$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  298 of 945

Day 1A of the 2024 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship comes to an end with 298 players remaining from a Day 1A field of 945 entries, and the chip leader is Eider Da Cruz with 505,500 (202 big blinds).

The full list of official chip counts will be posted later tonight, but in the meantime, here are the seven stacks above 400,000:

1.  Eider Da Cruz  –  505,500  (202 bb)
2.  John Krpan  –  504,500  (202 bb)
3.  Myles German  –  446,000  (178 bb)
4.  Jose Nadal  –  456,500  (183 bb)
5.  Gary Gelman  –  415,000  (166 bb)
6.  Curtis King  –  405,000  (162 bb)
7.  Vincent Cafone  –  401,500  (161 bb)

With 945 entries on Day 1A, the $3 million guarantee has already been surpassed.

Day 1B begins tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. Players are allowed unlimited re-entries, and registration will remain open tomorrow until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm.

Stay tuned to SHRPO.com for our continuing coverage of the 2024  WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship.

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$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:  304 of 945

John Krpan raised from middle position, the player on his direct left reraised all in for about 45,000, and Krpan called with , leading his opponent’s .

The board came , giving Krpan a pair of aces to eliminate his opponent.

John Krpan  –  504,500  (253 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 Players Remaining:  324 of 945

The clock has been paused, and it was just announced to the tournament field that they will play four more hands tonight. Stay tuned for chip counts from the end of play to be posted a short time from now.

$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:  324 of 945

Kamel Mokhammad got all in for 23,000 with in the hole under the gun preflop, and Erik Seidel had him covered holding Js] UTG+1.

The final board read , and Mokhammad doubled up to survive with 51,000 after collecting the pot, and Seidel was down to just 2,500.

Kamel Mokhammad – 51,000 (25 bb)
Erik Seidel – 2,500 (1 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 Players Remaining:  342 of 945

With about 100,000 in the pot and board reading , action was on the player on the button with 40,000 already committed post-turn, facing an all-in raise from Eli Berg in the cutoff for 178,000.

After a little while in the tank, the player on the button called with for a pair of kings. Berg tabled for flush and straight draws.

The river was the , giving Berg a flush to double up.

Eli Berg  –  465,000  (233 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  342 of 945

Fawaz Siddiqui held from middle position, and he had the hijack with in the hole covered.

The final board read , and Siddiqui took out his opponent to stack up 233,000 after collecting the pot.

Fawaz Siddiqui – 233,000 (116 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 Players Remaining:  360 of 945

On the river of a board with roughly 70,000 in the pot, Joey Weissman bet 48,000 (leaving 500 behind) from the small blind.

Cherish Andrews thought for a while before she called in the big blind.

Weissman tabled , while Andrews tabled for aces and fours to win the pot. Weissman was eliminated the following hand.

Cherish Andrews  –  210,000  (105 bb)
Joey Weissman  –  Eliminated

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 60
$300 Quad Stack Final Table Only
Entries:  59
Prize Pool:  $14,750
April 19, 2024

Registration closed for the $300 Quad Stack Final Table Only tournament with 59 entries creating a prize pool worth $14,750. The last nine spots will be paid with $515 for a min-cash and $5,1555 for the champ.

1st: $5,155 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $2,950
3rd: $1,810
4th: $1,290
5th: $1,000
6th: $775
7th: $665
8th: $590
9th: $515

$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:  396 of 945

As recapped to us by a player at the table, the player in the hijack opened to 3,000 and Michael Rocco three-bet to 10,500 from the cutoff.

Farid Jattin four-bet to about 50,000 from the button, the hijack reraised all in for about 220,000, Rocco called all in for bout 145,000, and Jattin called all in for another few thousand.

Rocco showed , leading Jattin’s and the hijack’s .

The board ran out , safe for Rocco to double up while eliminating Jattin.

Michael Rocco  –  350,000  (233 bb)
Farid Jattin  –  Eliminated

$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:  432 of 945

Registration closed for Flight A of the 2024 WPT Poker Showdown Championship with 945 entries, which has already surpassed the amount needed to meet the $3,000,000 guarantee.

The prize pool currently sits at $3,024,000 with another starting flight on Saturday.