$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  41 of 1,869

37th: Michael O’Malley – $27,500
38th: Andy Slater – $27,500
39th: Orez Mokedi – $27,500
40th: Brian Scott – $23,100
41st: Claudio Piedrabuena – $23,100
42nd: Timothy Capretta – $23,100
43th: Kaleb Harwell – $23,100
44th: Josh Arieh – $23,100
45th: Dominick Sarle – $23,100
46th: Toby Joyce – $23,100
47th: Justin Swilling – $23,100

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  41 of 1,869

The flop read when Timothy Capretta got all in holding pocket jacks on the small blind, but he ran right into the pocket kings of Pavlin Karakikov in late position.

The turn and river fell , and Capretta was eliminated in 42nd place for a payout worth $23,100. Karakikov stacked up 5.37 million after collecting the pot.

Timothy Capretta – 5,370,000 (107 bb)
Pavlin Karakikov – Eliminated in 42nd Place ($23,100)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  44 of 1,869

The second break ended, and players are back in action with a new Championship leader. Hollywood regular Wasim Assaf is the current leader with 5,030,000, followed by Jackob Datashvili and Josh Reichard.

Tournament staff announced that the one-hour dinner break will be at 6:30 pm even if they go to 90-minute levels with the next blind increase.

1.  Wasim Assaf  –  5,030,000  (84 bb)
2.  Jackob Datashvili  –  4,100,000  (68 bb)
3.  Josh Reichard  –  4,050,000  (68 bb)
4.  Anthony Spinella  –  3,765,000  (63 bb)
5.  Toby Boas  –  3,485,000  (58 bb)
6.  Danny Panagatos  –  2,970,000  (50 bb)
7.  Barry Hatcher  –  2,925,000  (49 bb)
8.  Michael O’Malley  –  2,870,000  (48 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  44 of 1,869

Kaleb Harwell was all in for 675,000 from the button with in the hole, and Jackob Datashvili had him covered holding on the big blind.

The final board read , and Harwell doubled up to survive with 1,475,000. Datashvili was at 3,650,000 after the hand.

Kaleb Harwell – 3,650,000 (73 bb)
Jackob Datashvili – 1,475,000 (29 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  47 of 1,869

48th: Matt Waxman – $19,400
49th: Jordan Schneider – $19,400
50th: Joseph McArthur – $19,400
51st: Tony Cousineau – $19,400
52nd: Jared Griener – $19,400
53rd: Brian Hall – $19,400
54th: Michael Berk – $19,400
55th: Kou Vang – $19,400
56th: Yicheng Xu – $16,300
57th: Braw Owens – $16,300
58th: Santiago Nadal Sordo – $16,300
59th: Abel Gebeyehu – $16,300
60th: Fred Paradis – $16,300
61st: Curt Kohlberg – $16,300
62nd: Brandon Mueller – $16,300
63rd: Albert Barney – $16,300
64th: Anuj Agarwal – $13,800

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 1,869

Jordan Schneider was all in preflop with pocket jacks in the hole from the small blind, and Joshua Reichard had him covered holding .

The final board read , and Schneider was eliminated in 49th place for a payday worth $19,400. Reichard stacked up 3.55 million after collecting the pot.

Joshua Reichard – 3,550,000 (71 bb)
Jordan Schneider – Eliminated in 49th Place ($19,400)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  63 of 1,869

65th: Charles Johnson – $13,800
66th: Fikret Kovac – $13,800
67th: Michael Newman – $13,800
68th: Rafael Reis – $13,800
69th: David Poces – $13,800
70th: Michael Vanier – $13,800
71st: Vladimir Minko – $13,800
72nd: Jeffrey Blenkarn – $13,800
73rd: Dale Roesel – $13,800
74th: Adam Adler – $13,800
75th: Michael Morton – $13,800
76th: Chris Moorman – $13,800
77th: Scott Baumstein – $13,800
78th: Dirk Perdrix Jr – $13,800
79th: Ivan Starostin – $13,800
80th: Michael Wang – $11,500
81st: Samuel Journeay – $11,500
82nd: Jeffrey Tomlinson – $11,500
83rd: Eldo Rodriguez – $11,500
84th: Aaron Massey – $11,500
85th: Eric Bonin – $11,500
86th: Seth Fischer – $11,500
87th: Brett Apter – $11,500
88th: Bryan Radigan – $11,500

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  63 of 1,869

The first break rolled around and the 62 remaining players were sent away to relax for 15 minutes. Anthony Spinella is the new leader in the Championship with 3,920,000 followed closely by Michael Rocco’s 3,710,000 and Jerry Humphrey’s 3,690,000.

They will play through two more levels before the next break and go to 90-minute levels when 40 players remain.

1.  Anthony Spinella  –  3,920,000  (98 bb)
2.  Michael Rocco  –  3,710,000  (93 bb)
3.  Jerry Humphrey  –  3,690,000  (92 bb)
4.  Toby Boas  –  3,540,000  (89 bb)
5.  Melad Marji  –  2,570,000  (64 bb)
6.  Matthew Higgins  –  2,505,000  (63 bb)
7.  Denis Cyr  –  2,490,000  (62 bb)
8.  Alex Queen  –  2,435,000  (61 bb)
9.  Mukul Pahuja  –  2,255,000  (56 bb)
10.  Danny Panagatos  –  2,205,000  (55 bb)
11.  Dylan Linde  –  2,165,000  (54 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  88 of 1,869

89th: David Coleman – $11,500
90th: Aaron Kirshenberg – $11,500
91st: Scott Carragher – $11,500
92nd: Bernardo Abramovich – $11,500
93rd: Eric Afriat – $11,500
94th: Bryce McVay – $11,500
95th: George Dolofan – $11,500
96th: Martin Carnero – $11,500
97th: Tuan Phan – $11,500
98th: Aleks Dimitrov – $11,500
99th: Guy Naimi – $9,600
100th: Joseph Curcio – $9,600
101th: Daniel Blum – $9,600

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  89 of 1,869

Scott Baumstein opened the action from middle position and Toby Joyce three-bet all in for 270,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Baumstein called with the bigger stack.

Baumstein:
Joyce:

Joyce found a button monster and it got even better when the case ace came on the flop. The turn and river finished the board and Joyce doubled up.

Toby Joyce – 615,000 (25 bb)
Scott Baumstein – 1,650,000 (66 bb)