$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  253 of 2,010

After unknown action, Javier Zarco raised from middle position to 91,000, Brock Wilson reraised from the cutoff to 200,000, and Zarco moved all in.

Wilson thought for a while before he called all in for about 250,000 with , but he needed to improve to stay alive against Zarco’s .

The board came , and the pocket jacks held up for Zarco to win the pot and eliminate Wilson in 254th place.

Javier Zarco  –  965,000  (121 bb)
Brock Wilson  –  Eliminated

With 253 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 397,000 (50 big blinds). The final 252 players will finish in the money, earning at least $5,650 each.

The 30-second Action Clock by Protection Poker is in use, and players have 30 seconds to make each decision. Each player has been given a limited number of non-transferable Time Chips that can be used to extend a decision by 30 seconds.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:30 am (depending on how long the Money Bubble lasts).

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  255 of 2,010

Adam Hendrix  –  990,000  (124 bb)
Aram Zobian  –  980,000  (123 bb)
Steven Snyder  –  540,000  (68 bb)
Kitty Kuo  –  520,000  (65 bb)
Tyler Cornell  –  480,000  (60 bb)
Viet Vo  – 350,000  (44 bb)
Steve Buckner  – 335,000  (42 bb)
Jesse Lonis  –  300,000  (38 bb)
Brock Wilson  –  285,000  (36 bb)
Joe McKeehen  –  270,000  (34 bb)
Angelina Rich  –  150,000  (19 bb)
Neil Blumenfield  –  135,000  (17 bb)
Peter Fellows  –  10,000  (1 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  257 of 2,010

The players have returned from dinner to continue Level 16, with blinds of 4,000-8,000 with an 8,000 ante.

A scan of the field during dinner turned up six players with at least one million in chips, and another knocking on the door, to create an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Michael Nugent  –  1,822,000  (228 bb)
2.  Kenneth Nicoletti  –  1,208,000  (151 bb)
3.  Dan Bekavac  –  1,114,000  (139 bb)
T-4.  Larry Hoffman  –  1,082,000  (135 bb)
T-4.  Kunal Shah  –  1,082,000  (135 bb)
6.  Adam Hendrix  –  1,057,000  (132 bb)
7.  Dave Farber  –  987,000  (123 bb)

With 257 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 391,000 (49 big blinds). The final 252 players will finish in the money, earning at least $5,650 each.

The 30-second Action Clock by Protection Poker is in use, and players have 30 seconds to make each decision. Each player has been given a limited number of non-transferable Time Chips that can be used to extend a decision by 30 seconds.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:30 am (depending on how long the Money Bubble lasts).

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 39
$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  391
Prize Pool:  $130,985
April 10, 2022

Registration closed for one of the last Deep Stack tournaments on the schedule with 391 entries well more than doubling the $50,000 guarantee. They combined for a prize pool worth $130,985 and the last 49 spots will be paid. A min-cash is worth $625 and the Event 39 champ will earn $27,390 along with the Showdown trophy.

1st: $27,390 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $18,225
3rd: $12,225
4th: $8,085
5th: $6,225
6th: $5,155
7th: $4,315
8th: $3,515
9th-10th: $2,715
11th-12th: $2,280
13th-15th: $1,920
16th-18th: $1,575
19th-21st: $1,310
22nd-24th: $1,090
25th-27th: $920
28th-36th: $750
37th-45th: $685
46th-49th: $625

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  261 of 2,010

With 25 minutes remaining in Level 16, the field has dropped down to 261 players — one table away from the money.

The tournament clock has been paused at 25:00, and the field has been sent on their 90-minute dinner break a little early. Action is scheduled to resume at 7:40 pm.

With 261 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 385,000 (48 big blinds). The final 252 players will finish in the money, earning at least $5,650 each.

During the dinner break, each table will be outfitted with an iPad running the 30-second Action Clock by Protection Poker, which will be used for the rest of the tournament.

Each player will receive 10 non-transferable Time Chips that can be used to extend any decision by 30 seconds. These are the only Time Chips they will have until there are three tables remaining (24 players), at which point players will be reset to exactly six Time Chips each.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  263 of 2,010

Dan Bekavac put in 21,000 from the cutoff, Roshan Brown called from the button, and the player in the big blind moved all in for 117,000. Bekavac and Brown both called, and any additional betting would create a side pot.

The flop came , Bekavac checked, Brown moved all in for roughly 300K, and Bekavac folded face up.

The big blind turned over , but needed to improve to stay alive against Brown’s (pair of queens).

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Brown won the pot with his pair of queens to eliminate the player in the big blind from the tournament.

Roshan Brown  –  665,000  (83 bb)
Dan Bekavac  –  1,053,000  (132 bb)

With approximately 263 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 382,000 (48 big blinds). The final 252 players will finish in the money, earning at least $5,650 each.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after this level, around 6:35 pm. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:30 am.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Entries:  170

We knew the Purple Chip Bounty was going to be big with the combination of huge money, a Sunday schedule, and players losing their stack in the Championship.

There are 170 entries in Event 40 before the first break, good enough to more than double the $100,000 guarantee between the regular prize pool and bounties.

$1,100 Pot Limit Omaha Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

We aren’t done with putting on big Omaha tournaments and today we present the $1,100 Pot Limit Omaha Championship at 6 pm. The tournament will play with an eight-max format and two-day structure.

Players start with 20,000 deep stacks and all levels last 40 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 7 at 10:30 pm but no re-entries are allowed in the freeze-out.

They will play through 12 levels and they will return tomorrow at 2 pm to play for the PLO Championship title.

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end after Level 12
• Event 41 Structure Sheet

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  270 of 2,010

Tony Sinishtaj got it all in preflop for 136,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Alex Keating on the button.

The board came , and Keating flopped a set of sixes to win the pot and eliminate Sinishtaj from the tournament.

Alex Keating  –  870,000  (145 bb)
Tony Sinishtaj  –  Eliminated

With approximately 270 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 372,000 (62 big blinds). The final 252 players will finish in the money, earning at least $5,650 each.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16, around 6:35 pm. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:30 am.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  279 of 2,010

Brian Altman raised from the hijack to 12,000, Alex Keating called from the small blind, and Ian O’Hara moved all in from the big blind for 73,000. Altman and Keating both called.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Keating bet about 100,000, and Altman folded.

O’Hara turned over for ace high with a double-gutshot straight draw, but Keating turned over for a pair of jacks. O’Hara needed to improve to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Keating won the pot with his pair of jacks to eliminate O’Hara from the tournament.

Alex Keating  –  700,000  (117 bb)
Brian Altman  –  555,000  (93 bb)
Ian O’Hara  –  Eliminated

With approximately 279 players remaining from a field of 2,010, the average chip stack is about 360,000 (60 big blinds). The final 252 players will finish in the money, earning at least $5,650 each.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16, around 6:35 pm. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:30 am.