$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 11 of 1,309
Pedro Palacio
Pedro Palacio is in good shape to make the televised WPT final table and his ROI will be better than anyone else. He’s here on a freeroll and making the most of his shot.
Palacio is a regular at our sister property in Coconut Creek and he won their March tournament leaderboard promotion. His prize for winning? A $3,500 entry into the WPT Poker Showdown Champion. Palacio has locked up at least $54,139 but there’s $696,740 up top that he wouldn’t mind taking back to the Coco poker room.
$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 11 of 1,309
Scott Margereson
The snappy pace slowed down after the three quick bustouts but the chips are moving. Scott Margereson began the day with a big chip lead and he pushed his stack over 10,000,000 in early action.
Joe Cheong is going in the other direction. His stack dropped under 1,000,000 after two big pots against Brian England.
$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 11 of 1,309
Nicholas Schuman-Werb
Tanner Millen opened to 90,000 from the hijack and Nicholas Schuman-Werb shipped for 1,095,000 from the cutoff. Jeff Fielder moved all in over the top for 1,900,000 from the small blind and Millen surrendered the pot.
Fielder: Schuman-Werb:
Schuman-Werb was in trouble against the bigger pair and nothing on the board could keep him in the Championship.
Jeff Fielder – 3,250,000 (81 bb) Nicholas Schuman-Werb – Eliminated in 12th place ($54,139)
$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 12 of 1,309
AJ Gambino
After doubling up Nicholas Schuman-Werb, AJ Gambino was the new short stack and he moved all in for 600,000 from the button a few hands later. Joey Couden called in the small blind and Jeff Fielder folded his big.
Couden: Gambino:
Gambino was dominated and could not catch up on the board to exit in 13th place.
Joey Couden – 3,900,000 (98 bb) AJ Gambino – Eliminated in 13th place ($43,445)
$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 13 of 1,309
Nicholas Schuman-Werb
AJ Gambino opened to 90,000 from under the gun and the raise made it around to Nicholas Schuman-Werb in the big blind. He moved all in for 495,000 and Gambino called.
Schuman-Werb: Gambino:
Schuman-Werb was ahead and moved further out front when he flopped a boat on the board. He had a near lock on the pot and had Gambino drawing dead after the turn.
Nicholas Schuman-Werb – 1,045,000 (26 bb) AJ Gambino – 540,000 (14 bb)
$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 13 of 1,309
On the first hand of the day, Victor Ramdin opened to 85,000 and Zach Donovan defended his big blind to see the flop. Donovan checked, Ramdin bet 100,000 and Donovan check-raised all in. Ramdin had the shorter stack and called for his last 680,000.
Donovan: Ramdin:
Ramdin was ahead with top pair and needed to dodge clubs to double up. The bad news came on the turn and Ramdin was drawing dead to 14th place.
Zach Donovan – 3,000,000 (75 bb) Victor Ramdin – Eliminated in 14th place ($43,445)
$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 14 of 1,309
Cards are in the air for Day 4 of the Championship with 14 players remaining. They will continue their day until on six players are still in around to play the televised final table tomorrow afternoon.
We are running out the string on the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown schedule and time is running out to win a title. Event 21 is a $360 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament with a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool that will award one of the last trophies of the series.
Players sit down to 10,000 starting stacks and play 30-minute levels from start to finish. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30pm with unlimited re-entries during that time.
This one-day event will continue throughout the day until one player is left holding the trophy.
$50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 14 of 1,309
Scott Margereson
Day 4 of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship has a simple mission. Make it down from 14 players to the last six who will sit in front of the WPT television cameras to grind it out for the trophy on Wednesday.
UK pro Scott Margereson returns with a huge lead, more than double that of second place Joey Couden. Brian Hastings, Faraz Jaka, Matt Stout, Victor Ramdin, and former November Niner Joe Cheong are some of the notables returning but they all have a chance to book a victory.
Cards go back in the air at noon and we will bring you all the action.
Today is the last on the schedule with a chance for players to hop in new games and win a 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown trophy. And it starts with a fun one.
For those who love mixed-game poker, the H.O.R.S.E. tournament is for you. The $300 buy-in tournament will rotate between Limit Hold’em, Limit Omaha/8, Razz, Seven-Card Stud, and Seven-Card Stud/8 every eight hands.
Good times.
Player will start out with 12,000 stacks and the tournament will run 30-minute levels. Late registration is available till the start of Level 8 at 2pm and players may re-enter during that time if they lose their stack.
This is one of the last trophy events on the schedule and a fun way to earn one.
Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
board could keep him in the Championship.
board to exit in 13th place.
board. He had a near lock on the pot and had Gambino drawing dead after the 
turn.
flop. Donovan checked, Ramdin bet 100,000 and Donovan check-raised all in. Ramdin had the shorter stack and called for his last 680,000.
turn and Ramdin was drawing dead to 14th place.
