$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1A Entries: 204
Cards are in the air for the 2024 WPT Poker Showdown Championship with 204 entries and many many more expected before registration closes tomorrow evening.
They will play two levels, one hour each, before getting their first break in the action.
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
The wait is over, today we kick off the 2024 WPT Poker Showdown Championship with Day 1A at 11 am in the Grand Ballroom. The $3,500 buy-in headliner has a huge $3,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and televised final table from Vegas.
Players start with 50,000 in their stacks and all levels last 60 minutes on Day 1 and 2. Levels increase to 90 minutes when 40 players remain and stay that way until six players remain. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 around 9:15 pm and players may re-enter as often as they wish during that time.
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Day 1A – $3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
12PM: Event 53 – $1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
12PM: Event 59 – $600 Eight-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha 8
6PM: Event 60 – $300 Quad Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
10AM: $400 Championship Milestone Satellite (1-in-10)
3PM: $400 Championship Milestone Satellite (1-in-10)
7PM: $400 Championship Milestone Satellite (1-in-10)
2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 54
$600 Omaha 8/Stud 8
Entries: 80
Prize Pool: $41,600
April 18, 2024
Event 54 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $600 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry), drawing 80 entries for a prize pool of $41,600.
A heads-up deal at the final was made and Ben Miner was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 54 winner for $11,789.
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin | Miner | $11,789* |
| 2 | Jonathan | Heneghan | $10,381* |
| 3 | Gabe | Ramos | $5,075 |
| 4 | Roland | Israelashvili | $3,430 |
| 5 | Wayne | Brown | $2,600 |
| 6 | Jonathan | Moschel | $2,080 |
| 7 | Manuel | Labandeira | $1,875 |
| 8 | Dale | Phillips | $1,665 |
| 9 | David | Brooker | $1,455 |
| 10 | Lane | Abraham | $1,250 |
*denotes heads-up deal
2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 56
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLHE
Entries: 213
Prize Pool: $31,950
Bounty Prize Pool: $21,300
April 18, 2024
Event 56 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em. A field of 213 entries produced a prize pool of $31,950, with an additional $21,300 set aside for bounties.
A heads-up deal was reached between the final two players and Charles Johnson was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 56 winner for $5,943.
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles | Johnson | $5,943* |
| 2 | Sultan | Karabekov | $5,942* |
| 3 | Dwayne | Nurse | $3,275 |
| 4 | Eric | Brewster | $1,995 |
| 5 | Haim | Or Krief | $1,540 |
| 6 | Matthew | Bretzfield | $1,275 |
| 7 | Ionut | Negoescu | $1,085 |
| 8 | Erik | Almeida | $930 |
| 9 | Michael | Cole | $775 |
| 10 | Alex | Ortiz | $775 |
| 11 | Unclaimed | $675 | |
| 12 | Sergio | Gamarra | $675 |
| 13 | Jason | Barry | $575 |
| 14 | Lazaro | Rodriguez | $575 |
| 15 | David | Sathue | $575 |
| 16 | Michael | Sinisgalli | $480 |
| 17 | David | Oshry | $480 |
| 18 | Brian | Heino | $480 |
| 19 | Robert | Chusid | $450 |
| 20 | Diane | Linke | $450 |
| 21 | Sanford | Kornfeld | $450 |
| 22 | Jason | Cohen | $425 |
| 23 | Antonio | Colon | $425 |
| 24 | Alejandro | Funes | $425 |
| 25 | Angelo | Castaldi | $425 |
| 26 | Dominic | Catapano | $425 |
| 27 | Nancy | Birnbaum | $425 |
$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $258,020 | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 266
The final table begins Friday at Noon.
Table 8
Seat 1: Clint Tolbert – 1,160,000 (46 bb)
Seat 2: Joshua Heinzl – 640,000 (26 bb)
Seat 3: Tim Capretta – 400,000 (16 bb)
Seat 4: Clemen Dang – 1,010,000 (40 bb)
Seat 5: Jason Gray – 400,000 (16 bb)
Seat 6: Eldo Rodriguez – 550,000 (22 bb)
Seat 7: Andrew Ostapchenko – 1,455,000 (58 bb)
Seat 8: Stanley Lee – 755,000 (30 bb)
Seat 9: Corel Theuma – 275,000 (11 bb)
1st: $57,455 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $40,800
3rd: $26,375
4th: $16,100
5th: $12,450
6th: $10,295
7th: $8,645
8th: $7,225
9th: $5,825
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Roni | Zelichonok | $5,825 |
| 11 | David | Kim | $4,900 |
| 12 | Giuseppe | Iadisernia | $4,900 |
| 13 | Scott | McInnis | $4,200 |
| 14 | Ira | Schwartz | $4,200 |
| 15 | Max | Romano | $4,200 |
| 16 | Todd | Ivens | $3,515 |
| 17 | Spencer | Champlin | $3,515 |
| 18 | Howard | Mash | $3,515 |
| 19 | Ivan | Ruban | $2,900 |
| 20 | Jayden | Krnyaich | $2,900 |
| 21 | Jeremy | Becker | $2,900 |
| 22 | Brian | Altman | $2,330 |
| 23 | Nicholas | Seward | $2,330 |
| 24 | Jason | Saltzman | $2,330 |
| 25 | Fikret | Kovac | $2,000 |
| 26 | John | Richards | $2,000 |
| 27 | Mario | Arribas | $2,000 |
| 28 | Michael | Wang | $1,770 |
| 29 | Santiago | Ospina | $1,770 |
| 30 | Luke | Brereton | $1,770 |
| 31 | Joseph | Brum Pacheco | $1,770 |
| 32 | Joe | McKeehen | $1,770 |
| 33 | Mitch | Halverson | $1,770 |
| 34 | Blaise | Ingoglia | $1,770 |
2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 55
$25,500 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha
Entries: 19
Prize Pool: $469,300
April 18, 2024
Event 55 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $25,500 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha. A field of 19 entries generated a prize pool of $469,300 and earning the lion’s share of it was Jeremy Ausmus, winning outright for $206,400.
The victory marked Ausmus’ second SHRP major series trophy, having previously won a six-max PLO event during the 2022 SHRPO.
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeremy | Ausmus | $206,400 |
| 2 | Matthew | Wantman | $122,000 |
| 3 | Dylan | Smith | $84,500 |
| 4 | Soheb | Porbandarwala | $56,400 |
$25,500 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 13: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 19
Jeremy Ausmus raised to 75,000 from the button and Matthew Wantman called in the big blind.
The flop was 
, Wantman checked, Ausmus bet 25,000, and Wantman called all in for 25,000.
Ausmus: 
Wantman: 
The turn was the 
and gave Wantman a few straight outs.
The river was the 
, safe for Ausmus to win the High Roller PLO outright for $206,400. Wantman finished runner-up for $122,000.
A recap of the High Roller PLO will be posted later tonight.
$25,500 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 13: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 19
Jeremy Ausmus raised to 75,000 from the small blind, Dylan Smith reraised all in for about 125,000 in the big blind, and Ausmus called with 
.
Smith showed 
and needed to improve to survive.
The board ran out 
, giving, Ausmus a set of queens to eliminate Smith in third place.
Jeremy Ausmus – 1,825,000 (73 bb)
Matthew Wantman – 550,000 (22 bb)
Dylan Smith – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($84,500)
1st: $206,400 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $122,000
$25,500 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 12: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 19
Jeremy Ausmus raised to 50,000 from the button, Dylan Smith potted to 170,000 from the small blind, and Ausmus used a time extension before he called.
The flop was 
, Smith checked, Ausmus bet 20,000, and Smith thought for a bit before he folded.
Jeremy Ausmus – 1,670,000 (84 bb)
Matthew Wantman – 550,000 (28 bb)
Dylan Smith – 155,000 (8 bb)