$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  816

Roberto Desogos  –  455,000  (455 bb)
David Peters  –  283,000  (283 bb)
Cherish Andrews  –  270,000  (270 bb)
Will Failla  –  199,000  (199 bb)
Justin Liberto  –  195,000  (195 bb)
Chad Roedersheimer  –  144,000  (144 bb)
Sam Ganzfried  –  129,000  (129 bb)
Michael Gathy  –  120,000  (120 bb)
Josh Kay  –  117,000  (117 bb)
Jake Schwartz  –  110,000  (110 bb)
Howard Mash  –  105,000  (105 bb)
Aaron Pinson  –  105,000  (105 bb)
Yuri Dzivielevski  –  102,000  (102 bb)
Harrison Gimbel  –  96,000  (96 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  83,000  (83 bb)
Yunkyu Song  –  80,000  (80 bb)
Josh Reichard  –  75,000  (75 bb)
Thomas Boivin  –  74,000  (74 bb)
Walter Bravo  –  74,000  (74 bb)
Kurt Jewell  –  64,000  (64 bb)
Michael Wang  –  62,000  (62 bb)
Dimitri Vorbe  –  60,000  (60 bb)
Jason Young  –  60,000  (60 bb)
Brek Schutten  –  56,000  (56 bb)
James Carroll  –  54,000  (54 bb)
Chris Brewer  –  52,000  (52 bb)
Ray Qartomy  –  50,000  (50 bb)
Matthew Beinner  –  48,000  (48 bb)
James Calderaro  –  47,000  (47 bb)
Ryan Hoenig  –  43,000  (43 bb)
Brad Owen  –  38,000  (38 bb)
Carlos Bermudez  –  27,000  (27 bb)
Asher Conniff  –  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 1A Entries:  785

Brandon Wilson got all in on a final board reading , with pocket jacks in the hole UTG+1, and his opponent had him covered holding on the big blind. Wilson doubled up to survive with a stack worth 168,000 after collecting the pot.

Brandon Wilson – 168,000 (168 bb)

Photo: Credit: Spenser Sembrat/World Poker Tour

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  789

Igor Korkhin  –  205,000  (205 bb)
David DiBernardi  –  196,000  (196 bb)
Brandon Wilson  –  145,000  (145 bb)
Artem Metalidi  –  145,000  (145 bb)
Brian Altman  –  130,000  (130 bb)
Darryll Fish  –  130,000  (130 bb)
Maxwell Young  –  109,500  (110 bb)
Kevin Eyster  –  96,000  (96 bb)
Gary Gelman  –  95,000  (95 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  90,000  (90 bb)
Chad Eveslage  –  88,000  (88 bb)
Micah Raskin  –  83,000  (83 bb)
Clemen Deng  –  82,000  (82 bb)
Calais Campbell  –  76,000  (76 bb)
Raminder Singh  –  74,000  (74 bb)
Andrew Ostapchenko  –  60,000  (60 bb)
Loni Hui  –  54,000  (54 bb)
Frank Russo  –  53,000  (53 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  50,000  (50 bb)
Frankie Cucchiara  –  48,000  (48 bb)
Anthony Zinno  –  32,000  (32 bb)
Eric Yanovsky  –  25,000  (25 bb)
Landon Tice  –  20,000  (20 bb)
Judy Bielan  –  20,000  (20 bb)
Jeff Platt  –  12,000  (12 bb)

Photo Credit:  Spenser Sembrat/World Poker Tour

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  785

The big blind was all in holding pocket nines, and Alfie Poetra had him covered with pocket aces in the hole from middle position. The board bricked out to send the big blind to the rail, and Poetra stacked up 131,000 after collecting the pot.

Alfie Poetra – 131,000 (131 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  766

1.  Roberto Desogos  –  386,600  (387 bb)
2,  Cherish Andrews  –  283,800  (284 bb)
3.  Art Peacock  –  267,700  (268 bb)
4.  Maurice Hawkins  –  265,600  (266 bb)
5.  Asher Neaman  –  254,700  (255 bb)
6.  David Peters  –  253,800  (254 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries:  750

Championship Flight A players were sent on their 90-minute dinner break and will return to action about 7:05 pm. They will play tomorrow levels before the last break and registration will close around 9:20 pm.

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 53
$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  233
Prize Pool:  $226,010
April 3-4, 2025

The $1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament drew 233 entries for the two-day tournament, more than doubling the $100,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $226,010. After a tough final table, French pro Maxime Chilaud defeated Anthon Merlo heads-up for the title and $49,430.

Congrats Maxime!

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries:  731

Andre Bryan moved out 27,600 from the small blind (leaving a single 100 chip behind), and both Kari Karagis on the hijack and button called. The flop was dealt , and Karagis put out a bet that induced the button to fold. Bryan slid his last chip into the pot so the two remaining players revealed their cards.

Karagis:
Bryan:

Turn and River:

Bryan was eliminated on the hand, and Karagis was above 100,000 after stacking up the pot.

Kari Karagis – 104,000 (130 bb)
Andre Bryan – Eliminated 

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 59
$600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries:  72
Prize Pool:  $37,440
April 4, 2025

Registration closed for the $600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 tournament with 72 entries, creating a prize pool worth $37,440. The last nine players will earn some money with $1,325 for a min-cash and $12,980 up top for the Event 59 champ.

1st: $12,980 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $7,600
3rd: $4,585
4th: $3,275
5th: $2,525
6th: $1,965
7th: $1,685
8th: $1,500
9th: $1,325

$300 Quad Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

We have another one-day trophy event at 5 pm with Showdown Event 60. It is a $300 Quad Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with tons of value.

Players start with huge 40K stacks and all levels last 20 minutes. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 8:30 pm.

• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 10 (8:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 60 Structure Sheet