$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  99 of 1,869

Chad Trentacosta opened to 60,000 from the button and Joseph Curcio three-bet all in for 460,000 from the small blind. Andy Slater folded his big and Trentacosta called to put Curcio at risk.

Trentacosta:
Curcio:

It was a race and Curcio needed his treys to hold to double up. Trentacosta took the lead when he paired his ace on the flop, made aces up on the turn, and Curcio was eliminated after the river.

Chad Trentacosta – 1,435,000 (57 bb)
Joseph Curcio – Eliminated in 100th Place ($9,600)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  101 of 1,869

Cards are back in the air for Day 3 of the 2024 WPT Poker Showdown Championship with 101 players remaining and everyone has locked up at least $9,600.

They will continue to play 60-minute levels this afternoon until they reach 40 players and levels increase to 90 minutes.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  101 of 1,869

The 2024 WPT Poker Showdown Championship field has been whittled down from the 1,869 starting entries to the last 101 players in contention for the title. They return to the tables at noon and continue playing until only 16 players remain.

Those players will bag their chips, return for our last day in the Grand Ballroom tomorrow, and play down to the televised final table of six.

Josh Reichard and Michael Rocco are the two big stacks coming back, but there’s a lot of skill still in the field, including Chris Moorman, Anthony Spinella, Scott Baumstein, Matt Waxman, Fred Paradis, and Eric Afriat (former champ of this event).

The next milestone will be reached when they reach the last five tables with 40 players. The levels will then increase to 90 minutes each until they reach six players.

Settle in for the grind as they move one step closer to the $839,300 top prize.

• Championship Day 3 Table and Seat Assignments
• Championship Day 3 Chip Counts
• Championship Payouts

Primary Event Schedule

12PM: Day 3 – $3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship

• Championship Day 3 Table and Seat Assignments
• Championship Day 3 Chip Counts
• Championship Payouts

12PM: Event 64 – $10,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• Event 64 Day 2 Seats and Counts
• Event 64 Payouts

1PM: Event 65 – $1,100 Deep Stack Mixed PLO (Re-Entry)

• Event 65 Day 2 Seats and Counts
• Event 65 Payouts

12PM: Event 67 – $600 Savage Average NLH (Re-Entry)

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• See structure sheet for Savage Average rules
• Players begin with 50,000 in chips
• Late registration until 2:15pm
• Day 1 will end when nine players remain
• Event 67 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 68 – $600 Triple Stud (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 25,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 68 Structure Sheet

2PM: Day 1 – $25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 100,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 40 minutes; Final table levels last 90 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 10 (10:00pm)
• Day 1 will end when nine players remain
• High Roller Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 70 – $1,100 Purple Chip Bounty Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 70 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

11AM: $2,650 High Roller Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 10 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 8 (12:20pm)
• Structure Sheet

3PM: $550 Event 73 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into $5K buy-in Event 73
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (2:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

9PM: $550 Event 73 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• One seat guaranteed into $5K buy-in Event 73
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (11:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  101 of 1,869

Day 1A:  945 Entries;  297 Advanced
Day 1B:  924 Entries;  346 Advanced
Day 2:  1,869 Returned;  101 Advanced
Day 3:  Monday at 12 p.m.
Day 4:  Tuesday at 12 p.m.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  101 of 1,869

Day 1A:  945 Entries;  297 Advanced
Day 1B:  924 Entries;  346 Advanced
Day 2:  1,869 Returned;  101 Advanced
Day 3:  Monday at 12 p.m.
Day 4:  Tuesday at 12 p.m.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  101 of 1,869

Day 2 of the 2024 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship comes to an end with 101 players remaining from the field of 1,869 entries, and the chip leader is Josh Reichard with 3,100,000 (124 big blinds), followed closely by Michael Rocco with 2,975,000 (119 big blinds).

The full list of official chip counts and the Day 3 table and seat draw will be posted in a little while, but in the meantime, here’s an unofficial top 10:

1.  Josh Reichard  –  3,100,000  (124 bb)
2.  Michael Rocco  – 2,975,000  (119 bb)
3.  Matt Higgins  –  2,765,000  (111 bb)
4.  Jackob Datashvili  –  2,730,000  (109 bb)
5.  Denis Cyr  –  2,385,000  (95 bb)
6.  Anthony Spinella  –  2,110,000  (84 bb)
7.  Scott Baumstein  –  2,050,000  (82 bb)
8.  Cody Ferguson  –  1,985,000  (79 bb)
9.  Matt Waxman  –  1,935,000  (77 bb)
10.  Kaleb Harwell  –  1,785,000  (71 bb)

Day 3 begins tomorrow at noon and play is scheduled to reach the final 16 players, although that is subject to change. Stay tuned to SHRPO.com for our continuing coverage of the 2024 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship.

The Day 3 table and seat draw ill be posted at about 1:30 a.m.

Photos by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com / Courtesy of World Poker Tour

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  101 of 1,869

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  105 of 1,869

The clock has been paused, and the remaining field was just informed that they will play four more hands before the end of Day 2. Stay tuned for full chip counts from the field that will be posted a little later tonight.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  108 of 1,869

Aaron Olshan was all in for 300,000 with from the big blind, and Michael O’Malley had him covered holding on the hijack.

The board was dealt , and Olshan was eliminated in 109th place for a payout of $9,600. O’Malley stacked up 700,000 after collecting the pot.

Michael O’Malley – 700,000 (35 bb)
Aaron Olshan – Eliminated in 109th Place ($9,600)