –  6,475,000  (86 bb)
Seat 7.  Vladimir Vasilyev  –  1,700,000  (23 bb)
Seat 8.  Jerry Wong  –  1,525,000  (20 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: 6 of 99

Alex Foxen opened to 110,000 from under the gun and Shannon Shorr shipped all in for 515,000 next to act. It folded back around to Foxen and he called.

Foxen:
Shorr:

Shorr was ahead and stayed that way on the runout. Shorr doubled and Foxen took another hit to his stack.

Shannon Shorr – 1,155,000 (23 bb)
Alex Foxen – 930,000 (19 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: 6 of 99

Alex Foxen and Aaron Mermelstein were heads up with the board reading to the turn. Mermelstein checked, Foxen bet 120,000, and Mermelstein moved all in for 380,000. Foxen thought for a minute and called.

Foxen:
Mermelstein:

Mermelstein was ahead and picked up a double after the river.

Aaron Mermelstein – 1,050,000 (21 bb)
Alex Foxen – 1,525,000 (31 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: 6 of 99

James Calderaro opened to 110,000 from under the gun and the recently doubled up Alan Schein three-bet shoved for 435,000. The rest of the table folded and Calderaro called after trying to get a read on Schein.

Calderaro:
Schein:

Schein was ahead for the double and stayed that way on the flop and turn. He needed to dodge 13 outs on the river but the paired Calderaro to send Schein out in seventh place.

James Calderaro – 2,425,000 (49 bb)
Alan Schein – Eliminated in 7th Place ($83,140)

$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: 7 of 99

Brandon Adams was in early position, Joe McKeehen was on the button, and all of Adams ~1,000,000 was in the middle preflop against the leader.

Adams:
McKeehen:

McKeehen’s monster was good and improved on the ace-high flop to send our defending champion out in eighth place.

Joe McKeehen – 2,975,000 (60 bb)
Brandon Adams – Eliminated in 8th Place ($70,915)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 1,360

Ami Alibay raised to 125,000 from middle position, Jason Marshman called from the small blind and Chad Eveslage three-bet to 525,000 from the big blind. Only Alibay called

The flop came ,  Eveslage used one of his Time Chips before he bet 650,000. Alibay calls.

Both players checked the on the turn as well as the on the river. Eveslage said “Ace high” as he tabled .

Alibay turned over and said “Nice try” as he scooped the pot.

Ami Alibay  –  4,175,000  (70 bb)
Chad Eveslage  –  6,505,000  (108 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: 8 of 99

Ben Yu took a shot early at the final table and shipped in for 295,000 on the first hand. James Calderaro looked him up and Yu was at risk.

Yu:
Calderaro:

Yu needed a lot of help to stay in the High Roller but the board could not keep him around.

James Calderaro – 1,650,000 (33 bb)
Ben Yu – Eliminated in 9th Place ($68,470)

$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: 9 of 99

The nine remaining High Rollers are in their final seats of the tournament with Joe McKeehen leading and Ben Yu short-stacked.

Seat 1: Aaron Mermelstein – 1,020,000 (20 bb)
Seat 2: Joe McKeehen – 1,950,000 (39 bb)
Seat 3: Alex Foxen – 1,895,000 (38 bb)
Seat 4: Ben Yu – 295,000 (6 bb)
Seat 5: Shannon Shorr – 890,000 (18 bb)
Seat 6: James Calderaro – 1,350,000 (27 bb)
Seat 7: Brandon Adams – 1,100,000 (22 bb)
Seat 8: Niall Farrell – 1,200,000 (24 bb)
Seat 9: Alan Schein – 260,000 (5 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $674,895
2nd: $489,060
3rd: $305,665
4th: $210,295
5th: $136,935
6th: $100,255
7th: $83,140
8th: $70,915
9th: $68,470

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 99

Joe McKeehen was on the button, Sean Winter in the small blind, and Winter was at risk for his last 690,000.

Winter:
McKeehen:

Winter was dominated for his double but took the lead on the flop. The turn flipped the lead and Winter went out on the final table bubble after the river.

Tournament staff paused the clock and redrew seats for the final table. Levels are now 60-minutes long.

Joe McKeehen – 1,950,000 (49 bb)
Sean Winter – Eliminated in 10th Place ($66,025)