$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
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Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,309

Brian Hastings opened to 240,000 from under the gun and Matt Stout defended his big blind.

The flop came , Stout checked and Hastings bet 175,000. Stout called.

The turn brought the , Stout checked, and Hastings bet 400,000. Stout moved all in and Hasting quickly folded.

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Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,309

Joey Couden opened to 240,000 from under the gun, Scott Margereson called from the hijack, and Jeff Fielder called from the cutoff.

The flop came , Couden bet 275,000, Margereson called, and Fielder called as well.

The turn brought the , Couden bet 900,000 and only Fielder called.

The river was the , Couden checked, and Fielder checked as well. Couden turned over and Fielder mucked. Couden takes the pot and the chip lead

Joey Couden – 12,510,000 (125 bb)
Jeff Fielder – 4,810,000 (48 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
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Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,309

Joey Couden opened to 240,000 from middle position and Brian Hastings defended his big blind.

The flop came , Hastings checked, and Couden bet 215,000 winning himself the pot.

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
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Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,309

Faraz opened to 210,000 from under the gun, Jeff Fielder called from the button, and Brian Hastings called from the big blind.

The flop came and all three players checked. The turn brought the , Hastings bet 450,000 and Jaka called.

The river was the , Hastings checked, and Jaka bet 900,000. Hastings folded. Jaka takes the pot.

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
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Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,309

Brian opened to 240,000 from under the gun and Jeff Fielder called from the small blind.

The flop came , Fielder checked and Hastings bet 280,000. Fielder called.

The turn was the , Fielder checked again and Hastings checked as well.

The river was the and both players checked. Jeff shows and takes the pot.

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
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End of Level 30: 40,000/80,000 with 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,309

Players are currently on a ten minute break. Here’s a look at their current chip counts

Seat 1: Jeff Fielder – 6,125,000 (61 bb) – 8 Time Chips
Seat 2: Matt Stout – 2,025,000 (20 bb) – 7 Time Chips
Seat 3: Brian Hastings – 11,360,000 (114 bb) – 7 Time Chips
Seat 4: Faraz Jaka – 2,745,000 (27 bb) – 7 Time Chips
Seat 5: Joey Couden -9,920,000 (99 bb) – 8 Time Chips
Seat 6: Scott Margereson – 7,090,000 (71 bb) – 8 Time Chips

Remaining payouts:

1st: $696,740*
2nd: $454,496
3rd: $336,466
4th: $251,523
5th: $189,880
6th: $144,775
* – Includes $15,000 WPT Tournament of Champions seat

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$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
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Level 30: 40,000/80,000 with 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,309

Scott Margereson opened to 160,000 from the button and Matt Stout called from the big blind.

The flop came , Stout checked and Margereson checked as well.

The turn brought the and Stout bet 240,000 winning himself the pot.

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 50 of 565

Dave Wyatt moved all in from the hijack for 86,500 and the player in the cutoff thought for a couple minutes before another player at the table called the clock on him.

A supervisor came over and started his 30-second clock. About 10 seconds in, the cutoff called and everybody else folded.

It was a race with Wyatt’s up against the cutoff’s .

The board ran out and Wyatt’s pair won the flip to score a huge double up towards the end of the day’s first level. With 50 players remaining, the field is quickly moving towards the bubble with the top 36 spots finishing in the money.

Dave Wyatt – 182,000

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
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Level 30: 40,000/80,000 with 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,309

Scott Margereson opened to 160,000 from under the gun and Jeff Fielder called from middle position. Joey Couden called from the big blind as well.

The flop came , and all three players checked.

The turn brought the  Couden checked, Margereson checked, and Fielder bet 225,000. Only Couden called.

The river was the , both players checked and Couden showed for the winning pair of aces.

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
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Level 30: 40,000/80,000 with 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,309

Jeff Fielder opened to 175,000 from the hijack and Joey Couden called from the big blind.

The flop came , Couden checked, and Fielder bet 150,000. Couden called.

The turn brought the , Couden bet 240,000 and Fielder called.

The river was the , Couden bet 580,000 and Fielder called. Couden showed for two-pair and Fielder mucked.