$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 100/200
Day 1A Entries: 370
The first break is near and we found another bigger stack in the room. South Florida favorite, along with two-time WSOP bracelet winner/five-time WSOPC ring winner, Loni Harwood was sitting at a (now) short-handed table and she is stacked up to 70,000 in early action.
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 100/200
Day 1A Entries: 342
We have a steady stream of players taking their seats in the Championship including more than a few former WPT Champions.
Not only does Eric Afriat have his name on the WPT Champions Cup, but he put it there for the first time with a win in this event in 2014. He followed that up with a second WPT win at the Borgata last January.
Tyler Patterson flew from the other side of the country for a chance at his second. He won the WPT Jacksonville event in 2015 to go along with his WSOP bracelet win from 2014.
In South Florida for @WPT @SHRPO. Got a little sun by the pool already today. 🌴🌞♥️♦️♠️♣️
— Tyler Patterson (@TylerPoker) April 12, 2019
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Day 1A Entries: 299
We heard there were two seats suddenly open at Table 29 and sure enough, they were short-handed by the time we got there. It was pretty obvious who did the heavy lifting.
Brent Roberts sat down to a 40,000 starting stack but he is up to 84,400 before the end of the first level. The WPTDeepStacks champ/WSOP Circuit Main Event winner is off to a good start and we will track down the story during the first break.
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Day 1A Entries: 271
The Championship draws players from across the globe but we have some South Florida that can fall back on some home cooking. Tristan Wade and Darryll Fish are two of them and both have a lot of success.
Wade owns both a WSOP bracelet and a WSOP Circuit Main Event ring along with $1.7 million in career earnings (and that is just live poker). Darryll Fish won an Aussie Millions Tournament of Champions and WSOP Circuit ring before capturing his first WPT title during the Lucky Hearts Poker Open last January.
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Day 1A Entries: 209
After a few players instructions, Tournament Director put cards in the air for the 2019 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship.
Blinds are 100/100 and they will play hour-long levels throughout the day with breaks every two levels.
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
All of the preliminaries are complete and it’s time to begin the business of finding our next WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Champion. The Championship kicks off this morning in the Event Center with an expected big, talented group of players from Florida, the country, and the rest of the world. Whoever wins will join a distinguished list of former titleholders since we first hosted this tournament in 2011.
2011 – Taylor von Kriegenbergh
2012 – Tommy Vedes
2013 – Kevin Eyster
2014 – Eric Affriat
2015 – Griffin Paul
2016 – Justin Young
2017 – Tony Sinishtaj
2018 – Scott Margereson
2019 – ??????
Today is the first of two starting flights with the field combining on Sunday for Day 2. By the end of Day 4, we will have our six final table members who will fly to Las Vegas to play it out in the HyperX Esports Arena on May 30.
Players sit down to 40,000 starting stacks with blind levels at 60 minutes for the starting flights and Day 2, switching to 90 minutes for Day 3 and Day 4. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 9pm including unlimited re-entries and there is a 75-minute dinner break at 5:30pm.
The starting flights will come to an end after Level 10 and survivors will return on Sunday to continue their march towards a title.
Cards fly at 11am and we will have all the coverage from front to back.
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Day 1A – $3,500 WPT Showdown Championship (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
9AM: Event 55 – $390 Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
12PM: Event 56 – $375 Championship Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
3PM: Event 57 – $390 Showdown Championship Satellite (1-in-10)
8PM: Event 58 – $390 Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
10:30PM: Event 59 – $375 Championship Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 16
$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 182
Prize Pool: $364,000
April 11, 2019
Event 16 of the 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry). The tournament carried a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool, and a field of 182 entries easily eclipsed that mark, generating a prize pool of $364,000.
The final table was tumultuous, one that saw 15 double ups. Five of those belonged to Gavin O’Rourke, who outlasted the field for an outright win for $85,850 and his second SHRP trophy.
The 35-year-old O’Rourke hails from Portlaoise, Ireland and makes the trip to the Seminole Hard Rock often for the bigger tournament series.
“A couple of us come to most of the series here,” O’Rourke told us after his win. “There’s a direct flight here, so it’s about nine hours to get here, so it makes it a lot easier. I really enjoy playing here, the tournament are good, so I always like to make the trip.”
Earlier in the series, O’Rourke final tabled Event 1 but ultimately finished in 10th place for $13,311. Back at another final table a few days later, O’Rourke was happy to get the win this time.
“It feels good. It was a pretty roller coaster final table. I was short a couple of time and spun it back up, so I’m happy with the win.”
Results:
1st: Gavin O’Rourke – $86,850 + Showdown trophy
2nd: Talesh Patel – $57,905
3rd: Nelson Resendiz – $42,375
4th: Jake Schindler – $31,430
5th: Elio Fox – $23,630
6th: John Gravagna – $18,015
7th: Dylan Linde – $13,925
8th: Kristopher Tate – $10,920
9th: David “ODB” Baker – $8,685
10th: Peter Eichhardt – $8,685
11th: Raj Vohra – $7,010
12th: Christopher Howard – $7,010
13th: Ben Palmer – $5,745
14th: Niall Farrell – $5,745
15th: Steven Rosen – $4,775
16th: Brock Wilson – $4,775
17th: Stanley Lee – $4,035
18th: Michael Tureniec – $4,035
19th: Jake Toole – $4,035
20th: Tony Miles – $4,035
21st: Richard Seymour – $3,460
22nd: Brandon Shane – $3,460
23rd: James Carroll – $3,460
$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 182
Talesh Patel raised all in for about 1,100,000 from the button and Gavin O’Rourke called from the big blind.
Patel: 
O’Rourke: 
The board came down 
, no help to Patel, ending his tournament with a runner-up showing for $57,905.
Gavin O’Rourke wins Event 16 outright for $86,850!
$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 182
Gavin O’Rourke raised from the button and Talesh Patel called from the big blind.
The flop fell 
and Patel check-called 150,000 from O’Rourke.
The turn was the 
and Patel check-called 500,000 from O’Rourke.
The river was the 
and both players checked.
O’Rourke showed 
for queens and jacks, Patel mucked and O’Rourke won the pot.
Gavin O’Rourke – 2,725,000 (36 bb)
Talesh Patel – 925,000 (12 bb)