HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (March 13, 2020) – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood’s WPT Poker Showdown has been postponed. A main stop for the World Poker Tour, the tournament was scheduled to run from April 16 through May 5. The three-week tournament will be rescheduled at a later date.
The health and safety of players, guests and team members are of the utmost importance, and Seminole Hard Rock is aligning with local, state, federal and global public health agencies and guidelines.
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 38: 400,000/800,000 with a 800,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 1,360
James Carroll overcame a two-to-one heads-up chip deficit to defeat Eric Afriat in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown WPT Championship.
On the fateful hand, Afriat raised the button to 2,000,000 and Carroll jammed. Afriat called and was racing for his tournament life.
Afriat: 
Carroll: 
The flop made it quick, falling 
improving Carroll to trips. The turn was the 
while the river 
sealed the deal. Carroll was anointed champion earning $715,175 and a $15,000 WPT Tournament of Champions seat while Afriat went down as the runner-up for $465,120.
Six-handed final table results:
1st: James Carroll – $715,175*
2nd: Eric Afriat – $465,120
3rd: Maria Ho – $344,960
4th: Jerry Wong – $257,815
5th: Ami Alibay – $194,610
6th: Chad Eveslage – $148,380
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36: 250,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 1,360
Eric Afriat – 35,600,000
James Carroll – 18,800,000
1st – $715,175 + $15,000 TOC seat
2nd – $465,120
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36: 250,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 1,360
Maria Ho jammed 8,100,000 from the button and James Carroll called from the big blind.
Ho: 
Carroll:
Runout: 
Ho flopped the best of it, but Carroll took the lead scoring two pair on the turn. His hand held and Ho was eliminated in third place earning $344,960.
It was Carroll that scored the elimination, but even with Ho’s chips he went into heads-up play versus Eric Afriat at about a two-to-one disadvantage.
James Carroll – 18,800,000
Eric Afriat – 35,600,000
Maria Ho – Eliminated in 3rd place ($344,960)
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36: 250,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 1,360
Eric Afriat raised under the gun to 1,000,000 and Jerry Wong moved all-in from the big blind for 3,900,000. Afriat called and Wong was at risk.
Afriat: 
Wong: 
Runout: 
Wong’s ace-high was no good and the Florida resident and former November Niner hit the rail in fourth place.
Eric Afriat – 16,500,000
Jerry Wong – Eliminated in 4th place ($257,815)