Championship: Jen-Yue Chiang Eliminated in 50th Place by Mihai Niste m2g35

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown ChampionshipPrize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Results Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante Players Remaining:  49 of 1,755 31g6u

Mihai Niste

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 : AcQc
Chiang: 10c9c

Board: Ks8d5c2cQh

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

Championship: Recent Results; 56th Through 63rd 1x2a3d

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

Spencer Champlin finished in 63rd

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

Championship: David Moses Takes Out Two 653l65

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

David Moses

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: AsKc
John Matsuda (big blind): 8d8c
Eugene Golubchik (UTG+1): QhQd

Board: Ks7h5d5h10s

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)

Championship: David Uvaydov Eliminated in 60th Place by Hyndi Khomutetsky 2f636u

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

Hyndi Khomutetsky

Hyndi Khomutetsky got all in preflop from late position holding AsKs, and David Uvaydov called all in against her short with 7h5d in the hole.

The final board read Ad10s6h5hJs, 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)

Championship: Recent Results; 64th Through 78th 162ze

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

Nancy Birnbaum finished in 66th

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

Kathy Liebert finished in 77th
Matt Yorra finished in 72nd

Championship: Spencer Champlin Eliminated in 63rd Place by Dung Nguyen 5c6o58

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

Spencer Champlin

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

The final board read 5c5d2d7h6d, 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)

Dung Nguyen

Championship: Brian Yoon Leads Big vr1u

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

Brian Yoon

The first break ended and players returned with 65 remaining. Brian Yoon was among the leaders coming back for Day 3 and now he’s way out front. He has the top stack with 4,255,000 and second-place Rafael Rodriguez is a distant second with 2,980,000.

1.  Brian Yoon  –  4,255,000  (106 bb)
2.  Rafael Rodriguez  –  2,980,000  (75 bb)
3.  Michael Nam  –  2,830,000  (71 bb)
4.  Sridhar Sangannagari  –  2,785,000  (70 bb)
5.  Nathan Thrush  –  2,675,000  (67 bb)

Championship: Kharlin Sued Doubles Through Yunkyu Song 332n32

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Results
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  78 of 1,755

Kharlin Sued

Yunkyu Song opened the action from the cutoff, Kharlin Sued moved all in for 620,000 from the small blind and Song called to put him at risk.

Sued: 7s7d
Song: AhJh

It was a race and Sued needed to hold to double. The board ran out Tc8s8dQd2s and Sued dodged an added gutshot draw to double up.

Kharlin Sued – 1,300,000 (43 bb)
Yunkyu Song – 70,000 (2 bb)

Championship: Recent Results; 79th Through 94th 6g5c4j

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  | Results
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  78 of 1,755

Michael Chiappetta finished in 82nd place

79th: Sebastian Toro Henao – $11,500
80th: Feiwen Wu – $11,500
81st: Chase Bricker – $11,500
82nd: Mike Chiappetta – $11,500
83rd: Bryce McVay – $11,500
84th: David Peters – $11,500
85th: Mike Gao – $11,500
86th: Gino Rendel – $11,500
87th: Yaniv Yarkony – $11,500
88th: Jarrett Hensley – $11,500
89th: Dominick Sarle – $11,500
90th: Victor Nissim – $11,500
91st: Will Failla – $11,500
92nd: Oleksandr Trokhymenko – $11,500
93rd: Dragana Mackelprang – $11,500
94th: Bryan Paris – $11,500

Will “The Thrill” Failla finished in 91st place

Championship: Recent Results; 93rd Through 103rd 6y6b4q

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  | Results
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  92 of 1,755

Ted McNamara

93rd: Dragana Mackelprang – $11,500
94th: Bryan Paris – $11,500

95th:  Megan Chapman  –  $9,600
96th:  Antoine Sankari  –  $9,600
97th:  Clemen Deng  –  $9,600
98th:  Ted McNamara  –  $9,600
99th:  Juan Munne  –  $9,600
100th:  Jorge Bermudez  –  $9,600
101st:  Harvey Castro  –  $9,600
102nd:  Michael Bohmerwald  –  $9,600
103rd:  Thomas Carroll  –  $9,600