$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  130 of 1,869

Scott Baumstein raised to 40,000 from the hijack, Josh Reichard called in the cutoff, and the player in the big blind called.

The flop came and action checked to Reichard who bet 40,000. The big blind called, Baumstein check-raised to 115,000, Reichard called, and the big blind folded.

The turn was the , Baumstein bet 95,000, and Reichard called.

The river was the , Baumstein bet 270,000 (leaving 5,000 behind), and Reichard called.

Baumstein tabled for queens full of eights, Reichard mucked, and Baumstein won the pot to basically double up through the chip lead.

Scott Baumstein  – 1,150,000  (58 bb)
Josh Reichard  –  2,820,000  (141 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  150 of 1,869

151st:  John Krpan  –  $7,000
152nd:  Cody Rich  –  $7,000
153rd:  Michael Graffeo  –  $7,000
154th:  Rogen Chhabra  –  $7,000
155th:  John Gorsuch  –  $7,000
156th:  Spencer Simpson  –  $7,000
157th:  Han Ming Feng  –  $7,000
158th:  Joel Deutsch  –  $7,000
159th:  Benjamin Christiansen  –  $7,000
160th:  Alexander Kimpel  –  $7,000
161st:  Maxwell Young  –  $7,000
162nd:  Fawaz Siddiqui  –  $7,000
163rd:  Edgar Varas  –  $7,000
164th:  Stewart Newman  –  $7,000
165th:  Guillermo Hamilton  –  $7,000
166th:  Vincent Cafone  –  $7,000
167th:  Ya Yun Liu  –  $7,000
168th:  Athanasios Polychronopoulos  –  $7,000
169th:  Balakrishna Patur  –  $7,000
170th:  John Richards  –  $7,000
171st:  Chang Huang  –  $7,000
172nd:  Martins Adeniya  –  $7,000
173rd:  Jacob Vaage  –  $7,000
174th:  Blaise Ingoglia  –  $7,000
175th:  Brock Wilson  –  $7,000
176th:  Millard Hale  –  $7,000
177th:  Jorge Confesor  –  $7,000
178th:  Viet Vo  –  $7,000
179th:  Robert Hover  –  $7,000
180th:  Pablo Valdivieso  –  $7,000
181st:  Kenneth O’Donnell  –  $7,000
182nd:  Rami Owera  –  $7,000
183rd:  Blake Napierala  –  $7,000
184th:  Graham Mathews  –  $7,000
185th:  Scott Weinstein  –  $7,000
186th:  Nicholas Davidson  –  $7,000
187th:  Eric Panayiotou  –  $7,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  166 of 1,869

Here are the chip leaders from the last break of Day 2:

1.  Josh Reichard  –  2,880,000  (192 bb)
2.  Michael Rocco  –  2,035,000  (136 bb)
3.  Matt Higgins  –  1,535,000  (102 bb)
4.  Kaleb Harwell  –  1,420,000  (95 bb)
5.  Dominick Sarle  –  1,400,000  (94 bb)
6.  Josh Arieh  –  1,295,000  (86 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  187 of 1,869

188th:  Myles German  –  $6,400
189th:  Michael McCray  –  $6,400
190th:  Jose Nadal  –  $6,400
191st:  Keven Stammen  –  $6,400
192nd:  Damien Simon  –  $6,400
193rd:  Sean Phillippi  –  $6,400
194th:  Alejandro Sanchez  –  $6,400
195th:  Giuliano Lentini  –  $6,400
196th:  Anna Antimony  –  $6,400
197th:  Art Peacock  –  $6,400
198th:  Robert Rini  –  $6,400
199th:  Reuven Shapiro  –  $6,400
200th:  Franklin Rojas  –  $6,400
201st:  Ted Lawson  –  $6,400
202nd:  Alexander Ziskin  –  $6,400
203rd:  Gregory Wilson  –  $6,400
204th:  Prasad Vemulapalli  –  $6,400
205th:  Will Failla  –  $6,400
206th:  Gary Hays  –  $6,400
207th:  Zachary Fischer  –  $6,400
208th:  Eric Baldwin  –  $6,400
209th:  Matthew Kuba  –  $6,400
210th:  Daniel Umana  –  $6,400
211th:  Jason Turck  –  $6,400
212th:  Garret Reisz  –  $6,400
213th:  Boris Shakhmurov  –  $6,400
214th:  Mateusz Sikorski  –  $6,400
215th:  Kee Fredkove  –  $6,400
216th:  Matt Stout  –  $6,400
217th:  David Ha  –  $6,400
218th:  Joseph Jean  –  $6,400
219th:  Luigi Santoro  –  $6,400
221st:  Michele Lawson  –  $6,400
222nd:  Filipp Khavin  –  $6,400
223rd:  Gary Gelman  –  $6,400
224th:  Max Kingstone  –  $6,400
225th:  Javier Zarco  –  $6,400
226th:  Sebastian De Narvaez Correa  –  $6,400
227th:  Mark Sullivan  –  $6,400
228th:  George Rakitzis  –  $6,400
229th:  Kenneth Christopher  –  $6,400
230th:  Soheb Porbandarwala  –  $6,400
231st:  Mike Finstein  –  $6,400
232nd:  Michael Amato  –  $6,400
233rd:  John Dolan  –  $6,400
234th:  Conrad De Armas  –  $6,400

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 65
$1,100 Deep Stack Mixed PLO (Re-Entry)
Entries:  69
Prize Pool:  $66,930
April 21-22, 2024

Event 65 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $1,100 Deep Stack Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry). A field of 69 entries produced a prize pool of $66,930. The final nine players will finish in the money, with a min-cash playing $2,675.

Up top for the winner is $23,085.

1st:  $23,085 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $13,390
3rd:  $8,200
4th:  $5,855
5th:  $4,520
6th:  $3,515
7th:  $3,015
8th-9th:  $2,675

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  207 of 1,869

Michael Rocco  –  1,650,000  (138 bb)
Dylan Linde  –  750,000  (63 bb)
David Jackson  –  740,000  (62 bb)
Blake Bohn  –  700,000  (58 bb)
Brian Altman  –  670,000  (56 bb)
Toby Joyce  –  660,000  (55 bb)
Scott Margereson  –  640,000  (53 bb)
Fred Goldberg  –  630,000  (53 bb)
Brett Apter  –  600,000  (50 bb)
Chad Roedersheimer  –  590,000  (49 bb)
Jeremy Becker  –  500,000  (42 bb)
Art Peacock  –  490,000  (41 bb)
Fred Paradis  –  470,000  (39 bb)
Jesse Lonis  –  460,000  (38 bb)
Toby Boas  –  440,000  (37 bb)
Matthew Waxman  –  430,000  (36 bb)
Clint Tolbert  –  430,000  (36 bb)
Dale Roesel  –  420,000  (35 bb)
Kharlin Sued  –  360,000  (30 bb)
Nico Betbese  –  340,000  (28 bb)
Eric Afriat  –  320,000  (27 bb)
Guillermo Hamilton  –  280,000 (23 bb)
Rogen Chhabra  –  270,000  (23 bb)
Curt Kohlberg  –  220,000  (18 bb)
Michael McCray  –  180,000  (15 bb)
Anna Antimony  –  160,000  (13 bb)
Keven Stammen  –  120,000  (10 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  225 of 1,869

Josh Reichard  –  1,580,000  (158 bb)
Josh Arieh  –  1,270,000  (127 bb)
Faraz Jaka  –  940,000  (94 bb)
Albert Calderon  –  760,000  (76 bb)
Vladimir Minko  –  650,000  (65 bb)
Anthony Spinella  –  530,000  (53 bb)
Chris Moorman  –  510,000  (51 bb)
Fikret Kovac  –  490,000  (49 bb)
Paul Snead  –  470,000  (47 bb)
Aram Oganyan  –  460,000  (46 bb)
Ray Qartomy  –  410,000  (41 bb)
Brad Owen  –  390,000  (39 bb)
Scott Baumstein  –  390,000  (39 bb)
Min Zhang  –  380,000  (38 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  380,000  (38 bb)
Brock Wilson  –  360,000  (36 bb)
Ted Lawson  –  330,000  (333 bb)
Michael Wang  –  285,000  (29 bb)
Nicholas Verderamo  –  280,000  (28 bb)
Maxwell Young  –  275,000  (28 bb)
Aaron Pinson  –  240,000  (24 bb)
Raminder Singh  –  210,000  (21 bb)
Bryce McVay  –  200,000  (20 bb)
Claudio Piedrabuena  –  195,000  (20 bb)
Dylan Smith  –  185,000  (19 bb)
Stewart Newman  –  160,000  (16 bb)
Aaron Kupin  –  150,000  (15 bb)
Damien Simon  –  140,000  (14 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  234 of 1,869

Aaron Kupin raised to 20,000 from under the gun, Stuart Young called all in for 13,000 in middle position, Ivan Starostin called in the small blind, and the player in the big blind called.

They checked to the river of a where Starostin bet about 30,000. The player in the big blind raised to about 80,000, Kupin folded, and Starostin called after a little while with for sevens and sixes, besting the big blind’s .

Young couldn’t beat it with and was eliminated.

Ivan Starostin  –  440,000  (44 bb)
Stuart Young  –  Eliminated

Meanwhile, Brandon Hamlet was eliminated by David Coleman at the other end of the tournament area. No hand-for-hand was needed as 234 players remained, locking up a min-cash of $6,400 for the rest of the field.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  237 of 1,869

Jeremy Becker raised to 20,000 from UTG+1, a player in middle position reraised all in for 87,000, and Becker called with , racing with his opponent’s .

The board ran out , giving Becker a set of nines to eliminate his opponent.

Jeremy Becker  –  715,000  (72 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  239 of 1,869

1.  Josh Reichard  –  1,473,000  (147 bb)
2.  Michael Rocco  –  1,346,000 (135 bb)
3.  Josh Arieh  –  1,261,000  (126 bb)
4.  Jackob Datashvili  –  1,134,000  (113 bb)
5.  Connor Rash  –  1,101,000  (110 bb)
6.  Matt Higgins  –  1,056,000  (106 bb)
7.  Mike Linster  –  1,047,000  (105 bb)
8.  Mike Vanier  –  1,028,000  (103 bb)
9.  Faraz Jaka  –  1,009,000  (101 bb)