$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $2,000,700 | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  30,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 81

Brandon Wilson  –  4,110,000  (82 bb)
Min Zhang  –  3,990,000  (80 bb)

1st:  $601,800 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $420,400

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $2,000,700 | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 81

Brandon Wilson was all in for 2,125,000 with on the small blind, and Min Zhang had him covered holding from the big blind.

The final board read , and Wilson doubled up to survive with 4,375,000 after collecting the pot. Zhang was at 3,725,000 after the hand.

Brandon Wilson – 4,375,000 (87 bb)
Min Zhang – 3,725,000 (74 bb)

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 74
$600 Deep Stack Six-Max 5-Card PLO
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  109
Prize Pool: $59,280
April 23 2024

Registration closed for the $600 Deep Stack Six-Max 5-Card PLO tournament with 114 entries to build a prize pool total of $59,280. The last 15 spots will pay out with $1,130 for a min-cash and there is $1,800 up top for the winner.

1st: $16,810 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $10,900
3rd: $7,250
4th: $5,000
5th: $3,540
6th: $2,600
7th-8th: $2,000
9th-10th: $1,585
11th-15th: $1,130

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $2,000,700 | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 81

Sergio Aido was all in with in the hole, and Brandon Wilson had him covered holding pocket eights.

The final board read , and Aido was out in third place for a payday of $265,200.

That gave Wilson the advantage before heads-up play began with a stack worth 5 million against the 3.1 million of Min Zhang.

Brandon Wilson – 5,000,000 (100 bb)
Min Zhang – 3,100,000 (62 bb)
Sergio Aido – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($265,200)

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $2,000,700 | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 81

Brandon Wittmeyer was all in with pocket fours in the hole from the small blind, and he was up against the of Min Zhang held on the big blind.

The final board read , and Wittmeyer was eliminated in fourth place for a payout worth $181,100. Zhang stacked up 2,145,000 after collecting the pot.

Min Zhang – 2,145,00 (62 bb)
Brandon Wittmeyer – Eliminated in 4th Place ($181,100)

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $2,000,700 | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 81

Here is a look at the updated chip counts for the high roller event after the most recent break.

Seat 5:  Brandon Wittmeyer  –  820,000  (16 bb)
Seat 7:  Min Zhang  –  2,750,000  (55 bb)
Seat 8:  Sergio Aido  – 2,570,000  (51 bb)
Seat 9:  Brandon Wilson  –  1,960,000  (39 bb)

1st:  $601,800 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $420,400
3rd:  $265,200
4th:  $181,100

5th:  Martin Stausholm  –  $121,300
6th:  David Coleman  –  $91,100
7th:  Chance Kornuth – $74,300
8th:  Martin Carnero – $65,200
9th:  Jim Collopy – $62,100
10th:  Manuel Fritz  –  $60,100
11th:  Vincent Cafone  –  $58,100

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,869

The WPT Poker Showdown Championship televised final table lineup is set with six players remaining, they have $176,000 locked up, and they will head to Vegas to play for the title plus $839,300 on May 29.

Seat 1.  Aaron Kupin  –  4,925,000  (25 bb)
Seat 2.  Jesse Lonis  –  12,350,000  (62 bb)
Seat 3.  Dylan Smith  –  28,400,000  (142 bb)
Seat 4.  Alex Queen  –  13,450,000  (67 bb)
Seat 5.  Landon Tice  –  13,700,000  (69 bb)
Seat 6.  Josh Reichard  –  20,575,000  (103 bb)

1st: $839,300 + Showdown trophy *
2nd: $550,000
3rd: $410,000
4th: $305,000
5th: $230,000
6th: $176,000

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

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,869

Josh Reichard opened to 400,000 from middle position and Dylan Smith called from the button. Dylan Linde moved all in for 4,050,000 from the small blind and only Reichard stuck around.

Reichard:
Linde:

Linde was dominated by the bigger pair and the sent him out in seventh place.

Tournament staff paused the clock at 8:10 in Level 30, and our televised final table was set.

Josh Reichard  –  19,800,000  (99 bb)
Dylan Linde  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($136,000)

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 67
$600 Savage Average NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  124
Prize Pool:  $64,480
April 22-23, 2024

Our first-ever $600 Savage Average tournament drew 124 entries for a prize pool worth $64,480. The final table returned for Day 2 to play for the title and Spencer Simpson walked away with the outright win for $16,460.

The tournament was designed to update the blinds based on the average stack, not on a clock. Players enjoyed having the average stack of the tournament be at least 50 big blinds from the time registration ended until Simpson had all the chips.

Congrats Spencer!

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,869

David Mzareulov open-shipped for 1,275,000 from middle position and Dylan Smith reshoved from the small blind to isolate.

Smith:
Mzareulov:

Mzareulov was dominated with the smaller ace and had no luck on the to go out in eighth place.

Dylan Smith  –  28,750,000  (144 bb)
David Mzareulov  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($105,000)