$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 31: 60,000/120,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 1,207

The blinds are up, Darryll Fish is in the lead, and the stacks are deep.

Seat 1: Tony Sinishtaj – 7,810,000 (65 bb)
Seat 2: Darryll Fish – 10,795,000 (90 bb)
Seat 3: Dan Colman – 10,475,000 (87 bb)
Seat 6: Robert Mizrachi – 7,110,000 (59 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 1,207

Eric Beller was able to get one shove through earlier but his second ran into a monster.

He opened for his entire 2,090,000 stack from the cutoff and Rob Mizrachi quickly called from the button.

Beller:
Mizrachi:

Beller was in bad shape to double and it only got worse on the flop. The turn was no help and Beller was drawing dead to the river.

Robert Mizrachi – 7,605,000 (76 bb)
Eric Beller – Eliminated in 5th place ($164,438)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 1,207

Showdowns are a rare thing so far but Tony Sinishtaj and Darryll Fish saw one as the level is running out.

Sinishtaj opened to 325,000 from the small blind and Fish called in the big to see the flop. Sinishtaj bet 375,000 and Fish called before the turn.

Both players checked and checked again after the river. Sinishtaj tabled eights up and Fish tabled . The river ace played to chop up the pot.

Seat 1: Tony Sinishtaj – 8,290,000 (83 bb)
Seat 2: Darryll Fish – 8,205,000 (82 bb)
Seat 3: Dan Colman – 11,615,000 (116 bb)
Seat 4: Eric Beller – 2,440,000 (24 bb)
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Robert Mizrachi – 5,640,000 (56 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 1,207

We’ve had three all-in moves at the final table so far with only one called. First from Rob Mizrachi, then from Simeon Naydenov. Eric Beller gave it a shot with his shorter stack after Darryll Fish opened to 250,000 from the cutoff.

Fish released to send some chips over to Beller.

Eric Beller – 2,470,000 (25 bb)
Darryll Fish – 8,200,000 (82 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 1,207

Dan Colman opened to 225,000 on the button and Simeon Naydenov shoved from the big blind. Colman asked for a count and called when he heard 1,915,000.

Naydenov:
Colman:

Naydenov had two live cards but his hearts were covered. Colman hit the flop and sent Naydenov out in sixth place after the turn and river.

Dan Colman – 11,560,000 (116 bb)
Simeon Naydenov – Eliminated in 6th place ($132,889)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,207

Dan Colman opened to 225,000 from the under the gun, Robert Mizrachi called from the button, and Darryll Fish called from the big blind to the flop.

Fish bet 350,000, Colman called, and Mizrachi released. Both players checked the turn and river and Fish tabled to get a muck from Colman.

It was the first showdown of the final table and it went to Fish.

Darryll Fish – 8,335,000 (83 bb)
Dan Colman – 9,700,000 (97 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,207

There were no major pots over the first orbit but Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Darryll Fish was the most active while Dan Colman moved over 10 million on the first hand.

We had our first all-in and it came from four-time WSOP champ Robert Mizrachi. He four-bet shoved after Fish put in a 525,000 three-bet. No call and Mizrachi picked up some chips.

Seat 1: Tony Sinishtaj – 9,750,000 (98 bb)
Seat 2: Darryll Fish – 7,440,000 (74 bb)
Seat 3: Dan Colman – 10,320,000 (103 bb)
Seat 4: Eric Beller – 2,895,000 (29 bb)
Seat 5: Simeon Naydenov – 2,140,000 (21 bb)
Seat 6: Robert Mizrachi – 3,645,000 (36 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,207

After opening pictures and player introductions, cards are in the air for the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship final table.

This table will also be live-streamed on the World Poker Tour twitch channel on a 30-minute delay with hole cards.

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,207

It has taken three days and long hours to whittle the 2017 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Championship field down from 1,207 entries to the final six players. They created a prize pool of nearly $3.9 million with a lot of it being awarded today including the top prize of $661,283.

WSOP Big One for One Drop champ Dan Colman has the biggest stack of the returning players with Tony Sinishtaj not far behind. They are joined by former WSOP bracelet winners Robert Mizrachi (four) and Simeon Naydenov (one), underdog Eric Beller, and Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Darryll Fish.

They return at noon to sit down on the big stage final table to play for the World Poker Tour title in front of their family, friends, and a live-stream audience.

We’ll be here with updates throughout the day until someone is taking their picture with the WPT Champions Cup and the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown trophy.

Seat 1: Tony Sinishtaj – 9,515,000 (95 bb)
Seat 2: Darryll Fish – 7,525,000 (75 bb)
Seat 3: Dan Colman – 9,975,000 (100 bb)
Seat 4: Eric Beller – 2,960,000 (30 bb)
Seat 5: Simeon Naydenov – 3,115,000 (31 bb)
Seat 6: Robert Mizrachi – 3,100,000 (31 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $661,283* + $5,250 SHRPO seat
2nd: $453,185
3rd: $293,864
4th: $217,686
5th: $164,438
6th: $132,889
* – Includes $15,000 WPT Tournament of Champions seat

It would be tough to find a more talented final table in recent memory than the six we have returning today for the 2017 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship. The six returning players have nearly $40,000,000 in combined tournament earnings, five World Series of Poker bracelets, and eight WPT final tables.

Dan Colman and Robert Mizrachi are the two biggest guns at the final table followed by Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Darryll Fish. Simeon Naydenov has more than $2.4 million in earnings and that big amount is only good enough to be fourth of the six returning players.

With the average stack at 60 big blinds when they restart, it’s still anyone’s title to win and it should make for an entertaining final table.

Seat 1: Tony Sinishtaj
Chip count: 9,515,000

With $540,689 in reported earnings, Sinishtaj has a Venetian DSE title, deep run in 2014 World Series of Poker Monster Stack (14th of 7,682), and a six-digit score for a 2013 WSOP Circuit Main Event runner-up finish.

Seat 2: Darryll Fish
Chip count: 7,525,000

With more than $2.5 million in earnings, the Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member has four WPT final table appearances, a WSOP Circuit Main Event title, and he won more than $235,000 for a runner-up finish in the 2011 WPT LAPC Main Event.

Seat 3: Dan Colman
Chip count: 9,975,000

With nearly $28 million earned in his career, Colman’s biggest score came with a bracelet win in the $1,000,000 buy-in 2014 WSOP Big One for One Drop event for $15 million. He followed that up to become the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship winner for another $1.45 million.

Seat 4: Eric Beller
Chip count: 2,960,000

With $17,000 in career earnings, Beller is the underdog at the final table with five record tournament cashes. He’s guaranteed at least $132,000 today for a big boost to his bankroll.

Seat 5: Simeon Naydenov
Chip count: 3,115,000

From Bulgaria with $2.4 million in earnings, he picked up his first career WSOP bracelet in the 2013 $1,500 Shootout. Naydenov has two career WPT final tables including second place in the LAPC Main Event this past February for $672,000.

Seat 6: Robert Mizrachi
Chip count: 3,100,000

With more than $6 million earned his career, Mizrachi owns four WSOP bracelet with the fourth coming last summer in the $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Championship. He also has two career WPT final tables and looking for his first World Poker Tour title.