$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 300/600 with 75 ante
Flight A Entries: 636

On a flop of , the player in the small blind checked and Ray Qartomy checked behind in middle position.

The turn was the and the small blind led out for 2,000. Qartomy called and the river was the .

The small blind bet 3,000 and Qartomy quickly made it 15,000. The small blind thought for about 30 seconds before calling. Qartomy showed , good for a flush, and his opponent mucked his hand.

Ray Qartomy – 96,000

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 300/600 with 75 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 628

Jason Mercier who just sat down to play his first bullet, opened to 1,350 from middle position and got three callers.

The flop came , the big blind checked and Mercier bet 2,300.  A player in late position raised to 7,100 and the big blind called.

Mercier moved all in for 28,575 and late position called. The big blind folds saying he had pocket aces with the ace of hearts. Mercier turned over and needed to improve against his opponent’s .

Mercier got lucky right on the turn when the came and avoided the fourth heart when the hit the river.

Jason Mercier – 70,000

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 300/600 with 75 ante
Flight A Entries: 628

On a flop of , Zachary Smiley checked from the hijack and Christian Harder checked from the cutoff. Guy Smith bet 9,900 on the button and Smiley check-raised to 9,900.

Harder folded and Smith called. The turn was the and Smiley checked. Smith bet 20,000 and Smiley folded.

Smith mucked his hand and took the pot. He’s over the 200,000-chip mark and in the chip lead.

Guy Smith – 256,000

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 250/500 with 75 ante
Flight A Entries: 610

A player in middle position opened to 1,000 and Chris Damick raised to 3,500 from late position. The cutoff and middle position called.

All three players checked the flop. The turn brought the , Damick bet 10,000 and the cutoff shoved for around 30,000. Damick called.

Damick turned over and was in great shape against his opponent’s .

The river was the and Damick wound up with two-pair to eliminate his opponent and grow his stack over 100,000.

Chris Damick – 110,000

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 250/500 with 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 610

Kurt Jewell raised from early position and the player in the small blind called.

The flop was . The small blind led out for 1,600 and Jewell called. The turn was the and the small blind led out again for 1,600.

Jewell called and the river was the . The small blind checked and Jewell bet 4,800. The small blind quickly folded and Jewell took the pot.

Kurt Jewell – 48,000

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 250/500 with 75 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 601

A player under the gun opened to 1,300, two players called, and Dylan Wilkerson shoved for 10,625. The original raiser reshoved and the rest of the table folded.

Wilkerson turned over and was in good shape against his opponent’s .

The board ran out and Wilkerson’s pocket kings held to secure his double.

Dylan Wilkerson – 24,000

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 250/500 with 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 599

James Gilbert raised to 1,300 from the cutoff and Tony Sinishtaj called out of the small blind.

They both checked a flop of and the came on the turn. Sinishtaj bet 1,800 and Gilbert called.

The river was the and Sinishtaj bet 4,000. Gilbert called. Sinishtaj showed and Gilbert mucked his hand.

Last year’s champion won the pot with a pair of aces and crossed into a six-figure chip count.

Tony Sinishtaj – 105,000
James Gilbert – 71,000

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 250/500 with 75 ante
Flight A Entries: 565

Justin Liberto opened to 1,000 from the cutoff and a player in the big blind raised to 3,000. Liberto called.

The flop came , the big blind checked, and Liberto bet 1,800. The big blind raised to 5,500 and Liberto called.

The turn brought the , the big blind bet 8,000 and Liberto called.

The river was the , the big blind shoved for 12,000 and Liberto snap called with , his opponent showed as he stood up from the table.

Justin Liberto – 85,000

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Returning to Level 7: 250/500 with 75 ante
Flight A Entries: 565

Players still have another 30 minutes remaining on their dinner break but we know who they are chasing. Robert Transue had the chip lead at the first break and the second break and now the dinner break. The 2014 Poker Showdown Seniors Champ will return to the only stack over 200,000 with Philipe Pizzari his closest competitor at 193,400.

They will return to play four more levels in Flight A, with a break after two, before they bag up for the evening.

Top five stacks:

1. Robert Transue – 204,300 (409 bb)
2. Philipe Pizzari – 193,400 (387 bb)
3. Joe McKeehen – 190,000 (380 bb)
4. Guy Smith – 181,000 (362 bb)
5. Joseph Gotlieb – 148,000 (296 bb)\

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 6: 200/400 with 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 565

Players are taking a 90-minute dinner break. Cards will be back in the air at approximately 7:00 p.m.