$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 38: 400,000/800,000 with a 800,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 1,360

James Carroll overcame a two-to-one heads-up chip deficit to defeat Eric Afriat in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown WPT Championship.

On the fateful hand, Afriat raised the button to 2,000,000 and Carroll jammed. Afriat called and was racing for his tournament life.

Afriat:
Carroll:

The flop made it quick, falling improving Carroll to trips. The turn was the while the river sealed the deal. Carroll was anointed champion earning $715,175 and a $15,000 WPT Tournament of Champions seat while Afriat went down as the runner-up for $465,120.

Six-handed final table results:

1st: James Carroll – $715,175*
2nd: Eric Afriat – $465,120
3rd: Maria Ho – $344,960
4th: Jerry Wong – $257,815
5th: Ami Alibay – $194,610
6th: Chad Eveslage – $148,380

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$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36: 250,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 1,360

Eric Afriat – 35,600,000
James Carroll – 18,800,000

1st – $715,175 + $15,000 TOC seat
2nd – $465,120

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36: 250,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 1,360

Maria Ho jammed 8,100,000 from the button and James Carroll called from the big blind.

Ho:
Carroll:

Runout:

Ho flopped the best of it, but Carroll took the lead scoring two pair on the turn. His hand held and Ho was eliminated in third place earning $344,960.

It was Carroll that scored the elimination, but even with Ho’s chips he went into heads-up play versus Eric Afriat at about a two-to-one disadvantage.

James Carroll – 18,800,000
Eric Afriat – 35,600,000
Maria Ho – Eliminated in 3rd place ($344,960)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36: 250,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 1,360

Eric Afriat raised under the gun to 1,000,000 and Jerry Wong moved all-in from the big blind for 3,900,000. Afriat called and Wong was at risk.

Afriat:
Wong:

Runout:

Wong’s ace-high was no good and the Florida resident and former November Niner hit the rail in fourth place.

Eric Afriat – 16,500,000
Jerry Wong – Eliminated in 4th place ($257,815)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34: 150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 1,360

Jerry Wong was on the button and raised to 700,000. Eric Afriat called from the small blind only to see Ami Alibay jam 3,275,000 from the big. Wong called while Afria mucked. Alibay was at risk versus Wong.

Alibay:
Wong:

Runout:

Wong came from behind rivering a flush to bust Alibay in fifth place. Alibay scored $194,610 while Wong scooped the pot.

Jerry Wong – 15,875,000
Ami Alibay – Eliminated in 5th place ($194,610)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 33: 125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 1,360

Maria Ho raised to 500,000 from the hijack and Chad Eveslage promptly shoved 3,400,000 from her direct left. The button and blinds folded and Eveslage was at risk versus ho.

Ho:
Eveslage:

Runout:

Eveslage was left busted in sixth place while Ho took the pot.

Maria Ho – 8,925,000
Chad Eveslage – Eliminated in 6th place ($148,380)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,360

After a month-long break, the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown WPT Championship final six are in their seats and set to play to a winner.

Highlight coverage of the event will be available right here at SHRPO.com, while our friends at WPT will be providing hand-for-hand coverage.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,360

After a month-long break, the finalists in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown WPT Championship reconvene today to play to a champion at the HyerX Esports Arena at the Luxor in Las Vegas. From 1,360 starting entries, only six remain and it’s James Carroll that tops the play with a stack of 18,525,000.

Carroll has his work cut out for him, though, with a talented group of tablemates that includes Maria Ho, Jerry Wong, Chad Eveslage, Eric Afriat and Ami Alibay. All have locked up a nice score of $148,380, but it’s the $700,175 first prize and $15,000 Tournament of Champions seat they eye.

Chip counts and remaining payouts:

Seat 1: Maria Ho – 16,650,000
Seat 2: Chad Eveslage – 3,350,000
Seat 3: Jerry Wong – 3,225,000
Seat 4: Eric Afriat – 4,425,000
Seat 5: Ami Alibay – 8,175,000
Seat 6: James Carroll – 18,525,000

The button is on James Carroll and there is 43:43 remaining in Level 31 (75,000-150,000 and a 150,000-big blind ante).

1st:  $700,175 + $15,000 Baccarat Crystal WPT Tournament of Champions seat
2nd:  $465,120
3rd:  $344,960
4th:  $257,815
5th:  $194,610
6th:  $148,380

Play resumes at 4pm PT/7pm ET and our friends at the WPT will be providing hand-for-hand coverage of the event at WPT.com. Highlight coverage, including all eliminations and a full tournament recap at its conclusion, will be available right here at SHRPO.com.

Good luck, Showdown finalists!

The 2019 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship has come down to a very talented group of players for its final table. There are six players remaining that have nearly $15 million in combined earnings including two former WPT Champions.

They will return to action on May 30 at the HyperX Esports Arena in Las Vegas where the winner will take home more than  $700,000 and put their name on the WPT Championship Cup.

Here are your final table members:

Seat 1: Maria Ho
Chip count – 16,650,000

From Los Angeles, she is a Women in Poker Hall of Fame inductee, reigning Global Poker Awards Broadcaster of the Year, and two-time SHRPO Big 4 final table commentator. Ho is a WPTDeepStacks champion and LAPC $25K High Roller winner with more nearly $3.3 million in career earnings.

Seat 2: Chad Eveslage
Chip count – 3,350,000

From Fort Lauderdale via Indiana, Eveslage has $1.3 million in live career earnings with a WSOP Circuit win, a $100K score for a deep run in the 2013 WSOP Main Event, and two dozen final table appearance. As an online pro during the Moneymaker Boom, he banked $3.3 million in career earnings

Seat 3: Jerry Wong
Chip count: 3,225,000

From nearby Davie FL, Wong has $3.7 million in careers earnings and isbest known for his November Nine appearance during the 2016 WSOP Main Event. He has five six-digit scores to his credit including a $250,000 payout for winning the 2017 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Ultimate Re-Entry tournament.

Seat 4: Eric Afriat
Chip count – 4,425,000

From Montreal with $2.8 million in career earnings, Afriat is a two-time WPT Champion and his first title came right here in this event when he won the WPT Poker Showdown Championship in 2014 for more than $1 million and his biggest career cash. Afriat picked up his second WPT last January at the Borgata and finished fifth in The Closer WSOP tournament last summer.

Seat 5: Ami Alibay
Chip count – 8,175,000

Another Canadian at the final table, Alibay is a nightclub and restaurant owner with nearly $500,000 in career earnings and he final tabled a PokerStars Canada Cup High Roller for his biggest cash. When asked about his favorite player, he listed Eric Afriat to his right at this final table.

Seat 6: James Carroll
Chip count – 18,525,000

From Las Vegas via Massachusetts, Carroll is another WPT Champion at the final table. He won his first at the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event in 2014 for $1.3 of his $3.2 million in career earnings. Carroll finished second in the WSOP Monster Stack tournament last summer and just missed another WPT final table when he finished seventh in the LAPC Main Event last month.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,360

The $3,500 WPT Showdown Championship event is down to its final six players. James Carroll takes a big chip lead into the final day, with 18,525,000 (123 bb).

“It went pretty smooth. It was a fun day,” Carroll said of Day 4.

The final table will conclude May 30th when the final six players combine to resume play at the televised WPT final table from HyperX Esports Arena at the Luxor Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Everybody is guaranteed a cash of at least $148,380, but they all have their sights set on the $715,175 first place prize.

Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts for the final six players:

Seat 1: Maria Ho – 16,650,000
Seat 2: Chad Eveslage – 3,350,000
Seat 3: Jerry Wong – 3,225,000
Seat 4: Eric Afriat – 4,425,000
Seat 5: Ami Alibay – 8,175,000
Seat 6: James Carroll – 18,525,000

The button is on James Carroll and there is 43:43 remaining in Level 31 (75,000-150,000 and a 150,000-big blind ante).

Here are the remaining payouts:

1st:  $700,175 + $15,000 Baccarat Crystal WPT Tournament of Champions seat
2nd:  $465,120
3rd:  $344,960
4th:  $257,815
5th:  $194,610
6th:  $148,380