$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 243 of 1,207

Erik Seidel opened to 7,500 in middle position, and Curt Kohlberg three-bet to 35,000 in the small blind. Seidel slid out another barrel of yellow chips for a four-bet to 107,500, and Kohlberg moved all in for about 140,000 total. Seidel quickly called to put him at risk.

Seidel:
Kohlberg:

The board ran out , and Seidel won the pot with queens full. He moved back into the overall chip lead with that knockout, sending Kohlberg to the rail in the process.

Erik Seidel – 727,000
Curt Kohlberg – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 252 of 1,207

Players are back in their seats after another break as the black 100 denom chips come out of the play. They are around 100 eliminations away from the money with Tony Tran leading and Erik Seidel closing on him.

Tony Tran – 615,000 (205 bb)
Erik Seidel – 580,000 (193 bb)

In addition to a share of the nearly $4,000,000 prize pool, players who cash in the the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship earn points toward the SHRP Player of the Year race.

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Here is how the points will be distributed among the 151 WPT SHRP Showdown Championship in-the-money finishers:

1st – 105 points + $5,250 SHRPO Seat
2nd – 90
3rd – 80
4th – 70
5th – 65
6th – 60
7th – 55
8th – 50
9th – 45
10th – 40
11th – 38
12th – 36
13th – 34
14th – 32
15th – 30
16th – 28
17th – 26
18th – 24
19th-27th – 16
28th-36th – 15
37th-45th – 14
46th-54th – 13
55th-99th – 12
100th-151st – 11

Following the conclusion of the 10th and final SHRP Championship, the top three points earners win prize packages with the winner’s valued at $32,450.

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 252 of 1,207

Jason Brin was all-in for his final 80,200 against Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Sheddy Siddiqui and they were racing.

Siddiqui:
Brin:

Brin was ahead for the double but Siddiqui hit the flop but Brin flipped the script again on the turn. An unkind card for the pro and he was left as the short stack after the river.

Jason Brin – 165,000 (69 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui – 13,800 (6 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 252 of 1,207

Andrey Plotnikov three-bet to 26,200 from the small blind after a raise from UTG+1 and Ryan D’Angelo moved all-in for 76,700 from the big blind.

The UTG+1 player released, claiming later to have folded pocket queens, and D’Angelo was at risk when Plotnikov quickly called.

Plotnikov:
D’Angelo:

A tough spot for D’Angelo and he missed the flop. The turn gave him four more gutshot outs but he blanked the river to fall short of the money.

Andrey Plotnikov – 230,000 (96 bb)
Ryan D’Angelo – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 279 of 1,207

With the board reading , SHRP regular George Dolofan moved all-in and Erik Seidel was sitting on the button thinking it through.

“Do you want a count?” Dolofan asked.

“Sure,” shrugged Seidel.

It was 53,500 and Seidel called with his top pair ahead of Dolofan’s flush draw/gutshot draw/over card hand.

Dolofan:
Seidel:

The river blanked to send Dolofan out and move the eight-time WSOP winner over 400,000.

Erik Seidel – 410,000 (171 bb)
George Dolofan – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 315 of 1,207

Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Michael Laake wasn’t on our 300K radar at the first break but he’s there now.

His most recent big pot saw him moving all-in after an opponent raised to 50,000 with the board reading . The opponent would be at risk but elected to fold the big pot to Laake. The hand moved him over 300,000 and in the comfort grinding zone.

Michael Laake – 325,000 (163 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 351 of 1,207

The big stack in the room currently belongs to David Wolff and it grew even more after the break. He was sporting a 426,000 stack but put more than another 100K on top early in Level 13.

Starting Day 2 leader Alejandro Duque is still in the mix along with Kelly Minkin, Ankush Mandavi, and Showdown Event 1 winner Hiep Doan.

Top stacks:

David Wolff – 533,000 (267 bb)
Alejandro Duque – 384,000 (192 bb)
Kelly Minkin – 370,000 (185 bb)
Ankush Mandavia – 360,000 (180 bb)
Hiep Doan – 340,000 (170 bb)
Carlos Musso – 305,500 (153 bb)
Samuel Phillips – 304,000 (152 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 351 of 1,207

Championship players are on their first break of the day with more than 100 players eliminated in two hours.

With an empty ballroom, we have our first chance to peep at the big stacks while they are gone.

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 378 of 1,207

Mike Sexton needed to do some work at the start of Day 2 and is moving in the right direction.

Super High Roller third-place finisher Rainer Kempe opened to 3,400 from under the gun and Sexton moved all-in for 21,100. The rest of the table released and Sexton was ahead in a race to stay in the game.

Kempe:
Sexton:

The flop took away some out from Kempe and the board completed with the turn and river to send Sexton the double.

Sexton is having a nice year, especially in World Poker Tour events. He’s usually seen and heard commentating on the WPT final tables but the Poker Hall of Famer had to take a few days off when he won their Montreal event followed by a final table appearance in the LAPC Main Event. Sexton is also in contention for the WPT Player of the Year race, currently sitting in third place with a chance to jump up.

Mike Sexton – 46,400 (29 bb)
Rainer Kempe – 53,000 (33 bb)