$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

Brett Murray moved all in under the gun for 410,000, and Dien Le moved all in over the top from the button for 710,000.  The rest of the table folded and it was heads up.

Murray turned over , and needed to get lucky against Le’s .

The flop came giving Murray a gunshot, but the board ran out , , bricks for Murray.

Dien Le  –  1,245,000  (25 bb)
Brett Murray  –  Eliminated in 18th Place  ($29,690)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 99

Alex Foxen opened to 45,000 from early position and Jonathan Jaffe three-bet to 110,000. The rest of the table released and Foxen put in a fourth bet to 285,000. Jaffe thought for a minute, announced all in for 800,000 total, and Foxen snapped.

Foxen:
Jaffe:

Jaffe was in rough shape holding the shorter stack but added a club draw on the flop. The turn was no help and the High Roller bubble burst after the river.

Alex Foxen – 1,800,000 (90 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe – Eliminated

High Roller 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
10th: $66,025
11th: $63,580
12th: $61,135
13th: $58,690
14th: $56,240

$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: 18 of 1,360

Dien Le moved all in from the small blind for 330,000, and Jason Marshman called from the big blind .

Le turned over [kq] and was in good shape against Marshman’s .

The board ran out and Le’s king high held to avoid elimination.

Dien Le  –  710,000  (14 bb)
Jason Marshman  –  5,200,000  (104 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: 18 of 1,360

With the final board reading g  two-time WPT champion Eric Afriat bet 130,000 from the small blind into a pot of around 600,000. Brett Murray thought shortly before he called from the big blind.

Afriat showed  to win the pot with a pair of aces, and Murray mucked. Murray dropped down to about eight big blinds.

Eric Afriat  –  1,885,000  (38 bb)
Brett Murray  –  390,000  (8 bb)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 99

Ray Qartomy began the day with only five big blinds and made it a few hands before he took a shot. He was in the big blind and action folded all the way around to Aaron Mermelstein in the small. He put in a stack to cover Qartomy and he called in the dark.

Mermelstein:
Qartomy:

Qartomy was ahead for the double but Mermelstein paired the flop to take the lead. The turn made things interesting but the river blanked for Qartomy to send him out.

Aaron Mermelstein – 930,000 (47 bb)
Ray Qartomy – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 99

The bags are unpacked and Day 2 of the High Roller is underway. They begin the day hand-for-hand two away from the money.

$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: 18 of 1,360

Cards are in the air for Day 4 of the Championship with 14 players remaining. They will continue their day until on six players are still in around to play the televised final table.

$360 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

We’re giving everyone a little something on our last day in the Event Center, buy-in levels across the board. Event 27 is in the middle and the $360 buy-in Big Stack NLH tournament has a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Entrants will start with 15,000 stacks and all levels will last 30 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30pm with unlimited re-entries and there is a 40-minute dinner break scheduled at 6:30pm.

Once dinner is complete, they will return to play down to a winner.

• $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 27 Structure Sheet

$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: 18 of 1,360

Day 4 of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship has a simple mission. Make it down from 18 players to the last six who will sit in front of the WPT television cameras to grind it out for the trophy on May 30th.

Chad Eveslage returns with a huge lead, more than double that of second place James Carroll.

Maria Ho, Ryan D’Angelo,  Eric Afriat,  former November Niner Jerry Wong, and three-time Super Bowl Champion Richard Seymour are some of the notables still in the hunt for the trophy.

Cards go back in the air at noon and we will bring you all the action.

Table 7
Seat 1: — empty —
Seat 2: James Carroll – 5,250,000
Seat 3: Jerry Robinson – 4,400,000
Seat 4: Victor Figueroa – 550,000
Seat 5: Ami Alibay – 2,720,000
Seat 6: Dan Chalifour – 2,935,000
Seat 7: — empty —
Seat 8: Richard Seymour – 660,000

Table 13
Seat 1: — empty —
Seat 2: Chad Eveslage – 10,760,000
Seat 3: Ari Dinov – 975,000
Seat 4: Dien Le – 680,000
Seat 5: Jason Marshman – 4,700,000
Seat 6: Eric Afriat – 1,040,000
Seat 7: Brett Murray – 845,000
Seat 8: — empty —

Table 14
Seat 1: Ryan D’Angelo – 3,900,000
Seat 2: Danny Qutami – 4,085,000
Seat 3: — empty —
Seat 4: Vladimir Vasilyev – 3,185,000
Seat 5: Jerry Wong – 2,045,000
Seat 6: Taylor Black – 1,460,000
Seat 7: — empty —
Seat 8: Maria Ho – 4,175,000

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 99

The $25K High Roller was a success with players coming out for the big buy-in, big prize tournament. We had 99 entries to easily surpass the $2,000,000 Guarantee and put nearly $2.5 million up for grabs.

Of those 99 entries, we still have 16 around for Day 2 and their first order of business will be making it into the money. Only 14 of them will get paid and the bubble should get here in a hurry.

Former SHRPO Big 4 event winner Alex Foxen returns with the chip lead and Andjelko Andrejevic is second as the only players with over one million chips. They begin the day at the same table with third place James Calderaro in between them.

Action gets back underway at noon and we will bring you all the action.

Table 86
Seat 1: Niall Farrell – 605,000
Seat 2: Rainer Kempe – 380,000
Seat 3: Alan Schein – 490,000
Seat 4: Joe McKeehen – 685,000
Seat 5: Sean Winter – 240,000
Seat 6: Ali Imsirovic – 380,000
Seat 7: Aaron Mermelstein – 835,000
Seat 8: Ray Qartomy – 95,000

Table 89
Seat 1: Jonathan Jaffe – 830,000
Seat 2: Sam Soverel – 390,000
Seat 3: Brandon Adams – 425,000
Seat 4: Shannon Shorr – 775,000
Seat 5: Ben Yu – 455,000
Seat 6: Andjelko Andrejevic – 1,175,000
Seat 7: James Calderaro – 845,000
Seat 8: Alex Foxen – 1,250,000

By chip counts:

1. Alex Foxen – 1,250,000 (63 bb)
2. Andjelko Andrejevic – 1,175,000 (59 bb)
3. James Calderaro – 845,000 (42 bb)
4. Aaron Mermelstein – 835,000 (42 bb)
5. Jonathan Jaffe – 830,000 (42 bb)
6. Shannon Shorr – 775,000 (39 bb)
7. Joe McKeehen – 685,000 (34 bb)
8. Niall Farrell – 605,000 (30 bb)
9. Alan Schein – 490,000 (25 bb)
10. Ben Yu – 455,000 (23 bb)
11. Brandon Adams – 425,000 (21 bb)
12. Sam Soverel – 390,000 (20 bb)
13. Rainer Kempe – 380,000 (19 bb)
14. Ali Imsirovic – 380,000 (19 bb)
15. Sean Winter – 240,000 (12 bb)
16. Ray Qartomy – 95,000 (5 bb)