$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

All of the preliminaries are complete and it’s time to begin the business of finding our next WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Champion. The Championship kicks off this morning in the Event Center with an expected big, talented group of players from Florida, the country, and the rest of the world. Whoever wins will join a distinguished list of former titleholders since we first hosted this tournament in 2011.

2011 – Taylor von Kriegenbergh
2012 – Tommy Vedes
2013 – Kevin Eyster
2014 – Eric Affriat
2015 – Griffin Paul
2016 – Justin Young
2017 – Tony Sinishtaj
2018 – Scott Margereson
2019 – ??????

Today is the first of two starting flights with the field combining on Sunday for Day 2. By the end of Day 4, we will have our six final table members who will fly to Las Vegas to play it out in the HyperX Esports Arena on May 30.

Players sit down to 40,000 starting stacks with blind levels at 60 minutes for the starting flights and Day 2, switching to 90 minutes for Day 3 and Day 4. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 9pm including unlimited re-entries and there is a 75-minute dinner break at 5:30pm.

The starting flights will come to an end after Level 10 and survivors will return on Sunday to continue their march towards a title.

Cards fly at 11am and we will have all the coverage from front to back.

• $3,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Days 1 & 2 levels last 60 minutes
• Days 3 & 4 levels last 90 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 10 or Tournament Director discretion
• Championship Structure Sheet