$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries: 390
Cards are back in the air for Flight A with an unofficial 390 entries showing on the clock. A great start to the series and a great pace for a large prize pool.
TJ Shulman is the early front-runner, sitting with a very healthy 152,400 from his starting 20K.
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight A Entries: 362
The second break is rolling around and we will close registration for this flight when they return to action for Level 9. But if you miss out, there are still seven more flights to go including the next at 5 pm.
We will take this opportunity to hunt down our early chip leaders.
$600 Deep Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Next up on the schedule is a fun one at 2 pm. Event 3 is a $600 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament with deep stacks and short-handed tables.
Players start with 20K out front and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 6:30 pm and players may re-enter as often as they wish during that time.
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight A Entries: 346
The entry count continues to climb as we get closer to shutting down registration for this first flight. We are way above pace to surpass the $1,000,000 guarantee and put together a huge number at the end.
Some more friends in the crowd include Johnny Bromberg, David Moses, Nick Yunis, Scott Blackman, Nancy Birnbaum, Harvey Freedman, and Paul Domb.
Bromberg has some history in this type of tournament; he won the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open opening event for $220K.
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight A Entries: 248
Level 4 rolled around with a nice big number on the tournament clock and plenty of time to increase. We are on a pace to smash the $1,000,000 guarantee and we can’t wait to see where the prize pool goes.
Some early friends include Jeff Kessler, Caleb Piderit, Solange Lucas, Vidalia Perez Torres, and Dessiree Bennett.
$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 100/100 with a 100 ante
The 2025 Showdown schedule is chock full of non-hold’em games because our players love them. You’ll find something you like every day of the three-week series, starting with Event 2 at 11 am.
It is a $600 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha 8 tournament with a ton of chips and a trophy at the end.
Players start with 20K deep stacks and all levels last 30 minutes for the one-day tournament. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm.
This tournament is also the first of 12 qualifying events for the Showdown $10,000 Mixed Game Leaderboard.
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight A Entries: 59
Cards are in the air for Event 1 of the 2025 Poker Showdown. Flight A is underway with 59 entries at the start and many many more expected with flights running all the was through Saturday evening.
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Today, we kick off the 2025 Poker Showdown schedule, three weeks of non-stop trophy events until we top it off with the $3,000,000 guarantee WPT Poker Showdown Championship. But first we have the opener; a $400 Deep Stack with a $1,000,000 guarantee and Flight A starts at 10 am.
Players start with 20K in their stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 on Day 2 and 60 in Level 24. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 2:30 pm.
All starting flights will play down to the last 12.5% of the field and survivors will return on Sunday at 1 pm for Day 2.
Primary Event Schedule
10AM: Event 1 Day 1A – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
11AM: Event 2 – $600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
2PM: Event 3 – $600 Deep Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
5PM: Event 1 Day 1B – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
6PM: Event 4 – $300 Quad Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
1PM: $150 Multi-Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
8PM: $150 Multi-Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
The 2025 Poker Showdown series is right around the corner and we are very excited to host the annual Larry Frank Memorial Charity Event benefiting Make-A-Wish® Southern Florida on April 3.
Larry Frank was a member of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Before passing in 2021, he worked for Seminole Gaming and Seminole Hard Rock Support Services for over 25 years in various roles, including General Manager of Poker Operations at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood and General Manager of Seminole Casino Classic.
We honor him with a charity tournament benefiting Make-A-Wish® Southern Florida. There will be a cocktail party starting at 5:30 pm and the $300 buy-in tournament will get underway at 7 pm. In addition to the tournament, there will be a silent auction with our friends from the Charity Series of Poker, with tons of great items up for bid.
