Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 47 – $1,100 5-Card PLO Championship (Freeze-Out)

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 47 Structure Sheet

12PM: Day 4 – $3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship

• Championship Day 4 Chip Counts and Seats
• Championship Payouts

12PM: Day 2 – $1,100 Seniors Championship (Freeze-Out)

• Seniors Event Day 2 Chips Counts and Seats
• Seniors Event Payouts

12PM: Event 48 – $400 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 48 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 49 – $5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 49 Structure Sheet

2PM: Day 2 – $25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)

• High Roller Day 2 Chips Counts and Seats
• High Roller Payouts

5PM: Event 50 – $200 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty (Re-Entry)

• $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels 1-8 last 15 minutes; Levels 9+ last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (7:15pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 50 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

10AM: $550 Event 49 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• One seat guaranteed into $5,000/$500,00 GTD Event 49
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (11:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

$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

After the elimination of Adam Hendrix in 17th place, the final 16 players bagged up their chips for Day 4, which begins tomorrow at 12:00 noon EDT.

There is 24:52 left in Level 27, with blinds at 50,000-100,000 with a 100,000 big blind ante.

There was a full redraw for the final two tables, and here are the official chip counts and seating positions:

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)

With 16 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 6,275,000 (63 big blinds). Here are the remaining payouts at stake:

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

Our coverage here at SHRPO.com will soon turn tonight’s focus to the $25,500 High Roller (Event #44), as they play down to their final table tonight.

$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

Adam Hendrix completed the small blind to 100,000, and Darren Elias checked his option in the big blind.

The flop came , Hendrix checked, Elias bet 150,000, and Hendrix called.

The turn card was the , Hendrix checked, Elias bet 525,000, and Hendrix check-raised all in for about 2.1 million.

Elias called with for the nuts — a five-high straight. Hendrix turned over for a pair of aces, and he was drawing dead.

Darren Elias  –  13,775,000  (138 bb)
Adam Hendrix  –  Eliminated in 17th Place  ($41,000)

With 16 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 6,275,000 (63 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $51,000 each.

The final 16 players are now bagging up their chips for the night. Stay tuned for official chip counts.

$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:  17 of 2,010

Benjamin Miner raised from the button to 1,300,000 (nearly all in), Marcos Exterkotter moved all in from the small blind, and Miner called all in for 1,325,000 with .

Exterkotter turned over , and Miner was dominated as he faced elimination.

But the board came , and Miner paired his nine on the flop, turned trips, and rivered quads to win the pot and double up in chips.

Benjamin Miner  –  2,850,000  (29 bb)
Marcos Exterkotter  –  1,100,000  (11 bb)

With 17 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 5,900,000 (59 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $41,000 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field is down to the final two tables (16 players).

$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:  17 of 2,010

Robert Lofaso raised from the cutoff to 250,000, Sean Ripp reraised from the button to 750,000, and Lofaso four-bet all in.

Ripp called all in for about 2.7 million with , but Lofaso turned over , and Ripp needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket kings held up for Lofaso to win the pot and eliminate Ripp in 18th place.

Robert Lofaso  –  6,400,000  (64 bb)
Sean Ripp  –  Eliminated in 18th Place  ($41,000)

With 17 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 5,900,000 (59 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $41,000 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field is down to the final two tables (16 players).

$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:  18 of 2,010

Robert Georato raised under the gun to 200,000, Andrew Barfield called from the button, and Jason Wandling called from the big blind.

The flop came , Wandling checked, and Georato bet 200,000. Barfield called, and Wandling check-raised all in for 1,100,000. Georato folded.

Barfield called with for a gutshot straight draw, and Wandling turned over for trip nines. Wandling needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Barfield rivered an ace-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Wandling in 19th place.

Andrew Barfield  –  5,900,000  (59 bb)
Jason Wandling  –  Eliminated in 19th Place  ($41,000)

With 18 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 5,575,000 (56 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $41,000 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field is down to the final two tables (16 players).

$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:  19 of 2,010

James Mendoza raised from the button to 225,000, and Carlos Dorca called from the big blind.

The flop came , Dorca checked, Mendoza bet 175,000, and Dorca called.

The turn card was the , Dorca checked, Mendoza moved all in for about 1,100,000, and Dorca called with for a pair of kings.

Mendoza turned over for an open-ended straight draw, and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The river card paired the board with the , and Dorca won the pot with trip kings to eliminate Mendoza in 20th place.

Carlos Dorca  –  10,800,000  (108 bb)
James Mendoza  –  Eliminated in 20th Place  ($41,000)

With 19 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 5,275,000 (53 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $41,000 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field is down to the final two tables (16 players).

$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:  20 of 2,010

Matt Berkey raised under the gun to 1,000,000, and James Calderaro reraised from the small blind enough to put Berkey all in. Berkey used two of his Time Chips to tank for more than a minute before he called all in for 1,100,000 with .

Calderaro turned over , and Berkey needed his pocket pair to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Calderaro rivered an ace-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Berkey in 21st place.

James Calderaro  –  9,200,000  (92 bb)
Matt Berkey  –  Eliminated in 21st Place  ($34,000)

With 20 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 5,025,000 (50 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $41,000 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field is down to the final two tables (16 players).

$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:  21 of 2,010

Benjamin McCoy raised from the cutoff to 200,000, Darren Elias reraised from the button to 500,000, and McCoy moved all in for 2,700,000.

Elias called with , and McCoy turned over . McCoy needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket nines held up for Elias to win the pot and eliminate McCoy in 22nd place.

Darren Elias  –  9,550,000  (96 bb)
Benjamin McCoy  –  Eliminated in 22nd Place  ($34,000)

With 21 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 4,775,000 (48 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $34,000 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field is down to the final two tables (16 players).

$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:  22 of 2,010

James Calderaro raised from the hijack to 225,000, and Benjamin McCoy called from the big blind.

The flop came , McCoy checked, Calderaro bet 200,000, and McCoy check-raised to 625,000. Calderaro called.

The turn card was the , McCoy bet 850,000, Calderaro moved all in for 2,625,000, and McCoy called with for top two pair with an ace-high flush draw.

Calderaro turned over for an ace-high straight with a lower flush draw. Calderaro needed his straight to hold to stay alive.

“I knew the ten of spades was coming on the turn,” said Calderaro.

The river card was the , and Calderaro won the pot with his ace-high straight to double up in chips.

James Calderaro  –  7,100,000  (71 bb)
Benjamin McCoy  –  2,500,000  (25 bb)

With 22 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 4,575,000 (46 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $34,000 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field is down to the final two tables (16 players).