Cuba Levenberry Wins His First Guitar Pick Trophy in Event 26

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 26
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  4,489
Prize Pool:  $2,334,280
April 10 – 15, 2024

Cuba Levenberry

Cuba Levenberry took home his first tournament win tonight in Event 26, which was the second big multi-day tournament of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown series. It almost doubled his career tournament earnings to $623,065. His best previous finish here at Seminole Hard Rock was a runner-up score in a PLO event at Lucky Hearts back in January. We caught up with him after the win as he was surrounded by his friends that were on the rail.

“I’m still processing all of this, you know what I mean. I’ve taken second in a tournament before here. So to win this outright after coming into Day 2 with 18 bigs under the gun and about to get hit with the big blind when I was real short and to win it, I haven’t even been able to process it yet,” said Levenberry shortly after the  victory.

The heads-up final was a battle between Levenberry and Ya Yun Liu, but he took the lead shortly after the start of the match and built his advantage from there. Here is what Levenbbery had to say about the final: “He actually didn’t want to make a deal when he had all the chips and I asked him if he wanted too. And then my buddy told me, ‘you know what, that’s fine because I had the edge.’ I’ve been fasting for 78 hours so my focus was crystal clear. He’s a great player, I respect him a lot, but he seemed a little off his game, and I was on my A+ game.” He continued, “I’m not a heads-up specialist by any means, I just kind of made some adjustments.

Levenberyy had more friends on the rail than the rest of the final table combined that were rooting him on through the endgame of the tournament, so we switched topics to see what that meant to him. “I love these guys, they’re not just my buddies, they’ve been playing poker longer than me so I see each of them as my mentor throughout my lifetime. It’s almost like they’re winning too because I’m a product of what they’ve been teaching me. They’re more than friends if you know what I mean. They’ve taught me so much in life,” responded Levenberry.

And as far as the celebration plans for the night: “My friend wants a steak, so we’re going to La Granja across the street. But I’m going to keep fasting,” said Levenberry as his friends excitedly exclaimed, “Let’s do it!” in the background.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1CubaLevenberry$301,920
2Ya YunLiu$200,000
3DaleRoesel$149,000
4RobertoGonzalez$111,000
5CarlosCorrea$84,000
6SeanPhillippi$64,000
7StuartYoung$49,500
8GregLevine$38,500
9KyleTaddei$30,000
10JavierSarache$24,200
11CalebPowell$24,200
12ScotterClark$19,500
13BrianHall$19,500
14NicoleMiller$15,800
15T.K.Miles$15,800
16ShlomoGardi$15,800
17AaronPinson$15,800
18TommyTran$12,800
19ThomasGari$12,800
20JeffreyMcintyre$12,800
21She LokWong$12,800
22JoshuaMcClain$12,800
23JosephBlock$12,800
24JimenezDiaz$10,400
25AlejandroRomero Bristol$10,400
26ChandanMathur$10,400
27MarcPelfort$10,400
28LuizSilva$10,400
29CalebPiderit$10,400
30TimurVardanian$10,400
31FabianFoster$10,400
32JamesRodriguez$8,400
33KevinMacdonald$8,400
34OlegMinavichev$8,400
35ZhouJiang$8,400
36BrandonAgeloff$8,400
37ShaneMelert$8,400
38JorgeConfesor$8,400
39CalvinAnderson$8,400
40TylerMitchell$6,900
41PeterWatts$6,900
42FilipposStavrakis$6,900
43JosephBurns$6,900
44RonaldKatz$6,900
45CarterHirschberg$6,900
46GregoryPohler$6,900
47ErikPerez$6,900
48AlanHamza$5,600
49ThienLe$5,600
50IvanFazal Karim$5,600
51LuisRamos$5,600
52DaniGenov$5,600
53HowardWilamowski$5,600
54JasonPrest$5,600
55EviatarBecerra$5,600
56MarcusSchilling$4,620
57GuyNaimi$4,620
58IsraelDe La Cerda$4,620
59FrederickRoetker$4,620
60MichaelGarcia$4,620
61KiranSuresh$4,620
62AndresAngulo$4,620
63NicholasCarballo$4,620
64PhilipRigby$3,800
65ShawnThielemann$3,800
66JamesCalderaro$3,800
67AnthonyPiacquadio$3,800
68FrederickAttias$3,800
69DermotLyne$3,800
70ShaneKlasnimi$3,800
71ShanetteThomas$3,800
72RadhiElbusafi$3,800
73VitalBenbenishty$3,800
74HabibollahJahangard$3,800
75MarkPukhov$3,800
76KimberlyActon$3,800
77GabrielFuller$3,800
78NathanielMoore$3,800
79ScottCarragher$3,800
80DonaldPrice$3,120
81AdamAgaev$3,120
82LannyVaysman$3,120
83DavidGranik$3,120
84SternShawn$3,120
85JeffreySilverstein$3,120
86MarcoRodriguez$3,120
87JuanMubarak$3,120
88BinWeng$3,120
89YaymelBodes$3,120
90TylerBentz$3,120
91ChristopherMo$3,120
92GregoryAbell$3,120
93BrianHawkins$3,120
94GorazdJanevsks$3,120
95MarceloStolarczyk$3,120
96SagiZommer$3,120
97JonathanMedrano$3,120
98CarlosLoving$3,120
99AltonMendelson$3,120
100RonnieAbro$2,580
101StevenLevy$2,580
102DamonWilson$2,580
103RidleyJecrois$2,580
104SolangeLucas$2,580
105MichaelJagroo$2,580
106NadezhdaMagnus$2,580
107ClydeMaliauka$2,580
108AndrewMiller$2,580
109LawrenceChurchman$2,580
110GabrielAndrade$2,580
111LucasRamos Tocoronte$2,580
112ZacharyFischer$2,580
113DanielSwartz Jr$2,580
114ManuelJimenez$2,580
115NashaatAntonious$2,580
116SergiuCornea$2,580
117RobertGrossman$2,580
118PrasadVemulapalli$2,580
119John PaulOde$2,580
120MitchellGarshofsky$2,580
121CalvinNorowski$2,580
122MosheRefaelovitz$2,580
123MarcWoolf$2,580
124DyannaLopez$2,580
125JerickRickert$2,580
126MichaBitton$2,580
127Pierre-XavierLaurent$2,580
128JoseArdila$2,580
129SergioSanchez$2,580
130Unclaimed$2,580
131AnthonyLavalle$2,580
132PaulNguyen$2,580
133Unclaimed$2,580
134GintautasPutinas$2,580
135YakirPeace$2,140
136ShonShlomo-Perez$2,140
137AaronJohnson$2,140
138OmarSader$2,140
139MauriceHawkins$2,140
140AndresRodriguez$2,140
141DavidAttride$2,140
142CarlosPino$2,140
143RinatDinmukhametov$2,140
144DavidGoolgasian$2,140
145Ji ChengDing$2,140
146JosephHernon$2,140
147PauliusBikus$2,140
148AdityaPrasetyo$2,140
149JamesScott$2,140
150JesseFreeman$2,140
151VincentGuerra$2,140
152VladyslavShovkovyi$2,140
153RonnieDowdy Ii$2,140
154RudyMamo$2,140
155AdamRothschild$2,140
156PeterAllard$2,140
157BenjaminChristiansen$2,140
158John Tribble Jr$2,140
159ScottZakheim$2,140
160JospehShammas$2,140
161SalvatoreMancuso$2,140
162MaksimPisarenko$2,140
163Haung RoyWong$2,140
164ScottMc Innis$2,140
165JosephJean$2,140
166StanislavIvanov$2,140
167Hertsel LevySakhai$2,140
168AlexandreHenry$2,140
169GentianKadriu$2,140
170PeterKambolin$1,760
171DarryllFish$1,760
172MaxShuster$1,760
173GuillermoSocarras$1,760
174StevenMiller$1,760
175JuanMontoya Bernal$1,760
176AlexBecker$1,760
177AaronMoorefield$1,760
178ScottBlackman$1,760
179JasonJanpanah$1,760
180JayantChaudhary$1,760
181LilyKornik$1,760
182VivekShin Gala$1,760
183VeselinKatrandzhiev$1,760
184HumbertoPerez$1,760
185CodyFerguson$1,760
186AndrewMacdonald$1,760
187JohnNugent Iii$1,760
188BrianCombs Jr$1,760
189KennethBruno$1,760
190RobertMcmanus$1,760
191ThangDang$1,760
192NancyBirnbaum$1,760
193RobertGoldberg$1,760
194MelaniePittard$1,760
195JamesPerri$1,760
196MatthewZarcadoolas$1,760
197AlanEngel$1,760
198GilMorgensztern$1,760
199RajasekarGovindan$1,760
200StephenGerber$1,760
201Adi Amit802320635$1,760
202PhillipKrnyaich$1,760
203JavierZarco Sanchez$1,760
204JeffreySavage$1,760
205ErnestBush$1,760
206ZacharyDesiderio$1,760
207IevgenSmyrnov$1,760
208AnthonyBertuccio$1,760
209JorgeCuesta$1,760
210NghiaNguyen$1,760
211GeraldSilva$1,760
212JoseDe Sousa Macedo$1,760
213MichaelAmato$1,760
214SootlaRanno$1,760
215EricValerio$1,760
216Unclaimed$1,760
217JacobBazeley$1,760
218DonaldMaloney Jr$1,760
219SandySanchez$1,760
220WilliamHenderson$1,760
221ZacharyGutierrez$1,760
222AnibalPabon$1,760
223PaulMendes$1,760
224ImanDan$1,760
225GiyeonHan$1,760
226AdamReese$1,500
227DanielLei$1,500
228SpencerChamplin$1,500
229AliciaGoldstein$1,500
230ElroyRios$1,500
231FrederickGoldberg$1,500
232ArielRosello$1,500
233BarryRoth$1,500
234JoshuaCranfill$1,500
235GastonMiculitzki$1,500
236RobertSeaton$1,500
237TonyHoang$1,500
238KevinBlewitt$1,500
239RiteshPatel$1,500
240ScottEiniger$1,500
241DavidLaufer$1,500
242DavidKahan$1,500
243JonathanPark$1,500
244MichealMonaco$1,500
245Unclaimed$1,500
246AndreiShirobokov$1,500
247AmitSavani$1,500
248WesleyHaymond$1,500
249AndrePlaza$1,500
250DavidTrager$1,500
251PeterNg$1,500
252MichaelTufaro$1,500
253MichaelMundy$1,500
254EricPolirer$1,500
255AlbertGorelik$1,500
256RobertLeboeuf$1,500
257JosephSerock$1,500
258MeganChapman$1,500
259ArthurPeacock$1,500
260ThomasOlivas$1,500
261NaguiYassa$1,500
262RyanLeto$1,500
263JosiasCardoso Dos Santos$1,500
264MichaelJacobson$1,500
265AlejandroGonzalez Olaechea$1,500
266MarshaWolak-Barnett$1,500
267MarkMiller$1,500
268PhongNguyen$1,500
269StewartYancik$1,500
270ManelicMinaya$1,500
271IsaacMalca Cohen$1,500
272TuanNguyen$1,500
273IkechukwuNlemchi$1,500
274StevenWolansky$1,500
275ShawnLucas$1,500
276MichaelWetcher$1,500
277RaminderSingh$1,500
278RobertMather$1,500
279JoelDiaz$1,500
280GaryHerstein$1,500
281AlexanderAbella$1,500
282MichaelLatuf$1,300
283ZacharyCastro$1,300
284KeithKyle$1,300
285LeeConnell$1,300
286ColbyCovington$1,300
287RobertRogers$1,300
288AlekseiDonets$1,300
289PhilipMunks$1,300
290GermandoAndoni$1,300
291TroyActon$1,300
292VincentCafone$1,300
293NicholasSena-Hopkins$1,300
294YaroslavNakonechnyy$1,300
295JedStewart$1,300
296ValeriyPak$1,300
297MindaugasPutinas$1,300
298RaynoldCulmer$1,300
299JasonMin$1,300
300AlessioIsaia$1,300
301BrianEstrella$1,300
302WalterChambliss$1,300
303JohnConnor$1,300
304JoseGonzalez Valenzuela$1,300
305RossSantos$1,300
306RyanGittleson$1,300
307DaveAlfa$1,300
308ScottBaumstein$1,300
309DavidElisofon$1,300
310WilliamSchraft$1,300
311Unclaimed$1,300
312ChristopherMoffitt-Gabis$1,300
313GeorgeDolofan$1,300
314MiguelMartinez-Martinez$1,300
315MargaretteGayao$1,300
316DavidShmuel$1,300
317AshrafChehata$1,300
318JuanEndara$1,300
319MihalyLukacs$1,300
320CameronStorto$1,300
321JamilAbreu$1,300
322JeffreyBillups$1,300
323DmitriZaitsev$1,300
324RodrigoDos Santos Saprioli$1,300
325JeremyHawks$1,300
326WarrenRussell$1,300
327AlainMedesan$1,300
328EluterioRodriguez$1,300
329JosephMetcalfe$1,300
330BogdanChornyy$1,300
331IstvanSzabo$1,300
332StevenFlacco$1,300
333RaymondWinters Iii$1,300
334YunkyuSong$1,300
335RichardEbaugh$1,300
336WilliamSteinmetz$1,300
337HowardBecks$1,300
338JordanFlaschner$1,300
339NicholasCeci$1,300
340TimothyWong$1,300
341JulianWohlgemuth$1,300
342CliffordMermell$1,300
343KevinNaim$1,300
344DavidSomers$1,300
345ThaoLeblond$1,300
346DanielUmana$1,300
347AaronKirshenberg$1,300
348TerrenceSullivan$1,300
349NathaenBlankenship$1,300
350RobertJonsson$1,300
351KarenBoyd$1,300
352RafaelOsorio Sainz$1,300
353AlexanderHolmes$1,300
354DylanPoler$1,300
355BaruchForst$1,300
356FaizianImran$1,300
357ChristopherPrincipato$1,300
358MarioArribas$1,300
359PompyLuanglatbandith$1,300
360CangirElcin$1,300
361PerlaOjeda$1,140
362BryanHurdle$1,140
363JustinHall$1,140
364DantonioBrown$1,140
365AlejandroArana Torres$1,140
366AnthonyGoodwyn$1,140
367GeorgeHortelano$1,140
368HengyuanSheng$1,140
369CarlosBermudez$1,140
370SonVo$1,140
371WilliamKopp Iii$1,140
372RyanHogan$1,140
373BradleyGafford$1,140
374JehnonPickering$1,140
375KurtLichtman$1,140
376FedericoTur$1,140
377JenniferDavid$1,140
378LowellKim$1,140
379EphraimUzan$1,140
380TanupatPunjarojanakul$1,140
381JosephHood$1,140
382JonathanGold$1,140
383RaduRoscot$1,140
384AntonioGaliana$1,140
385JacquelynScott$1,140
386RyanWince$1,140
387EricKolodny$1,140
388AldringGomez Torres$1,140
389DonaldGibbs$1,140
390YannickBourque-Patry$1,140
391KevinChan$1,140
392SamuelO'Bryant$1,140
393MartinZamani$1,140
394PatrickReilly$1,140
395MarcDuquette$1,140
396ChristopherFunari$1,140
397MichaelChiappetta$1,140
398StevenCarswell$1,140
399ArlonBerdos$1,140
400MarkGaudino$1,140
401DanielQuesada$1,140
402KareemAlawi$1,140
403ManuelMustafa Maury$1,140
404EfthimiosPiperakis$1,140
405MauriceParadis$1,140
406LuisSuarez$1,140
407NoahBitton$1,140
408BryceMcvay$1,140
409RoniZelichonok$1,140
410MichaelLotfy$1,140
411GregoryKoenig$1,140
412KharlinSued$1,140
413FranciscoRangel Gomez$1,140
414AdrianKonstantinov$1,140
415MichaelNewman$1,140
416WilliamMc Phillips$1,140
417Unclaimed$1,140
418JaydenKrnyaich$1,140
419NathanThrush$1,140
420RohitPalla$1,140
421BaseemNsier$1,140
422Unclaimed$1,140
423PhillipHernz$1,140
424AustinMarks$1,140
425SanatMehrotra$1,140
426KristoforKarpuzi$1,140
427BrandonWhidden$1,140
428DavidDibernardi$1,140
429AnthonyBerouty$1,140
430DanielBlum$1,140
431RonnieLamb$1,140
432JohnUtley$1,140
433LeonidZhivelev$1,140
434HumbertoMiranda De Andrade$1,140
435RobertLupo$1,140
436EarlGallegos$1,140
437JuanRestrepo$1,140
438DavidJackson$1,140
439RichardNation$1,140
440GiliPrizament$1,140
441JordanKasimov$1,140
442ChristineLim$1,140
443JudithBielan$1,140
444JuanGelez$1,140
445BrendanDaly$1,140
446DonaldWilliams$1,140
447ErnestoRasse Gonzalez$1,140
448KareemMarshall$1,140
449VincentCummings$1,140
450SyedShah$1,040
451KhariHutchings$1,040
452LarryKusch$1,040
453DavidBradshaw Jr$1,040
454JacobFerro$1,040
455JeanMimy$1,040
456MircoScharen$1,040
457WillyStadele$1,040
458JoseRodriguez$1,040
459AlanNacinovic$1,040
460AaronValencia$1,040
461StevenBennett$1,040
462NicolasAlberto Kohan$1,040
463DerekGregory$1,040
464Charles Joseph JrJohnson$1,040
465HalRotholz$1,040
466JerryWong$1,040
467RossCorless$1,040
468CharlesSmith$1,040
469NBeasley$1,040
470JordanSparagana$1,040
471RichardWhitebrook$1,040
472JorgeAristizabal$1,040
473MatthewElsby$1,040
474JakeSchwartz$1,040
475BenjaminKeathley$1,040
476FredericoDabus$1,040
477RafaelMarcondes Dos R$1,040
478LutherTran$1,040
479RonelJuan$1,040
480MatthewShanahan$1,040
481AaronThivyanathan$1,040
482HarryHurst$1,040
483TravisYoung$1,040
484LachezarPetkov$1,040
485Unclaimed$1,040
486JonathanCurtis$1,040
487GeorgeAlberto$1,040
488CharlemagneBenjamin Jr$1,040
489ScottWeidema$1,040
490RobertPanetta Jr$1,040
491DavidMac Donald Jr$1,040
492Unclaimed$1,040
493BernardHarvey$1,040
494RoberlyFelicio$1,040
495IanKramer$1,040
496DanteCollier$1,040
497OlvensoSavoie$1,040
498RubinChappell$1,040
499GarretReisz$1,040
500YichengXu$1,040
501DaniyalGheba$1,040
502HyndiKhomutetsky$1,040
503StevenKarp$1,040
504ChiNguyen$1,040
505EricLida$1,040
506DenisVladimirov$1,040
507IgorHot$1,040
508MauricioDuarte$1,040
509LawrenceSelig$1,040
510SanfordGelb$1,040
511DanielOrgil$1,040
512JasonHoffman$1,040
513ShayneMogilski$1,040
514AnhDuong$1,040
515ThomasTackett$1,040
516WalkerMiskelly$1,040
517AlexanderBorukhovich$1,040
518JamesTomblin$1,040
519GilAboodi$1,040
520ElpidoforosPanteli$1,040
521ChristopherCochran$1,040
522PaulVacchio$1,040
523BrianSmith$1,040
524JoshuaLch$1,040
525VadimSchlez$1,040
526IanGillespie$1,040
527WilliamOneal$1,040
528TimothyMyers$1,040
529RicardoAlves$1,040
530FeiwenWu$1,040
531AngeloMiele$1,040
532ThaiVu$1,040
533BrandonMiller$1,040
534FelixSierra Aponte$1,040
535RobertKessler$1,040
536ViniciusMonteiro$1,040
537DushkoJovanov$1,040
538AdamBacome$1,040
539JosephNieves$1,040
540ChristopherBissinger$1,040
541DavidBatrous$1,040
542JosephBrum Pacheco$1,040
543MichaelWang$1,040
544JeanLeblond$1,040
545ChadSummers$1,040
546BienvenidoSantiago$1,040
547HumbertoSalinas-Gonzalez$1,040
548IanWilliams$1,040
549FemiFashakin$1,040
550WilfordLyons$1,040
551MichaelBen-Shoaff$1,040
552MikeParekh$1,040
553WilliamSlepcevich$1,040
554TomerMishali$1,040
555PaulPrager$1,040
556MarkDonly$1,040
557JustinGutierrez$1,040
558SterlingSavill$1,040
559BryanSchultz$1,040
560JohnlewisCascone$1,040
561LorellPascual$1,040