2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 65
$1,100 Deep Stack Mixed PLO (Re-Entry)
Entries:  69
Prize Pool:  $66,930
April 21 – 22, 2024

Poker Showdown Event 65 was a $1,100 buy-in Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha tournament which drew 69 entries for a prize pool worth $66,930. Dylan Lask outlasted the field and won the tournament outright for $23,085.

Congrats Dylan!

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  35 of 1,869

Mike Linster was all in with pocket sevens from the big blind, but he ran right into the pocket tens of David Mzareulov on the hijack.

The final final board read , and Linster was eliminated in 36th place for a payday worth $27,500. Mzareulov stacked up 2.2 million after collecting the pot.

David Mzareulov – 2,200,000 (29 bb)
Mike Linster – Eliminated in 36th Place ($27,500)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  41 of 1,869

37th: Michael O’Malley – $27,500
38th: Andy Slater – $27,500
39th: Orez Mokedi – $27,500
40th: Brian Scott – $23,100
41st: Claudio Piedrabuena – $23,100
42nd: Timothy Capretta – $23,100
43th: Kaleb Harwell – $23,100
44th: Josh Arieh – $23,100
45th: Dominick Sarle – $23,100
46th: Toby Joyce – $23,100
47th: Justin Swilling – $23,100

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  41 of 1,869

The flop read when Timothy Capretta got all in holding pocket jacks on the small blind, but he ran right into the pocket kings of Pavlin Karakikov in late position.

The turn and river fell , and Capretta was eliminated in 42nd place for a payout worth $23,100. Karakikov stacked up 5.37 million after collecting the pot.

Timothy Capretta – 5,370,000 (107 bb)
Pavlin Karakikov – Eliminated in 42nd Place ($23,100)

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $1,000,000 | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 104

Seat 1: Justin Zaki – 160,000 (13 bb)
Seat 2: Mike Jozoff – 57,000 (5 bb)
Seat 3: Justin Liberto – 104,000 (9 bb)
Seat 4: Mathew Frankland – 189,000 (16 bb)
Seat 5: Brian Luo – 772,000 (64 bb)
Seat 6: Carlos Chadha – 165,000 (14 bb)
Seat 7: Joey Weissman – 225,000 (19 bb)
Seat 8: Clemen Deng – 507,000 (42 bb)
Seat 9: Tony Sinishtaj – 449,000 (37 bb)

1st: $302,500 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $187,500
3rd: $115,000
4th: $75,000
5th: $58,500
6th: $46,750
7th: $39,750
8th: $34,500
9th: $30,500
10th: Stan Jablonski – $27,500
11th: Michael Chiappetta – $27,500
12th: Justin Young – $27,500
13th: James Collopy – $27,500

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  44 of 1,869

The second break ended, and players are back in action with a new Championship leader. Hollywood regular Wasim Assaf is the current leader with 5,030,000, followed by Jackob Datashvili and Josh Reichard.

Tournament staff announced that the one-hour dinner break will be at 6:30 pm even if they go to 90-minute levels with the next blind increase.

1.  Wasim Assaf  –  5,030,000  (84 bb)
2.  Jackob Datashvili  –  4,100,000  (68 bb)
3.  Josh Reichard  –  4,050,000  (68 bb)
4.  Anthony Spinella  –  3,765,000  (63 bb)
5.  Toby Boas  –  3,485,000  (58 bb)
6.  Danny Panagatos  –  2,970,000  (50 bb)
7.  Barry Hatcher  –  2,925,000  (49 bb)
8.  Michael O’Malley  –  2,870,000  (48 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  44 of 1,869

Kaleb Harwell was all in for 675,000 from the button with in the hole, and Jackob Datashvili had him covered holding on the big blind.

The final board read , and Harwell doubled up to survive with 1,475,000. Datashvili was at 3,650,000 after the hand.

Kaleb Harwell – 3,650,000 (73 bb)
Jackob Datashvili – 1,475,000 (29 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  47 of 1,869

48th: Matt Waxman – $19,400
49th: Jordan Schneider – $19,400
50th: Joseph McArthur – $19,400
51st: Tony Cousineau – $19,400
52nd: Jared Griener – $19,400
53rd: Brian Hall – $19,400
54th: Michael Berk – $19,400
55th: Kou Vang – $19,400
56th: Yicheng Xu – $16,300
57th: Braw Owens – $16,300
58th: Santiago Nadal Sordo – $16,300
59th: Abel Gebeyehu – $16,300
60th: Fred Paradis – $16,300
61st: Curt Kohlberg – $16,300
62nd: Brandon Mueller – $16,300
63rd: Albert Barney – $16,300
64th: Anuj Agarwal – $13,800

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 1,869

Jordan Schneider was all in preflop with pocket jacks in the hole from the small blind, and Joshua Reichard had him covered holding .

The final board read , and Schneider was eliminated in 49th place for a payday worth $19,400. Reichard stacked up 3.55 million after collecting the pot.

Joshua Reichard – 3,550,000 (71 bb)
Jordan Schneider – Eliminated in 49th Place ($19,400)

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Entries:  33

The $25K High Roller got off to a great start with 33 entries here already and they’ve put more than $800K toward the $1,000,000 so that’s a virtual lock.

A few friends here already include Giuseppe Iadisernia, Cherish Andrews, Brock Wilson, Chance Kornuth, Joe McKeehen, Blake Bohn, and $10K champ Brian Yoon.