$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  208 of 2,290

209th:  Aaron Kupin  –  $6,050
210th:  Dmitry Savelyev  –  $6,050
211th:  Gabriel Abusada  –  $6,050
212th:  Benjamin Zamani  –  $6,050
213th:  Bertrand Hammant III  –  $6,050
214th:  David Shaw  –  $6,050
215th:  Jordan Semel  –  $6,050
216th:  Antonio Salorio  –  $6,050
217th:  Darryll Fish  –  $6,050
218th:  Aleks Dimitrov  –  $6,050
219th:  Mark Sullivan  –  $6,050
220th:  Kareem Marshall  –  $6,050
221st:  Oscar Blanco  –  $6,050
222nd:  Christopher Caruso  –  $6,050
223rd:  Christopher Kinane  –  $6,050
224th:  Scott Weidema  –  $6,050
225th:  Federico Butteroni  –  $6,050
226th:  Brian Luo  –  $6,050
227th:  Samuel Taylor  –  $6,050
228th:  Trung Nguyen  –  $6,050
229th:  Aiden Galvin  –  $6,050
230th:  Joel Deutsch  –  $6,050
231st:  Courtland Twyman  –  $6,050
232nd:  Alon Yehudai  –  $6,050

233rd:  Manuel Fritz  –  $5,850
234th:  Corey Hochman  –  $5,850
235th:  Joshua Kay  –  $5,850
236th:  Danny Garcia  –  $5,850
237th:  Michel Bittan  –  $5,850
238th:  Jonathan Brody  –  $5,850
239th:  Misael Iadisernia  –  $5,850
240th:  Giuliano Lentini  –  $5,850
241st:  Kevin Blewitt  –  $5,850
243rd:  Sean Astwood  –  $5,850
244th:  Steven Snyder  –  $5,850
245th:  Brian McKain  –  $5,850
246th:  Michael Noori  –  $5,850
247th:  Aaron Mermelstein  –  $5,850
248th:  Steven Cho  –  $5,850
249th:  Jesse Lonis  –  $5,850
250th:  Gary Hays  –  $5,850
251st:  Brian Schaffer  –  $5,850
253rd:  Joseph Cheong  –  $5,850
254th:  Roman Shainiuk  –  $5,850
255th:  Ryan Dodd  –  $5,850
256th:  Nathan Russler  –  $5,850
257th:  Maximino Ramirez Lopez  –  $5,850
258th:  Nolan King  –  $5,850
259th:  Aaron Thivyanathan  –  $5,850

With 208 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 550,000 (46 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,300 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:35 am).

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  213 of 2,290

The player under the gun raised to 21,000, David Shaw three-bet all in for 115,000 from the small blind, Michael Rossitto called in the big blind, and the UTG player called.

Action was checked to the turn of a board where Rossitto bet 125,000. His opponent called.

The river was the , Rossitto bet 125,000, his UTG opponent raised all in with a covering stack, and Rossitto called all in for 308,000 with for trip kings with an ace kicker, besting his opponent’s to double up.

Shaw, meanwhile, showed and was out in 214th place.

Michael Rossitto  –  1,221,000  (122 bb)
David Shaw  –  Eliminated in 214th Place  ($6,050)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  217 of 2,290

Aleks Dimitrov got it all in from the hijack for about 110,000 with , and needed his deuces to hold to stay alive against the of Blake Purvis in the cutoff.

The board came , and Purvis paired his king on the flop and rivered a full house to win the pot and eliminate Dimitrov in 218th place.

Blake Purvis  –  735,000  (74 bb)
Aleks Dimitrov  –  Eliminated in 218th Place  ($6,050)

With 217 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 528,000 (53 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,050 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:35 am).

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  240 of 2,290

Here is the first batch of eliminations, along with their payouts:

260th:  David Manikos  –  $5,750
261st:  David Uvaydov  –  $5,750
262nd:  Benoit Theetge  –  $5,750
263rd:  Euclid Zurbaran  –  $5,750
264th:  Blake Barousse  –  $5,750
265th:  Andrew Esposito  –  $5,750
266th:  Conrad Simpson  –  $5,750
267th:  Elia Ahmadian  –  $5,750
268th:  Michael Harrington  –  $5,750
269th:  Roberto Alberro  –  $5,750
270th:  Carlos Loving  –  $5,750
271st:  Fawaz Siddiqui  –  $5,750
272nd:  Brek Schutten  –  $5,750
273rd:  Gregory Baird  –  $5,750
274th:  Samuel Uhlman  –  $5,750
275th:  Tom Thomas  –  $5,750
276th:  Benoit Coulombe  –  $5,750
277th:  Viet Vo  –  $5,750
278th:  Alexander Borukhovich  –  $5,750
279th:  Erica Sumner  –  $5,750
280th:  Denys Shafikov  –  $5,750
281st:  Tom Nguyen  –  $5,750
282nd:  Kevin Naim  –  $5,750
283rd:  Robert Henderson  –  $5,750
284th:  Darin Thompson  –  $5,750
285th:  Andros Ioakimides  –  $5,750
286th:  Steven Sarmiento  –  $5,750
287th:  Aaron Gunn  –  $5,750

$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Today’s new event schedule closes out with a fast one starting at 9 pm. Event 53 is a $1,100 buy-in Deep Stack Turbo that will pay out some money in a hurry.

They’ll start with 20,000 in their stacks and all levels last 15 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 11:15 pm.

From there, it’s play to the final table and eventually another Showdown champ.

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (11:15pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Structure Sheet

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 50
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  447
Prize Pool:  $149,745
April 30, 2023

Event 50 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 447 entries generated a prize pool of $149,745, just about tripling the guarantee. The final 56 places will pay, with a min-cash set at $640.

Up top for the winner is $30,475.

1st:  $30,475  + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $20,000
3rd:  $13,565
4th:  $9,190
5th:  $7,060
6th:  $5,900
7th:  $4,915
8th:  $3,960
9th-10th:  $3,010
11th-12th:  $2,555
13th-15th:  $2,120
16th-18th:  $1,735
19th-21st:  $1,445
22nd-24th:  $1,220
25th-27th:  $1,000
28th-36th:  $825
37th-45th:  $725
46th-54th:  $640

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  287 of 2,290

A scan of the field during the break turned up nine players with at least 1.1 million in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Stephen Sullo  –  1,613,000  (202 bb)
2.  Dovid Lakein  –  1,455,000  (182 bb)
3.  Anes Kovacevik  –  1,432,000  (179 bb)
4.  Jeremy Joseph  –  1,236,000  (155 bb)
5.  Sridhar Sangannagari  –  1,218,000  (152 bb)
6.  David “ODB” Baker  –  1,165,000  (146 bb)
7.  Justin Swilling  –  1,141,000  (143 bb)
T-8.  Leo Taffe  –  1,121,000  (140 bb)
T-8.  Taylor von Kriegenbergh  –  1,121,000  (140 bb)
10.  Steve Buckner  –  1,098,000  (137 bb)

With 287 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 399,000 (50 big blinds). Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:35 am).

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  287 of 2,290

The players have returned from their early dinner break to finish playing Level 16, with blinds of 4,000-8,000 and an 8,000 ante.

When the tournament staff stopped action before the dinner break, they asked every table to finish their hand in progress before heading to dinner.

As it turns out, the Money Bubble had been burst in that last hand before the dinner break, so everyone returning from dinner is in the money!

As a reminder, here are the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $1,128,250* + Showdown Trophy + WPT Trophy
2nd:  $745,000
3rd:  $550,000
4th:  $413,000
5th:  $312,000
6th:  $238,000
7th:  $183,000
8th:  $142,000
9th-10th:  $111,500
11th-12th:  $88,500
13th-14th:  $70,500
15th-16th:  $56,800
17th-20th:  $46,200
21st-24th:  $38,000
25th-32nd:  $31,500
33rd-40th:  $26,400
41st-48th:  $22,300
49th-56th:  $19,100
57th-64th:  $16,500
65th-72nd:  $14,400
73rd-80th:  $12,650
81st-88th:  $11,300
89th-104th:  $10,050
105th-120th:  $9,050
121st-136th:  $8,250
137th-152nd:  $7,550
153rd-168th:  $7,050
169th-184th:  $6,600
185th-208th:  $6,300
209th-232nd:  $6,050
233rd-259th:  $5,850
260th-287th:  $5,750

With 287 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 399,000 (50 big blinds). Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:35 am).

* First prize amount includes the winner’s $10,400 seat into the 2023 WPT World Championship.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  293 of 2,290

With the money bubble looming, the Action Clocks are set to go into action and the dinner break was looming. Tournament staff sent the players on their dinner break and they have an extra ten minutes to enjoy the facilities around the casino.

They will return at 8 pm to play into the money and through Level 20 before bagging up.