2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  1,869
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800
April 19 – May 29, 2024

The WPT Poker Showdown Championship is historically one of the biggest games in our history, setting records and drawing players from around the world, and this year was no different. The tournament attracted 1,869 entries to the $3,500 buy-in tournament and Josh Reichard was the last player standing, taking the top spot along with $839,300.

“It’s more than double my career high score,” Reichard told WPT reporters after his win. “All my titles [to][this][point] are minor league titles. This is a major league title. It feels great to finally break through and have a win of this magnitude.”

The tournament nearly doubled the $3,000,000 and featured a prize pool worth $5,980,800. The tournament played down over several days until six players were still in contention and they traveled to Las Vegas to play for the title in front of the WPT cameras.

Reichard conquered a tough final table to take the top spot along with a seat in the WPT World Championship. He joined an impressive list of Poker Showdown Champions and we look forward to seeing him back in South Florida to celebrate.

1st: Josh Reichard – $839,300*
2nd: Landon Tice – $550,000
3rd: Jesse Lonis – $410,000
4th: Alex Queen – $305,000
5th: Dylan Smith – $230,000
6th: Aaron Kupin – $176,000

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship in Las Vegas.

$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

The WPT Poker Showdown Championship televised final table lineup is set with six players remaining, they have $176,000 locked up, and they will head to Vegas to play for the title plus $839,300 on May 29.

Seat 1.  Aaron Kupin  –  4,925,000  (25 bb)
Seat 2.  Jesse Lonis  –  12,350,000  (62 bb)
Seat 3.  Dylan Smith  –  28,400,000  (142 bb)
Seat 4.  Alex Queen  –  13,450,000  (67 bb)
Seat 5.  Landon Tice  –  13,700,000  (69 bb)
Seat 6.  Josh Reichard  –  20,575,000  (103 bb)

1st: $839,300 + Showdown trophy *
2nd: $550,000
3rd: $410,000
4th: $305,000
5th: $230,000
6th: $176,000

Photo by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com / Courtesy of World Poker Tour

$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)

$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:  9 of 1,869

Seat 1.  Aaron Kupin  –  8,000,000  (40 bb)
Seat 2.  Jesse Lonis  –  8,900,000  (45 bb)
Seat 3.  Dylan Smith  –  28,275,000  (141 bb)
Seat 4.  Dylan Linde  –  4,600,000  (23 bb)
Seat 5.  Alex Queen  –  9,150,000  (46 bb)
Seat 6.  Landon Tice  –  4,050,000  (20 bb)
Seat 7.  Jaroslaw Osinski  –  8,500,000  (43 bb)
Seat 8.  David Mzareulov  –  2,750,000  (14 bb)
Seat 9.  Josh Reichard  –  18,550,000  (93 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $839,300 + Showdown trophy *
2nd: $550,000
3rd: $410,000
4th: $305,000
5th: $230,000
6th: $176,000
7th: $136,000
8th: $105,000
9th: $83,000

$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:  9 of 1,869

Wasim Assaf open-shoved for 1,550,000 from the hijack and Aaron Kupin called from the big blind with the bigger stack.

Kupin:
Assaf:

Assaf was flipping to stay in the Championship but needed to improve to double up. But it was Kupin getting better with a flopped set of sixes on the board and Assaf was eliminated in 10th place after the turn and river.

Tournament staff paused the clock to redraw seats at the final table, next stop is the televised final table lineup when six remain.

Aaron Kupin  –  8,000,000  (40 bb)
Wasim Assaf  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($83,000)

$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:  10 of 1,869

$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:  11 of 1,869

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Jesse Lonis  –  7,550,000  (38 bb)
Seat 2.  Dylan Linde  –  4,600,000  (23 bb)
Seat 3.  Toby Boas  –  950,000  (5 bb)
Seat 4.  Jaroslaw Osinski  –  8,525,000  (43 bb)
Seat 5.
Seat 6.  Aaron Kupin  –  6,875,000  (34 bb)
Seat 7.
Seat 8.  Wasim Assaf  –  2,050,000  (10 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Landon Tice  –  4,250,000  (21 bb)
Seat 2.  David Mzareulov  –  3,475,000  (17 bb)
Seat 3.
Seat 4.
Seat 5.  Alex Queen  –  9,000,000  (45 bb)
Seat 6.  Dylan Smith  –  28,425,000  (142 bb)
Seat 7.
Seat 8.  Josh Reichard  –  17,700,000  (89 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $839,300*
2nd:  $550,000
3rd:  $410,000
4th:  $305,000
5th:  $230,000
6th:  $176,000
7th:  $136,000
8th:  $105,000
9th-10th:  $83,000
11th:  $69,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,869

Landon Tice opened to 350,000 from the hijack, John Thornton moved all in for 1,725,000 from the button, and Tice called to put him at risk.

Tice:
Thornton:

Thornton ran into kicker issues with his ace, picked up a heart draw on the flop, but was sent out after the turn and river finished the board.

Landon Tice – 6,600,000 (52 bb)
John Thornton – Eliminated in 12th place ($69,000)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 1,869

Dylan Smith opened to 400,000 from middle position and Scott Wright called from the big blind. The flop was , Wright bet 400,000 and Smith raised to 1,200,000. Wright moved all in for about 5,000,000 and Smith calls.

Smith:
Wright:

Wright flopped middle pair of jacks but was behind Smith’s over pair. The turn and river finished the board and Wright was eliminated in 13th place.

Dylan Smith – 23,700,000 (158 bb)
Scott Wright – Eliminated in 13th Place ($57,000)