Championship: Chip Counts Entering Day 3

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
Return to Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 90 of 1,360

RankFirst NameLast NameChip Count
1KEITHFERRERA1,905,000
2JERRYWONG1,470,000
3AARONMERMELSTEIN1,425,000
4ANTONIOSROUNGERIS1,270,000
5TAMCAO1,200,000
6STEVENFIRESTONE1,175,000
7ERICAFRIAT1,115,000
8SHAWNNGUYEN1,110,000
9KEVINANDRIAMAHEFA1,055,000
10DAVIDFARAH1,045,000
11RYANHUGHES1,040,000
12CHADEVESLAGE1,030,000
13JONYFARAH1,020,000
14BRETTMURRAY1,010,000
15JAMESCARROLL935,000
16RICHARDBAI905,000
17JORGEMORALES REBELLON895,000
18JOHNMILLER885,000
19DANIELCHALIFOUR860,000
20ANTHONYHU840,000
21TRUYENNGUYEN835,000
22AYMANQUTAMI830,000
23JUSTINYOUNG765,000
24SULABHCHOUDHURY765,000
25URIKADOSH755,000
26JAREDHEMINGWAY725,000
27KOUVANG700,000
28TAYLORBLACK690,000
29MARTINRAUS690,000
30RICHARDSEYMOUR680,000
31ERIKSEIDEL670,000
32SHANKARPILLAI670,000
33DERICWILLIAMS665,000
34JOHNGRAVAGNA660,000
35MARIAHO655,000
36JORGEMARTINEZ627,000
37JACOBWOJTUNIECKI620,000
38AMIRALIBAY605,000
39SAMMWIGGINS600,000
40MARIODE LA PUENTE600,000
41MICHAELMORENO590,000
42JONATHANAKIBA575,000
43PATRICKSERDA550,000
44VLADREVNIAGA550,000
45ANDREWPEPLINSKI550,000
46VLADIMIRVASILYEV545,000
47TIMOTHYBANKS530,000
48NIALLFARRELL530,000
49A.J.NIMER515,000
50RYAND'ANGELO505,000
51AARONMASSEY500,000
52JASONMARSHMAN500,000
53SETHDAVIES480,000
54AARONDUCZAK480,000
55BRETTAPTER480,000
56JOEELPAYAA455,000
57KEVINGAROSSHEN440,000
58MATTHEWLEECY440,000
59JOHNROVETO435,000
60IANMATAKIS425,000
61VICTORFIGUEROA410,000
62AaronKLAUSMAN385,000
63NickPALMA375,000
64KYLECHANG365,000
65WillFailla365,000
66CHRISTOPHERGILKEY355,000
67JOELLEGUARINO345,000
68EMMANUELOjeda330,000
69FRANKSTEPUCHIN320,000
70JASONWANDLING310,000
71AndrewDudley305,000
72JEFFREYSILVERSTEIN300,000
73VICADAMS295,000
74MIKEAZZARO285,000
75JULIORODRIGUEZ285,000
76ARIDINOV265,000
77MARKDUBE265,000
78ROBERTMIZRACHI245,000
79DARRENELIAS235,000
80BARRYPEVNER230,000
81MICHAELVANDERWOUDE220,000
82KENNETHFAGIOLI220,000
83NIZARDAJANI205,000
84DIENLE195,000
85MATTHEWWANTMAN195,000
86AMIRTURKZADEH190,000
87HARRISONGIMBEL190,000
88JERRYROBINSON180,000
89NIGELMURRAY180,000
90JEFFREYCHANG175,000

Championship: Keith Ferrera Leads After Day 2

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
End of Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 90 of 1,360

Keith Ferrara

Day 2 of the $3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship began with 524 players remaining from the starting field of 1,360 entries. After 10 more one-hour levels, just 90 players remain. Keith Ferrera leads the way with 1,905,000.

Full chip counts will be posted within the hour.

Championship: 91st-139th Place Finishers

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 90 of 1,360

91st:  Justin Zaki  –  $7,620
92nd:  Michael Scoma  –  $7,620
93rd:  Zyad Qasem  –  $7,620
94th:  Steven Forman  –  $7,620
95th:  Thai Ha  –  $7,620
96th:  Anthony Zinno  –  $7,620
97th:  Michael Dyer  –  $7,620
98th:  Elia Ahmadian  –  $7,620
99th:  Harvey Vandeven  –  $7,100
100th:  Ory Hen  –  $7,100
101st:  Joseph McArthur  –  $7,100
102nd:  Artem Zverkhovskyy  –  $7,100
103rd:  Faraz Jaka  –  $7,100
104th:  Theodore Prystal  –  $7,100
105th:  Cameron Mitchell  –  $7,100
106th:  Michael Newman  –  $7,100
107th:  Jacob Toole  –  $7,100
108th:  Robert Black  –  $7,100
109th:  Alexandre Sako  –  $7,100
110th:  Aaron Kweskin  –  $7,100
111th:  Marcus Stein  –  $7,100
112th:  Victor Ramdin  –  $7,100
113th:  Evan Teitelbaum  –  $7,100
114th:  Ryan Yu  –  $7,100
115th:  Richard Lowe  –  $7,100
116th:  Frank Russo  –  $7,100
117th:  Glenn Fishbein  –  $6,695
118th:  Tyler Patterson  –  $6,695
119th:  Esther Foley  –  $6,695
120th:  Paul Snead  –  $6,695
121st:  George Wolff  –  $6,695
122nd:  David “ODB” Baker  –  $6,695
123rd:  Ubaid Habib  –  $6,695
124th:  Michael Tureniec  –  $6,695
125th:  Scotty Nguyen  –  $6,695
126th:  Cody Bell  –  $6,695
127th:  David McGowan  –  $6,695
128th:  Ping Liu  –  $6,695
129th:  Robert Capote  –  $6,695
130th:  Steven Rosen  –  $6,695
131st:  Scott Robbins  –  $6,695
132nd:  Dylan Wilkerson  –  $6,695
133rd:  Sam Panzica  –  $6,695
134th:  Dylan Linde  –  $6,695
135th:  Thomas Gabriel  –  $6,695
136th:  Ofer Peleg  –  $6,395
137th:  Kenny Nguyen  –  $6,395
138th:  Ravi Raghavan  –  $6,395
139th:  Brian Hastings  –  $6,395

Championship: Faraz Jaka Eliminated by Jerry Wong

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 102 of 1,360

Faraz Jaka (left) versus Jerry Wong

A player in early position limped in, Faraz Jaka raised to 48,000 from the small blind and Jerry Wong three-bet to 115,000. The limper folded, Jaka four-bet shoved for about 475,000 and Wong called.

Jaka: 10s10h
Wong: JdJc

The board ran out 9s4d2d8cJc, giving Wong a set of jacks to eliminate Jaka.

Jerry Wong – 1,448,000 (121 bb)
Faraz Jaka – Eliminated in 103rd Place ($7,100)

Championship: Ryan Yu Eliminated by Keith Ferrara

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 107 of 1,360

Keith Ferrara

On a completed board reading 7d6s3d6h5s Ryan Yu, who started the hand with around 300,000 was all in.

Chip leader Keith Ferrara called with Ah4h for the straight and Yu mucked his cards.

Keith Ferrara – 1,700,000 (142 bb)
Ryan Yu – Eliminated 

Championship: Shankar Pillai Doubles Through Paul Snead

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 121 of 1,360

Shankar Pillai

Shankar Pillai opened to 20,000 and Paul Snead called. The flop came 9x7x2x, and Pillai bet 20,000. Snead called.

The turn brought a Qc, Pillai bet 40,000 and Snead snap-shoved for 240,000 effective.

Pillai went into the tank for a while before eventually deciding to call with QxJx. It was the right decision as Snead tabled AxJx.

Shankar Pillai – 500,000 (50 bb)
Paul Snead – 150,000 (15 bb)

Championship: Justin Young Scores a Big Double

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 134 of 1,360

Paul Snead (left) celebrates with Justin Young (right)

On a board reading 5c5s4hAs3c Justin Young was raking in a big double up pot with AdKh versus Joe Elpayaa’s QhQs.

“That hand really failed me” Elpayaa said as they shipped Young the pot

Joe Elpayaa – 990,000 (99 bb)
Justin Young – 260,000 (26 bb)

Championship Day 2: 140th-170th Place Finishers

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 139 of 1,360

Matt Waxman

140th: Matthew Waxman – $6,395
141st: Kevin Ho – $6,395
142nd: Christopher Brown – $6,395
143rd: Neil Blumenfield – $ 6,395
144th: Charles Odenz – $6,395
145th: Gavin O’Rourke – $6,395
146th: Hongkong Nguyen – $6,395
147th: Nick Yunis – $6,395
148th: Aron Dermer – $6,395
149th: Ira Friedman – $6,395
150th: Michael Maresca – $6,395
151st: Vlad Mezheritsky – $6,395
152nd: Justin Adams – $6,395
153rd: Brian Nerney – $6,185
154th: Brandon Caputo – $6,185
155th: Patrick Clarke – $6,185
156th: Kevin Wright – $6,185
157th: Austin Srur – $6,185
158th: Steven Wolansky – $6,185
159th: Andrew Crookston – $6,185
160th: Billy Pilossoph – $ 6,185
161st: Adrian Turner – $6,185
162nd: A.J. Gambino – $6,185
163rd: Bryan Lewis – $6,185
164th: Anthony Utnage – $6,185
165th: Javier Zarco – $6,185
166th: Brandon Shane – $6,185
167th: Edward McNamara – $6,185
168th: Greg Jennings – $6,185
169th: Jessica Dawley – $ 6,185
170th: Ryan Olisar – $6,185

Championship: Aaron Kweskin Doubles Through Matt Waxman

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 146 of 1,360

Matt Waxman (left) versus Aaron Kweskin (right)

In a battle of the blinds Matt Waxman was ll in for 135,000 from the small blind and Aaon Kweskin called all in for 105,000.

It was off to the races with Waxman’s 7h7s out in front against Kweskin’s AhKh.

The board came 10d8s2c6dKs and Kweskin spiked a king on the river to double through Waxman.

Aaron Kweskin – 215,000 (27 bb)
Matt Waxman – 20,000 (3 bb)

Championship Day 2: Brandon Hall Eliminated by Ami Alibay on the Money Bubble

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 170 of 1,360

Brandon Hall Eliminated on the Money Bubble

On the first hand of hand-for-hand play, Ami Alibay raised to 16,000 from under the gun and Brandon Hall three-bet all in for 252,000 from the cutoff. When action folded back to Alibay, he called immediately.

Once the other hands were complete, Hall showed AsKs, while Alibay tabled a dominating AdAh.

The board ran out 3d2s2c6h10c, no help to Hall, locking up the pot Alibay and eliminating Hall on the money bubble.

Ami Alibay – 960,000 (120 bb)
Brandon Hall – Eliminated on the Money Bubble