$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 23: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 99 54651s
Aaron Mermelstein and Alex Foxen are back from their break and heads-up play is underway with Mermelstein holding the lead.
Seat 1: Aaron Mermelstein – 5,425,000 (54 bb)
Seat 3: Alex Foxen – 4,475,000 (45 bb)
Remaining payouts:
1st: $674,895
2nd: $489,060
$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 22: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 99
Joe McKeehen took a hit in a raising battle when he sent 725,000 to Alex Foxen with getting to the flop. Soon after, Aaron Mermelstein opened his button to 175,000 and McKeehen moved all in for 1,550,000.
After confirming the count, Foxen moved all in and Mermelstein folded while flashing 
.
Foxen: 
McKeehen: 
A cooler for McKeehen, the board ran 
to give him a river sweat but he went out in third place.
Alex Foxen – 4,475,000 (60 bb)
Joe McKeehen – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($305,665)
$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 13: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 83
Ian O’Hara raised all in from the small blind for about 35,000 and Michael Tureniec called from the big blind.
O’Hara: 
Tureniec: 
The board ran out 
, giving Tureniec an ace-high straight to eliminate O’Hara.
Michael Tureniec – 275,000
Ian O’Hara – Eliminated
Other recent eliminations include Rainer Kempe and Jim Collopy.
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 1,360
On a board reading 
Ryan D’Angelo checked from the big blind and James Carroll bet 425,000 into a pot of around 1,000,000. D’Angelo called.
The river brought the , D’Angelo checked and Carroll bet 1,075,000. D’Angelo used two Time Chips before calling.
Carroll tabled for top pair and D’Angelo mucked.
James Carroll – 15,700,000 (160 bb)
Ryan D’Angelo – 275,000 (3 bb)
$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 83
After a series of raises, David Peters was all in from the cutoff for about 86,000 with 
against Michael Tureniec on the button with .
The board ran out 
, giving Tureniec a pair of kings to eliminate Peters.
The following hand, Ben Yu was all in for about 24,000 from the button with against Tureniec in the cutoff with .
The board came down 
, safe for Tureniec to score another elimination.
Tureniec is easily the chip leader at this stage of the tournament.
Michael Tureniec – 240,000
Ben Yu – Eliminated
David Peters – Eliminated
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 1,360
Jason Marshman raised to 300,000 from the cutoff and Chad Eveslage called on the button, as did Ami Alibay from the big blind.
The flop came 
, Alibay checked and Marshman bet 350,000. Only Eveslage called.
The turn brought the , Marshman checked and Eveslage bet 450,000. Marshman called.
The river was the , Marshman checked and Eveslage put out a bet of 450,000. Marshman used two Time Chips before putting in the calling chips.
Eveslage turned up 
for runner-runner quads and Marshman mucked.
Chad Eveslage – 9,550,000 (96 bb)
Jason Marshman – 2,325,000 (23 bb)
$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 22: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 99
Aaron Mermelstein opened to 175,000 from the button and Alex Foxen called from the big blind to see the 
flop. Foxen checked, Mermelstein bet 125,000 and Foxen called. The turn was 
and Foxen checked again. Mermelstein bet 325,000 and Foxen called before the 
river.
One more check from Foxen and Mermelstein put out 950,000. Foxen took several minutes to think it through, called the bet, and mucked when Mermelstein tabled 
for the second nut flush.
Aaron Mermelstein – 5,650,000 (75 bb)
Alex Foxen – 2,075,000 (28 bb)
2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 26
$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 83
Prize Pool: $394,250
April 16, 2019
1st: $116,245
2nd: $77,500
3rd: $52,545
4th: $36,955
5th: $27,000
6th: $20,520
7th: $16,255
8th: $13,440
9th: $11,625
10th: $11,625
11th: $10,540
$1,100 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 100/100
The Showdown schedule put 28 trophies up for grabs and today we kick off Event 28 on our last day in the Event Center. It will be a quick affair this evening to close out the series.
Event 28 is a $1,100 buy-in Turbo starting at 6pm and it will fly along until we have our champion.
Turbo grinders start with 20,000 stacks and play snappy 15-minute levels. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 8:15pm and the series will be virtually closed out.
The tournament will play down to a champion later this evening before we bid ado to the Event Center.
This event will play out fast and we’ll publish a recap along with the final results after it concludes.
Good luck, turbo players!
$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 22: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 99
Seat 1: Aaron Mermelstein – 4,375,000 (58 bb)
Seat 2: Joe McKeehen – 2,275,000 (30 bb)
Seat 3: Alex Foxen – 3,250,000 (43 bb)
Remaining payouts:
1st: $674,895
2nd: $489,060
3rd: $305,665
