$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  1,390

Ralph Massey moved all in from middle position for 12,500, the player in the hijack called, and the player in the small blind called. Any further betting would create a side pot.

Both players checked to the river on a board of , and all three turned over their cards:

Ralph Massey:    (pair of nines)
Small Blind:    (pair of eights)
Hijack:    (ace high)

Massey won the entire pot with his pocket nines to triple up in chips.

Ralph Massey  –  40,500  (27 bb)

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:20 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  1,374

Steve Wilkie was all in under the gun for 54,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against his opponent’s in middle position.

The board came — his opponent turned a gutshot straight draw, but the river card was a blank. Wilkie won the pot with his pocket kings to double up in chips.

Steve Wilkie  –  125,000  (83 bb)

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:20 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  1,306

A scan of the field during the last break turned up three players with at least 300K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Joseph Hebert  –  377,500  (252 bb)
2.  Aleksa Pavicevic  –  349,500  (233 bb)
3.  Justin Zagar  –  303,000  (202 bb)

Registration has closed, and as soon as the casino releases the official numbers, we will post them here in the live updates.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:20 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Entries: 1,259

A player in early position raised, Marle Cordeiro three-bet shoved from the button for 17,000 and her opponent thought for a while before he called with , trailing Cordeiro’s .

The board came down , safe for Cordeiro to double up.

Marle Cordeiro – 38,000 (25 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Entries: 1,259

The player in the cutoff raised and Gal Yifrach called from the big blind.

The flop was and after a series of bets and raises, the cutoff was all in for about 40,000 with against Yifrach’s .

The turn and river completed the board, safe for Yifrach to score the elimination.

Gal Yifrach – 105,000 (70 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  1,204

The player in the hijack is all in from the small blind for 24,700 with , and needed to improve to stay alive against the of Mateusz Sikorski in the hijack.

The board came , and Sikorski flopped a set of nines and rivered a full house to win the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Mateusz Sikorski  –  170,000  (142 bb)

Registration remains open with a single re-entry per starting flight until the start of Level 9, around 9:20 pm. There were 1,048 entries on Day 1A, and the total field size is currently up to 2,251, with a prizepool worth about $7.2 million.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:20 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries: 1,204

With about 22,000 in the pot and the flop reading , Farid Jattin checked from the big blind and a player in middle position bet 10,000. The player on the button raised to 21,000 and Jattin reraised to 125,000, covering both opponents.

The middle-position player immediately called all in for 35,000, while the player on the button tanked for a little while before he folded.

Jattin showed , drawing against his opponent’s for a set og nines.

The turn and river completed the board, giving Jattin a king-high flush to eliminate his opponent.

Farid Jattin – 235,000 (196 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries: 1,194

Tim Reilly – 153,000 (128 bb)
Tony Wasaya – 125,000 (104 bb)
Vinny Pahuja – 112,000 (93 bb)
Bob Mather 110,000 (92 bb)
James Carroll – 104,000 (87 bb)
Seth Fisher – 78,000 (65 bb)
Nick Pupillo – 65,000 (54 bb)
Marvin Karlins – 63,000 (53 bb)
Kathy Liebert – 57,000 (48 bb)
Robert Kuhn  – 57,000 (48 bb)
Ravi Raghavan – 48,000 (40 bb)
Athanasios Polychronopoulos – 47,000 (39 bb)
Michael Graffeo – 38,000 (32 bb)
Matt Glantz – 28,000 (23 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries: 1,114

A player in middle position raised to 4,600, Curt Kohlberg three-bet to 15,000 from the hijack, Dave Farah called from the button and the initial raiser folded.

The flop was , Kohlberg continued for 15,000 and Farah called.

The turn was the , Kohlberg shoved for about 40,800 and Farah beat him into the pot with for a set of jacks, leading Kohlberg’s for a straight draw.

The river was the , no help to Kohlberg, locking up the pot for Farah.

Dave Farah – 195,000 (163 bb)
Curt Kohlberg – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  1,114

After a flop of , the UTG+1 player got it all in with for a club flush draw, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the (two pair, aces and tens) of Michael Gonzalez.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the two pair held up for Gonzalez to win the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Gonzalez is the player who lost the hand against Alcides Gomez, where Gomez assumed he had busted and left the tournament. But it’s good to know that while Gonzalez lost that pot, he’s still in the tourney, and has nearly as many chips as Gomez at this point.

Michael Gonzalez  –  100,000  (100 bb)

Registration remains open with a single re-entry per starting flight until the start of Level 9, around 9:20 pm. There were 1,048 entries on Day 1A, and the total field size is currently up to 2,161, with a prizepool worth more than $6.9 million.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:20 pm.