$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 200/400 with a 400 ante

While the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship is playing down in the Event Center, we have a talented group of players about to sit down in the Meeting Room. The smaller venue will host the High Roller event, a comfortable environment for those in the biggest buy-in tournament on the schedule.

The High Roller has a $25,500 buy-in and features a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. It has a deep, slow two-day structure and will utilize a “big blind ante” format where the ante is paid for the entire table by the player in the big blind.

Entrants will sit down to huge 100,000 stacks and play 40-minute levels until they reach the final table when the tournament will go to 60-minute levels. Late registration is available until the start of Level 10 at 9:30pm and Day 1 will conclude after Level 14. Those with chips will bag them up and return tomorrow to play it out.

Action gets underway at 2pm and we will bring you all the action.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 100,000 in chips and 40-minute levels
• Final table levels will last 60 minutes; heads-up last 30 minutes
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• High Roller Structure Sheet

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 12: 800/1,600 with 200 ante
Players Remaining: 423 of 1,309

Jared Griener open-shoved for 24,000 from early position and the move made it around to the big blind. He went in the tank for a few minutes and called to put Griener at risk.

Griener:
Big Blind:

Griener was in great shape for the double and he had it locked up on the board.

Jared Griener – 52,000 (33 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11: 600/1,200 with 200 ante
Players Remaining: 441 of 1,309

The slow, deep structure gives everyone a chance to take their time and make their moves as they wish. Faraz Jaka has the skillset to run up his stack and it seems he’s doing just that in the early going.

But whatever reads he had on his starting table, that advantage is gone as his table was among the first to break this afternoon.

Day 2 @WPT @shrpo 3M gtd main event starting up. Chipped up to 90k after a few hands. 450 remaining of 1309 entries top 164 make the money later this evening. Huge turnout $700k to first #pokertour

— Faraz Jaka (@FarazJaka) April 15, 2018

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11: 600/1,200 with 200 ante
Players Remaining: 467 of 1,309

Joanne Kim, our “Win a Seat” winner for this event, made it through Flight B with 17,600 and put them to use early on Day 2.

She three-bet shoved and Bruce Yamron moved all in over the top for more from the small blind. The OG raiser released and Kim was off to the races.

Kim:
Yamron:

Kim was ahead and cruised to a double up after the dealer spread the board.

Joanne Kim – 34,400 (29 bb)
Bruce Yamron – 29,000 (24 bb)

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11: 600/1,200 with 200 ante
Players Remaining: 480 of 1,309

Players are in their seats and tournament staff put cards in the air after issuing the daily instructions.

We have 480 players returning and two hours until the first break.

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11: 600/1,200 with 200 ante
Players Remaining: 480 of 1,309

The starting flights are complete and the next WPT Poker Showdown Champions will be someone in the Event Center this afternoon. The Championship drew 1,309 entries with 480 players surviving to make Day 2. They will come together as one this afternoon and begin the process of playing down.

Uri Kadosh put together the biggest bag from Flight A and his lead held for his return today. Robert Transue was an early leader as well and stuck around with the second biggest returning stack. Eric Afriat, 2014 WPT Poker Showdown Champ, returns in the top ten along with Ryan Olisar and Paul Snead.

The first order of business will be making the money with 480 players vying for 164 payout spots. The money bubble should hit around dinner time, either right before or right after.

The structure continues with 60-minute levels today and they will switch up to 90-minute levels tomorrow. The Championship will play ten more full levels and those with chips at that time will bag them up to return tomorrow for Day 3.

Action kicks off at noon and we will be here all day long.

Top ten returning stacks:

1. Uri Kadosh – 245,500 (205 bb)
2. Robert Transue – 239,500 (200 bb)
3. Nguyet Kim Dao – 237,300 (198 bb)
4. Josh Rittenberg – 235,800 (197 bb)
5. Eric Afriat – 222,500 (185 bb)
6. Paul Snead – 220,000 (183 bb)
7. Andrew Wilmot – 218,400 (182 bb)
8. Ryan Olisar – 214,600 (179 bb)
9. Montgomery Cole – 207,000 (173 bb)
10. Joel Brink – 205,000 (171 bb)

Returning Day 2 Chips | Returning Day 2 Seats | Payouts

$360 Big Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 25/50

Not everyone can bag in the Championship and we have a few new tournaments with various buy-ins for those who want some Sunday action.

The first one is Event 13 kicking off at 11am. The $360 Big Stack Black Chip Bounty has a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool, $100 player bounties, and a one-day structure that will award a Showdown trophy later this evening.

Each entrant will sit down to a 15,000 starting stack and play 30-minute levels all day long. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30pm. There is a 40-minute dinner break scheduled at 5:30pm and they will play it out from that point forward.

Cards go in the air in the Event Center at 11am and we’ll hit the highlights along the way.

• $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 3 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 13 – $360 Big Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

• $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 3 Structure Sheet

12PM: Day 2 – $3,500 WPT Showdown Championship

• WPT Championship Day 2 Chip Counts
• WPT Championship Day 2 Table/Seat Assignments
• WPT Championship Payouts

2PM: Day 1 – $25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 100,000 in chips and 40-minute levels
• Final table levels will last 60 minutes; heads-up last 30 minutes
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• High Roller Structure Sheet

5PM: Day 1 – $2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 40-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• Day 1 will end after Level 12 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 15 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

10AM: Event 64 – $2,625 Super Turbo into High Roller

• 1 seat guaranteed into $1,000,000 GTD High Roller
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 64 Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 65 – $150 “Big O” 5-Card PLO/8 (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 65 Structure Sheet

7PM: Event 66 – $550 Satellite into Event 16 (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into $5,000/$250K GTD Event 16
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 66 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 67 – $130 Turbo Survivor (Re-Entry)

• 1-in-10 player will earn $1,000 in cash
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 67 Structure Sheet

10:30PM: Event 68 – $525 Super Turbo into Event 16

• 1 seat guaranteed into $5,000/$250K GTD Event 16
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 68 Structure Sheet

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 11: 600/1,200 with 200 ante
Players Remaining: 480 of 1,309

Flight A: 646 Entries; 227 Advanced
Flight B: 663 Entries; 253 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at noon