$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

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)

$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:  8 of 1,869

Alex Queen opened to 400,000 from under the gun, Jaroslaw Osinski moved all in for 2,975,000 from middle position and Queen called.

Queen:
Osinski:

Osinki was in trouble with more kicker problems and couldn’t miracle a save on the board to go out in ninth place.

Alex Queen  –  13,100,000  (66 bb)
Jaroslaw Osinski  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($83,000)

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $2,000,700 | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 81

Martin Stausholm was all in short with in the hole from the big blind, and Min Zhang had him covered holding on the cutoff.

The final board read , and Stausholm was eliminated in fifth place for a payout worth $121,300. Zhang stacked up 2,865,000 after collecting the pot.

Min Zhang – 2,865,000 (71 bb)
Martin Stausholm – Eliminated in 5th Place ($121,300)

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $2,000,700 | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 81

David Coleman was all in preflop for 440,000 with in the hole under the gun, and Brandon Wilson had him covered holding pocket queens on the small blind.

The final board read , and Coleman was eliminated in sixth place for a payout of $91,100. Wilson stacked up 2.43 million after collecting the pot.

Brandon Wilson – 2,430,000 (60 bb)
David Coleman – Eliminated in 6th Place ($91,100)

$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 100/100 with a 100 ante

We put 75 trophy events on the Showdown schedule and it’s just about time for number 75. It gets underway at 5 pm with a $300 Quad Stack NLH that features $100 black chip bounties.

Players start with huge 40K stacks and the first eight levels last 15 minutes before they go up to 20 minutes in Level 9. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 12 at 8:30 pm.

• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels 1-8 last 15 minutes; Levels 9+ last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 12 (8:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 75 Structure Sheet

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $2,000,700 | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 81

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

Seat 1:  Martin Stausholm  –  270,000  (6 bb)
Seat 2:  David Coleman  –  505,000  (12 bb)
Seat 5:  Brandon Wittmeyer  –  1,530,000  (38 bb)
Seat 7:  Min Zhang  –  1,480,000  (37 bb)
Seat 8:  Sergio Aido  – 2,860,000  (71 bb)
Seat 9:  Brandon Wilson  –  1,325,000  (33 bb)

1st:  $601,800 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $420,400
3rd:  $265,200
4th:  $181,100
5th:  $121,300
6th:  $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