$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with an 800 ante
Day 1A Entries: 705

Phil Hui raised to 2,000 from middle position, the player in the cutoff three-bet to 6,500 and Hui called.

The flop was and Hui check-called 4,500 from his opponent.

The turn was the and both players checked.

The river was the , Hui bet 13,000, his opponent raised to 36,300 and Hui called after a few moments.

Hui’s opponent tabled for the nut straight and Hui mucked.

Phil Hui – 105,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries: 691

Chip leader Vic Adams opened to 2,000 from early position and got four callers.

The flop came , it checked to Justin Liberto who bet 3,800 winning himself the pot.

Justin Liberto – 70,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries: 675

Three players saw a flop of , it checked to Sean Yu who bet 2,500. Rainer Kempe and Jeff Banghart both called.

The turn brought the , and Banghart led out 10,000. Yu got out of the way and Kempe went into the tank. The decision was for most of his stack as he only had 4,200 left.

Kempe decided to put it in and said “Guess I need help”. He did, as Banghart tabled a flush.

Kempe turned over for trip kings. The river came , the fourth king, and Kempe said “That’s help” as he raked in the pot.

Rainer Kempe – 47,000 (78 bb)
Jeff Banghart – 107,000 (178 bb)
Sean Yu – 25,400 (41 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries: 669

Vlad Mezheritsky raised to 1,500 from the cutoff, the player in the small blind three-bet to 5,000 and Andre Akkari four-bet to 13,100 from the big blind.

Mezheritsky folded, the player in the small blind five-bet all in for 38,000 and Akkari called after a few moments with , racing with his opponent’s .

The board came down , giving Akkari a set of sevens to eliminate his opponent.

Andre Akkari – 156,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries: 653

On a board reading , Tristan Wade checked from early position and Alex Foxen bet 12,700 into a pot of around 43,000. Wade called.

The river brought the , and Wade shoved for around 90,000. Fox went into the tank for a while before calling all in for 38,000 with .

His over pair was no good however when Wade turned up for runner-runner straight.

Tristan Wade – 170,000
Alex Foxen – Eliminated 

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries: 617

Players are currently on a seventy-five minute dinner break with Vic Adams still leading the pack.

Here’s a look at some of the big stacks:

Vic Adams – 220,000
Carlos Rojas – 173,000
Jason Marshman – 161,300
Javier Zarco – 157,500
Jay Romano – 151,400
Kevin Garosshen – 135,000
Joelle Guarino – 129,000
Joe Kuether – 128,500
Ahmed Nimer – 124,000
Brent Roberts – 117,400
Jimmy Pham – 117,000
Niall Farrell – 114,000
Randy Gordon – 112,000
Kyle Cartwright – 105,000
Cameron Mitchell – 105,000
Michael Tureniec – 103,300

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries: 612

We have a few Super High Rollers in the field today but none bigger than Elio Fox at the moment. We through the $50,000 buy-in tournament earlier in the week and Fox outlasted a tough field to win it along with $440,000. Not only did he ship the Super High Roller, he went back-to-back after winning the SHRPO version in August.

Fox recently caught a double when he shoved for 23,200 with the board reading . After a short think, his opponent called with but was far behind Fox’s to put him up to 79,500.

Among the other Super High Rollers today, second place Sam Soverel and Erik Seidel are within shouting distance of Fox.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries: 598

It’s a good start for Matt Waxman, he just sat down and is already up to 54,000.

This is good news for his twitter followers. Before the start of the tournament Waxman tweeted that he would be doing a giveaway for charity as a way to “Spread some good vibes through the poker community”

He’s picking two winners at random to give 1% of his profit from this tournament as well as 1% to the charity of their choice from GiveWell’s platform.

Updates can be found here as well as his instagram page @MAd_Waxy

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries: 585

We are closing on 600 entries for Day 1A and a great turnout so far. The tournament continues to outpace the 2018 numbers setting up a big Championship field.

Dan “Miami Boss” Suied is the latest to top six-digits as the former SHRPO winner hit 105,000 as the blinds went up.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries: 585

Four players saw the flop of , it checked to Michael Dyer who bet 1,600 and got two callers.

The turn brought the king of clubs, it checked to Dyer again who bet 4,600. This time only Mukul Pahuja called from the small blind.

The river brought the , Pahuja checked, and Dyer bet 13,700. Pahuja thought shortly before putting Dyer all in. Dyer let it go and Pahuja scooped the pot.

Mukul Pahuja – 92,000 (230 bb)
Michael Dyer – 35,500 (89 bb)