$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  922

After a flop of , the UTG player checked, and George Pappas bet 6,000. The player in the cutoff folded, Valerie Novak called, and the UTG player folded.

The turn card was the , Pappas checked, Novak bet 10,000, and Pappas called.

The river card was the , and both players checked. Pappas showed for a pair of aces with a jack kicker, and Novak mucked. Pappas won the pot.

George Pappas  –  162,000  (162 bb)
Valerie Novak  –  24,000  (24 bb)

The tournament clock shows 922 entries here on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,889 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $6.04 million, absolutely crushing the $3 million guarantee.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. Action should continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  905

Chance Kornuth  –  240,000  (240 bb)
Arian Stolt  –  206,000  (206 bb)
Harrison Gimbel  –  167,000  (167 bb)
Igor Tretyakov  –  150,000  (150 bb)
Fikret Kovac  –  137,000  (137 bb)
James Calderaro  –  100,000  (100 bb)
Philip Shing  –  100,000  (100 bb)
Jake Schwartz  –  98,000  (98 bb)
Ashley Sleeth  –  84,000  (84 bb)
Nicole Diaz  –  83,000  (83 bb)
Matthew Wolfson  –  83,000  (83 bb)
Nick Pupillo  –  80,000  (80 bb)
Scott Carrgher  –  70,000  (70 bb)
Joe Serock  –  67,000  (67 bb)
Tony Sinishtaj  –  59,000  (59 bb)
Tony Ruberto  –  56,000  (56 bb)
Kristen Bicknell  –  55,000  (55 bb)
Richard Rice  –  52,000  (52 bb)
Veerab Zakarian  –  47,000  (47 bb)
Kevin Eyster  –  46,000  (46 bb)
Mike McDonald  –  40,000  (40 bb)
D.J. Alexander  –  37,000  (37 bb)
Femi Fashakin  –  35,000  (35 bb)
Jon Brody  –  35,000  (35 bb)
Chris Grigorian  –  27,000  (27 bb)

$250 Ladies Event (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Entries:  91

Registration closed for the Ladies Event with a huge 91-entry turnout for the biggest field we’ve ever hosted for this tournament.

2022 Showdown  – 91 entries
2019 LHPO – 76 entries
2019 Showdown – 72 entries
2019 RRPO – 70 entries
2016 Showdown – 67 entries

They nearly doubled the $10,000 guarantee plus they have a $1,100 Event 46 seat waiting for 1st place.

We will post the prize pool and payout information as soon as it is available.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  860

The players are currently on a 90-minute dinner break, with action scheduled to resume at 7:01 pm EDT.

A scan of the field during the dinner break turned up two players with at least 300K in chips, and one more knocking on the door:

1.  David Farber  –  435,700  (436 bb)
2.  Philip Wiszowaty  –  326,400  (326 bb)
3.  Andrew Heckman  –  293,200  (293 bb)

The tournament clock shows 860 entries here on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,827 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $5.84 million, absolutely crushing the $3 million guarantee.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. Action should continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$250 Ladies Event (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Entries:  84

Level 6 is underway for the Ladies Event, the last chance to register for the special tournament. With 84 entries so far, this is already the biggest Ladies Event field in our history and it will continue to grow a bit before registration closes at 6:15 pm.

More notables in the field include Sherry Pluskota, LearnWPT instructor Katie Stone, WPT Global Events Manager Madison Evans, Sandra Barbour, former Ladies Event champ Robyn Marshman, Janet Fitzgerald, Lisa Teebagy, and Tamra Piderit.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  854

Level 6 came to an end, and the players took a 90-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to continue around 7:01 pm.

The tournament clock shows 854 entries here on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,821 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $5.82 million, absolutely crushing the $3 million guarantee.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. Action should continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  854

Shortly before the dinner break, Joey Gargiulo raised UTG+1 to 1,900, Rodney Turvin called from middle position, the player in the hijack called, the button called, and the player in the small blind moved all in for 15,800.

Gargiulo called, Turvin called, the hijack folded, and the button called.

There was 64,800 in the main pot, and any further betting would create a side pot.

The flop came , Gargiulo checked, and Turvin bet 10,000. The player on the button folded, and Gargiulo called.

The turn card was the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , and they checked again. All three players showed their cards.

Joey Gargiulo:    (pair of deuces)
Rodney Turvin:    (pair of jacks)
Small Blind:    (queen high)

As the players turned over their cards, another player at the table said, “Those were not the cards I was expecting to see.”

Turvin won the entire pot with a pair of jacks to eliminate the player in the small blind.

Rodney Turvin  –  133,600  (134 bb)
Joey Gargiulo  –  154,700  (155 bb)

The tournament clock shows 854 entries here on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,821 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $5.82 million, absolutely crushing the $3 million guarantee.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. Action should continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  827

After a flop of , Paul Snead checked the small blind, Andrew Heckman bet 13,000 from middle position, and Snead check-raised all in for roughly 50K.

Heckman quickly called with for a pair of aces, and Snead turned over for a gutshot straight draw. Snead needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Heckman won the pot with two pair, aces and jacks, to eliminate Snead.

After the hand, Heckman said, “I told myself that if I flopped the ace, I wasn’t going to fold.”

Andrew Heckman  –  328,000  (410 bb)
Paul Snead  –  Eliminated

The tournament clock shows 827 entries here on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,756 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $5.61 million, absolutely crushing the $3 million guarantee.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. Action should continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$250 Ladies Event (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Entries:  62

The Ladies Event wasted no time blasting their prize pool over the $10,000 guarantee. In fact, the prize pool was over that amount before cards went in the air.

A fantastic showing right out of the gates and we anticipate a fun time in the Meeting Room this evening.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  789

After a flop of , Viet Vo checked from the big blind, the UTG layer checked, and Jonathan Mattia checked the hijack.

The turn card paired the board with the , and Vo bet 1,800. The UTG player folded, and Mattia called.

The river card double-paired the board with the , Vo bet 2,200, and Mattia tanked for a while before he called. Vo showed to win the pot with a full house, sixes full of threes, and Mattia mucks.

Viet Vo  –  58,000  (97 bb)
Jonathan Mattia  –  170,000  (283 bb)

The tournament clock shows 789 entries here on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,756 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $5.61 million, absolutely crushing the $3 million guarantee.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. Action should continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.