$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 1,869

Josh Reichard raised to 200,000 preflop from the button, and Chad Trentacosta called to cover him from the big blind before the flop fell .

Trentacosta bet 250,000, Reichard raised to 625,000, and Trentacosta called before the fell on the turn. Trentacosta bet 1.6 million, and Reichard called before the river delivered the .

Trentacosta got all in for 2.4 million, and Reichard called to cover him. Trentacosta flipped over for a straight, but that wasn’t enough against the of Reichard to make a flush.

Trentacosta busted in 17th place for a payout worth $47,500, and Reichard made it three-in-a-row eliminations to end the night with a big chip lead of 22.2 million.

Josh Reichard – 22,200,000 (222 bb)
Chad Trentacosta – Eliminated in 17th Place ($47,500) 

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 1,869

Danny Panagatos raised to 275,000 preflop from early position, and Josh Reichard reraised to 675,00 from the button. Panagatos reraised all in for about 3 million, and Panagatos called to cover. The two players then tabled their cards.

Reichard:
Panagatos:

Board:

Panagatos busted out in 18th place for payout worth $47,500, and Reichard kept building his stack to 16 million.

Joshua Reichard – 16,000,000 (160 bb)
Danny Panagatos – Eliminated in 18th Place ($47,500)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 1,869

Mukul Pahuja raised to 1 million in early position (leaving 100,000 behind), and Josh Reichard reraised all in from the big blind. Pahuja called all in so they flipped over their cards.

Reichard:
Pahuja:

Board:

Pahuja was eliminated in 19th place for a payday worth $47,500, and Reichard stacked up 13 million after collecting the pot.

Joshua Reichard – 13,000,000 (130 bb)
Mukul Pahuja – Eliminated in 19th Place ($47,500)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 1,869

Landon Tice raised to 200,000 preflop, and Jesse Lonis reraised to 1.45 million (leaving 225,000 behind). Tice reraised all in, and Lonis then proceeded to tank through his remaining five extra time chips before he called for the last of his stack. The two players then flipped over their cards.

Tice:
Lonis:

Board:

The runout certainly kept things interesting, but it ultimately led to the two players chopping up the pot with a ten-high straight. Tice was at 5.85 million after the hand, while Lonis held 1.7 million.

Landon Tice – 5,850,000 (58 bb)
Jesse Lonis – 1,700,000 (17 bb)

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 68
$600 Triple Stud
Entries:  52
Prize Pool:  $27,040
April 22, 2024

Registration closed for the $600 Triple Stud tournament with 52 entries to build a prize pool total of $27,040. The last seven spots will pay out with $1,215 for a min-cash and an even $10,000 up top for the winner.

1st: $10,000 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $5,950
3rd: $3,650
4th: $2,570
5th: $2,030
6th: $1,625
7th: $1,215

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 1,869

21st: Anthony Spinella – $39,500
22nd:  Cody Ferguson  –  $39,500
23rd:  Matthew Higgins  –  $39,500
24th:  Melad Marji  –  $33,000
25th:  Clint Tolbert  –  $33,000
26th:  Denis Cyr  –  $33,000
27th:  Aaron Pinson  –  $33,000
28th:  Jerry Humphrey  –  $33,000
29th:  Shlomo Gardi  –  $33,000
30th:  Michael Rocco  –  $33,000
31st:  Alexis Cruz Martinez  –  $33,000
32nd:  Rolando Soria  –  $27,500
33rd:  Robert Capote  –  $27,500
34th:  Nico Betbese  –  $27,500
35th:  Luke Graham  –  $27,500
36th:  Mike Linster  –  $27,500

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 1,869

Here are the seats and chip counts for the final three tables in the Championship event.

TABLE 7
Seat 1:  Jackob Datashvili  –  9,425,000  (126 bb)
Seat 2:  Wasim Assaf  –  6,925,000  (92 bb)
Seat 3:  Dylan Smith  –  2,850,000  (38 bb)
Seat 4:  Scott Wright  –  4,875,000  (65 bb)
Seat 5:  Cody Ferguson  –  1,650,000  (22 bb)
Seat 6:  Aaron Kupin  –  1,725,000  (23 bb)
Seat 7:  David Mzareulov  –  2,225,000  (30 bb)
Seat 8:  Melad Marji  –  1,225,000  (16 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1:  Jaroslaw Osinski  –  7,400,000  (99 bb)
Seat 2:  Matthew Higgins  –  1,625,000  (22 bb)
Seat 3:  Landon Tice  –  5,850,000  (78 bb)
Seat 4:  Pavlin Karakikov  –  3,825,000  (51 bb)
Seat 5:  John Thornton  –  1,050,000  (14 bb)
Seat 6:  Jesse Lonis  –  2,425,000  (32 bb)
Seat 7:  Roman Pumpernick  –  3,975,000  (53 bb)
Seat 8:  Alex Queen  –  3,700,000  (49 bb)

TABLE 16
Seat 1: Dylan Linde  –  4,950,000  (66 bb)
Seat 2: Josh Reichard  –  11,350,000  (151 bb)
Seat 3: Toby Boas  –  3,575,000  (48 bb)
Seat 4: Mukul Pahuja  –  950,000  (13 bb)
Seat 5:  Chad Trentacosta  –  3,825,000  (51 bb)
Seat 6:  Barry Hatcher  –  2,050,000  (27 bb)
Seat 7:  Danny Panagatos  –  3,675,000  (49 bb)
Seat 8:  Anthony Spinella  –  2,300,000  (31 bb)

Remaining Prize Pool:

1st:  $839,300 + Showdown Trophy and WPT Trophy
2nd:  $550,000
3rd:  $410,000
4th:  $305,000
5th:  $230,000
6th:  $176,000
7th:  $136,000
8th:  $105,000
9th-10th:  $83,000
11th-12th:  $69,000
13th-15th:  $57,000
16th-19th:  $47,500
20th-23rd:  $39,500
24th:  $33,000

$1,100 Purple Chip Bounty Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The last trophy event on today’s schedule will be action-packed thanks to the structure and fast access to money. Event 70 is a $1,100 buy-in turbo tournament with $500 of each buy-in going on that player’s head.

You can profit early in the game.

Players sit down to 20K deep stacks and all levels last 15 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 10:15 pm and they may reload as often as they wish during that time.

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 70 Structure Sheet

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 64
$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  104
Prize Pool:  $1,000,000
April 21, 2024

Poker Showdown Event 64 was a $10,000 buy-in Deep Stack no-limit hold’em tournament which drew 104 entries for a prize pool worth $1,000,000. Tony Sinishtaj won in a three-handed deal for $226,800. This is the second Hollywood major title for Sinihtaj to go along with the WPT Championship event he won during the Showdown back in 2017.

1st: Tony Sinishtaj – $226,800* + Showdown trophy
2nd: Michael Jozoff – $200,000*
3rd: Brian Luo – $178,200*
4th: Justin Zaki – $75,000
5th: Carlos Chadha-Villlamarin – $58,500
6th: Clemen Deng – $46,750
7th: Justin Liberto – $39,750
8th: Mathew Frankland – $34,500
9th: Joey Weissman – $30,500
10th: Stan Jablonski – $27,500
11th: Michael Chiappetta – $27,500
12th: Justin Young – $27,500
13th: Jim Collopy – $27,500

*denotes three-handed deal

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 1,869

The field is now on dinner break until 7:33 pm local time. There are 24 players remaining, and when they return they will play down to the final 16 and bag up for the night.