$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  942

With the board showing on the river, the UTG+1 player checked, the hijack bet 5,000, and Daniel Bekavac raised to about 20,000.

The UTG+1 player check-reraised to about 70,000, and the hijack folded.

Bekavac called all in for 54,700 with for a pair of fours, and his opponent turned over for a pair of eights.

The turn card was the , giving the players two different open-ended straight draws.

The river card was the , and Bekavac won the pot with a ten-high straight to double up in chips.

Daniel Bekavac  –  125,000  (104 bb)

The tournament clock shows 942 entries as play resumes, and the prizepool is already up over $3.01 million, beating the $3 million guarantee on Day 1A.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the upcoming break (around 9:15 pm).

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  925

Dylan Linde raised from middle position to 2,600, and Sheddy Siddiqui called from the big blind.

The flop came , Siddiqui checked, Linde bet 1,800, and Siddiqui called.

The turn card was the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , and they checked again. Linde showed for a pair of jacks on the river, and Siddiqui mucked with a reaction that implied he had the best hand on the turn. Linde won the pot.

Dylan Linde  –  89,000  (74 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui  –  24,000  (20 bb)

The tournament clock shows 925 entries as play resumes, and the prizepool is already up to $2.96 million on its way to the $3 million guarantee.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (around 9:15 pm).

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  925

Francis Margaglione  –  330,000  (275 bb)
Duff Charette  –  220,000  (183 bb)
Ryan Van Sanford  –  195,000  (163 bb)
Jake Ferro  –  190,000  (158 bb)
Darren Rabinowitz  –  190,000  (158 bb)
Fred Goldberg  –  170,000  (142 bb)
Scott Zakheim  –  130,000  (108 bb)
Lexy Gavin  –  130,000  (108 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe  –  120,000  (100 bb)
Eric Baldwin  –  117,000  (98 bb)
Michael Nye  –  107,000  (89 bb)
Mo Arani  –  105,000  (88 bb)
Brock Wilson  –  90,000  (75 bb)
Aditya Prasetyo  –  80,000  (67 bb)
Roland Israelashvili  –  80,000  (67 bb)
Taylor Von Kreigenbergh  –  72,000  (60 bb)
Angelina Rich  –  70,000  (58 bb)
David Jackson  –  63,000  (53 bb)
Natasha Mercier  –  63,000  (53 bb)
Brian Green  –  58,000  (48 bb)
Christian Harder  –  57,000  (48 bb)
Nadya Magnus  –  55,000  (46 bb)
A.J. Kelsall  – 52,000  (43 bb)
Andrew Lichtenberger  –  48,000  (40 bb)
Katie Lindsay  –  35,000  (29 bb)
Yuval Bronshtein  –  35,000  (29 bb)
Tony Cousineau  –  26,000  (22 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  893

Jason Weaver raised under the gun to 5,000, a player in middle position called, and the player in the hijack moved all in for 26,300. Weaver called, and the player in middle position thought for a while before he folded, claiming he had ace-queen.

The hijack turned over , but he needed to improve to stay alive against Weaver’s .

The board came , and the pocket kings held up for Weaver to win the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Jason Weaver  –  174,000  (174 bb)

The tournament clock shows 893 entries as play resumes, and the prizepool is already up over $2.85 million on its way to the $3 million guarantee.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (around 9:15 pm).

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  893

Stephen Song  –  310,000  (310 bb)
Nick Schulman  –  214,000  (214 bb)
Luke Brereton  –  175,000  (175 bb)
John Racener  –  145,000  (145 bb)
Alessio Isaia  –  140,000  (140 bb)
Amnon Filippi  –  135,000  (135 bb)
Frank Stepuchin  –  120,000  (120 bb)
Chad Eveslage  –  107,000  (107 bb)
Scott Blackman  –  70,000  (70 bb)
Mike Vela  –  67,000  (67 bb)
Eli Berg  –  65,000  (65 bb)
Jason Brin  – 64,000  (64 bb)
Nick Pupillo –  60,000  (60 bb)
Mike Gagliano  –  58,000  (58 bb)
Joe Serock  –  54,000  (54 bb)
Joe McKeehen  –  48,000  (48 bb)
Steve Buckner  –  45,000  (45 bb)
Aaron Massey  –  45,000  (45 bb)
Kharlin Sued  –  40,000  (40 bb)
Anthony Askey  –  35,000  (35 bb)
Matt Waxman  –  28,000  (28 bb)
Byron Kaverman  –  27,000  (27 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  886

Andrew Ostapchenko  –  350,000  (350 bb)
James Mackey  –  150,000  (150 bb)
Landon Tice  –  144,000  (144 bb)
Sean Winter  –  136,000  (136 bb)
Chance Kornuth  –  132,000  (132 bb)
Blair Hinkle  –  131,000  (131 bb)
Alain Caldales Falcon  –  113,000  (113 bb)
Elia Ahmadian  –  110,000  (110 bb)
Elio Fox  –  110,000  (110 bb)
Jake Schwartz  –  105,000  (105 bb)
Nick Yunis  –  97,000  (97 bb)
Chris Grigorian  –  79,000  (79 bb)
Justin Zaki  –  78,000  (78 bb)
Javier Zarco  –  67,000  (67 bb)
Scott Eskenazi  –  65,000  (65 bb)
Dylan Linde  –  64,000  (64 bb)
Femi Fashakin  –  62,000  (62 bb)
Scott Levitt  –  62,000  (62 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui  –  59,000  (59 bb)
Vinny Pahuja  –  55,000  (55 bb)
Danny Suied  –  54,000  (54 bb)
Mukul Pahuja  –  49,000  (49 bb)
Erik Seidel  –  48,000  (48 bb)
Nicholas Verderamo  –  46,000  (46 bb)
Adam Adler  –  45,000  (45 bb)
Joey Weissman  –  43,000  (43 bb)
Jim Collopy  –  39,000  (39 bb)
Loni Hui  –  29,000  (29 bb)
Faraz Jaka  –  20,000  (20 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  19,000  (19 bb)
Will Failla  –  18,000  (18 bb)
Scott Baumstein  –  10,000  (10 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  880

After multiple raises, Kyrylo Kobzyev moved all in for 50,600, and the player on the button called with .

Kobzyev turned over , and need to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Kobzyev paired his ace on the flop and his queen on the turn to win the pot with two pair, aces and queens, to double up in chips.

Kyrylo Kobzyev  –  103,700  (104 bb)

The tournament clock shows 880 entries as play resumes, and the prizepool is already up over $2.81 million on its way to the $3 million guarantee.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (around 9:15 pm).

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  843

Orson Young  –  221,000  (221 bb)
Joe McKeehen  –  158,000  (158 bb)
James Romero  –  155,000  (155 bb)
Nick Palma  –  138,000  (138  bb)
Jesse Lonis  –  126,000  (126 bb)
Ema Zajmovic  –  124,000  (124 bb)
Ian O’Hara  –  107,000  (107 bb)
Kyle Cartwright  –  100,000  (100 bb)
Jeff Madsen  –  97,000  (97 bb)
Solange Lucas  –  95,000  (95 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  93,000  (93 bb)
Bob Mather  –  80,000  (80 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  77,000  (77 bb)
Paul Snead  –  74,000  (74 bb)
James Carroll  – 70,000  (70 bb)
Alex Foxen  –  68,000  (68 bb)
Athanasios Polychronopoulos  –  66,000  (66 bb)
Jorge Gomez  –  65,000  (65 bb)
Adam Hendrix  –  58,000  (58 bb)
Chris Moorman  –  48,000  (48 bb)
Vikenty Shegal  –  45,000  (45 bb)
Curt Kohlberg  –  44,000  (44 bb)
Matthew Zaracoolas  –  35,000  (35 bb)
Michael Rossitto  –  23,000  (23 bb)
Melanie Weisner  –  18,000  (18 bb)
Phil Hui  –  16,000  (16 bb)
Jesse Sylvia  –  10,000  (10 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  843

The players have returned from dinner to begin Level 7, with increased blinds of 500-1,000 with a 1,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the dinner break turned up only two players with at least 300K in chips, and they barely beat that threshold:

1.  Alex Nguyen  –  301,300  (301 bb)
2.  Joey Gargiulo  –  301,000  (bb)

The tournament clock shows 843 entries as play resumes, and the prizepool is already up over $2.69 million on its way to the $3 million guarantee.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (around 9:15 pm).

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  833

Level 6 comes to an end, and the player take a 90-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 7:02 pm EDT.

The tournament clock shows 833 entries as play resumes, and the prizepool is already up over $2.66 million on its way to the $3 million guarantee.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (around 9:15 pm).