$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries:  750

Championship Flight A players were sent on their 90-minute dinner break and will return to action about 7:05 pm. They will play tomorrow levels before the last break and registration will close around 9:20 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries:  731

Andre Bryan moved out 27,600 from the small blind (leaving a single 100 chip behind), and both Kari Karagis on the hijack and button called. The flop was dealt , and Karagis put out a bet that induced the button to fold. Bryan slid his last chip into the pot so the two remaining players revealed their cards.

Karagis:
Bryan:

Turn and River:

Bryan was eliminated on the hand, and Karagis was above 100,000 after stacking up the pot.

Kari Karagis – 104,000 (130 bb)
Andre Bryan – Eliminated 

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries:  689

The big blind was all in with in the hole with the board reading , and Tony Ruberto had him covered holding . The river delivered the , and Ruberto took out his opponent to stack up 147,000 after collecting the pot.

Tony Ruberto – 147,000 (183 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries:  654

Michael Nye was all in with in the hole, and Matt Higgins had him covered holding . The final board read , and Higgins took out Nye to stack up 85,100 after collecting the pot.

Matt Higgins – 85,100 (141 bb)
Michael Nye – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries:  620

The button was all in holding , and Eric Yanovsky had him covered holding under the gun.

The final board read , and the button was eliminated on the hand. Yanovsky stacked up 62,000 after collecting the pot.

Eric Yanovsky – 62,000 ( 103 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 5:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  619

Players returned from the second break and we have a new leader. America’s Champions Foundation Charity Event winner, Roberto Desogos is making the most out of the seat he won and leads with 273,500.

They will grind through two more levels before enjoying a 90-minute dinner break.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  567

Johan Schumacher was all in for 14,000 from the cutoff with in the hole, and Harrison Gimbel had him covered holding on the button.

The final board read , and Schumacher was eliminnated from the tournament. Gimbel stacked up more than 70,000 after the hand.

Harrison Gimbel – 71,000 (142 bb)
Johan Schumacher – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  570

With nearly 600 entries in the third level, plenty of friends in the Grand Ballroom are trying to add their names to the WPT Champions Cup.

Among them in the next walk-through, we found Dyanna Lopez, Aaron Massey, Andre Bryan, (former SHRPO champ) Dimitri Vorbe, (former Showdown champ) Eric Afriat, James Calderaro, (15-time Hollywood champ) Raminder Singh, (newly crowned WSOP Circuit Main Event champ) Shannon Shorr, and Wagner Wysotchanski.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  552

Will Failla took his seat in the tournament a short time ago, and soon thereafter he was involved in a hand where Johan Schumacher’s chips got all in. Failla held from the big blind, but he was behind the of Schumacher on the button.

The final board read , and Failla doubled up Schumacher’s short stack to 14,000. Failla was at 44,000 after the hand.

Johan Schumacher – 14,000  (28 bb)
Will Failla – 44,000 (88 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1A Entries:  411

The first break ended and it’s not a big surprise that Art Peacock is the early frontrunner in another big tournament. He sits atop the counts with 165,900 followed by Nick Maimone with 160,500 and Alejandro Jaureguirui with 156,900.

They will work through two more 60-minute levels before another break, a little announcement from the WPT, and more action.