$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 1,755

The Championship is cruising down toward its end of Day 3 with 29 players and 16 advancing to Day 4 tomorrow at noon. Frank Funaro is the new leader and looking at a deep run.

1.  Frank Funaro  –  7,075,000  (94 bb)
2.  Nathan Thrush  –  6,175,000  (82 bb)
3.  Art Peacock  –  6,000,000  (80 bb)
4.  Sri Sangannagari  –  5,600,000  (75 bb)
5.  Brian Yoon  –  5,400,000  (72 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 1,755

The Championship is down to the last four table, they are playing 90-minute levels, and aiming to reach the last two tables before bagging up.

32nd: Harrison Gimbel – $27,500
33rd: Dan Chalifour – $27,500
34th: William Pappas – $27,500
35th: Jonathan Bennett – $27,500
36th: Michael Nam – $27,500
37th: Joshua Adcock – $27,500
38th: Nadya Magnus – $27,500
39th: Jarrett Mullins – $27,500

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  39 of 1,755

40th: Sean Astwood – $23,000
41st: Donald Delancy – $23,000
42nd: Asher Neaman – $23,000
43rd: Thomas Boivin – $23,000
44th: Peter Mugar – $23,000
45th: Abbas Hadizadeh – $23,000
46th: Viktor Kovachev – $23,000
47th: David Ha – $23,000

48th: Adrian Hoda – $19,400
49th: Yunkyu Song – $19,400
50th: Jen-Yue Chiang – $19,400
51st: Aaron Augusten – $19,400
52nd: Oniel McCalla – $19,400
53rd: Ory Hen – $19,400
54th: Daniel Lee – $19,400

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  45 of 1,755

Viktor Kovachev got all in preflop short holding pocket nines from the big blind, and Danny Shiff had him covered with in the hole.

The final board read , and Kovachev was eliminated in 46th place for $23,000. Shiff stacked up 1.94 million after collecting the pot.

Danny Shiff – 1,940,000 (38 bb)
Viktor Kovachev – Eliminated in 46th Place ($23,000)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  49 of 1,755

Jen-Yue Chiang was all in preflop for 225,000 under the gun, and Mihai Niste had him covered from the small blind. The two players then flipped over their cards.

Niste :
Chiang:

Board:

Mihai Niste – 4,050,000 (81 bb)
Jen-Yue Chiang – Eliminated in 50th Place ($19,400)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 24:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  55 of 1,755

56th:  Dylan Smith  –  $16,300
57th:  John Matsuda  –  $16,300
58th:  Eugene Golubchik  –  $16,300
59th:  Mark Davidoff  –  $16,300
60th:  David Uvaydov  –  $16,300
61st:  Akash Seth  –  $16,300
62nd:  Thomas Kornechuk  –  $16,300
63rd:  Spencer Champlin  –  $16,300

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  56 of 1,755

There was a three-way all-in preflop, and David Moses had both of his opponents covered from the button. All three players then flipped over their cards.

Moses:
John Matsuda (big blind):
Eugene Golubchik (UTG+1):

Board:

Moses took out both opponents to build his stack all the way up to 2.86 million, and that sent Matsuda to the rail in 57th place while Golubchik took 58th. They both took home $16,300 in prize money.

David Moses – 2,860,000 (71 bb)
John Matsuda – Eliminated in 57th Place ($16,300)
Eugene Golubchik – Eliminated in 58th Place ($16,300)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  65 of 1,755

Hyndi Khomutetsky got all in preflop from late position holding , and David Uvaydov called all in against her short with in the hole.

The final board read , and Uvaydov was eliminated in 60th place for a cash worth $16,300. Hyndi stacked up 2.5 million after the hand.

Hyndi Khomutetsky – 2,500,000 (62 bb)
David Uvaydov – Eliminated in 60th Place ($16,300)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  63 of 1,755

64th:  Zhen Cai  –  $13,800
65th:  Jason Hickey  –  $13,800
66th:  Nancy Birnbaum  –  $13,800
67th:  Michael Zulker  –  $13,800
68th:  Alex Anton  –  $13,800
69th:  Adrian State  –  $13,800
70th:  Jake Schwartz  –  $13,800
71st:  Victor Avallone  –  $13,800
72nd:  Matthew Yorra  –  $13,800
73rd:  Roman Kornev  –  $13,800
74th:  Roberto Bendeck  –  $13,800
75th:  LaDarren Banks  –  $13,800
76th:  Scott Eskenazi  –  $13,800
77th:  Kathy Liebert  –  $13,800
78th:  Seun Oluwole  –  $13,800

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  65 of 1,755

Spencer Champlin (pictured above) was all in preflop with in the hole from the hijack, and Dung Nguyen (pictured below) had him covered holding on the cutoff.

The final board read , and Spencer was eliminated in 63rd place for a payday worth $16,300. Nguyen was up to 1,035,000 after collecting the pot.

DUng Nguyen – 1,035,000 (25 bb)
Spencer Champlin – Eliminated in 63rd Place ($16,300)