$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries: 814
Jeremy Joseph was all in UTG+1 with 
, and Thomas Foley had him covered holdingm 
on the small blind with the board reading 
.
The better straight held after the river bricked out, and that sent Joseph to the rail. Foley stacked up 230,000 after the hand.
Thomas Foley – 230,000 (192 bb)
Jeremy Joseph – Eliminated
2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 61
$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Entries: 85
Prize Pool: $44,200
April 5, 2025
Event 61 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry), drawing 85 entries for a prize pool of $44,200. The final 11 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $1,240.
Up top for the winner is $14,235.
1st: $14,235 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $8,620
3rd: $5,360
4th: $3,625
5th: $2,765
6th: $2,210
7th: $1,840
8th: $1,550
9th: $1,425
10th: $1,330
11th: $1,240
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries: 801
Isaballe Costa was all in with 
in the hole under the gun, and her opponent held pocket nines from middle position.
The final board read 
, and Costa doubled up to survive with a stack of 40,400.
Isabella Costa – 40,400 (33 bb)
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries: 767
Lily Kiletto – 304,000 (253 bb)
Asher Neaman – 300,000 (250 bb)
Frank Lagodich – 264,000 (220 bb)
Thomas Boivin – 252,000 (210 bb)
Nancy Birnbaum – 205,000 (171 bb)
Andrew Moreno – 185,000 (154 bb)
Justin Zaki – 180,000 (150 bb)
Harvey Castro – 159,000 (133 bb)
Pat Lyons – 130,000 (108 bb)
Matthew Wantman – 130,000 (108 bb)
Paul Snead – 123,000 (103 bb)
Brek Schutten – 114,000 (95 bb)
Dorian Rios – 110,000 (92 bb)
Hector Pacheco – 104,000 (87 bb)
Benjamin Moschel – 83,000 (69 bb)
Matt Glantz – 74,000 (62 bb)
Andy Frankenberger – 62,000 (52 bb)
Mike Liang – 60,000 (50 bb)
Keven Stammen – 56,000 (47 bb)
Brad Owen – 52,000 (43 bb)
Fred Paradis – 43,000 (36 bb)
Hal Rotholz – 42,000 (35 bb)
David Jackson – 30,000 (25 bb)
Dimitri Vorbe – 29,000 (24 bb)
Landon Tice – 27,000 (23 bb)
Athanasios Polychronopoulos – 25,000 (21 bb)
Scott Margereson – 17,000 (14 bb)
Frederic Normand – 8,000 (7 bb)
Johnny Bromberg – 8,000 (7 bb)
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries: 724
All the cards were out on the table when Yang Lu was all in holding 
on the cutoff, and his opponent held on a final board reading 
.
The interesting runout saw Lu make a full house to top the flush of his opponent, and he stacked up 102,500 after collecting the pot.
Yang Lu – 102,500 (102 bb)
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries: 720
Javier Zarco – 152,000 (152 bb)
Kevin Rabichow – 134,000 (134 bb)
Ory Hen – 130,000 (130 bb)
James Calderaro – 130,000 (130 bb)
Adam Adler – 130,000 (130 bb)
Caleb Piderit – 124,000 (124 bb)
Stephen Song – 112,000 (112 bb)
Angelo Miele – 110,000 (110 bb)
Mathew Frankland – 101,000 (101 bb)
Eric Siegel – 78,000 (78 bb)
Matt Yorra – 77,000 (77 bb)
Kathy Liebert – 70,000 (70 bb)
Ray Qartomy – 68,000 (68 bb)
Maxime Chilaud – 65,000 (65 bb)
Wagner Wysotchanski – 63,000 (63 bb)
Yuri Dzivielevski – 61,000 (61 bb)
Al Norman – 60,000 (60 bb)
Mica Lamar – 60,000 (60 bb)
Chris Limo – 55,000 (55 bb)
James Carroll – 52,000 (52 bb)
Frankie Cucchiara – 32,000 (32 bb)
Natasha Mercier – 31,000 (31 bb)
Billy Pilossoph – 23,000 (23 bb)
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries: 707
Neil Warren – 200,000 (200 bb)
Faraz Jaka – 165,000 (165 bb)
Brock Wilson – 160,000 (160 bb)
Steve Buckner – 155,000 (155 bb)
Viet Vo – 128,000 (128 bb)
Aaron Massey – 116,000 (116 bb)
Taylor Wilson – 110,000 (110 bb)
Chad Eveslage – 105,000 (105 bb)
Yunkyu Song – 105,000 (105 bb)
Juan Endara – 95,000 (95 bb)
Nick Raio – 90,000 (90 bb)
Jerry Wong – 90,000 (90 bb)
Michael Tait – 87,000 (87 bb)
Igor Tretyakov – 68,000 (68 bb)
Nick Funaro – 65,000 (65 bb)
Toby Boas – 59,000 (59 bb)
Shannon Shorr – 58,000 (58 bb)
Shoshanna Dayan – 50,000 (50 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum – 49,000 (49 bb)
Solange Lucas – 45,000 (45 bb)
Femi Fashakin – 36,000 (36 bb)
Daniel Pearlman – 28,000 (28 bb)
Richard Rice – 27,000 (27 bb)
Aaron Mermelstein – 23,000 (23 bb)
Dan Heimiller – 20,000 (20 bb)
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries: 702
The small blind was all in short with pocket kings, but he ran right into the pocket aces of Steven Cohen UTG+1. The final board read 
, and Cohen took one out to stack up 35,600 after collecting the pot.
Steven Cohen – 35,600 (35 bb)
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries: 689
1. Lily Kiletto – 299,400 (299 bb)
2. Andrew Moreno – 256,000 (256 bb)
3. Kharlin Sued – 232,300 (232 bb)
4. Eric Yanovsky – 227,700 (228 bb)
5. Sebastian Ladino – 206,500 (207 bb)
6. Justin Hall – 201,800 (202 bb)
Photo Credit: Spenser Sembrat/World Poker Tour
$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
We have a fun, special tournament on the schedule this evening with a $200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament that has a $20,000 guaranteed prize pool. Great money for a smaller buy-in.
Players will sit with 15K in their stacks and all levels last 20 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 9:30 pm.