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

Michael Newman Wins Deepest Stack Main Event for $61,530 in Four-Way Deal!

2025 May Deep Stack Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 6
$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  257
Prize Pool:  $385,500
May 22 – 25, 2025

Michael Newman, 2025 DSPS Deepest Stack Champ

The 2025 May Deep Stack Poker Series Main Event was a $1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with 257 entries and Hollywood poker legend Michael Newman added to his trophy count. At the end of a long Day 2, he earned $61,530 in a four-way deal.

The great turnout over Memorial Day weekend turned the $300,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $385,500 and the last 33 players made the money.

After the dinner on Day 2, they played down to the final table, and it was a talented lineup that included (besides Newman) defending champ Johnny Bromberg, WSOP/WPT Champ James Calderaro, and nine-time WSOP Circuit champ Max Young.

The lead changed several times, but Newman took the last big pot when he eliminated Calderaro in a huge hand with a set of nines versus kings. With Day 2 wrapped up, the four remaining players divided the remaining prize pool instead of returning for an extra day.

Newman earned $61,530 for holding the lion’s share of the chips followed by Young, Bromberg, and Curtis Daye.

Newman’s accolades include 12 major Hollywood titles, the most recent coming in March, four WSOP Circuit rings, and this is his second May Deep Stack Poker Series win. He now has more than $2.4 million in career earnings and showing no signs of slowing down.

Congrats Michael!

Final table results:

PlaceFirst NameLast NameAmount
1MichaelNewman$61,530 *
2MaxYoung$57,250 *
3JohnnyBromberg$52,425 *
4CurtisDaye$39,495 *
5AlbertoHooker$23,300
6JamesCalderaro$17,800
7NuTeliani$13,700
8TakehikoKanazawa$10,600
9AsherNeaman$8,300
10MatthewYorra$8,300
11RossFischer$6,800
12RichardDavis$6,800
13JorgeRivera$5,600
14ChrisNewton$5,600
15FelipeLuyanda$5,600
16JuanMubarak$4,500
17HectorPacheco$4,500
18QasemJamhour$4,500
19DmitrySavelyev$4,500
20NadyaMagnus$3,600
21EliMontefu$3,600
22ScottLevitt$3,600
23PaulDomb$3,600
24IraSchwartz$3,000
25FabienGuerreiro$3,000
26JacobKauffman$3,000
27VencentWelch$3,000
28PhilipToister$3,000
29YuryParad$3,000
30EldoRodriguez$3,000
31SeanPhillippi$3,000
32JorgeConfesor$3,000
33AlexBorukhovich$3,000
Michael Newman and Johnny Bromberg (seated) with Curtis Day and Max Young (standing)

Event 8: Prize Pool and Payouts; $18,404 to the Winner

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

Registration closed for the $400 Holiday Deep Stack Special with 353 entries, turning the $50,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $87,544. The last 45 spots will be paid with $450 for a min-cash and $18,404 plus the last DSPS trophy of the series to the winner.

1st: $18,404 + DSPS Trophy
2nd: $12,945
3rd: $8,325
4th: $5,420
5th: $4,175
6th: $3,455
7th: $2,900
8th: $2,365
9th-10th: $1,705
11th-12th: $1,560
13th-15th: $1,325
16th-18th: $1,090
19th-21st: $910
22nd-24th: $740
25th-27th: $640
28th-36th: $540
37th-45th: $450