Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 45 – $600 WPT Lightning Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-6 last 20 minutes; Levels 7+ last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 10 (3:00pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 45 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 39 Day 2 – $2,200 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)

• Event 39 Day 2 Seat Assignments and Chip Counts
• Event 39 Payouts

12PM: Event 40 Day 2 – $1,100 10-Game Mix (Re-Entry)

• Event 40 Day 2 Seat Assignments and Chip Counts
• Event 40 Payouts

12PM: Event 41 Day 2 – $5,000 Heads-Up NLH (32 Player Cap)

• Event 41 Day 2 Matchups
• Event 41 Payouts

12PM: Event 46 Day 1 – $1,100 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 10 (7:30pm)
• Day 1 will end after Level 15
• Event 46 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 37 Day 1C – $1,100 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-14 last 30 minutes; Levels 15-26 last 40 minutes
• Levels 27+ last 60 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 11 (5:45pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 37 Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 47 – $400 Six-Max 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (5:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 47 Structure Sheet

4PM: Event 48 – $800 Deep Stack Progressive Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 25,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (8:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 48 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 37 Turbo – $1,100 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• All Day 1 levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 11 (10:05pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 37 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

11AM: $250 Multi-Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two $2,100 packages guaranteed; includes seat in any $1,100 and $400 event plus $600 in cash
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (1:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

2PM: $250 Event 50 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into $2,200 Event 50
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

7PM: $250 Event 50 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into $2,200 Event 50
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

$5,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em
Structure

After four long matches, the $5K Showdown Heads-Up tournament has set its final four field.

Nick Yunis vs Lucilo Colon-Payano
Lou Ojeda vs Sebastián Perdomo Arcila

They return tomorrow at noon with $18,800 locked up while the runner-up will earn $37,600 and the winner banks $75,200

1st:  $75,200 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $37,600
3rd:  $18,800
4th:  $18,800

Keeping up with our cash game freerollers, three of those four entered via that path. Colon-Payano, Ojeda and Perdomo Arcila are each making their cash game cohorts very proud.

Nick Yunis vs Natasha Mercier
Lucilo Colon-Payano vs Anatoly Nikitin
Lou Ojeda vs Nick Verderamo
Sebastian Perdomo Arcila vs Joe McKeehen

$5,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em
Structure

The third round is underway with eight players remaining and effectively four money bubbles. The winner of each match will advance to Day 2 tomorrow for the final four and they will lock up at least $18,800.

Round three matches:

Nick Yunis vs Natasha Mercier
Lucilo Colon-Payano vs Anatoly Nikitin
Lou Ojeda vs Nick Verderamo
Sebastian Perdomo Acila vs Joe McKeehen

Round two results:

Jason Paolicelli vs Nick Yunis
David Saper vs Natasha Mercier
Nitis Udornpim vs Lucilo Colon-Payano
Anatoly Nikitin vs Alexander Abella
Lou Ojeda vs Vitalijs Zavorotnijs
Nick Verderamo vs Justin Green
Sebastian Perdomo Arcila vs Curtis Kennelly
Kharlin Sued vs Joe McKeehen

Round one results:

Zachary Fischer vs Jason Paolicelli
Antonio Salorio vs Nick Yunis
David Sapers vs Ignacio Inzillo
Antonio Colon vs Natasha Mercier
Justin Fawcett vs Nitis Udornpim
Jorge Flo Subiris vs Lucilo Colon-Payano
Brandon Shields vs Anatoly Nikitin
Mino Christoulakis vs Alexander Abella
Lou Ojeda vs Scott Baumstein
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs vs Rodney Sampson
Jonathan Jaffe vs Nick Verderamo
Justin Green vs Victoria Livschitz
Sebastián Perdomo Arcila vs Harvey Castro
Curtis Kennelly vs Landon Tice
Kharlin Sued vs Alcides Gomez
Eli Berg vs Joe McKeehen

$5,000 Heads-Up NLH (32 Player Max)
Structure

The first round matches wrapped up and round two is fully underway.

Round 2 matches

Jason Paolicelli vs Nick Yunis
David Saper vs Natasha Mercier
Nitis Udornpim vs Lucilo Colon-Payano
Anatoly Nikitin vs Alexander Abella
Lou Ojeda vs Vitalijs Zavorotnijs
Nick Verderamo vs Justin Green
Sebastian Perdomo Arcila vs Curtis Kennelly
Kharlin Sued vs Joe McKeehen

You may recall that we hosted a big freeroll satellite early in the series. We gave out 50 seats into the freeroll by splashing cash game pots for a few days and ten players earned their way into today’s event.

After the first round, six of them made it through, including Curtis Kennelly, who eliminated the very tough Landon Tice.

Still in contention from the freeroll; Jason Paolicelli, Sebastian Perdomo Arcila, Curtis Kennelly, Lucilo Colon-Payano, Lou Ojeda, and Alexander Abella.

$5,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em
Structure

The second round of the $5K Showdown Heads-Up tournament is underway but three are still waiting. These matches are still underway from the first round but the others are in action.

Antonio Colon vs Natasha Mercier
Brandon Shields vs Anatoly Nikitin
Kharlin Sued vs Alcides Gomez

Jason Paolicelli vs Nick Yunis
David Saper vs ???
Nitis Udornpim vs Lucilo Colon-Payano
??? vs Alexander Abella
Lou Ojeda vs Vitalijs Zavorotnijs
Nick Verderamo vs Justin Green
Sebastian Perdomo Arcila vs Curtis Kennelly
??? vs Joe McKeehen

$5,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em
Structure

We will have a new Showdown Heads-Up champion after Jonathan Jaffe was eliminated by Nick Verderamo. There are still seven matches in action including Joe McKeehen, Landon Tice, and the battle of locals Kharlin Sued versus Alcides Gomez.

Zachary Fischer vs Jason Paolicelli
Antonio Salorio vs Nick Yunis
David Sapers vs Ignacio Inzillo
Antonio Colon vs Natasha Mercier
Justin Fawcett vs Nitis Udornpim
Jorge Flo Subiris vs Lucilo Colon-Payano
Brandon Shields vs Anatoly Nikitin
Mino Christoulakis vs Alexander Abella
Lou Ojeda vs Scott Baumstein
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs vs Rodney Sampson
Jonathan Jaffe vs Nick Verderamo
Justin Green vs Victoria Livschitz
Sebastián Perdomo Arcila vs Harvey Castro
Curtis Kennelly vs Landon Tice
Kharlin Sued vs Alcides Gomez
Eli Berg vs Joe McKeehen

$5,000 Heads-Up NLH (32 Player Max)
Structure

It didn’t take long to settle the first two results of the Heads-Up event.

Nitis Udornpim advanced when all the chips went in the middle against Justin Fawcett with the board reading . Fawcett flopped top pair with but was drawing dead against Udornpim’s turned set of eights with .

Nearby, Vitalijs Zavorotnijs moved on when he caught a higher straight against Rodney Sampson to book a seat in the second round.

Vitalijs Zavorotnijs vs Rodney Sampson
Justin Fawcett vs Nitis Udornpim

2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 41
$5,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em
Entries:  32
Prize Pool:  $150,400
April 20-21, 2026

The $5,000 Showdown Heads-Up tournament hit its max of 32 players for the special freeze-out, for a prize pool worth $150,400. The last four players will make the money with $18,800 for the bottom two spots, $37,600 for the runner-up, and $75,200 to the Event 41 champ.

1st:  $75,200 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $37,600
3rd:  $18,800
4th:  $18,800

$5,000 Heads-Up NLH (32 Player Max)
Structure

Here’s a look at the first-round matchups for the $5,000 Showdown Heads-Up event:

Zachary Fischer vs Jason Paolicelli
Antonio Salorio vs Nick Yunis
David Sapers vs Ignacio Inzillo
Antonio Colon vs Natasha Mercier
Justin Fawcett vs Nitis Udornpim
Jorge Flo Subiris vs Lucilo Colon-Payano
Brandon Shieds vs Anatoly Nikitin
Mino Christoulakis vs Alexander Abella
Lou Ojeda vs Scott Baumstein
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs vs Rodney Sampson
Jonathan Jaffe vs Nick Verderamo
Justin Green vs Victoria Livschitz
Sebastian Perdomo Arcila vs Harvey Castro
Curtis Kennelly vs Landon Tice
Kharlin Sued vs Alcides Gomez
Eli Berg vs Joe McKeehen

$5,000 Heads-Up NLH (32 Player Max)
Structure

The $5,000 Showdown Heads-Up tournament sold out its 32-play cap before action was scheduled to get underway. The field is locked in, and cards are in the air.

Here’s what they are playing for:

1st:  $75,200 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $37,600
3rd:  $18,800
4th:  $18,800

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• A random draw for First Round Matches will take place at 12PM on Monday April 20
• Registration will close for this event at 12PM on Monday April 20; if event is not sold out, late registration will remain open until the end of level 1
• Day 1 will end when four players remain
• Event 41 Structure Sheet