$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  63 of 1,869

65th: Charles Johnson – $13,800
66th: Fikret Kovac – $13,800
67th: Michael Newman – $13,800
68th: Rafael Reis – $13,800
69th: David Poces – $13,800
70th: Michael Vanier – $13,800
71st: Vladimir Minko – $13,800
72nd: Jeffrey Blenkarn – $13,800
73rd: Dale Roesel – $13,800
74th: Adam Adler – $13,800
75th: Michael Morton – $13,800
76th: Chris Moorman – $13,800
77th: Scott Baumstein – $13,800
78th: Dirk Perdrix Jr – $13,800
79th: Ivan Starostin – $13,800
80th: Michael Wang – $11,500
81st: Samuel Journeay – $11,500
82nd: Jeffrey Tomlinson – $11,500
83rd: Eldo Rodriguez – $11,500
84th: Aaron Massey – $11,500
85th: Eric Bonin – $11,500
86th: Seth Fischer – $11,500
87th: Brett Apter – $11,500
88th: Bryan Radigan – $11,500

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  63 of 1,869

The first break rolled around and the 62 remaining players were sent away to relax for 15 minutes. Anthony Spinella is the new leader in the Championship with 3,920,000 followed closely by Michael Rocco’s 3,710,000 and Jerry Humphrey’s 3,690,000.

They will play through two more levels before the next break and go to 90-minute levels when 40 players remain.

1.  Anthony Spinella  –  3,920,000  (98 bb)
2.  Michael Rocco  –  3,710,000  (93 bb)
3.  Jerry Humphrey  –  3,690,000  (92 bb)
4.  Toby Boas  –  3,540,000  (89 bb)
5.  Melad Marji  –  2,570,000  (64 bb)
6.  Matthew Higgins  –  2,505,000  (63 bb)
7.  Denis Cyr  –  2,490,000  (62 bb)
8.  Alex Queen  –  2,435,000  (61 bb)
9.  Mukul Pahuja  –  2,255,000  (56 bb)
10.  Danny Panagatos  –  2,205,000  (55 bb)
11.  Dylan Linde  –  2,165,000  (54 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante

The $25K High Roller is one of the premier events we put on any of our schedules and the Showdown version gets underway at 2 pm in the Meeting Room. The tournament features a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and a fun, tough field of players.

High Rollers will start with 100K stacks and levels last 40 minutes until they increase to 90 minutes at the final table. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Leve 10 at 10 pm following the 90-minute dinner break.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 100,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 40 minutes; Final table levels last 90 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 10 (10:00pm)
• Day 1 will end when nine players remain
• High Roller Structure Sheet

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  88 of 1,869

89th: David Coleman – $11,500
90th: Aaron Kirshenberg – $11,500
91st: Scott Carragher – $11,500
92nd: Bernardo Abramovich – $11,500
93rd: Eric Afriat – $11,500
94th: Bryce McVay – $11,500
95th: George Dolofan – $11,500
96th: Martin Carnero – $11,500
97th: Tuan Phan – $11,500
98th: Aleks Dimitrov – $11,500
99th: Guy Naimi – $9,600
100th: Joseph Curcio – $9,600
101th: Daniel Blum – $9,600

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  89 of 1,869

Scott Baumstein opened the action from middle position and Toby Joyce three-bet all in for 270,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Baumstein called with the bigger stack.

Baumstein:
Joyce:

Joyce found a button monster and it got even better when the case ace came on the flop. The turn and river finished the board and Joyce doubled up.

Toby Joyce – 615,000 (25 bb)
Scott Baumstein – 1,650,000 (66 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  99 of 1,869

Chad Trentacosta opened to 60,000 from the button and Joseph Curcio three-bet all in for 460,000 from the small blind. Andy Slater folded his big and Trentacosta called to put Curcio at risk.

Trentacosta:
Curcio:

It was a race and Curcio needed his treys to hold to double up. Trentacosta took the lead when he paired his ace on the flop, made aces up on the turn, and Curcio was eliminated after the river.

Chad Trentacosta – 1,435,000 (57 bb)
Joseph Curcio – Eliminated in 100th Place ($9,600)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  101 of 1,869

Cards are back in the air for Day 3 of the 2024 WPT Poker Showdown Championship with 101 players remaining and everyone has locked up at least $9,600.

They will continue to play 60-minute levels this afternoon until they reach 40 players and levels increase to 90 minutes.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  101 of 1,869

The 2024 WPT Poker Showdown Championship field has been whittled down from the 1,869 starting entries to the last 101 players in contention for the title. They return to the tables at noon and continue playing until only 16 players remain.

Those players will bag their chips, return for our last day in the Grand Ballroom tomorrow, and play down to the televised final table of six.

Josh Reichard and Michael Rocco are the two big stacks coming back, but there’s a lot of skill still in the field, including Chris Moorman, Anthony Spinella, Scott Baumstein, Matt Waxman, Fred Paradis, and Eric Afriat (former champ of this event).

The next milestone will be reached when they reach the last five tables with 40 players. The levels will then increase to 90 minutes each until they reach six players.

Settle in for the grind as they move one step closer to the $839,300 top prize.

• Championship Day 3 Table and Seat Assignments
• Championship Day 3 Chip Counts
• Championship Payouts

$600 Triple Stud (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  300/600 Limits

The next new event also starts at noon but there will be no flops in this tournament. Event 69 is a $600 Triple Stud that will rotate games between Stud, Stud 8, and Razz.

Players start with 25K chip stacks and all levels last 30 minutes for the one-day trophy event. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm. There is a 45-minute dinner break schedule at 6:30 pm.

• Players begin with 25,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 68 Structure Sheet

$600 Savage Average NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

We have a brand new tournament on today’s schedule with the $600 Savage Average. The game has a $50,000 guarantee and an interesting twist on the game.

The tournament will not use a clock to increase blinds, rather the blinds will be increased to maintain 50+ big blind average until we have a winner. They’ll start with 50,000 in their stacks and registration/re-entries are only available until 2:15 pm.

This will be a fun way to play some poker and we can’t wait to see the reactions.

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• See structure sheet for Savage Average rules
• Players begin with 50,000 in chips
• Late registration until 2:15pm
• Day 1 will end when nine players remain
• Event 67 Structure Sheet