$15,000 WPT Tournament of Champions
Returning to Level 7: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Players Remaining: 49 of 66

There were 17 eliminations in the first six levels of the WPT Tournament of Champions to leave 49 alive on the dinner break. Tyler Patterson continues to lead with Dylan Wilkerson not far behind and Mike Sexton in the top five.

Top five counts:

Tyler Patterson – 153,800 (192 bb)
Dylan Wilkerson – 145,000 (181 bb)
Mike Sexton – 110,400 (138 bb)
Daniel Weinman – 110,000 (138 bb)
Griffin Paul – 104,100 (130 bb)

$15,000 WPT Tournament of Champions
End of Level 6: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Players Remaining: 49 of 66

The sixth level of the day is in the books and the players are taking a 75-minute dinner break. Cards get back in the air at about 8:10 p.m.

$15,000 WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 6: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Players Remaining: 52 of 66

Brian Altman raised to 1,400 from early position and James Romero called on the button. Keven Stammen defended his big blind and they were three-handed to a flop of .

Stammen and Altman checked before Romero bet 2,000. Stammen and Altman both called. The turn was the and action checked to Romero again.

Romero bet 5,600, Stammen called, and Altman folded. The river was the and Stammen checked. Romero bet 14,000 and Stammen quickly called.

Romero instantly fired his cards into the muck. Stammen waited for the pot to get pushed to him and then mucked his cards as well.

Keven Stammen – 88,000
James Romero – 75,000

$15,000 WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 6: 300/600 with a 75 Ante
Players Remaining: 50 of 66

Yevgeniy Timoshenko lost a pot to Kevin Eyster and he was all in soon after. He three-bet shoved from the button for 16,500 and James Carroll called.

Carroll:
Timoshenko:

Timoshenko was ahead for the double until Carroll hit the river on the board.

James Carroll – 88,000 (147 bb)
Yevgeniy Timoshenko – Eliminated

$15,000 WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 6: 300/600 with a 75 Ante
Players Remaining: 51 of 66

Reigning WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Champion Tony Sinishtaj was one of the last players to book a seat on today’s WPT Tournament of Champions but his stack did not make it to dinner break.

He three-bet shoved for 11,425 from the button and David Ormsby called.

Ormsby:
Sinishtaj:

Sinishtaj was dominated and found nothing on the board to send him out.

David Ormsby – 95,000 (158 bb)
Tony Sinishtaj – Eliminated

$15,000 WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 6: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Players Remaining: 56 of 66

Kevin Eyster raised from under the gun and Yevgeniy Timoshenko three-bet to 3,600 from early position. Action folded back to Eyster, who called.

Action was checked to the river as the board ran out . Eyster checked and Timoshenko bet 4,500. Eyster quickly called.

Timoshenko tabled and Eyster wins the pot with .

Kevin Eyster – 27,500
Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 32,000

$15,000 WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 5: 250/500 with a 75 Ante
Players Remaining: 56 of 66

With the board reading , WPT analyst (and WPT St. Maarten champ) Tony Dunst was all in for 6,975 and Dylan Wilkerson called.

Wilkerson:
Dunst:

Dunst’s top pair was undone by Wilkerson’s flopped set. Dunst was drawing dead to the river.

Dylan Wilkerson – 136,000 (272 bb)
Tony Dunst – Eliminated

$15,000 WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 5: 250/500 with a 75 Ante
Players Remaining: 57 of 66

Eli Elezra was sitting on ~4,000 when he moved all in from under the gun. SHRP regular Matt Waxman called and Elezra was at risk.

Elezra:
Waxman:

The board ran to send the old school legend out.

Matt Waxman – 58,000 (116 bb)
Eli Elezra – Eliminated

$15,000 WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 5: 250/500 with a 75 Ante
Players Remaining: 58 of 66

Action is back underway in the ballroom and our new chip leader is Tyler Patterson after four levels. He’s followed by Dylan Wilkerson, Mike Scarborough, Griffin Paul, and Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi.

Tyler Patterson – 150,850 (302 bb)
Dylan Wilkerson – 130,025 (260 bb)
Mike Scarborough – 117,200 (234 bb)
Griffin Paul – 115,625 (231 bb)
Michael Mizrachi – 115,475 (231 bb)

$15,000 WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 4: 200/400 with a 50 Ante
Players Remaining: 58 of 66

The WPT Tournament of Champions is on the second break of the day with eight players gone and 58 sticking around. They’ll return and play two more levels before taking their dinner break.

The dealer departed are Daniel Strelitz, Ravi Raghavan, Pat Lyons, Aaron Mermelstein, Adam Weinraub, Ryan Van Sanford, Mike Del Vecchio, and 2014 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown champ Eric Afriat.