Championship: Michael Tureniec Going for Two

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 50/100
Flight A Entries: 235

Michael Tureniec

The first flight of the Championship is filling quickly as we approach the afternoon hours. A lot of local regulars are already in their seats as others make their way to the new Event Center.

Michael Tureniec was an early entrant and going for a unique double this weekend. We hosted a WPTDeepStacks event at the start of the week and the WSOP Little One for One Drop champ added that title to his list of accomplishments yesterday afternoon.

No one has ever won a WPT and WPTDeepStacks event in the same series and we are sure he wouldn’t mind being the first.

Championship: Cards in the Air

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 50/100
Flight A Entries: 198

Tournament Director Tony Burns and WPT Executive Tour Director Matt Savage

Tournament Director Tony Burns issued the daily reading of the rules and issued the “shuffle up and deal” command at 11 am on the nose.

Cards are in the air for the $3 Million Guarantee Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship.

Championship: Starting the WPT Poker Showdown Championship

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 50/100

WPT Champions Cup

The preliminary events are wrapped up and it’s time to get down to the business of finding our 2018 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship.

The new Event Center will host some of the best players from around the world, all looking to put their name on the WPT Champions Chip.

We expect to see some of our former WPT Poker Showdown Champions like Eric Afriat, Justin Young, and Tony Sinishtaj this weekend along with other members of the WPT Champions Club, WSOP bracelet winners, and major title holders.

Phil Hellmuth, 14-time WSOP winner, will join the field at some point today and he will sit side-by-side with our local regulars in the game.

The $3,500 Championship has a $3 million guaranteed prize pool with two starting flights and a deep, slow structure to give everyone plenty of room to make moves.

Players sit down to 30,000 deep starting stacks and hour-long levels for the first two days. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 9:15 pm with unlimited re-entries during that time. They have a 90-minute dinner break at 5:30 pm to enjoy the restaurants throughout the casino.

Both starting flights will play through ten full levels and survivors will bag up their chips for a return on Sunday for Day 2.

Cards fly at 11 am and we will bring you updates all day long.

  • $3,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 30,000 in chips
  • Day 1 & 2 levels last 60 minutes; Day 3 levels last 90 minutes
  • Late registration available until start of Level 9
  • Day 1 will end after Level 10 or Tournament Director discretion
  • WPT Showdown Championship Structure Sheet

Showdown Day 9 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1A – $3,500 WPT Showdown Championship

  • $3,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 30,000 in chips
  • Day 1 & 2 levels last 60 minutes; Day 3 levels last 90 minutes
  • Late registration available until start of Level 9
  • Day 1 will end after Level 10 or Tournament Director discretion
  • WPT Showdown Championship Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 53 – $390 Turbo Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

  • 2 seats guaranteed into $3,000,000 GTD Championship
  • Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • Satellite will be held in the Poker Room
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 53 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 54 – $375 Super Turbo into WPT Championship

  • 1 seat guaranteed into $3,000,000 GTD WPT Championship
  • Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 54 Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 55 – $390 Satellite into WPT Championship

  • 10 seats guaranteed into $3,000,000 GTD WPT Championship
  • Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 55 Structure Sheet

7PM: Event 56 – $390 Satellite into WPT Championship

  • 2 seats guaranteed into $3,000,000 GTD WPT Championship
  • Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 56 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 57 – $130 Turbo Survivor (Re-Entry)

  • 1-in-10 player will earn $1,000 in cash
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 57 Structure Sheet

10:30PM: Event 58 – $375 Super Turbo into WPT Championship

  • 1 seat guaranteed into $3,000,000 GTD WPT Championship
  • Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 58 Structure Sheet

Players are encouraged to park in Seminole Way Garage for easy, covered access to the tournament area and poker room
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WPTDeepStacks: Joseph Cheong Gets Bigger

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Event (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 162 of 816

Joseph Cheong

Joseph Cheong came into the day with the chip lead and it’s only gotten better from there. We caught the tail end of his most recent big hand, this time sending Danny Shiff out in a flopped cooler.

Shiff had 8h8d on the QcJs8c flop but Cheong’s straight with Td9d was better. Shiff could not boat up on the 6s turn or Ad river to exit early on Day 2 while Cheong piled up to 550,000.