$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1B Remaining Players:  350 of 924

With about 130,000 in the pot and the board reading , Maxwell Young checked from the big blind and his opponent on the button bet 50,000. Young called.

The river was the , Young checked, and his opponent checked behind.

Young showed for a pair of kings, his opponent mucked, and Young collected the pot.

Maxwell Young  –  582,000  (291 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Remaining Day 1B Players: 369 of 924

The tournament clock has been paused, and the field was just informed that they will play five more hands before the end of Day 1B. Stay tuned for official chip counts and the seat draw for Day 2 that will be released a little later tonight.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  378 of 924

With about 30,000 in the pot and the board reading , Julio Delgado checked from under the gun and Chance Kornuth checked from UTG+1.

The river was the , Delgado bet 30,000, and Kornuth thought for a while before he called.

Delgado tabled for sevens full of deuces, Kornuth mucked, and Delgado won the pot.

Julio Delgado  –  106,000  (53 bb)
Chance Kornuth  –  137,000  (69 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Remaining Day 1B Players: 378 of 924

Reuven Shapiro was all in with on the hijack, and Mike Vela in late position had him covered holding on a final board reading . Shapiro doubled up to survive with 158,000 after collecting the pot thanks to a full house topping a flush. Vela was still cruising after the hand as well with a stack above 100,000.

Reuven Shapiro – 158,000 (79 bb)
Mike Vela – 110,000 (55 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Remaining Day 1B Players: 423 of 924

The big blind was all in short with , and Yunkyu Song had him covered holding pocket nines from middle position.

The final board read , and Song took out his opponent to stack up 88,500 after collecting the pot.

Yunkyu Song – 88,500 (44 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Remaining Day 1B Players: 450 of 924

Akash Seth was all in with in the hole from the cutoff, and Alex Funes had him covered holding pocket jacks from middle position.

The final board read , and Seth was eliminated on the hand. Funes stacked up 92,500 after collecting the pot.

Alex Funes – 92,500 (61 bb)

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  1,869
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800
April 19 – 23, 2024

Registration closed for the 2024 WPT Poker Showdown Championship with 1,869 entries turning the $3,000,000 guaranteed into a prize pool worth $5,980,800. The last 234 spots will be paid with $6,400 for a min-cash, the televised final table members will lock up at least $176,000 and the next WPT Poker Showdown champ will bank $839,300 (which includes their $10,400 WPT Championship seat).

Thank you to everyone for making this another great Championship!

1st: $839,300 + Showdown trophy *
2nd: $550,000
3rd: $410,000
4th: $305,000
5th: $230,000
6th: $176,000
7th: $136,000
8th: $105,000
9th-10th: $83,000
11th-12th: $69,000
13th-15th: $57,000
16th-19th: $47,500
20th-23rd: $39,500
24th-31st: $33,000
32nd-39th: $27,500
40th-47th: $23,100
48th-55th: $19,400
56th-63rd: $16,300
64th-79th: $13,800
80th-98th: $11,500
99th-117th: $9,600
118th-150th: $8,200
151st-187th: $7,000
188th-234th: $6,400

• includes a seat to the $10,400 WPT World Championship

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  924

1.  Valeriy Pak  –  430,500  (287 bb)
2.  John West  –  378,000  (252 bb)
3.  Gigi Dong  –  348,000  (232 bb)
4.  Josh Arieh  –  330,500  (220 bb)
5.  Mario Arribas  – 315,500  (210 bb)
6.  Clint Tolbert  –  308,500  (206 bb)
7.  Cody Rich  –  306,000  (204 bb)
8.  Venkatara Ganne  –  305,500  (204 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:  875

All the cards were out on the table when a player in middle position held all in, and Sean Filippi had her covered holding from the hijack. The final board read , and Filippi won the hand with a straight flush to take out his opponent and stack up 173,500.

Sean Filippi – 173,500 (144 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:  875

The small blind was all in with pocket kings in the hole, and Hossein Pezeshkan had him covered holding pocket aces UTG+1.

The final board read , and Pezeshkan took out his opponent to stack up 258,500 after collecting the pot.

Hossein Pezeshkan – 258,500 (215 bb)