2025 Showdown Live Updates

Event 1: Recent Eliminations, 18th-29th Places

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 4,265

Level 29 comes to an end, as does Day 2. Day 3 begins tomorrow (Monday) at 1:00 pm.

Here are the final eliminations of the night, along with their payouts:

18th:  Michael Morton  –  $9,300
19th:  Brent Hoover  –  $9,300

20th:  Glenn Becker  –  $7,600
21st:  Alcides Gomez  –  $7,600
22nd:  Aaron Kirshenberg  –  $7,600
23rd:  Richard Davis  –  $7,600

24th:  Peter Hsu  –  $6,200
25th:  Michael Rosenberg  –  $6,200
26th:  Thomas Lunnun  –  $6,200
27th:  Bradley Beetz  –  $6,200
28th:  Andrea Orphanos  –  $6,200
29th:  Billy Pappas  –  $6,200

With 17 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 5,025,000 (40 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,300 each.

Event 1: Michael Morton Eliminated in 18th Place by Sean Astwood

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 4,265

Following a flop of 8s5s4h, Michael Morton was all in from the big blind for about 825,000 with Qd7s against Sean Astwood in the cutoff holding Qc8h for a pair of eights.

The Ts turn and 9h river completed the board, no help to Morton, ending his tournament in 18th place.

Sean Astwood  –  6,960,000  (70 bb)
Michael Morton  –  Eliminated in 18th Place  ($9,300)

With 17 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 5,020,000 (50 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,300 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 29, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.

Event 1: Tom Gottlieb Makes a Tough Call to Chop the Pot with Alex Ivan

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 4,265

With the board showing KhQd3s3c on the turn, Alex Ivan moved all in from the cutoff for 2,935,000, and Tom Gottlieb went into the tank on the button.

Gottlieb tanked for a long time before he called with Kc5c for two pair, kings and threes. Ivan turned over Ks8s for the same two pair, and unless the river card is an eight or a five, it’ll be a chopped pot with the queen covering both of their kickeres.

The river card was the 7h, and it’s a chopped pot.

Alex Ivan  –  4,500,000  (45 bb)
Tom Gottlieb  –  7,050,000  (71 bb)

With 18 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 4,740,000 (47 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,300 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of this level, around 2:20 am, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.

Event 1: Brent Hoover Eliminated in 19th Place by Wayne Clarke

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 4,265

Brent Hoover raised all in for 1,170,000 under the gun and Wayne Clarke called in the big blind with a slightly covering stack.

Hoover:  6d6s
Clarke:  QsJs

The board came QhTh5h3c8d, giving Clarke a pair of queens to eliminate Hoover in 19th place.

Wayne Clarke  –  2,550,000  (26 bb)
Brent Hoover  –  Eliminated in 19th Place  ($9,300)

With 18 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 4,740,000 (47 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,300 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 29, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.

Event 1: Glenn Becker Eliminated in 20th Place by Miguel Martinez-Martinez

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 4,265

Miguel Martinez-Martinez
Miguel Martinez-Martinez

Chuck Giroux limped from the cutoff for 100,000, Glenn Becker moved all in from the button for 1,360,000, and Miguel Martinez-Martinez tanked for a while before he reraised to 2,600,000. Giroux folded.

Becker turned over KdJd, and he needed to improve to stay alive against Martinez-Martinez’s AdKc.

The board came AsKh5h9d6d, and Martinez-Martinez won the pot with two pair, aces and kings, to eliminate Becker in 20th place.

Miguel Martinez-Martinez  –  12,155,000  (122 bb)
Glenn Becker  –  Eliminated in 20th Place  ($7,600)

With 19 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 4,490,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,300 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of this level, around 2:20 am, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.

Event 1: Alcides Gomes Eliminated in 21st Place by Sean Phillippi

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 4,265

Sean Phillippi and Alcides Gomez
Sean Phillippi (left) and Alcides Gomez (right)

Sean Phillippi raised to 350,000 in the small blind, Alcides Gomez reraised all in for 1,670,000 in the big blind, and Phillippi thought for a little while before he called.

Phillippi:  As5s
Gomez:  QdJh

The board ran out Kd4d4c5d6c, no help to Gomez, ending his tournament in 21st place.

Sean Phillippi  –  6,500,000  (65 bb)
Alcides Gomez  –  Eliminated in 21st Place  ($7,600)

With 20 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 4,265,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,600 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 29, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.

Event 1: Aaron Kirshenberg Eliminated in 22nd Place by Sergio Giha

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 4,265

Sergio Giha
Sergio Giha

Aaron Kirshenberg was all in from the small blind for about 750,000 with As8c, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the AdJh of Sergio Giha in the cutoff.

The board came KsKc5cQs2c, and Giha won the pot with his jack kicker to eliminate Kirshenberg in 22nd place.

Sergio Giha  –  5,500,000  (55 bb)
Aaron Kirshenberg  –  Eliminated in 22nd Place  ($7,600)

With 21 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 4,060,000 (41 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,600 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of this level, around 2:20 am, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.

Event 1: Bryce McVay Doubles Thru Glenn Becker

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 4,265

Bryce McVay
Bryce McVay

With the board showing 10s7s6sQd and about 1,900,000 already in the pot, Bryce McVay got it all in from the button for 1,190,000 against Glenn Becker.

Becker showed 7c6d for two pair, sevens and sixes, but McVay turned over AsKs for an ace-high flush. McVay needed to avoid a seven or six on the river to stay alive.

The river card was the 3d, and McVay won the pot with his spade flush to double up in chips.

Bryce McVay  –  4,275,000  (43 bb)
Glenn Becker  –  1,850,000  (19 bb)

With 22 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 3,875,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,600 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of this level, around 2:20 am, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.

Event 1: Final Three Tables

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 4,265

Miguel Martinez-Martinez
Chipleader Miguel Martinez-Martinez

Table 7
Seat 1:  Michael Morton  –  1,930,000  (24 bb)
Seat 2:  Richard Davis  –  950,000  (12 bb)
Seat 3:  Haven Taylor  –  1,000,000  (13 bb)
Seat 4:  Matt Yorra  –  7,200,000  (90 bb)
Seat 5:  Ranei Aviv  –  4,750,000  (59 bb)
Seat 6:  Sean Astwood  –  6,800,000  (85 bb)
Seat 7:  Alex Ivan  –  6,900,000  (86 bb)
Seat 8:  Tom Gottlieb  –  3,550,000  (44 bb)

Table 8
Seat 1:  Peter Hsu  –  2,800,000  (35 bb)
Seat 2:  Mark Casabo  –  2,700,000  (34 bb)
Seat 3:  Miguel Martinez-Martinez  –  11,550,000  (144 bb)
Seat 4:  Bruce Snell  –  1,950,000  (24 bb)
Seat 5:  Michael Newman  –  1,100,000  (14 bb)
Seat 6:  Bryce McVay  –  2,600,000  (33 bb)
Seat 7:  Chuck Giroux  –  4,700,000  (57 bb)
Seat 8:  Glenn Becker  –  4,100,000  (51 bb)

Table 16
Seat 1:  Aaron Kirshenberg  –  1,200,000  (15 bb)
Seat 2:  Sean Phillippi  –  4,100,000  (51 bb)
Seat 3:  Alcides Gomez  –  1,600,000  (20 bb)
Seat 4:  Patrick McConnell  –  2,380,000  (30 bb)
Seat 5:  Wayne Clarke  –  2,300,000  (29 bb)
Seat 6:  Brent Hoover  –  1,050,000  (13 bb)
Seat 7:  Sergio Giha  –  3,930,000  (49 bb)
Seat 8:  Ruben Puras  –  3,500,000  (44 bb)

1st:  $174,830 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $120,000
3rd:  $87,000
4th:  $65,000
5th:  $49,500
6th:  $37,500
7th:  $29,000
8th:  $22,500
9th-10th:  $17,700
11th-12th:  $14,200
13th-15th:  $11,500
16th-19th:  $9,300
20th-23rd:  $7,600
24th:  $6,200

Event 1: Michael Rosenberg Eliminated in 25th Place by Peter Hsu

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 4,265

Michael Rosenberg was all in for about 800,000 from the button with JhJd against Peter Hsu in the big blind holding AsQd.

An ace came on the river, giving Hsu a pair of aces to eliminate Rosenberg in 25th place.

Peter Hsu  –  2,800,000  (35 bb)
Michael Rosenberg  –  Eliminated in 25th Place  ($6,200)

With 24 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 3,550,000 (44 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,200 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 29, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.