$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 132

The turnout was so big for the $25K High Roller that the schedule needed a tweak. They were originally set to play down to the final table on Day 1 but the structure was so deep that they had to stop at two tables.

Poker Room regular Jorge Gomez leads the talented field coming back with everyone guaranteed at least $61,945. They will return at 2 pm to continue playing and not stop until we have our High Roller champ who will earn $889,145.

TABLE 23
Seat 1.  Matt Kolibas  –  730,000  (29 bb)
Seat 2.  Carlos Chadha-Villamarin  –  825,000  (33 bb)
Seat 3.  Kevin Rabichow  –  525,000  (21 bb)
Seat 4.  Brian Altman  –  1,610,000  (64 bb)
Seat 5.  Chance Kornuth  –  1,215,000  (49 bb)
Seat 6.  Daniel Swartz  –  400,000  (16 bb)
Seat 7.  Barry Hutter  –  1,015,000  (41 bb)
Seat 8.  Jorge Gomez  –  1,840,000  (74 bb)

TABLE 24
Seat 1.  Jerry Wong  –  1,260,000  (50 bb)
Seat 2.  Chris O’Hara  –  520,000  (21 bb)
Seat 3.  Brock Wilson  –  470,000  (19 bb)
Seat 4.  Landon Tice  –  780,000  (31 bb)
Seat 5.  Mike McDonald  –  375,000  (15 bb)
Seat 6.  Stephen Song  –  335,000  (13 bb)
Seat 7.  Joe McKeehen  –  955,000  (38 bb)
Seat 8.  Raul Martinez  –  370,000  (15 bb)

1st:  $889,145 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $560,570
3rd:  $335,800
4th:  $203,875
5th:  $158,130
6th:  $130,600
7th:  $115,115
8th:  $101,900
9th-10th:  $90,020
11th-12th:  $78,250
13th-14th:  $66,835
15th-16th:  $61,945

17th:  Loni Hui  –  $57,055
18th:  Jeremy Ausmus  –  $57,055
19th:  Daniel Lazrus  –  $57,055

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 2,010

James Kousouros open-shipped for 1,075,000 and Dave Moore called from the cutoff followed along with Andrew Davidson in the small blind.

Davidson and Moore checked it down until the board read and Davidson bet 700,000. Moore called and the hands were tabled.

Davidson:
Moore:
Kousouros:

All three players turned the case ace but Davidson’s two pair aces and queens was best to take the huge pot while sending Kousouros out in 16th place.

Andrew Davidson – 10,375,000 (83 bb)
David Moore – 4,650,000 (37 bb)
James Kousouros – Eliminated in 16th Place ($51,000)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 2,010

Mike Laufer opened to 250,000 from the cutoff and Vinny Pahuja moved all in for 750,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Laufer called.

Laufer:
Pahuja:

They were racing and Pahuja needed to improve to double up. The board ran out and Pahuja made a wheel to double up.

Vinny Pahuja – 1,825,000 (15 bb)
Mike Laufer – 8,300,000 (66 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 2,010

Christian Harder opened to 200,000 from early position and picked up four callers for five ways to the flop. It checked to James Calderaro in the cutoff, he bet 600,000 and only Dave Moore came along from small blind.

The turn is , Moore checked, and Calderaro moved all in. Moore quickly called for his 1,900,000 stack and the cards were tabled.

Moore:
Calderaro:

Both flopped trip queens but Calderaro was outkicked. The river was and Moore secured his double.

Dave Moore – 6,100,000 (61 bb)
James Calderaro – 6,800,000 (68 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 2,010

Cards are back in the air for the 2022 WPT Poker Showdown Championship with 16 players remaining and we’ll keep going today until we have the WPT final table with six remaining.

$400 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Today is the day for last chances and we have the final Big Stack NLH tournament starting at noon. It has a $400 buy-in with a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool and a trophy at the end.

Players start with 15,000 stacks out front and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm. There’s a dinner break scheduled at 6:30 pm and those still around will begin playing for the big money and Showdown trophy.

• $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 48 Structure Sheet

$1,100 Seniors Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 108

The $1,100 Seniors Championship returns at noon with 14 players in the money and WSOP bracelet winner Howard Mash leads closely followed by Judy Bielan.

Everyone is guaranteed at least $2,465 with $31,040 awaiting the Seniors Champion later this evening.

Table 1
Seat 1:  Michael Nye  –  140,000  (28 bb)
Seat 2:  Judith Bielan  –  413,000  (83 bb)
Seat 3:
Seat 4:  Harvey Bruce Freedman  –  46,000  (9 bb)
Seat 5:  John McCaffrey  –  132,000  (26 bb)
Seat 6:  Saber Salum – 285,000  (57 bb)
Seat 7:  David Levi  –  51,000  (10 bb)
Seat 8:  Patrick Heneghan  –  28,000  (6 bb)
Seat 9:

Table 2
Seat 1:  Evan Teitelbaum  –  54,000  (11 bb)
Seat 2:  Mike Gao  –  44,000  (9 bb)
Seat 3:  Haim Toorgeman  –  76,000  (15 bb)
Seat 4:
Seat 5:  Howard Mash  –  510,000  (102 bb)
Seat 6:  Paul Balzano  –  97,000  (19 bb)
Seat 7:  Robert Bush  –  211,000  (42 bb)
Seat 8:  Sheldon Gross  –  64,000  (13 bb)
Seat 9:

1st: $31,040 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $19,380
3rd: $11,630
4th: $7,595
5th: $5,870
6th: $4,820
7th: $4,085
8th: $3,560
9th-10th: $3,145
11th-12th: $2,780
13th-14th: $2,465

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 2,010

From 2,010 down to the final table six, that’s the plan for today. We have 16 players returning for Day 4 of the 2022 WPT Poker Showdown Championship and their goal is to make the WPT final table which will play on stage in Las Vegas.

Mark Davis leads the last two tables with four-time WPT champ Darren Elias not far behind. Former WPT LHPO champ James Calderaro sits in third but a talented group remains to challenge them all.

They return with 24:58 remaining in Level 27 and everyone is guaranteed at least $51,000 with a cool million sitting up top for the champ.

Cards go back in the air at noon and we will have all the action.

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Benjamin Miner  –  4,800,000  (48 bb)
Seat 2.  Dave Moore  –  2,500,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3.  Robert Lofaso  –  6,450,000  (65 bb)
Seat 4.  Andrew Davidson  –  5,200,000  (52 bb)
Seat 5.  Christian Harder  –  2,350,000  (24 bb)
Seat 6.  James Kousouros  –  2,725,000  (27 bb)
Seat 7.  Andrew Barfield  –  8,775,000  (88 bb)
Seat 8.  James Calderaro  –  9,675,000  (97 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Mark Davis  –  14,400,000  (144 bb)
Seat 2.  Michael Laufer  –  9,300,000  (93 bb)
Seat 3.  Vinny Pahuja  –  1,725,000  (17 bb)
Seat 4.  Viet Vo  –  5,500,000  (55 bb)
Seat 5.  Robert Georato  –  6,100,000  (61 bb)
Seat 6.  Marcos Exterkotter  –  1,100,000  (11 bb)
Seat 7.  Darren Elias  –  13,775,000  (138 bb)
Seat 8.  Carlos Dorca  –  6,800,000  (68 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st:  $1,000,300
2nd:  $660,000
3rd:  $490,000
4th:  $370,000
5th:  $280,000
6th:  $215,000
7th:  $165,000
8th:  $125,000
9th-10th:  $100,000
11th-12th:  $79,000
13th-14th:  $63,000
15th-16th:  $51,000

$5,000 Eight-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

It’s become a series tradition; on the last day of every major series, we throw a big buy-in, big prize tournament. The one-day $5K tournament with a $500,000 guarantee that should easily be topped.

A great way to close things out for those still in town after the Championship and High Rollers.

Players start with 20,000 deep stacks and all levels last 30 minutes from start to finish. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm.

This is the icing on the Poker Showdown cake and the field will be packed with our locals and travelers.

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 49 Structure Sheet

$1,100 5-Card PLO Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante

The last day of the Poker Showdown series is here and we have a handful of brand new tournaments on the schedule, the last chance to take home one of those trophies.

Kicking things off today at 11 am with our last Omaha tournament. Event 47 is a $1,100 5-Card Pot Limit Omaha Championship that will keep the action moving.

Players start with 20,000 deep stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm but no re-entries are allowed in the freeze-out. They will take a 45-minute dinner break at 5:30 pm and return to play down to our champion.

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 47 Structure Sheet