$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  207 of 1,869

Michael Rocco  –  1,650,000  (138 bb)
Dylan Linde  –  750,000  (63 bb)
David Jackson  –  740,000  (62 bb)
Blake Bohn  –  700,000  (58 bb)
Brian Altman  –  670,000  (56 bb)
Toby Joyce  –  660,000  (55 bb)
Scott Margereson  –  640,000  (53 bb)
Fred Goldberg  –  630,000  (53 bb)
Brett Apter  –  600,000  (50 bb)
Chad Roedersheimer  –  590,000  (49 bb)
Jeremy Becker  –  500,000  (42 bb)
Art Peacock  –  490,000  (41 bb)
Fred Paradis  –  470,000  (39 bb)
Jesse Lonis  –  460,000  (38 bb)
Toby Boas  –  440,000  (37 bb)
Matthew Waxman  –  430,000  (36 bb)
Clint Tolbert  –  430,000  (36 bb)
Dale Roesel  –  420,000  (35 bb)
Kharlin Sued  –  360,000  (30 bb)
Nico Betbese  –  340,000  (28 bb)
Eric Afriat  –  320,000  (27 bb)
Guillermo Hamilton  –  280,000 (23 bb)
Rogen Chhabra  –  270,000  (23 bb)
Curt Kohlberg  –  220,000  (18 bb)
Michael McCray  –  180,000  (15 bb)
Anna Antimony  –  160,000  (13 bb)
Keven Stammen  –  120,000  (10 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  208 of 1,869

Matt Kuba was all in with in the hole from the button, and Yicheng Xu had him covered holding from the cutoff.

The final board read , and Kuba was eliminated in 209th place for a payday worth $6,400. Xu stacked up 353,000 after collecting the pot.

Yicheng Xu – 353,000 (35 bb)
Matt Kuba – Eliminated in 209th Place ($6,400) 

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  225 of 1,869

Josh Reichard  –  1,580,000  (158 bb)
Josh Arieh  –  1,270,000  (127 bb)
Faraz Jaka  –  940,000  (94 bb)
Albert Calderon  –  760,000  (76 bb)
Vladimir Minko  –  650,000  (65 bb)
Anthony Spinella  –  530,000  (53 bb)
Chris Moorman  –  510,000  (51 bb)
Fikret Kovac  –  490,000  (49 bb)
Paul Snead  –  470,000  (47 bb)
Aram Oganyan  –  460,000  (46 bb)
Ray Qartomy  –  410,000  (41 bb)
Brad Owen  –  390,000  (39 bb)
Scott Baumstein  –  390,000  (39 bb)
Min Zhang  –  380,000  (38 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  380,000  (38 bb)
Brock Wilson  –  360,000  (36 bb)
Ted Lawson  –  330,000  (333 bb)
Michael Wang  –  285,000  (29 bb)
Nicholas Verderamo  –  280,000  (28 bb)
Maxwell Young  –  275,000  (28 bb)
Aaron Pinson  –  240,000  (24 bb)
Raminder Singh  –  210,000  (21 bb)
Bryce McVay  –  200,000  (20 bb)
Claudio Piedrabuena  –  195,000  (20 bb)
Dylan Smith  –  185,000  (19 bb)
Stewart Newman  –  160,000  (16 bb)
Aaron Kupin  –  150,000  (15 bb)
Damien Simon  –  140,000  (14 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  223 of 1,869

Max Kingstone was all in short with from the small blind, and Brandon Wittmeyer had him covered holding .

The final board read , and Kingstone was eliminated in 224th place for a payday worth $6,400. Wittmeyer stacked up 730,000 after collecting the pot.

Brandon Wittmeyer – 730,000 (73 bb)
Max Kingstone – Eliminated in 224th Place ($6,400)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  234 of 1,869

Aaron Kupin raised to 20,000 from under the gun, Stuart Young called all in for 13,000 in middle position, Ivan Starostin called in the small blind, and the player in the big blind called.

They checked to the river of a where Starostin bet about 30,000. The player in the big blind raised to about 80,000, Kupin folded, and Starostin called after a little while with for sevens and sixes, besting the big blind’s .

Young couldn’t beat it with and was eliminated.

Ivan Starostin  –  440,000  (44 bb)
Stuart Young  –  Eliminated

Meanwhile, Brandon Hamlet was eliminated by David Coleman at the other end of the tournament area. No hand-for-hand was needed as 234 players remained, locking up a min-cash of $6,400 for the rest of the field.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  237 of 1,869

Jeremy Becker raised to 20,000 from UTG+1, a player in middle position reraised all in for 87,000, and Becker called with , racing with his opponent’s .

The board ran out , giving Becker a set of nines to eliminate his opponent.

Jeremy Becker  –  715,000  (72 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  239 of 1,869

1.  Josh Reichard  –  1,473,000  (147 bb)
2.  Michael Rocco  –  1,346,000 (135 bb)
3.  Josh Arieh  –  1,261,000  (126 bb)
4.  Jackob Datashvili  –  1,134,000  (113 bb)
5.  Connor Rash  –  1,101,000  (110 bb)
6.  Matt Higgins  –  1,056,000  (106 bb)
7.  Mike Linster  –  1,047,000  (105 bb)
8.  Mike Vanier  –  1,028,000  (103 bb)
9.  Faraz Jaka  –  1,009,000  (101 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  239 of 1,869

The remaining players are now taking a 90-minute dinner break. The field will return at 8:00 pm local time. The money bubble will burst when 234 players remain, and that should happen shortly after they return.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  244 of 1,869

The cutoff was all in short with pocket kings, and Joshua Reichard had him covered holding on the button.

The board was dealt , and Reichard stacked up 1.16 million after collecting the pot.

Joshua Reichard – 1,160,000 (145 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  279 of 1,869

Nick Shanks was all in preflop for 97,000 on the hijack with the benefit of pocket aces in his corner, and the button had him covered holding pocket tens.

The final board read , and Shanks doubled up to survive with 214,000 after collecting the pot.

Nick Shanks – 214,000 (26 bb)