$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

Jason Marshman raised  to 275,000 from middle position and  Ami Alibay three-bet to 600,000 from the button. Marshman called.

It got checked down on the board.

Marshman tabled but was no good against Alibay’s .

Ami Alibay – 9,450,000 (76 bb)
Jason Marshman – 3,900,000 (31 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

Maria Ho raised to 275,000  from under the gun and both Ami Alibay and Dan Chalifour called.

The flop came , and Ho led out 325,000. Only Chalifour called.

Both players checked the on the turn. The river brought the , Chalifour bet 300,000 and Ho called.

Chalifour tabled for the winning pair of fives and Ho mucked.

Dan Chalifour – 4,500,000 (36 bb)
Maria Ho – 8,475,000 (68 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

James Carroll raised to 275,000 from  under the gun and got four callers.

The flop came , it checked to Chalifour who bet 550,000. Only Alibay called.

Both players checked the on the turn. The river was the , Alibay bet 1,000,000 and Chalifour layed it down.

Alibay showed for ace high as he raked in the pot.

Ami Alibay  –  10,400,000  (83 bb)
Dan Chalifour  –  3,300,000  (26 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

Chad Eveslage raised from the button to 275,000, Jason Marshman moved all in from the small blind for 1,950,000, and Eveslage thought shortly before putting in the calling chips.

Marshman turned over and was in great shape against Eveslage’s .

Marshman asked Eveslage “Is this the W you owe me?”

The board came and Marshman’s king kicker held to avoid elimination.

Jason Marshman  –  4,150,000  (33 bb)
Chad Eveslage  –  6,550,000  (52 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 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
7th:  $114,285
8th:  $88,930

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

Seat 1.  Maria Ho  –  7,775,000  (62 bb)
Seat 2.  Chad Eveslage  –  8,825,000  (71 bb)
Seat 3.  Jason Marshman  –  2,200,000  (18 bb)
Seat 4.  Jerry Wong  –  2,975,000  (24 bb)
Seat 5.  Eric Afriat  –  2,925,000  (23 bb)
Seat 6.  Ami Alibay  –  9,275,000  (74 bb)
Seat 7.  James Carroll  –  16,900,000  (135 bb)
Seat 8.  Dan Chalifour  –  3,475,000  (28 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 1,360

Ami Alibay raised to 225,000 from under the gun and James Carroll called from early position. Eric Afriat defended his big blind.

All three players checked the flop.

The turn brought the and Afriat led out 550,000.  Alibay called.

The river was the [6],  and both players checked.

Afriat turned over for a straight flush to take the pot.

Eric Afriat – 3,200,000 (32 bb)
Ami Alibay – 9,100,000 (9 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 1,360

Dan Chalifour raises under the gun to 300,000 and Eric Afriat moved all in for 1,100,000 from the button with . Chalifour called with

The board came , clean fo Chalifour, until the spiked the river.

Eric Afriat  –  2,450,000  (25 bb)
Dan Chalifour  –  3,200,000  (32 bb)

After the hand, Afriat said, “Can you believe it? That was my first all-in situation in the entire tournament.”

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 1,360

Maria Ho raised to 225,000 from under the gun and  Ryan D’Angelo moved all in from middle position for 650,000. Ho called and was racing against D’Angelo’s .

The board came and Ho’s pocket eights held to eliminate D’Angelo in ninth place.

Maria Ho  –  8,050,000  (81 bb)
Ryan D’Angelo  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($69,920)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 1,360

With Jerry Robinson’s elimination in tenth place, the remaining nine players have redrawn for the final table.

Here’s a look at their seating assignments and chip counts:

Seat 1.  Maria Ho  –  7,150,000  (72 bb)
Seat 2.  Chad Eveslage  –  9,125,000  (91 bb)
Seat 3.  Ryan D’Angelo  –  650,000  (7 bb)
Seat 4.  Jason Marshman  –  2,775,000  (28 bb)
Seat 5.  Jerry Wong  –  3,875,000  (39 bb)
Seat 6.  Eric Afriat  –  1,600,000  (16 bb)
Seat 7.  Ami Alibay  –  9,750,000  (98 bb)
Seat 8.  James Carroll  –  14,400,000  (144 bb)
Seat 9.  Dan Chalifour  –  5,075,000  (51 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 1,360

Chad Eveslage raised from the hijack to 200,000, and Jerry Robinson moved all in from the cutoff for 450,000. Ami Alibay called from the button, as did Eveslage.

Both players checked to the river on a board of and the hands are tabled

Chad Eveslage:
Jerry Robinson:  
Ami Alibay:  

Eveslage won the pot with king high a to eliminate Robinson in 10th place.

Chad Eveslage  –  9,125,000  (91 bb)
Ami Alibay  –  9,750,000  (98 bb)
Jerry Robinson  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($69,920)