$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:  17 of 2,290

Dylan Smith raised to 300,000 from under the gun, Isaac Kempton three-bet to 1,050,000 from the small blind, Smith four-bet all in for effectively 4,450,000, and Kempton called all in with , leading Smith’s .

The board ran out , giving Kempton a set of queens to double through Smith.

Isaac Kempton  –  9,200,000  (61 bb)
Dylan Smith  –  3,400,000  (23 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 2,290

Table 7
Seat 1:
Seat 2:
Seat 3:  Isaac Kempton  –  4,000,000  (27 bb)
Seat 4:  Sridhar Sangannagari  –  18,250,000  (122 bb)
Seat 5:  Dylan Smith  –  7,725,000  (52 bb)
Seat 6:  Alex Jim  –  1,225,000  (8 bb)
Seat 7:  Clemen Deng  –  5,975,000  (40 bb)
Seat 8:  Dorian Rios  –  3,200,000  (21 bb)

Table 8
Seat 1:  Naing Thu  –  7,300,000  (49 bb)
Seat 2:  Bin Weng  –  11,000,000  (73 bb)
Seat 3:
Seat 4:  Rafael Farah Jarufe  –  10,925,000  (73 bb)
Seat 5:
Seat 6:
Seat 7:  James Anderson  – 15,075,000  (101 bb)
Seat 8:  David Mzareulov  –  3,250,000  (22 bb)

Table 16
Seat 1:  Mitch Garshofsky  –  5,575,000  (37 bb)
Seat 2:
Seat 3:  Andrew Ostapchenko  –  5,000,000  (33 bb)
Seat 4:  Champie Douglas  –  2,575,000  (17 bb)
Seat 5:  Gal Yifrach  –  5,725,000  (38 bb)
Seat 6:
Seat 7:  Andrew Moreno  –  6,300,000  (42 bb)
Seat 8:  Jeff Madsen  –  1,675,000  (11 bb)

1st:  $1,128,250 (includes seat in the WPT World Championship)
2nd:  $745,000
3rd:  $550,000
4th:  $413,000
5th:  $312,000
6th:  $238,000
7th:  $183,000
8th:  $142,000
9th-10th:  $111,500
11th-12th:  $88,500
13th-14th:  $70,500
15th-16th:  $56,800
17th:  $46,200

$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:  17 of 2,290

Naing Thu raised from the button to 250,000, Bin Weng reraised from the small blind to 875,000, and Natasha Mercier moved all in from the big blind for 1,825,000.

Thu folded, and Weng called with . Mercier turned over , and needed her hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Weng paired his ace on the turn to win the pot with a higher full house, kings full of aces, to eliminate Mercier in 18th place.

Bin Weng  –  11,150,000  (89 bb)
Natasha Mercier  –  Eliminated in 18th Place  ($46,200)

With 17 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 6,725,000 (54 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $46,200 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 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 2,290

Leo Taffe raised from the cutoff to 650,000, leaving himself just a single 25K chip behind. Naing Thu moved all in from the big blind, and Taffe called all in for 675,000 with .

Thu turned over , and Taffe needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Thu won the pot with his king kicker to eliminate Taffe in 19th place.

Naing Thu  –  7,625,000  (61 bb)
Leo Taffe  –  Eliminated in 19th Place  ($46,200)

With 18 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 6,350,000 (51 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $46,200 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 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 2,290

Asher Conniff raised all in for about 1,200,000 from the hijack and Andrew Moreno called in the big blind with , flipping with Conniff’s .

The board ran out , giving Moreno kings and eights to eliminate Conniff in 20th place.

Andrew Moreno  –  6,100,000  (49 bb)
Asher Conniff  –  Eliminated in 20th Place  ($46,200)

$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:  20 of 2,290

Natasha Mercier raised under the gun to 275,000, and James Anderson called from the button.

The flop came , Mercier bet 250,000, and Anderson called.

The turn card was the , Mercier bet 775,000, and Anderson thought for a while before he called.

The river card was the , Mercier bet 1,300,000, and Anderson used one of his Time Chips to tank for a while before he called. Mercier showed for a bluff, but Anderson turned over to win the pot with two pair, tens and sevens.

James Anderson  –  14,850,000  (119 bb)
Natasha Mercier  –  1,900,000  (15 bb)

With 20 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 5,725,000 (46 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $46,200 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 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 2,290

Naing Thu raised to 250,000 from under the gun, Thomas Carroll three-bet all in for 1,775,000 from the next seat over, and Thu called.

Thu: 
Carroll: 

The board ran out , giving Thu aces and queens to eliminate Carroll in 21st place.

Naing Thu  –  7,700,000  (62 b)
Thomas Carroll  – Eliminated in 21st Place  ($38,000)

$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:  21 of 2,290

Thomas Carroll raised from the cutoff to 250,000, and James Anderson called from the big blind.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Anderson bet 550,000, and Carroll called.

The river card was the , Anderson bet 1,750,000, and Carroll snap-called with for two pair, queens and sixes.

But Anderson turned over to win the pot with trip sixes and double up in chips.

James Anderson  –  5,300,000  (42 bb)
Thomas Carroll  –  1,775,000  (14 bb)

With 21 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 5,450,000 (44 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $38,000 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 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 2,290

Clemen Dang raised to 275,000 from the cutoff, Taylor von Kriegenbergh three-bet all in for 1,025,000 from the button, and Deng called with , leading von Kriegenbergh’s .

The flop was , keeping Deng in the lead.

The turn was the , giving von Kriegenbergh a pair of tens to take the lead.

The river was the , giving Deng a pair of jacks to eliminate von Kriegenbergh in 22nd place.

Clemen Deng  –  8,200,000  (66 bb)
Taylor von Kriegenbergh  –  Eliminated in 22nd Place  ($38,000)

$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:  22 of 2,290

Andrew Moreno raised from the cutoff to 250,000, and Jeff Madsen moved all in from the button for 2,800,000. Asher Conniff called all in from the big blind for 1,525,000, and Moreno quickly folded.

Conniff turned over , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against Madsen’s .

The board came , and Conniff won the pot with a pair of aces and his king kicker to double up in chips.

Asher Conniff  –  3,250,000  (26 bb)
Jeff Madsen  –  1,275,000  (20 bb)

With 22 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 5,200,000 (42 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $38,000 each.

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