2026 Showdown Live Updates

Championship: Ian Cohen Wins the Showdown Championship! ($656,200); NFL Hall of Famer Richard Seymour Finishes as Runner-Up ($430,000)

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$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

2026 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Champion Ian Cohen (Photo: WPT/Alicia Skillman)

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 10d10c, and Cohen turned over 7s7h.

The board came 7d6h2dJhQc, 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

2026 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Champion Ian Cohen with Tournament Floor David “Country” Roberts, Tournament Manager Jason Heidenthal, WPT CEO Adam Pliska, Commentator Tony Dunst, Commentator Vince Van Patten, WPT Executive Tour Director Matt Savage, and Runner-Up Richard Seymour (Photo: Alicia Skillman/WPT)
PlaceFirst NameLast NameCitySTPrize Amount
1IanCohenFort LauderdaleFL$656,200
2RichardSeymourSuwanneGA$430,000
3MichaelAmatoBoca RatonFL$320,000
4FrankFunaroSewellNJ$240,000
5JohnnyBrombergLos AngelesCA$181,000
6RajVohraLake WorthFL$138,000
7MicahRaskinOld WestburyNY$106,000
8VitoDiStefanoLas VegasNV$82,000
9EugeneKatchalovLas VegasNV$65,000
10DylanSmithFort LauderdaleFL$65,000
11JustinFawcettGainesvilleFL$54,000
12JacobBellDelray BeachFL$54,000
13WillFaillaSmithtownNY$46,000
14ChrisAudrainHarvesterMO$46,000
16FaridJattinMiamiFL$46,000
16JohnMcDonaldPhiladelphiaPA$38,500
17EvanBeardBoynton BeachFL$38,500
18MichaelReinTorontoON$38,500
19AlexanderFarahiLos AngelesCA$38,500
20RyanHoenigFort CollinsCO$32,500
21JosephPhelpsBonita SpringsFL$32,500
22CoreyHarrisonMetairieLA$32,500
23JonathanHollywoodFL$32,500
24MichaelVinokurMiamiFL$27,500
25ChristopherSelamiLos AngelesCA$27,500
26TraceHendersonLaurelMS$27,500
27MalikWigginsColumbusOH$27,500
28DaleRoeselChattanoogaTN$27,500
29T.K.MilesDavieFL$27,500
30SebastianToro HenaoMedellin$27,500
31FredericNormandQuebecQC$27,500
32BrianSanguinetSaint LouisMO$23,000
33ThienNguyenFort MyersFL$23,000
34QuangVuLas VegasNV$23,000
35CodyWiegmannLas VegasNV$23,000
36CaseyHatmakerChambersburgPA$23,000
37MisaelIadiserniaBoynton BeachFL$23,000
38SethFischerAtlantaGA$23,000
39OrsonYoungHobokenNJ$23,000
40StuartPatersonBoca RatonFL$19,400
41JohnPetroFredericksburgVA$19,400
42VitalijsZavorotnijsBoca RatonFL$19,400
43AdamAdlerMount PleasantSC$19,400
44MikeVelaPiedmontSC$19,400
45KetihStahlChester SpringsPA$19,400
46FrancisAndersonLas VegasNV$19,400
47JorgeGuzmanMonteria$19,400
48JosephHernonHamptonNH$16,300
49NicholasRigbySouth ParkPA$16,300
50DanielKusnerakNewtonNC$16,300
51SachinRamrakhaniFort LeeNJ$16,300
52SteveRashTallahasseeFL$16,300
53RoniZelichonokAventuraFL$16,300
54ArtemMetalidiKyivUA$16,300
55JasonHickeyDripping SpringsTX$16,300
56EvgenyKharchenkoHallandale BeachFL$13,800
57AaronMasseyLas VegasNV$13,800
58EugeneGolubchikScottsdaleAZ$13,800
59MichaelChiappettaBoca RatonFL$13,800
60AshtonGriffinDavieFL$13,800
61RobertAnastasioFreeholdNJ$13,800
62ArtemTuliupaAventuraFL$13,800
63TravellThomasOrchard ParkNY$13,800
64MattSalsbergLos AngelesCA$11,500
65MaxKingstoneOrlandoFL$11,500
66NadyaMagnusBoca RatonFL$11,500
67PaulDombKey BiscayneFL$11,500
68MattGlantzLake WorthFL$11,500
69FelipeRoldanArmenia$11,500
70FreddyFerminCarolinaPR$11,500
71JeremyHalaskaBay Vi GeOH$11,500
72DavidPelosiHudsonFL$11,500
73JavierNunez JimenezCali$11,500
74ViktorKovachevSofia$11,500
75StevenBegleiterChappaquaNY$11,500
76MichaelTweedlieEnfieldCT$11,500
77DamjanRadanovLas VegasNV$11,500
78LouOjedaMiamiFL$11,500
79AndresKornBuenos Aires$11,500
80EricYanovsky BrooklynNY$9,600
81ElvynBelloBellflowerCA$9,600
82RichardLegerLighthouse PointFL$9,600
83BenWarringtonMarlborough$9,600
84ChahnhoonJungLos AngelesCA$9,600
85BrockWilsonLas VegasNV$9,600
86AndjelkoAndrejevicMiamiFL$9,600
87UriKadoshFort LauderdaleFL$9,600
88UmutOzturkApple ValleyMN$9,600
89StefanoSpataroSanta MonicaCA$9,600
90AntonioNdojaClinton TownshipMI$9,600
91PhuocVoFort LauderdaleFL$9,600
92JeremyHeraufSarasotaFL$9,600
93AlainCandales FalconMiamiFL$9,600
94AthanasiosPolychronopoulosDelray BeachFL$9,600
95DanielMonossonWoodburyNY$9,600
96Balakrishna PaturFlemingtonNJ$9,600
97RobertMizrachiHollywoodFL$8,200
98JoeMcKeehenPlymouth MeetingPA$8,200
99JeffreyMillerJupiterFL$8,200
100MosheRefaelovitzMiamiFL$8,200
101HerbertNairmNaplesFL$8,200
102ZacharyBaronDallasTX$8,200
103GeronimoTimermanBuenos Aires$8,200
104JeffreyRodino$8,200
105JosiasSantosTampaFL$8,200
106Robert-AndreiBurlacuLondon$8,200
107EricAfriatMiami BeachFL$8,200
108CalebKingSpringfieldOH$8,200
109PhilRigbyMitcham$8,200
110KennyNguyenLansingIL$8,200
111AlekseiDonetsNaplesFL$8,200
112DarrenRabinowitzLas VegasNV$8,200
113WayneLeonardTampaFL$8,200
114RobertEliasSeafordNY$8,200
115A.J.KelsallTampaFL$7,000
116JoeyWeissmanLas VegasNV$7,000
117FirasKashatSterling HeightsMI$7,000
118RonaldSullivanRiverviewFL$7,000
119RamyGuirguisPhiladelphiaPA$7,000
120MatthewZarcadoolasFort LauderdaleFL$7,000
121ThomasMetzShaker HtsOH$7,000
122DavidMosesAshevilleNC$7,000
123AntonioSerraoNew RochelleNY$7,000
124MuratMuftariBirminghamMI$7,000
125PetkoTsakovPlantationFL$7,000
126MarceloAagesenMiamiFL$7,000
127JamesPillonWindsorON$7,000
128SanketDesaiLas VegasNV$7,000
129DavidBradshawDecaturGA$7,000
130PranavSardaMarlboroNJ$7,000
131GustavoGoncalves MotaCentro Rio, Maria$7,000
132DiegoPaulo UezRiverviewFL$7,000
133ChangHuangFort MyersFL$7,000
134AndrewOstapchenkoLas VegasNV$7,000
135ArkadiyTsinisSunny Isles BeachFL$7,000
136GustavoFelicio MachadoCampinas$7,000
137BrianYoonLas VegasNV$7,000
138GarryGurevichVernon HillsIL$7,000
139SamuelWynderWest Palm BeachFL$7,000
140DarryllFishMiamiFL$7,000
141LinhQuachBradentonFL$7,000
142MichaelScarboroughLawrenceburgIN$7,000
143JakeCodyNottinghamshire$6,400
144CharlesFureyBridgewaterNJ$6,400
145DavidJacksonLas VegasNV$6,400
146JeremyEyerHattiesburgMS$6,400
147DavidFassettPalm HarborFL$6,400
148GregoryAndaFort MyersFL$6,400
149TalAviviPlantationFL$6,400
150JoshKayBoca RatonFL$6,400
151ElliottKampenFishersIN$6,400
152ElijahRuffinChandlerAZ$6,400
153HaimNagarHollywoodFL$6,400
154TonySinishtajManalapanNJ$6,400
155CalebHarrisSidneyOH$6,400
156LiorRusinekBoca RatonFL$6,400
157ArthurAzenHackensackNJ$6,400
158JohnCorsiPlymouthMI$6,400
159AndrewMillerTavernierFL$6,400
160RudolphBourg Jr.MidlandTX$6,400
161AndrewPorterIvylandPA$6,400
162BrunoPisaLake WorthFL$6,400
163AntuanBunkleyWest Palm BeachFL$6,400
164AbelGebeyehuBurtonsvilleMD$6,400
165RodneyClementeWenatcheeWA$6,400
166GregOstanderWebsterNY$6,400
167EkremBozkurtLas VegasNV$6,400
168MukulPahujaCherry HillNJ$6,400
169ShaneSantacroceParklandFL$6,400
170DavidFinkelsteinUpper Saddle RiverNJ$6,400
171FrankPasqualePort JeffersonNY$6,400
172WalterBravoGolden BeachFL$6,400
173GlennBeckerDeerfield BeachFL$6,400
174ChristopherMoonSterling HeightsMI$6,400
175AlexanderZiskinBonita SpringsFL$6,400
176BrianWardrupUnionKY$6,400
177OliverBerensMiamiFL$6,400
178BrianAltmanBostonMA$6,400