$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Remaining:  401 of 1,135

Following a flop of , Kenneth McAdams was all in for 68,000 with for an open-ended straight flush draw against an opponent with for a pair of aces with an ace-flush draw.

The turn and river completed the board, giving McAdams trip tens to double through his opponent.

Kenneth McAdams  –  195,000  (98 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Remaining:  414 of 1,135

With the final board showing on the river and nearly 100K already in the pot, Anthony Spinella bet 46,000 from the small blind, Jason Andrews reraised from middle position to 120,000, and Spinella tanked for a while before he three-bet all in for roughly 260,000.

Andrews thought for a bit before he folded, and Spinella took the pot.

Anthony Spinella  –  480,000  (240 bb)
Jason Andrews  –  110,000  (55 bb)

The field is playing tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  477 of 1,135

Picking up the action on a flop of , David Inselberg checked from the big blind and 2021 WPT Showdown champion Brek Schutten bet 7,500 from UTG+1. Inselberg called.

The turn is the , Inselberg checked, and Schutten shoved for 65,500. Inselberg thought for a bit before he called all in for 49,500 with . Schutten was drawing with .

The river was the , safe for Inselberg to double up.

David Inselberg  –  125,000  (63 bb)
Brek Schutten  –  16,000  (8 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Remaining:  470 of 1,135

Jason Andrews raised to 6,000, the small blind moved all in for about 36,000, and Andrews called with .

The small blind turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Andrews won the pot with a pair of aces and his king kicker to eliminate his opponent from Day 1A.

Jason Andrews  –  250,000  (125 bb)

The field is playing tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$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:  1,135

A three-way all in emerged with Raminder Singh holding on the button, facing two shorter stacks (one for roughly 25,000 and the other for about 14,000) with and , respectively.

A king came on the flop, and it held up for Singh to score the double elimination.

Raminder Singh  –  280,000  (187 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:  1,135

We have received confirmation that today’s field for Day 1A is 1,135 entries, adding $3,632,000 into the prizepool with another starting flight (Day 1B) tomorrow at 11:00 am.

The guarantee was $3 million, and we surpassed that before the dinner break.

This is the fourth largest Championship flight in Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood history, with the top four all coming during the springtime Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown:

1.  Showdown 2021 (Flight 1B)  –  1,434 Entries
2.  Showdown 2016 (Day 1)  –  1,222 Entries
3.  Showdown 2017 (Day 1)  –  1,207 Entries
4.  Showdown 2023 (Flight 1A)  –  1,135 Entries
5.  Lucky Hearts Poker Open 2022 (Flight 1B)  –  1,089 Entries

The field is playing tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$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:  1,135

The players have returned from break to begin Level 9, with increased blinds of 1,000-1,500 and a 1,500 ante.

Registration is now closed, and the tournament clock shows an unofficial field size of 1,135. When we get official numbers, we will post them here in the updates.

A scan of the field during the break turned up seven players with at least 300K, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Jason Andrews  –  427,000  (285 bb)
2.  Michael Rossitto  –  388,500  (259 bb)
3.  Nikita Kalinin  –  342,500  (228 bb)
4.  Jeff Madsen  –  331,500  (221 bb)
5.  Ramazan Tahhusoglu  –  320,500  (214 bb)
6.  James Romero  –  319,000  (213 bb)
7.  Rania Nasreddine  –  300,000  (200 bb)
8.  Aaron Rosenthal  –  297,500  (198 bb)

With 1,135 unofficial entries, the prizepool is up over $3.63 million, having surpassed the $3 million guarantee before the dinner break. Registration is now closed, but Day 1B begins tomorrow at 11:00 am.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  1,077

Trung Pham  –  282,000
Ryan Julius  –  260,000
Victoria Livschitz  –  185,000
Francis Anderson  –  160,000
Albert Knafo  –  160,000
Brian Yoon  –  135,000
Jeremy Ausmus  –  124,000
Andres Korn  –  116,000
Eric Afriat  –  110,000
Joseph Cheong  –  98,000
Jacob Ferro  –  97,000
Thomas Boivin  –  90,000
Chad Eveslage  –  78,000
Benny Glaser  –  78,000
Taylor von Kriegenbergh  –  74,000
Fred Goldberg  –  68,000
Mike Leah  –  65,000
Sam Soverel  –  64,000
Art Papazyan  –  57,000
Jesse Lonis  –  51,000
Raffello Locatelli  –  48,000
Ray Qartomy  –  47,000
James Calderaro  –  45,000
Brock Wilson  –  43,000
Josh Cranfill  –  33,000
David “ODB” Baker  –  31,000
David DiBernardi  –  31,000
Vlad Mezheritsky  –  29,000
Will Failla  –  28,000
Angel Guillen  –  28,000
James Tomblin  –  18,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  1,070

Jason Andrews raised to 2,500, Mark Seif reraised to 12,500, and Jason Wandling moved all in from the button for 53,600. Andrews and Seif got it all in after that for roughly 175K each (with Andrews having slightly more chips), and all three players turned over their cards:

Jason Andrews:  
Mark Seif:  
Jason Wandling:  

The board came , and the eights held up for Andrews to win the entire pot, eliminating both Seif and Wandling to win a huge pot worth about 420,000.

Jason Andrews  –  420,000  (350 bb)
Mark Seif  –  Eliminated
Jason Wandling  –  Eliminated

With 1,070 entries and counting, the prizepool is up over $3.42 million, having surpassed the $3 million guarantee before the dinner break. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until 9:15 pm, with Day 1B beginning tomorrow at 11:00 am.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  1,053

James Romero  –  310,000
Kevin Rabichow  –  190,000
Mark Davis  –  160,000
Rob Brown  –  157,000
Andrew Moreno  –  147,000
Alessio Isaia  –  140,000
Dylan Linde  –  134,000
Frankie Zeta  –  124,000
Blake Bohn  –  116,000
Curt Kohlberg  –  95,000
Phil Hui  –  90,000
Denys Shafikov  –  85,000
Eric Baldwin  –  83,000
Jerry Wong  –  73,000
Asher Conniff  –  70,000
Brian Hastings  –  65,000
Ren Lin  –  49,000
Andre Bryan  –  48,000
David Shmuel  –  45,000
Matt Stout  –  45,000
Brad Owen  –  45,000
Cherish Andrews  –  19,000