$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 2,010

Vinny Pahuja opened to 1,225,000 from the hijack leaving a single 25K chip behind. Viet Vo raised to 2,900,000 from the cutoff, the button and blinds folded and Pahuja called.

Vo:
Pahuja:

Pahuja needed his sevens to hold to stay in the game. He faded the flop and turn but Vo paired his king on the river to send Pahuja out of the Championship in 14th place.

Viet Vo – 6,550,000
Vinny Pahuja – Eliminated in 14th Place ($63,000)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 2,010

The 14 remaining players were sent on their first break. Here’s a look at the approximate counts courtesy of our friends in the WPT crew.

Table 6
Seat 1: Mark Davis – 17,125,000 (114 bb)
Seat 3: Vinny Pahuja – 1,625,000 (11 bb)
Seat 4: Viet Vo – 5,125,000 (34 bb)
Seat 5: Robert Georato – 1,600,000 (11 bb)
Seat 6: Marcos Exterkotter – 6,275,000 (42 bb)
Seat 7: Darren Elias – 16,700,000 (111 bb)
Seat 8: Carlos Dorca – 4,600,000 (31 bb)

Table 7
Seat 1: Benjamin Miner – 3,725,000 (25 bb)
Seat 2: Dave Moore – 4,875,000 (33 bb)
Seat 3: Robert Lofaso – 3,825,000 (26 bb)
Seat 4: Andrew Davidson – 14,975,000 (100 bb)
Seat 5: Michael Laufer – 7,050,000 (47 bb)
Seat 7: Andrew Barfield – 10,100,000 (67 bb)
Seat 8: James Calderaro – 4,600,000 (31 bb)

Remaining payout:

1st: $1,000,300
2nd: $660,000
3rd: $490,000
4th: $370,000
5th: $280,000
6th: $215,000
7th: $165,000
8th: $125,000
9th-10th: $100,000
11th-12th: $79,000
13th-14th: $63,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 2,010

Christian Harder limped under the gun leaving 25,000 behind. Benjamin Miner raised to 500,000 from the cutoff, Andrew Davidson called from the big blind and Harder called at risk.

Both live players checked the and Davidson bet 300,000 after the turn. Miner called, the river was , and Davidson bet another 800. Miner called and we saw the hands.

Miner:
Davidson:
Harder:

Harder was unable to find a save on the board while Davidson took the pot with an ace-high straight versus Miner’s turned two pair.

Andrew Davidson – 14,975,000 (119 bb)
Benjamin Miner – 4,600,000 (36 bb)
Christian Harder – Eliminated in 15th Place ($51,000)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 2,010

Christian Harder opened to 250,000 from the button and James Calderaro called from the big blind to see the flop. Calderaro checked, Harder bet 150,000 and Calderaro called.

The turn was , Calderaro moved all in for 1,675,000 and Harder called.

Calderaro:
Harder:

Harder paired his king on the flop but Calderaro made two pair three and deuces on the turn. The river finished the board and Calderaro doubled up while leaving with a single big blind.

James Calderaro – 4,350,000 (35 bbs)
Christian Harder – 150,000 (1 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 2,010

Benjamin Miner opened to 250,000 from the hijack and Christian Harder called from the big blind. The flop came , Harder checked, and Miner continued for 400,000. Harder thought for a minute, using two time-chips, and check-raised to 900,000 leaving 200,000 behind. Miner moved all in and Harder called.

Harder:
Miner:

Harder paired one of his live cards and his pair of fours held after the turn and river to double up.

Christian Harder – 3,025,000 (24 bb)
Benjamin Miner – 5,725,000 (45 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 2,010

James Kousouros open-shipped for 1,075,000 and Dave Moore called from the cutoff followed along with Andrew Davidson in the small blind.

Davidson and Moore checked it down until the board read and Davidson bet 700,000. Moore called and the hands were tabled.

Davidson:
Moore:
Kousouros:

All three players turned the case ace but Davidson’s two pair aces and queens was best to take the huge pot while sending Kousouros out in 16th place.

Andrew Davidson – 10,375,000 (83 bb)
David Moore – 4,650,000 (37 bb)
James Kousouros – Eliminated in 16th Place ($51,000)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 2,010

Mike Laufer opened to 250,000 from the cutoff and Vinny Pahuja moved all in for 750,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Laufer called.

Laufer:
Pahuja:

They were racing and Pahuja needed to improve to double up. The board ran out and Pahuja made a wheel to double up.

Vinny Pahuja – 1,825,000 (15 bb)
Mike Laufer – 8,300,000 (66 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 2,010

Christian Harder opened to 200,000 from early position and picked up four callers for five ways to the flop. It checked to James Calderaro in the cutoff, he bet 600,000 and only Dave Moore came along from small blind.

The turn is , Moore checked, and Calderaro moved all in. Moore quickly called for his 1,900,000 stack and the cards were tabled.

Moore:
Calderaro:

Both flopped trip queens but Calderaro was outkicked. The river was and Moore secured his double.

Dave Moore – 6,100,000 (61 bb)
James Calderaro – 6,800,000 (68 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 2,010

Cards are back in the air for the 2022 WPT Poker Showdown Championship with 16 players remaining and we’ll keep going today until we have the WPT final table with six remaining.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 2,010

From 2,010 down to the final table six, that’s the plan for today. We have 16 players returning for Day 4 of the 2022 WPT Poker Showdown Championship and their goal is to make the WPT final table which will play on stage in Las Vegas.

Mark Davis leads the last two tables with four-time WPT champ Darren Elias not far behind. Former WPT LHPO champ James Calderaro sits in third but a talented group remains to challenge them all.

They return with 24:58 remaining in Level 27 and everyone is guaranteed at least $51,000 with a cool million sitting up top for the champ.

Cards go back in the air at noon and we will have all the action.

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Benjamin Miner  –  4,800,000  (48 bb)
Seat 2.  Dave Moore  –  2,500,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3.  Robert Lofaso  –  6,450,000  (65 bb)
Seat 4.  Andrew Davidson  –  5,200,000  (52 bb)
Seat 5.  Christian Harder  –  2,350,000  (24 bb)
Seat 6.  James Kousouros  –  2,725,000  (27 bb)
Seat 7.  Andrew Barfield  –  8,775,000  (88 bb)
Seat 8.  James Calderaro  –  9,675,000  (97 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Mark Davis  –  14,400,000  (144 bb)
Seat 2.  Michael Laufer  –  9,300,000  (93 bb)
Seat 3.  Vinny Pahuja  –  1,725,000  (17 bb)
Seat 4.  Viet Vo  –  5,500,000  (55 bb)
Seat 5.  Robert Georato  –  6,100,000  (61 bb)
Seat 6.  Marcos Exterkotter  –  1,100,000  (11 bb)
Seat 7.  Darren Elias  –  13,775,000  (138 bb)
Seat 8.  Carlos Dorca  –  6,800,000  (68 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st:  $1,000,300
2nd:  $660,000
3rd:  $490,000
4th:  $370,000
5th:  $280,000
6th:  $215,000
7th:  $165,000
8th:  $125,000
9th-10th:  $100,000
11th-12th:  $79,000
13th-14th:  $63,000
15th-16th:  $51,000