$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Entries: 919
1. Roberto Desogos – 429,000 (286 bb)
2. David McGowan – 382,000 (255 bb)
3. Cherish Andrews – 373,500 (249 bb)
4. Alex Jauregui – 364,000 (243 bb)
5. David Lee – 325,000 (217 bb)
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$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries: 902
Lily Kiletto was all in for 13,500 preflop with 
in the hole under the gun, and the cutoff had her covered holding 
.
The final board read 
, and Kiletto doubled up to survive with 74,400 after collecting the pot.
Lily Kiletto – 74,400 (62 bb)
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries: 880
A player in early position raised all in for 9,700. Ben Ludlow isolated with a raise to 20,000 in the next seat over with 
, racing with his opponent’s 
.
The board came 
, giving Ludlow an ace-high flush to eliminate his opponent.
Ben Ludlow – 140,000 (117 bb)
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries: 885
James Calderaro was all in preflop for 32,100 on the big blind after a series of raises with pocket queens in the hole, and his opponent held 
UTG+1.
The final board read 
, and Calderaro survived the all in to take his stack all the way up to 73,200 after collecting the pot.
James Calderaro – 73,200 (61 bb)
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries: 873
Chris Moorman – 287,000
Orson Young – 210,000
Dylan Smith – 173,000
Anatoly Nikitin – 170,000
Balakrishna Patur – 167,000
Jeremy Becker – 165,000
Yuval Bronshtein – 140,000
Corel Theuma – 137,000
Ben Ludlow – 128,000
Mike Beasley – 125,000
David Stefanski – 124,000
Wagner Wysotchanski – 118,000
Nick Palma – 113,000
Andrew Moreno – 110,000
Nadya Magnus – 103,000
Faraz Jaka – 98,000
Sam Sternfield – 90,000
Mukul Pahuja – 82,000
Michael Newman – 76,000
Nicholas Verderamo – 75,000
Andy Frankenberger – 73,000
Matthew Zarcadoolas – 68,000
Scott Bohlman – 60,000
Francis Anderson – 59,500
Gregory Back – 54,000
Tony Sinishtaj – 46,000
Jessica Vierling – 43,000
Brian Yoon – 32,000
Chris Da-Silva – 30,000
Kitty Kuo – 30,000
Fred Paradis – 27,000
Femi Fashakin – 21,000
Zak VanKeuren – 19,000
Marcus Stein – 18,000
Frederic Normand – 12,000
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries: 855
UTG+1 was all in holding 
, and Renmei Liu had him covered holding pocket nines on the big blind.
The final board read 
, and Liu took out his opponent to stack up 173,000 after collecting the pot.
Renmei Liu – 173,000 (144 bb)
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries: 816
Roberto Desogos – 455,000 (455 bb)
David Peters – 283,000 (283 bb)
Cherish Andrews – 270,000 (270 bb)
Will Failla – 199,000 (199 bb)
Justin Liberto – 195,000 (195 bb)
Chad Roedersheimer – 144,000 (144 bb)
Sam Ganzfried – 129,000 (129 bb)
Michael Gathy – 120,000 (120 bb)
Josh Kay – 117,000 (117 bb)
Jake Schwartz – 110,000 (110 bb)
Howard Mash – 105,000 (105 bb)
Aaron Pinson – 105,000 (105 bb)
Yuri Dzivielevski – 102,000 (102 bb)
Harrison Gimbel – 96,000 (96 bb)
Mike Chiappetta – 83,000 (83 bb)
Yunkyu Song – 80,000 (80 bb)
Josh Reichard – 75,000 (75 bb)
Thomas Boivin – 74,000 (74 bb)
Walter Bravo – 74,000 (74 bb)
Kurt Jewell – 64,000 (64 bb)
Michael Wang – 62,000 (62 bb)
Dimitri Vorbe – 60,000 (60 bb)
Jason Young – 60,000 (60 bb)
Brek Schutten – 56,000 (56 bb)
James Carroll – 54,000 (54 bb)
Chris Brewer – 52,000 (52 bb)
Ray Qartomy – 50,000 (50 bb)
Matthew Beinner – 48,000 (48 bb)
James Calderaro – 47,000 (47 bb)
Ryan Hoenig – 43,000 (43 bb)
Brad Owen – 38,000 (38 bb)
Carlos Bermudez – 27,000 (27 bb)
Asher Conniff – 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 1A Entries: 785
Brandon Wilson got all in on a final board reading 
, with pocket jacks in the hole UTG+1, and his opponent had him covered holding 
on the big blind. Wilson doubled up to survive with a stack worth 168,000 after collecting the pot.
Brandon Wilson – 168,000 (168 bb)
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$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries: 789
Igor Korkhin – 205,000 (205 bb)
David DiBernardi – 196,000 (196 bb)
Brandon Wilson – 145,000 (145 bb)
Artem Metalidi – 145,000 (145 bb)
Brian Altman – 130,000 (130 bb)
Darryll Fish – 130,000 (130 bb)
Maxwell Young – 109,500 (110 bb)
Kevin Eyster – 96,000 (96 bb)
Gary Gelman – 95,000 (95 bb)
T.K. Miles – 90,000 (90 bb)
Chad Eveslage – 88,000 (88 bb)
Micah Raskin – 83,000 (83 bb)
Clemen Deng – 82,000 (82 bb)
Calais Campbell – 76,000 (76 bb)
Raminder Singh – 74,000 (74 bb)
Andrew Ostapchenko – 60,000 (60 bb)
Loni Hui – 54,000 (54 bb)
Frank Russo – 53,000 (53 bb)
Shannon Shorr – 50,000 (50 bb)
Frankie Cucchiara – 48,000 (48 bb)
Anthony Zinno – 32,000 (32 bb)
Eric Yanovsky – 25,000 (25 bb)
Landon Tice – 20,000 (20 bb)
Judy Bielan – 20,000 (20 bb)
Jeff Platt – 12,000 (12 bb)
Photo Credit: Spenser Sembrat/World Poker Tour
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries: 785
The big blind was all in holding pocket nines, and Alfie Poetra had him covered with pocket aces in the hole from middle position. The board bricked out to send the big blind to the rail, and Poetra stacked up 131,000 after collecting the pot.
Alfie Poetra – 131,000 (131 bb)