Ely Levy Leads the Final 18 Players

All photos today were taken by Joe Giron: PokerPhotoArchive.com.

After six levels and change, the final two tables of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown are set.

Ely Levy (pictured) chipped up early and held the chip lead for the majority of the day, eventually bagging 6,285,000. He is closely followed by Griffin Paul (6,055,000) and Shawn Nguyen (4,190,000) rounds out the top three. Others still in the hunt include David Peters (3,110,000), Joe Ebanks (2,690,000), Brian Green (1,750,000), and Dan Heimiller (500,000).

Two-time Champions Club members Mohsin Charania (1,435,000) and Cornel Cimpan (1,100,000) will both be looking to add their names to the WPT Champions Cup for a third time.

Day 3 began with 92 players and Raj Vohra began as the chip leader, but ultimately busted in 22nd place. WPT commentator Vince Van Patten fell in 27th place, and ClubWPT Qualifer Ernest Evans exited in 62nd place, earning $12,000.

Here is the Day 4 table and seat draw:

TABLE 17
Seat 1.  Brian Green – 1,750,000
Seat 2.  Lenny Duvdivani – 310,000
Seat 3.  Sean Syed Shah – 3,065,000
Seat 4.  Vladimir Dobrovolskiy – 2,650,000
Seat 5.  Dan Heimiller – 500,000
Seat 6.  Harvey Vandeven – 1,355,000
Seat 7.  John Thrower – 1,715,000
Seat 8.  Ely Levy – 6,285,000
Seat 9.  Griffin Paul – 6,055,000

TABLE 18
Seat 1.  Andre Crooks – 2,105,000
Seat 2.  Mohsin Charania – 1,435,000
Seat 3.  Shawn Nguyen – 4,190,000
Seat 4.  Ryan Rivers – 3,175,000
Seat 5.  Travis Northrope – 640,000
Seat 6.  Cornel Cimpan – 1,100,000
Seat 7.  Joe Ebanks – 2,690,000
Seat 8.  David Peters – 3,110,000
Seat 9.  Gilbert Barrett – 1,375,000

Play resumes at 12:00 noon ET and the plan is to play down to the WPT televised final table of six players.