$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400 |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 38:  600,000/1,200,000 with a 1,200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 1,417

Ian Cohen limped for 1,200,000, Richard Seymour raised from the big blind to 10,000,000, and Cohen moved all in for 35,400,000.

Seymour snap-called all in for 34,200,000 with , and Cohen turned over .

The board came , and Cohen won the pot — and the WPT title — with a flopped set of sevens.

NFL Hall of Famer Richard Seymour finishes as the runner-up, earning $430,000.

Ian Cohen, who earned his entry into this event in a satellite, wins the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship, earning $656,200 and the Showdown Championship trophy. Cohen’s prize money includes his $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship, and his name will be engraved on the one-and-only Mike Sexton WPT Championship Cup.

Congratulations to Ian Cohen!

1st:  Ian Cohen  –  $656,200 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  Richard Seymour  –  $430,000
3rd:  Michael Amato  –  $320,000
4th:  Frank Funaro  –  $240,000
5th:  Johnny Bromberg  –  $181,000
6th:  Raj Vohra  –  $138,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400 |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 38:  600,000/1,200,000 with a 1,200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,417

Richard Seymour limped for 1,200,000, Ian Cohen raised from the big blind to 3,500,000, and Seymour limp-reraised to 15,000,000. Cohen quickly folded, and Seymour took the pot.

Ian Cohen  –  38,400,000  (32 bb)
Richard Seymour  –  32,400,000  (27 bb)

1st:  $656,200 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $430,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400 |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 38:  600,000/1,200,000 with a 1,200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,417

Richard Seymour limped for 1,200,000, and Ian Cohen checked his option in the big blind.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Cohen bet 1,200,000, and Seymour called.

The river card was the , Cohen moved all in for 39,700,000, and Seymour waited for an exact count before he showed one card — a — and folded.

Ian Cohen  –  45,700,000  (38 bb)
Richard Seymour  –  25,100,000  (21 bb)

1st:  $656,200 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $430,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400 |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 38:  600,000/1,200,000 with a 1,200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,417

Richard Seymour raised to 2,500,000, Ian Cohen reraised from the big blind to 6,000,000, and Seymour thought for a while before he called.

The flop came , Cohen checked, Seymour bet 4,500,000, and Cohen thought for a while before he called.

The turn card was the , Cohen checked, Seymour moved all in, and Cohen quickly called all in for 11,800,000 with for a pair of kings.

Seymour turned over for nine high with no draws, and he was drawing dead.

The meaningless river card was the and Cohen won the pot with his pair of aces to double up in chips.

Ian Cohen  –  45,800,000  (38 bb)
Richard Seymour  –  25,000,000  (21 bb)

1st:  $656,200 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $430,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400 |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 38:  600,000/1,200,000 with a 1,200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,417

Richard Seymour raised to 2,500,000, and Ian Cohen called from the big blind.

The flop came , Cohen checked, Seymour bet 2,000,000, and Cohen called.

The turn card was the , Cohen checked, Seymour bet 4,500,000, and Cohen folded. Seymour took the pot.

Ian Cohen  –  24,100,000  (20 bb)
Richard Seymour  –  46,700,000  (39 bb)

1st:  $656,200 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $430,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400 |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 38:  600,000/1,200,000 with a 1,200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,417

Ian Cohen limped for 1,200,000, Richard Seymour raised from the big blind to 3,500,000, and Cohen limp-shoved all in for 25,700,000.

Seymour waited for an exact count before he folded, and Cohen took the pot.

Ian Cohen  –  30,400,000  (25 bb)
Richard Seymour  –  40,400,000  (34 bb)

1st:  $656,200 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $430,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400 |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 37:  500,000/1,000,000 with a 1,000,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,417

Richard Seymour raised to 4,500,000, and Ian Cohen called from the big blind.

The flop came , Cohen moved all in for 9,200,000, and Seymour folded. Cohen took the pot.

Ian Cohen  –  19,200,000  (19 bb)
Richard Seymour  –  51,600,000  (52 bb)

1st:  $656,200 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $430,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400 |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 37:  500,000/1,000,000 with a 1,000,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,417

Ian Cohen limped for 1,000,000, and Richard Seymour checked his option in the big blind.

The flop came , Seymour checked, Cohen bet 1,000,000, and Seymour check-raised to 3,500,000. Cohen thought for a bit before he called.

The turn card was the , Seymour bet 7,000,000, and Cohen used a Time Chip to tank for a while before he folded. Seymour took the pot to increase his lead to 2.8-to-1.

Ian Cohen  –  18,700,000  (19 bb)
Richard Seymour  –  52,100,000  (52 bb)

1st:  $656,200 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $430,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400 |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 37:  500,000/1,000,000 with a 1,000,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,417

The players return from break to begin Level 37, with increased blinds of 500,000-1,000,000 and a big blind ante of 1,000,000.

Ian Cohen  –  31,200,000  (31 bb)
Richard Seymour  –  39,600,000  (40 bb)

1st:  $656,200 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $430,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400 |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 37:  500,000/1,000,000 with a 1,000,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,417

Level 36 comes to an end, and the players take a 12-minute break.

Here are their official chip counts:

Ian Cohen  –  31,200,000  (31 bb)
Richard Seymour  –  39,600,000  (40 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $656,200 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $430,000

3rd:  Michael Amato  –  $320,000
4th:  Frank Funaro  –  $240,000
5th:  Johnny Bromberg  –  $181,000
6th:  Raj Vohra  –  $138,000