$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 99

There were big hands running simultaneously at each table, both resulting in a double. On one side, Brandon Adams open-shoved for 160,000 from the small blind and Shannon Shorr called in the big.

Shorr:
Adams:

Shorr was ahead but Adams has two live, suited cards to double. The flop changed nothing but Adams took the lead on the turn. The board finished with the river to send our defending champ a double.

Niall Farrell – 480,000 (19 bb)
Joe McKeehen – 890,000 (36 bb)

Next door, Niall Farrell moved all in for 220,000, it folded to Joe McKeehen in the big blind and he called.

McKeehen:
Farrell:

Farrell was ahead and never had a sweat as the board ran for his double up.

Brandon Adams – 345,000 (14 bb)
Shannon Shorr – 970,000 (39 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
End of Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 1,360

Players are currently on their first fifteen minute break up the day.

Here are the official chip counts from the break for the final 15 players:

TABLE 13
Seat 1.  Dan Chalifour  –  2,125,000  (35 bb)
Seat 2.  Jason Marshman  –  5,555,000  (93 bb)
Seat 3.  Chad Eveslage  –  7,980,000  (133 bb)
Seat 4.  Maria Ho  –  3,805,000  (63 bb)
Seat 5.  Richard Seymour  –  810,000  (14 bb)
Seat 6.  Jerry Robinson  –  4,180,000  (70 bb)
Seat 7.  Ami Alibay  –  2,715,000  (45 bb)
Seat 8.  Danny Qutami  –  4,980,000  (83 bb)

TABLE 14
Seat 1. – empty –
Seat 2.  Eric Afriat  –  5,305,000  (88 bb)
Seat 3.  Dien Le  –  2,205,000  (37 bb)
Seat 4.  Victor Figueroa  –  1,355,000  (23 bb)
Seat 5.  Ryan D’Angelo  –  4,750,000  (79 bb)
Seat 6.  James Carroll  –  5,130,000  (86 bb)
Seat 7.  Vladimir Vasilyev  –  2,110,000  (35 bb)
Seat 8.  Jerry Wong  –  1,445,000  (24 bb)

Here’s a look at the remaining payouts:

1st:  $700,175 + $15,000 Baccarat Crystal WPT Tournament of Champions seat
2nd:  $465,120
3rd:  $344,960
4th:  $257,815
5th:  $194,610
6th:  $148,380
7th:  $114,285
8th:  $88,930
9th-10th:  $69,920
11th-12th:  $55,550
13th-14th:  $44,600
15th:  $36,195

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 1,360

Action folded to Taylor Black in the small blind, and he moved all in for 670,000. Eric Afriat quickly called from the big blind.

Black tabled and needed to get lucky against Afriat’s .

The board ran out , clean for Afriat, and Black is eliminated in 16th place for a $36,195 payday.

Eric Afriat – 5,555,000 (111 bb)
Taylor Black – Eliminated in 16th Place ($36,195)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 1,360

Victor Figueroa moved all in from the button for 445,000, and James Carroll called from the big blind.

Figueroa turns over and was racing against Carroll’s .

The flop came and Carroll flopped a set of sixes to take the lead.

The turn was the giving Figueroa a flush draw. The river, completed his flush to keep him alive.

Victor Figueroa  –  1,015,000  (20 bb)
James Carroll  –  5,150,000  (103 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 1,360

With Ari Dinov’s eliminations in seventeenth place, players have redrawn to the final two tables.

Here are their new seating positions, along with their updated chip counts:

TABLE 13
Seat 1.  Dan Chalifour  –  2,625,000  (53 bb)
Seat 2.  Jason Marshman  –  5,085,000  (102 bb)
Seat 3.  Chad Eveslage  –  7,775,000  (156 bb)
Seat 4.  Maria Ho  –  3,975,000  (80 bb)
Seat 5.  Richard Seymour  –  850,000  (17 bb)
Seat 6.  Jerry Robinson  –  4,250,000  (85 bb)
Seat 7.  Ami Alibay  –  2,350,000  (47 bb)
Seat 8.  Danny Qutami  –  4,890,000  (98 bb)

TABLE 14
Seat 1.  Taylor Black  –  655,000  (13 bb)
Seat 2.  Eric Afriat  –  3,380,000  (68 bb)
Seat 3.  Dien Le  –  2,380,000  (48 bb)
Seat 4.  Victor Figueroa  –  570,000  (11 bb)
Seat 5.  Ryan D’Angelo  –  4,875,000  (98 bb)
Seat 6.  James Carroll  –  5,900,000  (118 bb)
Seat 7.  Vladimir Vasilyev  –  2,750,000  (55 bb)
Seat 8.  Jerry Wong  –  2,020,000  (40 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 1,360

Dien Le opened to 100,000 from under the gun, and Eric Afriat called on the button.

Ari Dinov moved all in for 725,000 from the button. Le elected to shove over the top for 1,550,000, and Afriat got out of the way.

Dinov tabled and needed to improve to stay alive against Le’s .

The board ran out and Dinov couldn’t catch up as he became the 17th place finisher.

Dien Le – 2,380,000
Ari Dinov – Eliminated in 17th Place ($29,690)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 99

Sam Soverel limped his small blind, Alan Schein raised to 100K from the big, and Soverel called to the flop. Soverel checked, Schein moved all in for 230,000 and Soverel called.

Schein:
Soverel:

Schein was ahead for the double and stayed that way on the turn and river.

Alan Schein – 685,000 (27 bb)
Sam Soverel – 450,000 (18 bb)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 99

Ali Imsirovic was the next to take a shot at doubling up and moved all in for ~350,000. Aaron Mermelstein called to put him at risk.

Imsirovic:
Mermelstein:

Imsirovic was in great shape to double but Mermelstein caught top two on the flop. Imsirovic could not find a save and was sent out in 13th place.

Aaron Mermelstein – 1,200,000 (48 bb)
Ali Imsirovic – Eliminated in 13th Place ($58,690)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 1,360

Ari Dinov shoved all in from under the gun for 350,000 and Chad Eveslage called from the big blind.

Dinov turned up and needed to improve against chip leader Eveslage’s .

The board ran out and Dinov spiked a king on the turn to stay alive.

Ari Dinov – 775,000 (16 bb)
Chad Eveslage – 8,400,000 (168 bb)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 99

Rainer Kempe open-shoved for 185,000 from the cutoff and Sean Winter called in the big blind.

Winter:
Kempe:

The board ran out to send Kempe a needed double while knocking Winter short. Before Winter found a small double a little later before Kempe was all in again. This time is was Joe McKeehen trying to send him out and McKeehen’s caught an ace on the turn on the board.

It was a rollercoaster ride for Kempe that ends with a 14th place payout.

Joe McKeehen – 1,300,000 (52 bb)
Sean Winter – 150,000 (6 bb)
Rainer Kempe – Eliminated in 14th Place ($56,240)