$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  63 of 2,010

On the first hand back from break, action folded to Darren Elias in the cutoff and he opened to 80,000. Joel Deutsch moved all in for 560,000 from the small blind and Elias called.

Elias:
Deutsch:

Deutsch needed to improve to double up but missed the board to go out 64th while Elias jumped into the lead.

Darren Elias – 6,175,000 (154 bb)
Joel Deutsch – Eliminated in 64th Place ($15,000)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  64 of 2,010

The players returned from break to begin Level 23, with increased blinds of 20,000-40,000 with a 40,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up only four players with at least three million in chips, and all of them had more than four million in chips. So there’s a pretty sizable gap between these chipleaders and the rest of the pack.

1.  Dan Bekavac  –  5,955,000  (149 bb)
2.  Darren Elias  –  5,515,000  (138 bb)
3.  Mark Davis  –  4,650,000  (116 bb)
4.  Dave Moore  –  4,015,000  (100 bb)

With 64 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 1,570,000 (39 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $15,000.

The 30-second Action Clock by Protection Poker is in use, and players have 30 seconds to make each decision. Each player has been given a limited number of non-transferable Time Chips that can be used to extend a decision by 30 seconds.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  81 of 2,010

Andrew Barfield opened the action from middle position and Neil Blumenfield shipped for 270,000 from the small blind. Shannon Shorr folded his big blind and Barfield took a minute to make a decision.

“I’m going to do you a favor Neil,” Barfield said before he called.

Blumenfield:
Barfield:

Blumenfield was ahead but had some live cards to dodge. The flop was safe, he paired the turn, but now he had to sweat the spades. The river finished the board and Blumenfield found a needed double.

Neil Blumenfield – 590,000 (24 bb)
Andrew Barfield – 660,000 (26 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  90 of 2,010

We caught Lexy Gavin walking away from the tournament area and she ran us through the details of her last hand.

Brett Murray opened to 55,000 from early position and Erion Qoku called from the cutoff. Gavin shipped for 300,000 from the small blind and Kumal Shah four-bet from the big blind to get folds from the Murray and Qoku.

It was a cooler in the blinds with Gavin running her into Shah’s pocket kings. She flopped a spade draw on the board but Shah improved to a full house on the turn to leave her drawing dead to 91st place.

Kumal Shah – 2,775,000 (111 bbs)
Lexy Gavin – Eliminated in 91st Place ($9,300)

92nd: Harold Evans – $9,300
93rd: Vito Distefan – $9,300
94th: Michael Graffeo – $9,300
95th: Amarender Sartaj Puri – $9,300
96th: Jean-Louis Santoni – $9,300
97th: Gabriel Abusada – $9,300
98th: Ema Zajmovic – $9,300
99th: Ivan Ruban – $9,300

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  99 of 2,010

Cards are back in the air for Day 3 of the 2022 WPT Poker Showdown Championship with 99 players remaining.

Blinds are 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante and the average stack is about 1,015,000 (41 bb). They will continue with 60-minute levels until increasing to 90 minutes with 40 players remaining.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  99 of 2,010

The 2022 WPT Poker Showdown Championship locked in 2,010 entries and only 99 players remain with a shot at the title. They return at noon and get one step closer to the big WPT final table in Las Vegas.

Mark Davis leads the field with Marcos Exterkotter, Aram Zobian, Allan Rabinovich, and Dan Bekavac the closest to catching him early. There are plenty of chips in play so they have room to make moves.

They are scheduled to play throughout the day until the field is down to only 16 players, no matter how long that takes. The field will also go to eight-handed play when they reach 80 players which should not take very long.

Everyone has locked up a $9,300 payout but there’s still $1,000,300 sitting up top for the champion.

Top 10 returning stacks:

1. Mark Davis – 3,740,000 (150 bb)
2. Marcos Exterkotter – 3,230,000 (129 bb)
3. Aram Zobian – 3,085,000 (123 bb)
4. Allan Rabinovich – 3,010,000 (120 bb)
5. Dan Bekavac – 2,525,000 (101 bb)
6. Adam Hendrix – 2,430,000 (97 bb)
7. Javier Zarco – 2,350,000 (94 bb)
8. Kumal Shah – 2,250,000 (90 bb)
9. Carlos Dorca – 2,235,000 (89 bb)
10. Dave Moore – 2,135,000 (85 bb)

Day 3 Seats | Day 3 Chips | Payouts

Primary Event Schedule

10AM: Event 42 – $1,100 Seniors Championship (Freeze-Out)

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-12 last 30 minutes; Level 13+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
• Day 1 will end after Level 15
• Event 42 Structure Sheet

12PM: Day 3 – $3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship

• Championship Day 3 Chip Counts
• Championship Day 3 Table and Seat Assignments
• Championship Payouts

12PM: Event 43 – $600 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 43 Structure Sheet

12PM: Day 1 – $25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 100,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 40 minutes; Final table levels last 90 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 10 (8:00pm)
• Day 1 will end when nine players remain
• High Roller Structure Sheet

2PM: Event 40 – $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)

• Event 40 Day 2 Chips Counts and Seats
• Event 40 Payouts

2PM: Event 41 – $1,100 Pot Limit Omaha Championship (Freeze-Out)

• Event 41 Day 2 Chips Counts and Seats
• Event 41 Payouts

5PM: Event 45 – $150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels 1-8 last 15 minutes; Levels 9+ last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (7:15pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 45 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 46 – $1,100 Deep Stack Turbo Championship (Freeze-Out)

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (8:15pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 46 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

10AM: $2,650 High Roller Satellite (1-in-10)

• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels 1-7 last 20 minutes; Levels 8+ last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 8 (12:35pm)
• Structure Sheet

3PM: $550 Event 49 Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into $5,000/$500,000 GTD Event 49
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (5:10pm)
• Structure Sheet

7PM: $550 Event 49 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• One seat guaranteed into $5,000/$500,000 GTD Event 49
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

9PM: $550 Event 49 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• One seat guaranteed into $5,000/$500,000 GTD Event 49
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (11:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  99 of 2,010

Day 3 begins Monday at noon.

There will be one table that is immediately broken.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  99 of 2,010

Day 3 begins Monday at noon.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  99 of 2,010

Day 2 of the $3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship began with 659 players. After 10 levels, only 99 remain with hopes of winning the $1,000,300 first-place prize.

Here are the chip leaders to end the night:

1.  Mark Davis  –  3,740,000  (150 bb)
2.  Marcos Exterkotter  –  3,230,000  (129 bb)
3.  Aram Zobian  –  3,085,000  (123 bb)
4.  Allan Rabinovich  –  3,010,000  (120 bb)

Day 3 is Monday at noon, and the plan is to reach the final 16 players.

Chip counts, along with the Day 3 table and seat draw, will be posted later tonight.