$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  396 of 945

As recapped to us by a player at the table, the player in the hijack opened to 3,000 and Michael Rocco three-bet to 10,500 from the cutoff.

Farid Jattin four-bet to about 50,000 from the button, the hijack reraised all in for about 220,000, Rocco called all in for bout 145,000, and Jattin called all in for another few thousand.

Rocco showed , leading Jattin’s and the hijack’s .

The board ran out , safe for Rocco to double up while eliminating Jattin.

Michael Rocco  –  350,000  (233 bb)
Farid Jattin  –  Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  432 of 945

Registration closed for Flight A of the 2024 WPT Poker Showdown Championship with 945 entries, which has already surpassed the amount needed to meet the $3,000,000 guarantee.

The prize pool currently sits at $3,024,000 with another starting flight on Saturday.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  423 of 945

David Sanders was all in with pocket aces UTG, and that put him well ahead of the pocket tens held by the button.

The final board read , and Sanders stacked up 129,000 after collecting the pot.

David Sanders – 129,000 (86 bb)

$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:  938

1.  Kevin Chan  –  441,500  (294 bb)
2.  Alejandro Gonzalez Olachea  –  413,000  (275 bb)
3.  Michael Cole  –  379,500  (253 bb)
4.  Jorge Confesor  –  361,500  (241 bb)
5.  Kat Klassen  –  311,000  (207 bb)
6.  Gary Gelman  –  309,000  (206 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:  911

Albert Calderon  –  270,000  (225 bb)
David Dowdy  –  260,000  (217 bb)
Chris Moorman  –  260,000  (217 bb)
Blake Bohn  –  255,000  (213 bb)
Greg Himmelbrand  –  210,000  (175 bb)
Fikret Kovac  –  199,000  (166 bb)
Matt Stout  –  192,000  (160 bb)
Kat Klassen  –  165,000   (138 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe  –  165,000  (138 bb)
Jesse Lonis  –  151,000  (126 bb)
Nadya Magnus  –  150,000  (125 bb)
Stuart Young  –  133,000  (111 bb)
Josh Reichard  –  128,000  (107 bb)
Mike Vanier  –  110,000  (92 bb)
Brian Altman  –  107,000  (89 bb)
Kitty Kuo  –  85,000  (71 bb)
Adam Hendrix  –  83,000  (69 bb)
Frankie Flowers  –  78,000  (65 bb)
Tanupat Punjarojanakul  –  58,000  (48 bb)
Adam Adler  –  57,000  (48 bb)
Jerry Wong  –  56,000  (47 bb)
James Carroll  –  55,000  (46 bb)
Matthew Waxman  –  43,000  (36 bb)
Joe Elpayaa  –  38,000  (32 bb)
Robel Andemichael  –  30,000  (25 bb)
Justin Zaki  –  25,000  (21 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:  910

Kamel Mokhammad was all in with from the big blind, and UTG+1 had him covered holding pocket jacks.

The final board read , and Mokhammad doubled up to survive with 43,000 after collecting the pot.

Kamel Mohkammad – 43,000 (35 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:  873

Aram Oganyan was all in with from the hijack, and the button had him covered holding pocket tens.

The final board read , and Oganyan doubled up to 31,400 after collecting the pot.

Aram Oganyan – 34,100 (34 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:  866

D.J. Alexander  –  158,000  (132 bb)
Eric Baldwin  –  153,000  (128 bb)
Bryce McVay  –  132,000  (110 bb)
Mitch Halverson  –  119,000  (99 bb)
Jared Griener  –  116,000  (97 bb)
Joe McKeehen  –  114,000  (95 bb)
Julio Belluscio  –  112,000  (93 bb)
Dan Sepiol  –  108,000  (90 bb)
Martin Stausholm  –  105,000  (88 bb)
Tony Sinishtaj  –  93,000  (78 bb)
Dylan Smith  –  86,000  (72 bb)
Stoyan Madanzhiev  –  79,000  (66 bb)
David Farber  –  78,000  (65 bb)
Andrew Ostapchenko  –  75,000  (63 bb)
Noah Schwartz  –  75,000  (63 bb)
Chad Eveslage  –  72,000  (60 bb)
Jake Schwartz  –  72,000  (60 bb)
Harrison Gimbel  –  66,000  (55 bb)
Solange Lucas  –  58,000  (48 bb)
Frank Funaro  –  57,000  (48 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui  –  54,000  (45 bb)
Dale Roesel  –  54,000  (45 bb)
Landon Tice  –  52,000  (43 bb)
Nicholas Verderamo  –  50,000  (42 bb)
Scott Margereson  –  43,000  (36 bb)
Loni Hui  –  28,000  (23 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:  858

Michael O’Malley was all in for 21,100 with pocket eights UTG+1, and the small blind had him covered holding .

The final board read , and O’Malley stacked up 44,700 after collecting the pot.

Michael O’Malley – 44,700 (44 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:  853

Shaun Deeb raised to 2,000 from middle position, Dom Mosley called in the hijack, and the player in the big blind called.

The flop was and action checked to Mosley who bet 2,500. Only Deeb called.

The turn was the , Deeb checked, Mosley bet 6,500, and Deeb called.

The river was the , Deeb checked, Mosley went all in for 17,200, and Deeb called with for sixes and fives.

Mosley, however, tabled for a set of eights to double through Deeb.

Dom Mosley  –  54,900  (55 bb)
Shaun Deeb  –  80,000 (80 bb)