$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 101 of 1,207
Guillaume Nolet open-shoved for 56,000 in early position, and Garrett Greer called to put him at risk from a couple seats over.
Nolet: 
Greer: 
The board ran out 
. Nolet flopped the only pair and took the lead, but Greer won the pot with the ten on the turn. Nolet with eliminated with right around 100 players remaining.
Garrett Greer – 585,000 (73 bb)
Guillaume Nolet – Eliminated
$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 107 of 1,207
Matt Haugen moved all in for 72,500 under the gun, and Tony Sinishtaj called in the cutoff. From the button, Chad Eveslage re-shoved for 366,500 total, and Tony Tran called in the big blind to put both opponents at risk. Sinishtaj folded out of the way, and the three hands were tabled.
Haugen: 
Eveslage: 
Tran: 
The board ran out 
, and Eveslage won the huge pot with two pair, aces and kings. Tran was parted with well over half his stack, while Haugen was eliminated.
Chad Eveslage – 893,000 (149 bb)
Tony Tran – 232,000 (39 bb)
Matt Haugen – Eliminated
$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 109 of 1,207
Phil Hui raised from the hijack and Miguel Suarez Riera moved all in on the button for about 70,000. The blinds folded and Hui quickly called.
Hui showed 
and was in the lead against Riera’s 
.
The board ran out 
and Hui’s set of jacks holds up to eliminate Riera. Riera earned a min-cash for his second cash of the trip. He won the $1,100 no limit hold’em a couple days ago for his first cash of the trip.
Phil Hui – 725,000 (120 bb)
Miguel Suarez Riera – Eliminated
$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 114 of 1,207
Kelly Minkin opened to 18,000 in early position, and Ankush Mandavia three-bet to 56,000 in the cutoff. Minkin called.
The flop was . Minkin checked, Mandavia continued for 58,000, and Minkin check-raised to 150,000. Mandavia called, and it looked like the two big stacks were going to play a serious pot. That was the end of the action, though, as both players checked through the turn and 
river.
Minkin tabled 
, and Mandavia’s reaction made it clear that her hand was best. She threw her arms into the air in celebration, and Mandavia flashed 
as he mucked.
Kelly Minkin – 1,225,000 (204 bb)
Ankush Mandavia – 840,000 (140 bb)
$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 121 of 1,207
On the river with a completed board of 
, Vlad Mezheritsky got his last 227,500 into the middle against his opponent in middle position.
There were groans of amazement as the two hands were tabled. The player in middle position showed , good for a full house, but Mezheritsky tabled the only had that could beat him, 
.
Mezheritsky doubled up with quads and the next hand is dealt as the table chats about the cooler.
Vlad Mezheritsky – 505,000 (84 bb)
$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 121 of 1,207
Pratyush Buddiga moved his last 52,000 chips into the middle from under the gun, and the player on the button re-shoved for about 160,000, isolating himself against the at-risk Buddiga.
Buddiga:
Button: 
The board ran out safely for Buddiga, coming 
to give him a double-up.
Pratyush Buddiga – 122,000 (20 bb)
$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 125 of 1,207
Frankie Flowers was down under 30,000 chips when he moved all in from middle position. John Gordon three-bet behind him, isolating himself against Flowers with a chance at the knockout.
Flowers:
Gordon:
The board ran out 
, and Gordon’s jacks held to earn him the knockout pot. Flowers was eliminated.
John Gordon – 245,000 (41 bb)
Frankie Flowers – Eliminated
$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 137 of 1,207
Dan Colman raised to 11,000 from under the gun and Lawrence Greenberg called from early position. Susan MacPherson moved all in on the button for about 70,000 and Colman moved all in for about 160,000.
Greenberg folded and left Colman heads-up with MacPherson. It was a flip between Colman’s JhJd and MacPherson’s KhQd.
The flop was QsJc9c and Colman flopped a set, but Mac flopped a gutshot straight draw with her top pair to leave her some outs.
The turn was the Ts, which put MacPherson in the lead, but the 9d came on the river to give Colman a full house and eliminate MacPherson.
Dan Colman – 250,000 (50 bb)
Susan MacPherson – Eliminated
$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 151 of 1,207
The magic number of 152 players remaining was reached a moment ago, putting the field onto the direct money bubble. The dealers at each table were instructed to finish the hand they were dealing and stand up in preparation for hand-for-hand play.
There were a number of pots still in progress, though, including Joe Elpayaa three-bet shoving from the big blind at one table, and Taylor Paur at-risk with top pair against a flush draw at another. Paur doubled up, Elpayaa’s opponent folded, but there was still one hand in play.
Former chip leader Fermin Micheo was involved in that pot, a hand in which he flopped bottom two pair with 
. Vlad Mezheritsky ran down a better two pair with , though, and Micheo was eliminated on the direct bubble, bypassing the need for hand-for-hand play altogether.
The 151 remaining players are now in the money and guaranteed to earn at least $5,002.
$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining 153 of $1,207
On the river with a completed board of 
and the player in the big blind checked. Dan Colman bet 26,000 from under the gun and the big blind check-raised to 85,000.
Colman spent several minutes in the tank before calling. The big blind tabled 
, good for top full house, and Colman mucked his hand.
With 153 players remaining, hand-for-hand play will start with one more elimination.
Dan Colman – 188,000