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

Poker Showdown Event 65 was a $1,100 buy-in Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha tournament which drew 69 entries for a prize pool worth $66,930. Dylan Lask outlasted the field and won the tournament outright for $23,085.

Congrats Dylan!

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  41 of 1,869

37th: Michael O’Malley – $27,500
38th: Andy Slater – $27,500
39th: Orez Mokedi – $27,500
40th: Brian Scott – $23,100
41st: Claudio Piedrabuena – $23,100
42nd: Timothy Capretta – $23,100
43th: Kaleb Harwell – $23,100
44th: Josh Arieh – $23,100
45th: Dominick Sarle – $23,100
46th: Toby Joyce – $23,100
47th: Justin Swilling – $23,100

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $1,000,000 | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 104

Seat 1: Justin Zaki – 160,000 (13 bb)
Seat 2: Mike Jozoff – 57,000 (5 bb)
Seat 3: Justin Liberto – 104,000 (9 bb)
Seat 4: Mathew Frankland – 189,000 (16 bb)
Seat 5: Brian Luo – 772,000 (64 bb)
Seat 6: Carlos Chadha – 165,000 (14 bb)
Seat 7: Joey Weissman – 225,000 (19 bb)
Seat 8: Clemen Deng – 507,000 (42 bb)
Seat 9: Tony Sinishtaj – 449,000 (37 bb)

1st: $302,500 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $187,500
3rd: $115,000
4th: $75,000
5th: $58,500
6th: $46,750
7th: $39,750
8th: $34,500
9th: $30,500
10th: Stan Jablonski – $27,500
11th: Michael Chiappetta – $27,500
12th: Justin Young – $27,500
13th: James Collopy – $27,500

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  44 of 1,869

The second break ended, and players are back in action with a new Championship leader. Hollywood regular Wasim Assaf is the current leader with 5,030,000, followed by Jackob Datashvili and Josh Reichard.

Tournament staff announced that the one-hour dinner break will be at 6:30 pm even if they go to 90-minute levels with the next blind increase.

1.  Wasim Assaf  –  5,030,000  (84 bb)
2.  Jackob Datashvili  –  4,100,000  (68 bb)
3.  Josh Reichard  –  4,050,000  (68 bb)
4.  Anthony Spinella  –  3,765,000  (63 bb)
5.  Toby Boas  –  3,485,000  (58 bb)
6.  Danny Panagatos  –  2,970,000  (50 bb)
7.  Barry Hatcher  –  2,925,000  (49 bb)
8.  Michael O’Malley  –  2,870,000  (48 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  47 of 1,869

48th: Matt Waxman – $19,400
49th: Jordan Schneider – $19,400
50th: Joseph McArthur – $19,400
51st: Tony Cousineau – $19,400
52nd: Jared Griener – $19,400
53rd: Brian Hall – $19,400
54th: Michael Berk – $19,400
55th: Kou Vang – $19,400
56th: Yicheng Xu – $16,300
57th: Braw Owens – $16,300
58th: Santiago Nadal Sordo – $16,300
59th: Abel Gebeyehu – $16,300
60th: Fred Paradis – $16,300
61st: Curt Kohlberg – $16,300
62nd: Brandon Mueller – $16,300
63rd: Albert Barney – $16,300
64th: Anuj Agarwal – $13,800

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Entries:  33

The $25K High Roller got off to a great start with 33 entries here already and they’ve put more than $800K toward the $1,000,000 so that’s a virtual lock.

A few friends here already include Giuseppe Iadisernia, Cherish Andrews, Brock Wilson, Chance Kornuth, Joe McKeehen, Blake Bohn, and $10K champ Brian Yoon.

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 67
$600 Savage Average NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  124
Prize Pool:  $64,480
April 22-23, 2024

Registration closed for the brand-new $600 Savage Average NLH tournament with 124 entries turning the $50,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $64,480. The last 16 spots will pay out with $1,040 for a min-cash and $16,460 up top for the winner.

1st: $16,460 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $11,000
3rd: $8,100
4th: $6,100
5th: $4,600
6th: $3,500
7th: $2,700
8th: $2,100
9th-10th: $1,640
11th-12th: $1,240
13th-16th: $1,040

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  63 of 1,869

65th: Charles Johnson – $13,800
66th: Fikret Kovac – $13,800
67th: Michael Newman – $13,800
68th: Rafael Reis – $13,800
69th: David Poces – $13,800
70th: Michael Vanier – $13,800
71st: Vladimir Minko – $13,800
72nd: Jeffrey Blenkarn – $13,800
73rd: Dale Roesel – $13,800
74th: Adam Adler – $13,800
75th: Michael Morton – $13,800
76th: Chris Moorman – $13,800
77th: Scott Baumstein – $13,800
78th: Dirk Perdrix Jr – $13,800
79th: Ivan Starostin – $13,800
80th: Michael Wang – $11,500
81st: Samuel Journeay – $11,500
82nd: Jeffrey Tomlinson – $11,500
83rd: Eldo Rodriguez – $11,500
84th: Aaron Massey – $11,500
85th: Eric Bonin – $11,500
86th: Seth Fischer – $11,500
87th: Brett Apter – $11,500
88th: Bryan Radigan – $11,500

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  63 of 1,869

The first break rolled around and the 62 remaining players were sent away to relax for 15 minutes. Anthony Spinella is the new leader in the Championship with 3,920,000 followed closely by Michael Rocco’s 3,710,000 and Jerry Humphrey’s 3,690,000.

They will play through two more levels before the next break and go to 90-minute levels when 40 players remain.

1.  Anthony Spinella  –  3,920,000  (98 bb)
2.  Michael Rocco  –  3,710,000  (93 bb)
3.  Jerry Humphrey  –  3,690,000  (92 bb)
4.  Toby Boas  –  3,540,000  (89 bb)
5.  Melad Marji  –  2,570,000  (64 bb)
6.  Matthew Higgins  –  2,505,000  (63 bb)
7.  Denis Cyr  –  2,490,000  (62 bb)
8.  Alex Queen  –  2,435,000  (61 bb)
9.  Mukul Pahuja  –  2,255,000  (56 bb)
10.  Danny Panagatos  –  2,205,000  (55 bb)
11.  Dylan Linde  –  2,165,000  (54 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante

The $25K High Roller is one of the premier events we put on any of our schedules and the Showdown version gets underway at 2 pm in the Meeting Room. The tournament features a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and a fun, tough field of players.

High Rollers will start with 100K stacks and levels last 40 minutes until they increase to 90 minutes at the final table. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Leve 10 at 10 pm following the 90-minute dinner break.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 100,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 40 minutes; Final table levels last 90 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 10 (10:00pm)
• Day 1 will end when nine players remain
• High Roller Structure Sheet