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

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries:  689

The big blind was all in with in the hole with the board reading , and Tony Ruberto had him covered holding . The river delivered the , and Ruberto took out his opponent to stack up 147,000 after collecting the pot.

Tony Ruberto – 147,000 (183 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries:  654

Michael Nye was all in with in the hole, and Matt Higgins had him covered holding . The final board read , and Higgins took out Nye to stack up 85,100 after collecting the pot.

Matt Higgins – 85,100 (141 bb)
Michael Nye – Eliminated

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $226,010  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante

1st: Maxime Chilaud – $49,430 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: Anthony Merlo – $33,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries:  620

The button was all in holding , and Eric Yanovsky had him covered holding under the gun.

The final board read , and the button was eliminated on the hand. Yanovsky stacked up 62,000 after collecting the pot.

Eric Yanovsky – 62,000 ( 103 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 5:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  619

Players returned from the second break and we have a new leader. America’s Champions Foundation Charity Event winner, Roberto Desogos is making the most out of the seat he won and leads with 273,500.

They will grind through two more levels before enjoying a 90-minute dinner break.

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $226,010  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  567

Johan Schumacher was all in for 14,000 from the cutoff with in the hole, and Harrison Gimbel had him covered holding on the button.

The final board read , and Schumacher was eliminnated from the tournament. Gimbel stacked up more than 70,000 after the hand.

Harrison Gimbel – 71,000 (142 bb)
Johan Schumacher – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  570

With nearly 600 entries in the third level, plenty of friends in the Grand Ballroom are trying to add their names to the WPT Champions Cup.

Among them in the next walk-through, we found Dyanna Lopez, Aaron Massey, Andre Bryan, (former SHRPO champ) Dimitri Vorbe, (former Showdown champ) Eric Afriat, James Calderaro, (15-time Hollywood champ) Raminder Singh, (newly crowned WSOP Circuit Main Event champ) Shannon Shorr, and Wagner Wysotchanski.