$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 200/400 with 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 560

Jeff Gross raised from the cutoff and Athanasios Polychronopoulos defended his big blind.

The flop was and Polychronopoulos checked. Gross bet 1,100 and Polychronopoulos called.

They both checked the turn card and the came on the river. Polychronopoulos bet 2,300 and Gross thought for a few moments before calling.

Polychronopoulos showed and Gross mucked his hand. Polychronopoulos won the pot and is nearing a six-figure chip count with about dinner break nearing.

Athanasios Polychronopoulos – 88,000
Jeff Gross – 17,500

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 200/400 with 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 551

Zach Smiley opened to 1,100 from late position, Guy Smith called from the small blind, as did the big blind.

The flop came , and Smith bet 4,100. Smiley called. The turn brought the , Smith bet 13,000 and Smiley called.

The river was the and Smith bet 20,000. Smiley thought about it a while before eventually deciding to call. Smith turned over for aces up and Smiley mucked.

Guy Smith – 135,000
Zach Smiley – 43,000

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 200/400 with 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 551

James Mackey raised from early positoin and a player in middle position called. The player in the hijack moved all in for about 9,500 and action folded back to Mackey.

He put in enough to make a large raise and the third player in the hand folded. Mackey showed and was flipping against the hijack’s .

The flop was and Mackey flopped top pair to take the lead.

The turn was the and the river was the . Mackey won the pot and eliminated his opponent.

James Mackey – 67,500

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 200/400 with 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 546

We knew he was coming, we just didn’t know when.

14-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth was joined by his fans last night outside the Poker Room to sign copies of his popular new motivational book, #Positivity. The event drew a great crowd but today he gets down to the business of adding a World Poker Tour title to his record-setting résumé.

Hellmuth took his seat at the start of Level 6 and created a buzz walking into the Event Center.

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 150/300 with 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 542

Raj Vohra opened to 700 from under the gun, a player in the hijack called, and Phil Hui moved all in for 1,075. Four players called.

They all checked down the [board], Hui tabled [kdjc] but couldn’t beat Keith Romanovitz’s pair of fives.

Keith Romanovitz – 27,000
Phil Hui – Eliminated 

ESPN affiliate 790 The Ticket broadcasts from the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood poker room every Friday afternoon. With the WPT in town, today’s setup was right outside the Hard Rock Event Center and Tournament Director Tony Burns stopped by to give some information on the $3,000,000 Championship.

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 150/300 with 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 535

On the turn with the board reading , Dylan Linde checked from the small blind and a player in middle position checked.

Haim Toorgeman bet 1,525 on the button, Linde called and middle position folded.

There was about 5,000 in the pot on the river, which was the . Linde checked and Toorgeman bet 3,600. Linde thought for about a minute before calling.

“I missed,” said Toorgeman, showing .

Linde tabled and won the pot with a pair of tens.

Dyland Linde – 51,000
Haim Toorgeman – 12,000

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 150/300 with 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 531

Jake Schwartz opened to 700 from early position and got five callers.

The flop came and it checked to Joseph Gotlieb who bet 1,650 from middle position. The small blind called as did Matt Salsberg from the big blind.

The turn brought the and Gotlieb bet 6,625 winning himself the pot.

Joseph Gotlieb – 70,000
Matt Salsberg – 16,500
Jake Schwartz – 17,000

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 150/300 with 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 527

With the board reading , Scott Clements checked from the small blind and the big blind player moved all in for 11,000. Adelai Tineo called from middle position and Scott Clements check-raised all in. Tineo called at risk for his last 14,000 and the cards were tabled.

Clements:
Big Blind:
Tineo:

Clements was ahead with the flopped set of sixes against pocket aces and Tineo’s second nut flush draw. The turn changed nothing but the river sent the big pot to Tineo, put the big blind out of the tournament, and dropped Clements under starting stack.

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 150/300 with 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 504

Players returned from their second break of the day and everyone is chasing blackjack champion, Ken Einiger. He’s no slouch at the poker table either and sits with the lead in Level 5. Robert Transue was the leader on break but Einiger hit a big hand to run his stack up to 163,000.

Ryan D’Angelo, Dantonio Brown, Carlos Rodriguez Rojas, and Stephen Graner round out the list of players over 100,000.

Top stacks:

Ken Einiger – 163,000
Robert Transue – 135,000
Ryan D’Angelo – 114,900
Dantonio Brown – 109,975
Carlos Rodriguez Rojas – 105,600
Stephen Graner – 103,450