$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

100th:  Brian Altman  –  $9,300
101st:  David DiBernardi  –  $9,300
102nd:  Will Failla  –  $9,300
103rd:  Elia Ahmadian  –  $9,300
104th:  Nicholas Davidson  –  $9,300

105th:  Roland Israelashvili  –  $8,400
106th:  Benjamin Thomas  –  $8,400
107th:  Richard Alati  –  $8,400
108th:  Yung-Han Lin  –  $8,400
109th:  Scott Weinstein  –  $8,400
110th:  Robert Jonsson  –  $8,400
111th:  Tyler Cornell  –  $8,400
112th:  Rainulfo Ricardo Perez  –  $8,400
113th:  Alexander Keating  –  $8,400
114th:  Larry Hirschfield  –  $8,400
115th:  Derek Gregory  –  $8,400
116th:  Endri Foto  –  $8,400
117th:  Manuel Simon  –  $8,400
118th:  Mike Gao  –  $8,400
119th:  Kenneth Nicoletti  –  $8,400
120th:  Tan Nguyen  –  $8,400

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  100 of 2,010

After a flop of , Sean Ripp got it all in from the big blind for 650,000, Matt Berkey got it all in from middle position for 1,670,000, and Michael Nugent covered them both from UTG.

These were their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Michael Nugent:    (pair of jacks)
Matt Berkey:    (set of tens)
Sean Ripp:    (set of fives)

Berkey had a huge lead, poised to win a pot worth about 4.1 million in chips and catapult into the chip lead to end Day 2.

But the turn card was the , the river card was the , and Ripp turned quad fives to win the main pot and triple up in chips.

Berkey won the side pot that was nearly as large as the main pot with his set of tens for a relatively small profit on the hand.

Sean Ripp  –  2,105,000  (105 bb)
Matt Berkey  –  2,040,000  (102 bb)
Michael Nugent  –  275,000  (14 bb)

With 100 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 1,005,000 (50 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $9,300.

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.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:45 am (depending on how long the Money Bubble lasts).

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  101 of 2,010

Andrew Esposito raised from middle position to 65,000, Will Failla moved all in from the hijack for 385,000, and Esposito thought for a while before he called with .

Failla turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Esposito turned a full house, eights full of tens, to win the pot and eliminate Failla in 102nd place.

Andrew Esposito  –  1,170,000  (59 bb)
Will Failla  –  Eliminated in 102nd Place  ($9,300)

With 101 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 995,000 (50 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $9,300.

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.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:45 am (depending on how long the Money Bubble lasts).

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  110 of 2,010

121st:  Charles Difalco  –  $7,700
122nd:  Rania Nasreddine  –  $7,700
123rd:  Matthew Wantman  –  $7,700
124th:  Shiva Dudani  –  $7,700
125th:  Philip Wiszowaty  –  $7,700
126th:  Philip Shing  –  $7,700
127th:  Stephen Song  –  $7,700
128th:  Mark Wahba  –  $7,700
129th:  Roshan Brown  –  $7,700
130th:  Nadya Magnus  –  $7,700
131st:  Nicholas Schulman  –  $7,700
132nd:  Amnon Filippi  –  $7,700
133rd:  Reynel Hernandez  –  $7,700
134th:  Nicholas Lay  –  $7,700
135th:  Alexander Rosenblatt  –  $7,700
136th:  Robert Brown  –  $7,700

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  117 of 2,010

Mike Gao got it all in from middle position for about 250,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Rafael Farah in the hijack.

The board came , and Farah rivered a club flush to win the pot and eliminate Gao in 118th place.

Rafael Farah  –  860,000  (43 bb)
Mike Gao  –  Eliminated in 118th Place  ($8,400)

With 117 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 860,000 (43 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $8,400.

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.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:45 am (depending on how long the Money Bubble lasts).

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  118 of 2,010

Kenneth Nicoletti got it all in from middle position for about 180,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Pierre Martin Couturier in the big blind.

The board came , and Couturier paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Nicoletti in 119th place.

Pierre Martin Couturier  –  675,000  (34 bb)
Kenneth Nicoletti  –  Eliminated in 119th Place  ($8,400)

With 118 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 850,000 (43 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $8,400.

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.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:45 am (depending on how long the Money Bubble lasts).

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  132 of 2,010

Steven Snyder raised to 30,000 from middle position, Michael Graffeo called from the cutoff, and Millard Hale three-bet to 130,000 from the button. Both Snyder and Graffeo called.

The flop was and action checked to Hale who continued for 160,000. Snyder used a time-extension before he check-raised all in for 1,085,000. Graffeo folded and Hale called with . Snyder, however, tabled for a set of sevens.

The turn and river completed the board, safe for Snyder to double up.

Steven Snyder  –  2,600,000  (173 bb)
Millard Hale  –  400,000  (27 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  132 of 2,010

137th:  Jorge Alberto Briones  –  $7,100
138th:  Bobby Buckingham  –  $7,100
139th:  Joseph McKeehen  –  $7,100
140th:  Austin Farmer  –  $7,100
141st:  Luke Sunderman  –  $7,100
142nd:  Harrison Gimbel  –  $7,100
143rd:  Joshua Kay  –  $7,100
144th:  Aaron Olshan  –  $7,100
145th:  Marie Harrell  –  $7,100
146th:  Rajesh Vohra  –  $7,100
147th:  Steven McKoy  –  $7,100
148th:  John Jabbour  –  $7,100
149th:  Gil Levy  –  $7,100
150th:  Cody Rich  –  $7,100
151st:  Daniel Colpoys  –  $7,100
152nd:  Florence Allera  –  $7,100

153rd:  Keith Loftus  –  $6,600
154th:  Igor Hot  –  $6,600
155th:  Scott Woodring  –  $6,600
156th:  James Romera  –  $6,600
157th:  Zachary Vuong  –  $6,600
158th:  Frederic Normand  –  $6,600
159th:  Corey Harrison  –  $6,600
160th:  Alexander Haber  –  $6,600
161st:  Daniel Quesada  –  $6,600
162nd:  Damaso Benalcazar  –  $6,600
163rd:  Zachary Eichenbaum  –  $6,600
164th:  Brandon Wilson  –  $6,600
165th:  Frank Stepuchin  –  $6,600
166th:  Michael Jagroo  –  $6,600
167th:  George Pappas  –  $6,600
168th:  Michael Maresca  –  $6,600

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  132 of 2,010

Reynel Hernandez raised all in for about 120,000 from the hijack and got action from Matt Berkey on the button with , leading Hernandez’s .

The board ran out , no help to Hernandez, locking up the pot for Berkey.

Matt Berkey  –  1,350,000  (90 bb)
Reynel Hernandez  –  Eliminated in 133rd Place  ($7,700)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  144 of 2,010

Nadya Magnus raised to 35,000 from early position, Allan Rabinovich called in the hijack, Rania Nasreddine called from the button, and Matthew Wantman three-bet all in for 275,000 from the small blind. Only Magnus called.

Magnus: 
Wantman: 

The board ran out , safe for Wantman to double up.

Matthew Wantman  –  650,000  (43 bb)
Nadya Magnus  –  675,000  (45 bb)