$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  639

Jeremy Becker  –  210,000  (175 bb)
Charlemagne Benjamin  –  178,000  (148 bb)
Brian Yoon  –  159,000  (133 bb)
Uri Kadosh  –  156,000  (130 bb)
James Calderaro  –  145,000  (121 bb)
Jessica Cai  –  140,000  (117 bb)
Fred Goldberg  –  134,000  (112 bb)
Matt Zarcadoolas  –  102,000  (85 bb)
Larry Klur  –  98,000  (82 bb)
David Jackson  –  83,000  (69 bb)
Dario Dussan  –  79,000  (66 bb)
Michael Wang  –  78,000  (65 bb)
Jessica Dawley  –  62,000  (52 bb)
Zachary Fischer  –  60,000  (50 bb)
Taylor Wilson  –  50,000  (42 bb)
Jordan Meltzer  –  48,000  (40 bb)
Benjamin Zamani  –  47,000  (39 bb)
Ashton Griffin  –  44,000  (37 bb)
Michael Newman  –  44,000  (37 bb)
LaDarren Banks  –  43,000  (36 bb)
Vinny Pahuja  –  39,000  (33 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe  – 38,000  (32 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  633

Alex Jauregui  –  262,000  (262 bb)
Dylan Smith  –  198,000  (198 bb)
Farid Jattin  –  160,000  (160 bb)
Elvyn Bello  –  146,000  (146 bb)
Jessica Vierling  –  144,000  (144 bb)
Blake Purvis  –  139,000  (139 bb)
Matt Glantz  –  136,000  (136 bb)
Steve Karp  –  135,000  (135 bb)
Matt Bretzfield  –  125,000  (125 bb)
Andres Korn  –  115,000  (115 bb)
Lara Eisenberg  –  110,000  (110 bb)
Cangir Elcin  –  107,000  (107 bb)
Kenny Nguyen  –  106,000  (106 bb)
Nipun Java  –  90,000  (90 bb)
Brett Apter  –  75,000  (75 bb)
Frank Lagodich  –  63,000  (63 bb)
Mike Beasley  –  62,000  (62 bb)
Toby Boas  –  62,000  (62 bb)
Neil Warren  –  58,000  (58 bb)
Judy Bielan  –  57,000  (57 bb)
Antuan Bunkley  –  55,000  (55 bb)
Larry Ormson  –  40,000  (40 bb)
Hyndi Khomutetsky  –  38,000  (38 bb)
Mitch Garshofsky  –  38,000  (38 bb)
Eric Kolodny  –  30,000  (30 bb)
Phil Hui  –  25,000  (25 bb)
Tony Cousineau  –  20,000  (20 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  614

Joe McKeehen  –  160,000  (160 bb)
Balakrishna Patur  –  146,000  (146 bb)
Mike Vela  –  134,000  (134 bb)
Marsha Wolak  –  112,000  (112 bb)
Andros Ioakimides  –  107,000  (107 bb)
David Moses  –  106,000  (106 bb)
Nicholas Palma  –  100,000  (100 bb)
Maryon Harper  –  98,000  (98 bb)
Sean Phillippi  –  95,000  (95 bb)
Josh Reichard  –  94,000  (94 bb)
Ory Hen  –  90,000  (90 bb)
Gary Gelman  –  84,000  (84 bb)
Peter Walsworth  –  74,000  (74 bb)
Brock Wilson  –  70,000  (70 bb)
Matt Yorra  –  65,000  (65 bb)
Al Norman  –  60,000  (60 bb)
Kharlin Sued  –  55,000  (55 bb)
Eugene Todd  –  52,000  (52 bb)
Jorge Gomez  –  48,000  (48 bb
Erik Seidel  –  45,000  (45 bb)
Athanasios Polychronopoulos  –  43,000  (43 bb)
Art Peacock  –  40,000  (40 bb)
James Anderson  –  38,000  (38 bb)
Eli Berg  –  35,000  (35 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  590

A scan of the field during the dinner break turned up five players with at least 220K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Eric Yanovsky  –  289,100  (289 bb)
2.  Joel Gola  –  266,800  (267 bb)
3.  David Pelosi  –  262,700  (263 bb)
4.  Casey Mann  –  225,800  (226 bb)
5.  Linh Quach  –  232,500  (233 bb)

The tournament clock shows 590 entries so far on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,327 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $4.24 million, easily beating the $3 million guarantee.

Action will 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:  587

The players return from dinner to begin Level 7, with increased blinds of 500-1,000 and a big blind ante of 1,000.

The tournament clock shows 587 entries so far on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,324 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $4.23 million, easily beating the $3 million guarantee.

Action will 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:  561

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

The tournament clock shows 561 entries so far on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,298 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $4.15 million, easily beating the $3 million guarantee.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6 (around 5:30 pm), and action will 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 an 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  558

With the board showing on the turn, Justin Zaki checked from the big blind, Peter Walsworth bet 13,000 from the button, and Zaki called.

The river card was the , Zaki checked, Walsworth bet 12,000, and Zaki tanked for a fairly long time before he called. Walsworth showed for a flopped set of deuces to win the pot, and Zaki mucked.

Peter Walsworth  –  80,000  (100 bb)
Justin Zaki  –  135,000  (169 bb)

The tournament clock shows 558 entries so far on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,295 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $4.14 million, easily beating the $3 million guarantee.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6 (around 5:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 59
$600 Deep Stack Big O
Entries:  96
Prize Pool:  $49,920
April 25, 2026

Registration closed for the $600 Deep Stack Big O tournament with 96 entries, creating a prize pool worth $49,920. The last 12 spots will be paid with $1,250 for a min-cash and $15,805 up top for the Big O champ.

1st: $15,805 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $9,485
3rd: $5,990
4th: $3,870
5th: $2,995
6th: $2,375
7th: $2,005
8th: $1,755
9th: $1,585
10th: $1,455
11th: $1,350
12th: $1,250

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with an 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  550

Rodney Clemente was all in from middle position for 17,900 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of the UTG+1 player.

The board came , and the UTG+1 player flopped an open-ended straight draw, but improved no further. Clemente won the pot with two pair, queens and fours, to double up in chips.

Rodney Clemente  –  37,800  (47 bb)

The tournament clock shows 550 entries so far on Day 1B, for a tournament total of 1,287 and counting. The prizepool is worth more than $4.11 million, easily beating the $3 million guarantee.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6 (around 5:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.