$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
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Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  587

The players return from dinner to begin Level 7, with increased blinds of 500-1,000 and a big blind ante of 1,000.

The tournament clock shows 587 entries so far on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,324 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $4.23 million, easily beating the $3 million guarantee.

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:  561

Level 6 comes to an end, and the players take a 90-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 7:01 pm.

The tournament clock shows 561 entries so far on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,298 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $4.15 million, easily beating the $3 million guarantee.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6 (around 5:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
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Level 6:  400/800 with an 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  558

With the board showing on the turn, Justin Zaki checked from the big blind, Peter Walsworth bet 13,000 from the button, and Zaki called.

The river card was the , Zaki checked, Walsworth bet 12,000, and Zaki tanked for a fairly long time before he called. Walsworth showed for a flopped set of deuces to win the pot, and Zaki mucked.

Peter Walsworth  –  80,000  (100 bb)
Justin Zaki  –  135,000  (169 bb)

The tournament clock shows 558 entries so far on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,295 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $4.14 million, easily beating the $3 million guarantee.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6 (around 5:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
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Level 6:  400/800 with an 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  550

Rodney Clemente was all in from middle position for 17,900 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of the UTG+1 player.

The board came , and the UTG+1 player flopped an open-ended straight draw, but improved no further. Clemente won the pot with two pair, queens and fours, to double up in chips.

Rodney Clemente  –  37,800  (47 bb)

The tournament clock shows 550 entries so far on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,287 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $4.11 million, easily beating the $3 million guarantee.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6 (around 5:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
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Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  527

After a flop of , a player in middle position checked, Travell Thomas bet 3,000 from the cutoff, and his opponent check-raised to 12,000.

Thomas moved all in, and the cutoff quickly called all in for about 24,500 with for two pair, aces and fours. Thomas turned over for a pair of aces, and his opponent needed his two pair to hold to stay alive.

The turn card paired the board with the , the river card was the , and the pair on the board counterfeited the short stack’s two pair. Thomas won the pot with two pair, aces and tens with a king kicker to eliminate his opponent.

As he was leaving the table, the eliminated player complained out loud about how the cards were against him today. The dealer said something like they always receive the blame, but never the credit.

Thomas turned to the dealer, smiled, and said, “I’m complimenting you. You did an excellent job.”

Travell Thomas  –  97,000  (162 bb)

The tournament clock shows 527 entries so far on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,252 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $4.04 million, easily beating the $3 million guarantee.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6 (around 5:30 pm), and 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 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  515

With the board showing on the turn and about 22,000 already in the pot, the UTG+1 player checked, Casey Mann bet 12,000 from the hijack, and the UTG+1 player called.

The river card was the , the UTG+1 player checked, Mann bet 25,000, and the UTG+1 player called. Mann showed to win the pot with top two pair, kings and tens, and his opponent mucked.

Casey Mann  –  240,000  (400 bb)

The tournament clock shows 515 entries so far on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,252 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $4.0 million, easily beating the $3 million guarantee.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6 (around 5:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
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Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  492

A player raised from middle position to 1,500, Michael Surick reraised from the hijack to 3,600, and the player in the cutoff called all in for 2,800. The original raiser folded.

The cutoff turned over , but he needed to improve to stay alive against Surick’s .

The board came , and the queens held up for Surick to win the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Michael Surick  –  60,000  (100 bb)

The tournament clock shows 492 entries so far on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,229 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $3.93 million, easily beating the $3 million guarantee.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6 (around 5:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
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Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  469

The players return from break to begin Level 5, with increased blinds of 300-600 and a big blind ante of 600.

A scan of the field during the break turned up five players with at least 150K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Felipe Roldan  –  218,800  (365 bb)
2.  Casey Mann  –  158,700  (265 bb)
3.  Thomas Laviano  –  156,000  (260 bb)
4.  Ory Hen  –  155,100  (259 bb)
5.  Scott Weissman  –  153,000  (255 bb)

The tournament clock shows 469 entries so far on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,206 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $3.85 million, easily beating the $3 million guarantee.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6 (around 5:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
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Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  455

Andrew Brinkley moved all in from UTG+1 for 10,500, Rodney Clemente raised from middle position to 21,000, and everyone else folded.

Brinkley showed , and needed it to hold to stay alive against Clemente’s .

The board came , and Clemente paired his ten on the turn to win the pot and eliminate Brinkley.

Rodney Clemente  –  80,000  (160 bb)
Andrew Brinkley  –  Eliminated

The tournament clock shows 455 entries so far on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,192 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $3.81 million, easily beating the $3 million guarantee.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6 (around 5:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
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Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  406

With the board showing on the turn, Bassam Mourad bet 6,200 from the big blind, the player on the button raised to 20,000, and Mourad called all in for 18,000 with for a jack-high straight.

The player on the button turned over for a pair of kings, and he is drawing dead.

The meaningless river card was the , and Mourad won the pot with his jack-high straight to double up in chips.

Bassam Mourad  –  45,000  (113 bb)

The tournament clock shows 406 entries so far on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,059 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $3.65 million, easily beating the $3 million guarantee.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6 (around 5:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.