$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:  288 of 737

With the final board showing , 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown champion Josh Reichard bet 18,500 from the big blind.

Ken Einiger moved all in from the big blind for 43,000, and Reichard thought for a while before he folded.

Einiger showed for a full house, queens full of jacks, as he took the pot.

Ken Einiger  –  114,000  (57 bb)
Josh Reichard  –  89,000  (45 bb)

With about 297 players remaining from a Day 1A field of 737, the average chip stack is around 128,000 (64 big blinds). This will be the last level of the night, and action should end 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:  297 of 737

After a flop of with about 19,000 already in the pot, Ivan Yatsuk checked from middle position, Erkem Bozkurt bet 11,000 from the hijack, and Yatsuk thought for a while before he check-raised to 28,000. Bozkurt thought for a while before he called.

The turn card was the , Yatsuk thought for a while before he checked, and Bozkurt bet 37,000. Yatsuk went into the tank for a while before he check-raised all in for 104,000.

Bozkurt went into the tank for a long time before he folded, and Yatsuk showed his (flopped set of deuces) as he took the pot.

Yatsuk asked Bozkurt if he had a jack, and Bozkurt nodded.

Ivan Yatsuk  –  216,000  (108 bb)
Ekrem Bozkurt  –  92,000  (46 bb)

With about 297 players remaining from a Day 1A field of 737, the average chip stack is around 124,000 (62 big blinds). This will be the last level of the night, and action should end 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 Players Remaining:  333 of 737

Taylor Wilson doubled thru Brian Altman on a board of . Wilson was in the big blind with , and he made a full house, jacks full of threes, to beat Altman’s in middle position.

Taylor Wilson  –  75,000  (50 bb)
Brian Altman  –  225,000  (150 bb)

With about 333 players remaining from a Day 1A field of 737, the average chip stack is around 110,500 (74 big blinds). Action will continue 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 Players Remaining:  360 of 737

A scan of the field during the break turned up seven players with at least 300K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  537,500  (358 bb)
2.  Justin Fawcett  –  511,500  (341 bb)
3.  Richard Seymour  –  425,500  (284 bb)
4.  Ron Jacobowitz  –  340,000  (227 bb)
5.  John McDonald  –  314,000  (209 bb)
6.  Jon Zusman  –  307,000  (205 bb)
7.  Hal Klein  –  302,500  (202 bb)

With about 360 players remaining from a Day 1A field of 737, the average chip stack is around 102,500 (68 big blinds). Action will continue 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:  737

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

Registration for Day 1A is now closed, and Day 1B begins tomorrow at 11:00 am. The tournament clock shows an unofficial Day 1A field size of 737 entries, which would add worth more than $2.35 million to the prizepool on its way to the $3 million guarantee.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  718

Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  520,000  (433 bb)
Justin Fawcett  –  450,000  (375 bb)
Richard Seymour  –  390,000  (325 bb)
Brian Altman  –  245,000  (204 bb)
Tal Rothman  –  215,000  (179 bb)
Tal Avivi  –  204,000  (170 bb)
Dylan Linde  –  196,000  (163 bb)
Colby Covington  –  163,000  (136 bb)
Paul Fisher  –  153,000  (128 bb)
Andy Frankenberger  –  153,000  (128 bb)
Harvey Castro  –  144,000  (120 bb)
Clemen Deng  –  142,000  (118 bb)
Kharlin Sued  –  134,000  (112 bb)
Raminder Singh  –  126,000  (105 bb)
Alcides Gomez  –  122,000  (102 bb)
Tony Sinishtaj  –  115,000  (96 bb)
Joey Weissman  –  108,000  (90 bb)
Danny Suied  –  87,000  (73 bb)
Danny Fuhs  –  78,000  (65 bb)
Nadya Magnus  –  76,000  (63 bb)
Francis Anderson  –  68,000  (57 bb)
Taylor Wilson  –  67,000  (56 bb)
Adam Adler  –  65,000  (54 bb)
Nicholas Palma  –  61,000  (51 bb)
Travell Thomas  –  56,000  (47 bb)
Mukul Pahuja  –  48,000  (40 bb)
Jessica Vierling  –  44,000  (37 bb)
Robert Mizrachi  –  38,000  (32 bb)
Farid Jattin  –  38,000  (32 bb)
Mike Meskin  –  37,000  (31 bb)
Alex Queen  –  36,000  (30 bb)
Eric Yanovsky  –  30,000  (25 bb)
Michael Tarafa  –  26,000  (22 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:  716

With the final board showing on the river, Shoval Malin moved all in from middle position for 29,900. The player in the small blind tanked for a while before he called with for a five-high straight.

But Malin turned over to win the pot with a heart flush and double up in chips.

Shoval Malin  –  75,000  (63 bb)

The tournament clock shows 716 entries so far, generating a prizepool worth more than $2.29 million on its way to the $3 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (around 9:15 pm).

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  696

After a flop of , Anthony Merlo got it all in from the small blind for about 64,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the the of Ken Einiger in the big blind.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the aces held up for Merlo to win the pot and double up in chips.

Anthony Merlo  –  152,000  (127 bb)
Ken Einiger  –  8,000  (7 bb)

The tournament clock shows 696 entries so far, generating a prizepool worth more than $2.22 million on its way to the $3 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (around 9:15 pm).

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  689

Nicholas Rigby  –  268,000  (223 bb)
Sebastian Toro Henao  –  260,000  (217 bb)
Rogen Chhabra  –  253,000  (211 bb)
Micah Raskin  –  252,000  (210 bb)
Nick Yunis  –  240,000  (200 bb)
Kurt Jewell  –  180,000  (150 bb)
Elliott Kampen  –  173,000  (144 bb)
Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  164,000  (137 bb)
Zachary Fischer  –  152,000  (127 bb)
Eugene Katchalov  –  138,000  (115 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  130,000  (108 bb)
Ryan Riess  –  130,000  (108 bb)
Matt Salsberg  –  130,000  (108 bb)
Victoria Livschitz  –  123,000  (103 bb)
Nenad Medic  –  110,000  (92 bb)
Justin Vaysman  –  108,000  (90 bb)
Landon Tice  –  90,000  (75 bb)
Hal Klein  –  86,000  (72 bb)
James Calderaro  –  85,000  (71 bb)
Cangir Elcin  –  84,000  (70 bb)
Ken Einiger  –  67,000  (56 bb)
Noah Schwartz  –  60,000  (50 bb)
Matthew Waxman  –  58,000  (48 bb)
Darren Rabinowitz  –  58,000  (48 bb)
Jake Cody  –  58,000  (48 bb)
Jerry Wong  –  57,000  (48 bb)
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs  –  56,000  (47 bb)
Natasha Mercier  –  54,000  (45 bb)
Andres Korn  –  50,000  (42 bb)
Jonathan Tamayo  –  50,000  (42 bb)
Damjan Radanov  –  48,000  (40 bb)
Andrew Ostapchenko  –  38,000  (32 bb)
Frank Funaro  –  38,000  (32 bb)
Viet Vo  –  23,000  (19 bb)
Erik Seidel  –  18,000  (15 bb)
Wayne Leonard  –  16,000  (13 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:  661

Eric Afriat  –  236,000  (236 bb)
Cherish Andrews  –  183,000  (183 bb)
David McGowan  –  157,000  (157 bb)
Maxwell Young  –  148,000  (148 bb)
Fred Goldberg  –  134,000  (134 bb)
Scott Zakheim  –  127,000  (127 bb)
Niall Costigan  –  124,000  (124 bb)
Jessica Dawley  –  119,000  (119 bb)
Ryan Hoenig  –  117,000  (117 bb)
Ekrem Bozkurt  –  112,000  (112 bb)
Anna Antimony  –  112,000  (112 bb)
Walter Bravo  –  98,000  (98 bb)
Jake Schwartz  –  97,000  (97 bb)
Darryll Fish  –  89,000  (89 bb)
Chad Eveslage  –  70,000   (70 bb)
Phil Hui  –  63,000  (63 bb)
Aaron Massey  –  63,000  (63 bb)
Brian Yoon  –  58,000  (58 bb)
James Anderson  –  58,000  (58 bb)
Larry Ormson  –  57,000  (57 bb)
Vinny Pahuja  –  54,000  (54 bb)
Elvyn Bello  –  53,000  (53 bb)
Paul Domb  –  52,000  (52 bb)
Jeremy Becker  –  50,000  (50 bb)
Loni Hui  –  50,000  (50 bb)
Toby Boas  –  37,000  (37 bb)
Justin Liberto  –  36,000  (36 bb)
Harrison Gimbel  –  34,000  (34 bb)
Will Failla  –  33,000  (33 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  32,000  (32 bb)
Bradley Jansen  –  30,000  (30 bb)
Dylan Smith  –  23,000  (23 bb)
Safiya Umerova  –  18,000  (18 bb)
Roberto Bendeck  –  12,000  (12 bb)