$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  1,111

Loni Hui  –  178,000
Natasha Mercier  –  174,000
Elias Nassif  –  170,000
Corey Wade  –  155,000
Landon Tice  –  152,000
Mike Vela   –  143,000
Jason Wandling  –  130,000
Brad Owen  –  100,000
Jim Collopy  –  75,000
Valerie Novak  –  70,000
Mike Dentale  –  62,000
Anthony Zinno  –  57,000
Rodney Turvin  –  57,000
Kenny Hallaert  –  52,000
Paul Balzano  –  51,000
Caleb Piderit  –  45,000
Chad Eveslage  –  30,000
Brian Yoon  –  28,000
Nancy Birnbaum  –  22,000
Nick Schulman  –  18,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  1,105

Nick Palma is up to 440,000, and he gave us details on the big hand that got him there.

A player raised from early position to 2,500, and Nick Palma reraised to 7,300. The big blind called, as did the original raiser.

The flop came rainbow, and the big blind open-shoved for 68,000. The next player called, and Palma moved all in over the top. The other player called, and all three players turned over their cards.

Nick Palma:    (set of nines)
Early Position:    (set of fives)
Big Blind:    (gutshot straight draw)

The last two cards were blanks, and Palma won the entire pot with his set of nines to knock out the big blind and reach 440,000.

Nick Palma  –  440,000  (367 bb)

With 1,105 entries so far here on Day 1B, the total field is up to 2,240, and the prizepool is worth more than $7.14 million, more than doubling the $3 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until 9:15 pm.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  1,072

With 1,072 entries so far on Day 1B, the total field size is up to 2,207, which means the prizepool has crossed the $7 million mark, more than doubling the $3 million guarantee.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries for another 45 minutes (9:15 pm), so there is still time to enter the field and take a shot!

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  1,047

With the board showing on the turn, Imari Love got his short stack all in from the button with for a pair of jacks with a gutshot straight draw.

But Matt Schult turned over for a queen-high straight, and Love needed to catch a queen to stay alive with a chop.

The river card was a blank, and Schult won the pot with his straight to eliminate Love.

Matt Schult  –  115,000  (96 bb)
Imari Love  –  Eliminated

With 1,047 entries so far here on Day 1B, the total field is up to 2,182, and the prizepool is worth more than $6.98 million, more than doubling the $3 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until 9:15 pm.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  1,041

Kharlin Sued  –  270,000  (270 bb)
Eric Afriat  –  194,000  (194 bb)
Cherish Andrews  –  170,000  (170 bb)
Sam Sternfield  –  156,000  (156 bb)
Joe McKeehen  –  155,000  (155 bb)
Farid Jattin  –  140,000  (140 bb)
David Nathaniel  –  140,000  (140 bb0
A.J. Kelsall  –  130,000  (130 bb)
Sandy Sanchez  –  123,000  (123 bb)
Abbey Daniels  –  95,000  (95 bb)
Alvin Davis  –  85,000  (85 bb)
Philip Shing  –  56,000  (56 bb)
Blair Hinkle  –  47,000  (47 bb)
Daniyal Gheba  –  43,000  (43 bb)
Blair Hinkle  –  40,000  (40 bb)
Matt Glantz  –  14,000  (14 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  1,040

Ray Qartomy  –  243,000  (243 bb)
Nick Palma  –  240,000  (240 bb)
Aaron Mermelstein  –  210,000  (210 bb)
Andrew Ostapchenko  –  120,000  (120 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe –  88,000  (88 bb)
Ryan Hogan  –  87,000  (87 bb)
Dominique Mosley  –  86,000  (86 bb)
Brek Schutten  –  74,000  (74 bb)
Matt Stout  –  64,000  (64 bb)
Michael Yehudai  –  54,000  (54 bb)
Jason Young  –  53,000  (53 bb)
Anthony Hu  –  53,000  (53 bb)
Michael Mizrachi  –  43,000  (43 bb)
Al Gomez  –  34,000  (34 bb)
John Holley  –  28,000  (28 bb)
Stuart Paterson  –  23,000  (23 bb)
Mike Beasley  –  20,000  (20 bb)
David Moreno  –  17,000  (17 bb)
Ory Hen  –  15,000  (15 bb)
Matt Zarcadoolas  –  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 1B Entries:  991

A player raised from the cutoff to 2,200, Naing Thu reraised from the button to 6,700, and the player in the small blind reraised to 21,000. The cutoff folded, and Thu five-bet all in.

The small blind called all in for about 45,000 with , but needed to improve to stay alive against Thu’s .

The board came , and Thu won the pot with two pair, aces and kings, to eliminate his opponent.

Naing Thu  –  350,000  (350 bb)

With 991 entries so far here on Day 1B, the total field is up to 2,126, and the prizepool is worth more than $6.8 million, more than doubling the $3 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until 9:15 pm.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  963

The players have returned from break 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 four players with at least 260K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Mark Koeln  –  305,000  (305 bb)
2.  Naing Thu  –  281,500  (282 bb)
3.  Alex Cole-Gardner  –  267,500  (268 bb)
4.  Michael Nugent  –  265,800  (266 bb)

With 963 entries so far here on Day 1B, the total field is up to 2,098, and the prizepool is worth more than $6.71 million, more than doubling the $3 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until 9:15 pm.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  925

Level 6 comes to an end, and the players take a 90-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 7:00 pm.

With 925 entries so far here on Day 1B, the total field is up to 2,060, and the prizepool is worth more than $6.59 million, more than doubling the $3 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until 9:15 pm.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  919

With the board showing on the turn, Uri Kadosh checked from the small blind, Raj Vohra bet 5,000 from middle position, and Kadosh check-raised all in for 22,500.

Vohra tanked for a while before he folded, showing for a pair of aces. Kadosh turned over for two pair, kings and eights, as he took the pot.

Uri Kadosh  –  40,000  (50 bb)
Raj Vohra  –  41,000  (51 bb)

With 919 entries so far here on Day 1B, the total field is up to 2,054, and the prizepool is worth more than $6.57 million, more than doubling the $3 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until 9:15 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after this level (around 5:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.