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Slater Scoops Quad Stack with More Money and a Bonus on June 24!

We are heading into the summer, and the poker action will heat up. This month, even the Tuesday Night Slater Scoops Quad Stack will get into the act with more money and a bonus on June 24.

The tournament, hosted by our good friend Andy Slater, will increase its regular guarantee and offer at least $50,000 in prize money. We are also adding a $5,300 seat to the 2025 SHRPO Championship for first place, giving even more incentive to win the title.

With a $250 buy-in and huge starting stacks, a ton of value is available on June 24.

We hope to see you here!

  • $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • $5,300 SHRPO Championship seat added to 1st place
  • Players begin with 40,000 in chips
  • Levels last 20 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 11 (9:30pm)
  • Structure Sheet

Art Peacock Wins the 2025 WPT Poker Showdown Championship for $776,000!

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 58
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  1,755
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000
April 4-8, 2025

Art Peacock

The 2025 WPT Poker Showdown Championship headlined the series and the $3,500 buy-in tournament drew 1,755 entries, turning the $3,000,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $5,616,000. The final table was played down in Las Vegas and Florida poker legend Art Peacock took the top spot on the big stage for $776,000.

Another title on his résumé, congrats Art!

PlaceFirst NameLast NameAmount
1ArthurPeacock$776,000
2MihaiNiste$515,000
3DanielMarcus$380,000
4MitchellHynam$285,000
5JaredHemingway$215,000
6JeffreyFritz$164,000
7RafaelRodriguez Arang$126,000
8AlainMedesan$98,000
9BrianYoon$77,000
10JohnnyBromberg$77,000
11FrankFunaro Jr$65,000
12AlfiePoetra$65,000
13KharlinSued$54,000
14DungNguyen$54,000
15SridharSangannagari$54,000
16NathanThrush$45,500
17ScottHeiligman$45,500
18BrianAltman$45,500
19AsherConniff$45,500
20MichaelVanier$38,500
21DavidMoses$38,500
22HassanEl Hakim$38,500
23HyndiKhomutetsky$38,500
24ShuofeiGeng$32,500
25NicholasSena-Hopkins$32,500
26NicholasBlumenthal$32,500
27LucasReeves$32,500
28JimmyBorn$32,500
29ElijahBerg$32,500
30DanielShiff$32,500
31JorgeGomez$32,500
32HarrisonGimbel$27,500
33DanielChalifour$27,500
34WilliamPappas$27,500
35JonathanBennett$27,500
36SeunghyunNam$27,500
37JoshuaAdcock$27,500
38NadyaMagnus$27,500
39JarrettMullins$27,500
40SeanAstwood$23,000
41DonaldDelancy$23,000
42AsherNeaman$23,000
43ThomasBoivin$23,000
44PeterMugar$23,000
45AbbasHadizadeh$23,000
46ViktorKovachev$23,000
47DavidHa$23,000
48AdrianHoda$19,400
49YunkyuSong$19,400
50Jen-YueChiang$19,400
51AaronAugusten$19,400
52OnielMccalla$19,400
53OryHen$19,400
54DanielLee$19,400
55JoshuaStewart$19,400
56DylanSmith$16,300
57JohnMatsuda$16,300
58EugeneGolubchik$16,300
59MarkDavidoff$16,300
60DavidUvaydov$16,300
61AkashSeth$16,300
62ThomasKornechuk$16,300
63SpencerChamplin$16,300
64ZhenCai$13,800
65JasonHickey$13,800
66NancyBirnbaum$13,800
67MichaelZulker$13,800
68AlexAnton$13,800
69AdrianState$13,800
70JakeSchwartz$13,800
71VictorAvallone$13,800
72MatthewYorra$13,800
73RomanKornev$13,800
74RobertBendeck$13,800
75LadarrenBanks$13,800
76ScottEskenazi$13,800
77KathleenLiebert$13,800
78SeunOluwole$13,800
79SebastianToro Henao$11,500
80FeiwenWu$11,500
81ChaseBricker$11,500
82MichaelChiappetta$11,500
83BryceMcvay$11,500
84DavidPeters$11,500
85MikeGao$11,500
86GinoldRendel$11,500
87YanivYarkony$11,500
88AlexanderHensley$11,500
89DominickSarle$11,500
90VictorNissim$11,500
91EmanuelFailla Jr$11,500
92OleksandrTrokhymenko$11,500
93DraganaMackelprang$11,500
94BryanParis$11,500
95MeganChapman$9,600
96AntoineSankari$9,600
97ClemenDeng$9,600
98EdwardMcnamara Iv$9,600
99JuanMunne$9,600
100JorgeBermudez$9,600
101HarveyCastro$9,600
102MichaelBohmerwald$9,600
103ThomasCarroll$9,600
104VincenzoAbate$9,600
105NicholasPalma$9,600
106NicholasChong$9,600
107PoseidonHo$9,600
108DavidBattaglia$9,600
109IlyasMuradi$9,600
110TylerMontoya$9,600
111RyanBrown$8,200
112CarlosLeiva$8,200
113DevonShalmi$8,200
114GeorgeRovero Spyropoulos$8,200
115JasonRocha$8,200
116TarunGulati$8,200
117JessicaCai$8,200
118JoshuaGuindon$8,200
119JuanMontoya Bernal$8,200
120DannyWong$8,200
121RyanHogan$8,200
122LuisOrtiz$8,200
123GregoryNerenberg$8,200
124YlmazYosul$8,200
125PhilipePizzari Pinto$8,200
126BradyBash$8,200
127NikolayVolper$8,200
128AlvinNorman$8,200
129DiegoFernandez Mendez$8,200
130SaberSalum Penayo$8,200
131JonathanKramer$8,200
132OmarEl Nasrallah$8,200
133FabioPorcino Rosado Chaves$8,200
134AndrewMoreno$8,200
135MichaelSavakinas$8,200
136GeorgeDolofan$8,200
137MichaelTait$8,200
138SterlingSavill$8,200
139MatthewLambrecht$8,200
140JhoanLadino$8,200
141KaranvirSingh$8,200
142DavidMcgowan$7,000
143RobertLebeau$7,000
144ScottWright$7,000
145BenjaminLudlow$7,000
146AlejandroHerrera Gonzalez$7,000
147ThanhlongNguyen$7,000
148JerryRobinson$7,000
149KevinNee$7,000
150GeorgeCain$7,000
151DanielCharlton$7,000
152CyrusKao$7,000
153YuvalBronshtein$7,000
154ManuelFritz$7,000
155LaithSalem$7,000
156EricBonin$7,000
157KennethKim$7,000
158BryanSwanson$7,000
159AnatolyNikitin$7,000
160JustinZaki$7,000
161StephenKehoe$7,000
162BryanLeskowitz$7,000
163MelaniePittard$7,000
164YiLi$7,000
165ConnorStuewe$7,000
166BrianMurphy$7,000
167JavierZarco Sanchez$7,000
168MaxwellLytell$7,000
169AlainCandales Falcon$7,000
170CubaLevenberry$7,000
171MichaelWang$7,000
172AlejandroJaureguireynoso$7,000
173DavidFrenkel$7,000
174RyanMandara$7,000
175NguyenLe$7,000
176PetreIonescu$7,000
177AndrewJenc$6,400
178GregoryBack$6,400
179SteveYagudaev$6,400
180JarodLudemann$6,400
181RussellBrooks$6,400
182RichardScardina$6,400
183AndrewFrankenberger$6,400
184ThomasMacey$6,400
185JamesCalderaro$6,400
186BradleyGafford$6,400
187WilliamMedina Diaz$6,400
188ZacharyKhang Vuong$6,400
189ChadEveslage$6,400
190BenWarrington$6,400
191NicholasMaimone$6,400
192ZiadMatta$6,400
193RichardDubini$6,400
194BalakrishnaPatur$6,400
195IgorKorkhin$6,400
196MarcGoldman$6,400
197DenisCyr$6,400
198TimothyThorp$6,400
199DanielNovak$6,400
200JasonDaly$6,400
201StevenSarmiento$6,400
202BrianLuo$6,400
203DevinBatista$6,400
204DanielSwartz$6,400
205WilliamMical$6,400
206CalebPiderit$6,400
207MatthewWantman$6,400
208JeremySchoenberger$6,400
209NicholasSeward$6,400
210KevinDarouvar$6,400
211AllanBieler$6,400
212GrantWang$6,400
213BryanRadigan$6,400
214MatthewSalsberg$6,400
215DanielMonosson$6,400
216ByungEun Shin$6,400
217MartinZamani$6,400
218FarazJaka$6,400
219CherishAndrews$6,400
220ZacharyFischer$3,200
221Or KriefHaim$3,200

Championship: Art Peacock Wins! ($776,000); Mihai Niste Finishes as Runner-Up ($515,000)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 39:  800,000/1,600,000 with a 1,600,000 ante

Art Peacock

Art Peacock opened to 3,600,000 from his button, Mihai Niste moved all in for 37,400,000 and Peacock called to put him at risk.

Peacock: 8d8h
Niste: 4h4d

Peacock was dominant with the bigger pair and bigger stack. Nothing changed on the AhAcKc flop but some chop outs appeared on the 9h turn.  The 7s river finished the board and Art Peacock became the 2024 WPT Poker Showdown Champion.

1st:  Art Peacock  –  $776,000*
2nd:  Mihai Niste  –  $515,000

Championship: Heads-Up Underway

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 35:  300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,755

Mihai Niste

Heads up is underway between Art Peacock and Nihai Niste with $515,000 for the runner-up and $776,000 plus a WPT Championship seat to first.

Seat 1: Art Peacock – 34,700,000 (58 bb)
Seat 2: Mihai Niste – 52,600,000 (88 bb)

1st: $776,000*
2nd: $515,000

Art Peacock

Championship: Daniel Marcus – 3rd Place ($380,000)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 35:  300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,755

Daniel Marcus

Mihai Niste opened to 1,200,000 from the button, Art Peacock called in the small blind, and Daniel Marcus called all in for 1,000,000 in the big blind.

The flop was Kd7s3c, Niste bet 1,000,000 and Peacock folded.

Niste: Ks8d
Marcus: Th9h

Niste was ahead with his paired king, Niste turned an open-ended straight draw on the 8s turn but blanked the 4h river to go out in third place.

Mihai Niste – 52,600,000 (88 bb)
Daniel Marcus – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($380,000)

Championship: Mitchell Hynam – 4th Place ($285,000)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 33:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 1,755

Mitchell Hynam

Mitchell Hynam opened to 800,000 and Art Peacock defended in the big blind. The flop was Ts9c3d and Peacock checked. Hynam bet another 800K, Peacock check-raised all in and Hynam called at risk for 4,900,000.

Peacock: Ad3s
Hynam: QcQd

Hynam was in great shape for a double, the big favorite with two cards to come but Peacock made trip threes on the 3c turn to take the lead. The 5c river finished the board and Hynam was sent out in fourth place.

Art Peacock – 47,300,000 (118 bb)
Mitchell Hynam – Eliminated in 4th Place ($285,000)

Championship: Jared Hemingway – 5th Place ($215,000)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 33:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 1,755

Jared Hemingway

Jared Hemingway open-shipped for 3,775,000 and Mihai Niste called in the small blind to put him at risk.

Niste: TcTs
Hemingway: KhJd

It was a coin flip and Hemingway needed to improve to double but blanked the 9d8s2cQh7c flop to exit in fifth place.

Mihai Niste – 21,600,000 (54 bb)
Jared Hemingway – Eliminated in 5th Place ($215,000)

Championship: Jeffery Fritz – 6th Place ($164,000)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 33:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,755

Jeffery Fritz

Jeffery Fritz open-shipped for 5,000,000 and it folded around to Art Peacock in the big blind. The huge chip leader called and Fritz was at risk.

Peacock: Ad9h
Fritz: QsQc

Fritz was in great shape to double with the queens but Peacock took the lead when he paired his ace on the As7c6h flop. The board finished with the Kc turn and Jc river and Fritz was the first eliminated from the final table.

Art Peacock  –  45,600,000 (114 bb)
Jeffery Fritz  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($164,000)

Championship: Cards in the Air for Final Table

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 31:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,755

Cards are in the air the 2025 WPT Poker Showdown Championship final table in Las Vegas. You can watch all the action on the WPT live stream below with hole cards on a 30-minute delay.

Seat 1: Art Peacock – 27,150,000 (109 bb)
Seat 2: Jeffery Fritz – 16,150,000 (65 bb)
Seat 3: Mitchell Hynam – 2,000,000 (8 bb)
Seat 4: Jared Hemingway – 11,150,000 (45 bb)
Seat 5: Daniel Marcus – 22,150,000 (89 bb)
Seat 6: Mihai Niste – 8,650,000 (35 bb)

1st: $776,000*
2nd: $515,000
3rd: $380,000
4th: $285,000
5th: $215,000
6th: $164,000

Jacobo Montoya Wins Holiday Deep Stack Special for $16,490 in Heads-Up Deal

2025 May Deep Stack Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 8
$300 Holiday Deep Stack Special NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  353
Prize Pool:  $87,544
May 26, 2025

Jacobo Montoya, 2025 DSPS Event 8 Champ
PlaceFirst NameLast NameAmount
1JacoboMontoya$16,490 *
2RafaelaMorales$14,859 *
3AltabalMohamed$8,325
4EldoRodriguez$5,420
5JuanPineda Florez$4,175
6JohnnyBromberg$3,455
7AlexanderBorukhovich$2,900
8JamesOrleans$2,365
9AxelOrellana Gomez$1,705
10IdanShlomi$1,705
11GinoRendel$1,560
12EmilianoGuido$1,560
13StevenSadaka$1,325
14RenyBarrett$1,325
15DarrenWingate$1,325
16FrankLamarra$1,090
17UnclaimedUnclaimed$1,090
18OrlandoPerez$1,090
19EarlShaevitz$910
20MelGoss$910
21AmirBaron$910
22LuisRamos$740
23DorPeleg$740
24ChristopherBuggs$740
25FernandoPages$640
26AaronJohnson Jr.$640
27GaryFitzgerald$640
28DavidMai$540
29AlejandroEspinal$540
30MichaelStefan$540
31JakeOzyman$540
32GilfredBertin Jr$540
33PaulShafran$540
34DimitarKostadinov$540
35AndresFalla$540
36MiguelCaraballo$540
37JorgeLeidi$450
38KeithMattes$450
39DonaldWilliams$450
40JuanMubarak$450
41StevenFreifeld$450
42TakehikoKanazawa$450
43LeonidGoldshteyn$450
44GilIsraelian$450
45Ashab AbdulAbdul Rehman$225
46ErnestoGomez$225