$2,200 Eight-Handed Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 104

The remaining nine players have combined to the final table, here’s how they stack up:

Seat 1:  Shankar Pillai – 125,000
Seat 2: Jarrett Blakeley – 17,000
Seat 3: Nipun Java – 169,000
Seat 4: Michael Tureniec – 160,000
Seat 5: Tony Dunst – 104,000
Seat 6: Talesh Patel – 88,000
Seat 7: Gavin O’Rourke – 663,000
Seat 8: Joe Kuether – 650,000
Seat 9: Ahmad Raza – 87,000

Here’s a look at whats at stake:

1st: $58,260
2nd: $38,840
3rd: $26,360
4th: $18,555
5th: $13,565
6th: $10,310
7th: $8,165
8th: $6,745
9th: $5,825

Results:

10th: Matthew Leecy – $5,825
11th: Will Failla – $5,270
12th: Jeremy Stein – $5,270
13th: Kristopher Tate – $5,010

$570 Big Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 202

With about 10 minutes left in level 19, the $570 no-limit hold’em reached 10 players and redrew for seats at the unofficial final table.

Seat 1: Oktay Altinbas – 107,000 (11 bb)
Seat 2: Brandon Noe – 265,000 (27 bb)
Seat 3: Evan Teitelbaum – 105,000 (11 bb)
Seat 4: Peter Nigh – 390,000 (39 bb)
Seat 5: Nicholas Baurichter – 270,000 (27 bb)
Seat 6: Ian Pelz – 555,000 (56 bb)
Seat 7: Brett Apter – 260,000 (26 bb)
Seat 8: Mason Barrell – 435,000 (44 bb)
Seat 9: Vic Adams – 180,000 (18 bb)
Seat 10: James Baune – 495,000 (40 bb)

Here’s a look at  what’s at stake:

1st – $24,847 + Trophy
2nd – $17,244
3rd – $10,353
4th – $6,297
5th – $4,863
6th – $4,030
7th – $3,434
8th – $2,959
9th – $2,485
10th – $2,161

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
End of Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 1,360

After five, 90-minute levels, the 90 players that returned for Day 3 of the $3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was trimmed down to just 18 players with Chad Eveslage from Indiana leading the way.

“It was the best I’ve ever ran.. didn’t really face any adversity. I kept making hands, it was the easiest day ever.”

Eveslage bagged up a massive chip stack of 10,760,000 which more than double James Carroll who finished the day second in chips with 5,255,000.

Jason Marshman (4,700,000), Jerry Robinson (4,400,000) and Maria Ho (4,175,000) round out the top five chip stacks.

The final 18 players will return on Tuesday, April 15, to play down to the final table of six players that will all return on May 30 to play down to a winner at the HyperX Esports Arena at the Luxor Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Surviving Tuesday and making the final table would guarantee them  at least $148,380 and keeping them alive for the $715,175 first place prize.

Here is a look at the seat map for tomorrow’s action:

Day 4 Seating Draw
7-1
7-2 James Carroll – 5,250,000
7-3 Jerry Robinson – 4,400,000
7-4 Victor Figueroa – 550,000
7-5 Ami Alibay – 2,720,000
7-6 Dan Chalifour – 2,935,000
7-7
7-8 Richard Seymour – 660,000

13-1
13-2 Chad Eveslage – 10,760,000
13-3 Ari Dinov – 975,000
13-4 Dien Le – 680,000
13-5 Jason Marshman – 4,700,000
13-6 Eric Afriat – 1,040,000
13-7 Brett Murray – 845,000
13-8

14-1 Ryan D’Angelo – 3,900,000
14-2 Danny Qutami – 4,085,000
14-3
14-4 Vladimir Vasilyev – 3,185,000
14-5 Jerry Wong – 2,045,000
14-6 Taylor Black – 1,460,000
14-7
14-8 Maria Ho – 4,175,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 1,360

Ari Dinov opened to 85,000 from under the gun and Eric Afriat called from the cutoff. Keith Ferrera moved all in for 1,275,000 from the small blind.

Chad Eveslage announced he was all in from the big blind effectively putting everyone else all in. Dinov and Afriat got out of the way and it was heads up.

Eveslage turned over and had a commanding lead against Ferrer’s .

The board ran out , and on the final hand of the night, Ferrera is eliminated in 19th place for a $29,690 payday.

Chad Eveslage – 10,760,000
Keith Ferrera – Eliminated in 19th Place ($29,690)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20  of 1,360

Antonios Roungeris raised to 105,000 from middle position and both James Carroll and Jerry Robinson call from the button and small blind.

The flop came , it checked to Carroll who bet 220,000. Only Roungeris called.

The turn brought the and Roungeris bet 375,000. Carroll put Roungeris all in for 935,000. Roungeris called with and was drawing dead against Carroll’s .

James Carroll – 5,590,000
Antonios Roungeris – Eliminated in 21st Place ($24,625)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19  of 1,360

Tim Banks was all in for 300,000 on a flop of and called by Ryan D’Angelo.

D’Angelo tabled and was out in front against Bank’s .

The on the turn paired the board and the on the river made it official as Banks was eliminated in 20th place.

Ryan D’Angelo – 3,500,000 (88 bb)
Tim Banks – Eliminated in 20th place ($29,690)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 21  of 1,360

Richard Seymour raised  to 90,000 from early position and Martin Raus moved all in from the cutoff for 310,000. Seymour called.

Raus turned over and was in good shape to double up against Seymour’s .

The board came and Raus’s pocket tens held to avoid elimination.

Martin Raus  –  720,000  (18 bb)
Richard Seymour  –  955,000  (24 bb)

It was short-lived however, as a few hands later he was eliminated.

Martin Raus – Eliminated in 22nd Place ($24,627)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 23  of 1,360

Truyen Nguyen moved all in for 285,000 from the button with  and James Carroll called in the small blind with .

The board ran out and Carroll’s pocket sevens held to eliminate Nguyen in 24th place for a $25,625 payout.

James Carroll – 3,460,000 (87 bb)
Truyen Nguyen – Eliminated in 24th Place ($24,625)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24  of 1,360

Antonios Roungeris raised to 90,000 from under the gun before Ryan D’Angelo three-bet to 260,000 from two seats over.

From the big blind, Joseph Elpayaa moved all in for 1,010,000. Roungeris folded, and D’Angelo called.

It was a fair fight as Elpayaa tabled versus D’Angelo’s .

The board ran out and D’Angelo’s pocket queens held to eliminate Elpayaa in 25th place.

With Elpayaa’s elimination the final twenty-four players are currently redrawing to the final three tables.

Ryan D’Angelo – 2,800,000
Joseph Elpayaa – Eliminated in 25th Place ($20,650)

2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 21
$2,200 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries: 56
Prize Pool: $112,000
April 14-15, 2019

Phil Hui is the Pot Limit Omaha champion following a win in Event 21 of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown. Hui defeated a strong field of 56 entries in the $2,200 buy-in event ultimately scoring an outright win of $41,440 and a token guitar pick trophy.

There were six finalists at the start of  Day 2 including three-time WSOP bracelet winner Ben Yu.

Hui, the eventual champion led the pack with more than twice the amount of chips as his next  closest opponent. Everyone was guaranteed a payday of $6,720 with all eyes on the first place prize of $41,440.

It was pretty smooth sailing for the Hui to score his fourth Seminole Hard Rock trophy.

This was Hui’s first outright win of the series out of five final tables. He chopped the  Event 6  $300 Deep Stack Turbo and came runner up in Event 2 $360 Omaha 8 or Better.

He also finished fourth in Event 11 $360 PLO 8 as well as sixth in Event 12 $360 H.O.R.S.E.

The Florida local undoubtedly has some home field advantage, “I love it here, its good to be home.. I love sleeping in my own bed. I like to have a routine, being able to go to the gym before I play, eat what I want and cook what I want.”

The victory pushed him to over $1,700,000 in reported earnings.

Full Results:

1st: Phil Hui – $41,440
2nd: Farid Dhanani –  $24,640
3rd: Ruan Zhuang – $15,120
4th: Joseph Irgon – $10,640
5th: Ben Yu – $8,400
6th: Dayan Danit – $6,720
7th: William Valladares Hurtado – $5,040