$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,360

Jason Marshman moved all in from early position for 1,750,000, and Maria Ho thought shortly before calling from the big blind.

Marshman tabled and was in the lead against Ho’s .

The flop came and Ho flopped top pair to take the lead, the turn , and river made it official as Ho wound up with trip jacks to eliminate Marshman in seventh place on the TV bubble.

Jason Marshman  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($114,285)

The final six players are currently filling out their bio sheets and verifying their counts.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 1,360

James Carroll raised to 325,000 from under the gun and Jerry Wong moved all in from the small blind for 1,375,000. Eric Afriat called from the big blind, and Carroll folds.

Wong turns over and needed to get lucky with against Afriat’s .

The board came and Wong did indeed get lucky as he flopped an ace to stay alive.

Jerry Wong  –  3,050,000  (20 bb)
Eric Afriat  –  4,500,000  (30 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 1,360

Maria Ho opened to 325,000 from  from the cutoff, Chad Eveslage called from the button and Jerry Wong defended his big blind.

The flop came , Wong checked and Ho bet 400,000. Only Eveslage called.

The turn brought the , Ho checked and Eveslage bet 700,000. Ho thought shortly before calling.

Both players checked the on the river and Ho tabled to win the pot.

Maria Ho  –  12,800,000  (85 bb)
Chad Eveslage  –  3,725,000  (25 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 1,360

Chad Eveslage opened to 325,000 from the hijack and Ami Alibay defended his big blind.

Both players checked the flop, The turn brought the , Alibay checked and Eveslage bet 250,000. Alibay called.

The river was the , Alibay led out 500,000 and Eveslage called.   Alibay turned over his and Eveslage mucked.

Ami Alibay – 3,500,000 (23 bb)
Chad Eveslage – 5,525,000 (37 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 1,360

Ami Alibay limped from under the gun, James Carroll raised from the hijack to 400,000, and Jerry Wong  defended his big blind. Alibay called as well.

The flop came , it checked to Carroll who bet 550,000.  Wong folded and Alibay called.

Both players checked the on the turn. The river brought the , Alibay checked and Carroll bet 875,000. Alibay used a Time Chip then decided to call.

Carroll tabled for top pair and Alibay mucked.

James Carroll  –  19,075,000  (127 bb)
Ami Alibay  –  2,350,000  (16 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 1,360

Players are currently on a fifteen minute break. Here’s a look at the remaining payouts:

1st:  $700,175 + $15,000 Baccarat Crystal WPT Tournament of Champions seat
2nd:  $465,120
3rd:  $344,960
4th:  $257,815
5th:  $194,610
6th:  $148,380

Here are the official chip counts from the break for the final seven players:

Seat 1.  Maria Ho  –  13,925,000  (93 bb)
Seat 2.  Chad Eveslage  –  6,600,000  (44 bb)
Seat 3.  Jason Marshman  –  2,125,000  (14 bb)
Seat 4.  Jerry Wong  –  3,925,000  (26 bb)
Seat 5.  Eric Afriat  –  6,825,000  (46 bb)
Seat 6.  Ami Alibay  –  4,875,000  (33 bb)
Seat 7.  James Carroll  –  16,075,000  (107 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30: 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 1,360

Dan Chalifour raised to 425,000 from early position before Maria Ho three-bet to 1,200,000 from next to act.

It folded back around to Chalifour who moved all in for 2,700,000. Ho snap called with and was in great shape against .

The board ran out  and Chalifour was eliminated in eighth-place for a $88,930 payday.

Maria Ho – 13,100,000
Dan Chalifour – Eliminated in 8th Place ($88,930)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30: 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 1,360

Maria Ho raised to 250,000 from middle position and James Carroll defended his big blind.

The flop came , Carroll checked and Ho continued 250,000. Carroll called.

The turn brought the , Carroll bet 550,000 and Ho called.

Both players checked the on the river and Carroll tabled . It was no good however as Ho turned up for two-pair.

Maria Ho – 10,000,000
James Carroll – 15,600,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30: 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 1,360

Two-time WPT champion Eric Afriat raised from the cutoff to 275,000, Ami Alibay called from the button, and Dan Chalifour defended his big blind.

The flop came , it checked to Alibay who bet 300,000. Only Afriat called.

The turn card was the , Afriat checked and Alibay moved all in. Afriat thought shortly before he called all in for 800,000.

Afriat needed to get lucky with his against Alibay’s .

Afriat called for the “Deuce of clubs. Let me do it one time.”

The dealer obliged as the river was in fact the .

Afriat said, “Wow. Sorry, guys, it’s just my lucky day.”

Eric Afriat  –  3,225,000  (26 bb)
Ami Alibay  –  6,900,000  (55 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30: 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 1,360

Ami Alibay raised to 275,000 from middle position and Jerry Wong defended his big blind.

The flop came and  Alibay continued for 225,000 with Wong check-calling.

The turn was the , Wong checked and Alibay bet 550,000. Wong called.

Both players checked the on the river. Wong turned up his for two-pair to win the pot.

Jerry Wong – 4,800,000 (38 bb)