$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  623

The players return from break to begin Level 7, with increased blinds of 500-1,000 and a big blind ante of 1,000.

A scan of the field during the break turned up six players with at least 225K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  357,700  (358 bb)
2.  Johnny Bromberg  –  356,600  (357 bb)
3.  Tal Avivi  –  307,100  (307 bb)
4.  Justin Fawcett  –  272,600  (273 bb)
5.  Michael Tweedlie  –  256,200  (256 bb)
6.  Rogen Chhabra  –  239,300  (239 bb)

The tournament clock shows 623 entries so far, generating a prizepool worth more than $1.99 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 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  604

Level 6 comes to an end, and the players take a 90-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume at 7:00 pm.

The tournament clock shows 604 entries so far, generating a prizepool worth more than $1.93 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).

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 5:30 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 6:  400/800 with an 800 ante
Day 1A Entries:  599

A player raised from the hijack, Sabas Ferrer called from the cutoff, and the player in the big blind reraised to 11,000. The hijack called, and Ferrer moved all in for 30,400.

The big blind tanked for a while before he moved all in over the top, and the hijack folded.

The big blind showed , and Ferrer turned over . Ferrer needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket sixes held up for Ferrer to win the pot and double up in chips.

Sabas Ferrer  –  73,000  (91 bb)

The tournament clock shows 599 entries so far, generating a prizepool worth more than $1.91 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).

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 5:30 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 6:  400/800 with an 800 ante
Day 1A Entries:  585

Five players put in 2,800 each to see a flop of . Both blinds checked, and Rudy Bourg bet 5,000. Jonathan Tamayo folded in late position, and the player on the button raised to 12,000. Both blinds fold.

Bourg three-bet all in for 39,300, and the button called with for a pair of queens. Bourg turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

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

Rudy Bourg  –  93,400  (117 bb)

The tournament clock shows 585 entries so far, generating a prizepool worth more than $1.87 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).

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 5:30 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 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries:  564

With the board showing , Viet Vo checked from the big blind, the UTG+1 player bet 7,400, and Vo check-raised to 21,000. The UTG+1 player thought for a while before he called.

The river card was the , and Vo moved all in for 22,300. The UTG+1 player went into the tank for a fairly long time with a stack of about 22,000.

The UTG+1 player eventually folded, and Vo showed as he took the pot — a pair of sevens with a missed flush draw and a missed straight draw.

“I should have listened to my gut,” said the UTG+1 player. “That was a great bet.”

Somebody else asked him a question about the hand, and the UTG+1 player said, “I didn’t figure out shit. It just felt wrong to me.”

Viet Vo  –  67,000  (112 bb)

The next hand, a player raised from middle position to 1,200, Jeremy Becker reraised from the hijack to 3,700, and Viet Vo four-bet it from the small blind to 11,000. The initial raiser folded, and Becker called.

The flop came , Vo bet 8,500, and Becker called.

The turn card was the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , Vo bet 20,500, and Becker folded. Vo took the pot.

Viet Vo  –  89,000  (148 bb)
Jeremy Becker  –  55,000  (92 bb)

The tournament clock shows 564 entries so far, generating a prizepool worth more than $1.8 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).

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 5:30 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 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries:  562

Dan “Miami Boss” Suied opened to 1,300 from middle position and Yan Jiang defended her big blind. The flop was , Jiang checked, Suied continued for 1,500 and Jiang called.

The turn was and both players checked. The river was and Jiang checked. Suied fired 3,500 and Jiang check-raised to 15,000. Suied thought for a minute, called the bet, and mucked when Jiang showed for the club flush.

Yan Jiang – 122,000 (203 bb)
Dan “Miami Boss” Suied – 44,000 (73 bb)

Jiang set a big mark a few months ago when she won the 2026 Tampa Poker Classic Championship, the first female Championship/Main Event winner in Seminole Poker history.

“Miami Boss” made his name (and big money) playing cash games but has some nice tournament results, including a $110K score for winning the opening event of the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries:  515

The players return from break to begin Level 5, with increased blinds of 300-600 with a big blind ante of 600.

A scan of the field during the break turned up five players with at least 200K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Michael Tweedlie  –  249,800  (416 bb)
2.  Tal Avivi  –  230,900  (385 bb)
3.  Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  208,000  (347 bb)
4.  Rogen Chhabra  –  207,800  (346 bb)
5.  Nicholas Rigby  –  200,800  (335 bb)

The tournament clock shows 515 entries so far, generating a prizepool worth more than $1.64 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).

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 5:30 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 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  490

After a flop of with 5,500 in the pot, 2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown champion Tony Sinishtaj checked under the gun, and Glenn Becker moved all in from the hijack for 9,900.

Sinishtaj tanked for a while before he said, “I’ll gamble,” and he called with for a pair of jacks.

Becker turned over for a pair of kings, and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the gamble paid for Sinishtaj as he caught a runner-runner king-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Becker.

Tony Sinishtaj  –  49,000  (98 bb)
Glenn Becker  –  Eliminated

The tournament clock shows 490 entries so far, generating a prizepool worth more than $1.56 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).

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 5:30 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 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  465

With the board showing on the turn and roughly 20K already in the pot, Bradley got it all in under the gun with for trip eights, and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the hijack’s .

The river card was the , and the trip eights hold up for Jansen to win the pot and double up in chips.

Bradley Jansen  –  70,000  (175 bb)

The tournament clock shows 465 entries so far, generating a prizepool worth more than $1.48 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).

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 5:30 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 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1A Entries:  421

Rogen Chhabra just doubled up to 145,000 on a board of . Looks like he got it all in after the flop with for a pair of kings and a flush draw, and the pair of kings was enough to win the pot.

Rogen Chhabra  –  145,000  (363 bb)

At Table 25, the player in the hijack raised to 1,000, Graham Matthews reraised from the cutoff to 4,600, and the hijack tanked for a while before he called.

The flop came , the hijack checked, Matthews bet 3,700, and the hijack called.

The turn card was the , the hijack checked, Matthews bet 6,700, and the hijack called.

The river card was the , the hijack checked, Matthews bet 11,600, and the hijack tanked for a long time before he folded. Matthews took the pot.

Graham Matthews  –  55,000  (138 bb)

The tournament clock shows 421 entries so far, generating a prizepool worth more than $1.34 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).

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 5:30 pm. Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.