$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 31: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 1,360 2u3b

The $3,500 WPT Showdown Championship event is down to its final six players. James Carroll takes a big chip lead into the final day, with 18,525,000 (123 bb).

“It went pretty smooth. It was a fun day,” Carroll said of Day 4.

The final table will conclude May 30th when the final six players combine to resume play at the televised WPT final table from HyperX Esports Arena at the Luxor Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Everybody is guaranteed a cash of at least $148,380, but they all have their sights set on the $715,175 first place prize.

Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts for the final six players:

Seat 1: Maria Ho – 16,650,000
Seat 2: Chad Eveslage – 3,350,000
Seat 3: Jerry Wong – 3,225,000
Seat 4: Eric Afriat – 4,425,000
Seat 5: Ami Alibay – 8,175,000
Seat 6: James Carroll – 18,525,000

The button is on James Carroll and there is 43:43 remaining in Level 31 (75,000-150,000 and a 150,000-big blind ante).

Here are the remaining payouts:

1st:  $700,175 + $15,000 Baccarat Crystal WPT Tournament of Champions seat
2nd:  $465,120
3rd:  $344,960
4th:  $257,815
5th:  $194,610
6th:  $148,380

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Return to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 62 of 645

Flight A: 303 Entries; 33 Advanced
Flight B: 342 Entries; 29 Advanced
Day 2: Wednesday at 5pm

Table	Seat	First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
23	1	MITCHELL	SMITH	57,000
23	2	DAVE	PHILLIPS	164,000
23	3	MARTIN	ROBBINS	225,000
23	5	GREG	ROSEN	299,000
23	6	JOSE	REYES	214,000
23	7	CHRISTIAN	SYLVESTER	89,000
23	8	MOHAN	NAVANI	200,000
23	9	AVI	HAKMON	288,000
24	2	SYED	SHAH	331,000
24	3	EVGENIY	CATANE	77,000
24	4	OSCAR	TRESTINI	168,000
24	5	JOULE	KADADU	213,000
24	7	JOHN	IGLESIAS	282,000
24	8	MICHAEL	YEHUDAI	143,000
24	9	BERNARD	COHEN	182,000
28	1	ANGELA	ACOSTA	73,000
28	2	JACINTO	ALLEGUE	60,000
28	3	RICHARD	GRESS	145,000
28	4	STEVEN	LAKE	93,000
28	6	KEVIN	CHOE	249,000
28	7	SEBASTIAN	GALLEGO	282,000
28	8	LEONARDO	CLAVEL	187,000
28	9	CHERIE	THOMAN	81,000
29	1	GILI	PRIZAMENT	45,000
29	4	STEVEN	THOMAN	74,000
29	5	ALFREDO	GUEVARA	181,000
29	6	STEVE	YAGUDAEV	331,000
29	7	MICHAEL	BONSIGNORE	137,000
29	8	COSKUN	YALCIN	42,000
29	9	ALAN	GREENSTEIN	55,000
30	1	CHARLES	GOLDHAMMER	60,000
30	2	Alexander	Michaels	76,000
30	3	HUGH	HARDY	108,000
30	4	STEPHEN	IBRAHIM	56,000
30	5	MELISA	SINGH	269,000
30	7	NIR	PELEG	90,000
30	8	RENNY	MORALES OSORIO	70,000
30	9	ANTONIO	COLON	48,000
33	2	DANIEL	PEREZ	333,000
33	3	CARLOS	TORRES VAZQUEZ	121,000
33	4	VENDEL	JOHNSON	137,000
33	5	JUSTIN	SHARPE	171,000
33	6	PEDRO	PEREZ	82,000
33	7	TRUNG	VAN	180,000
33	8	THEOPHILUS	LAWSON	35,000
33	9	JENNIFER	DAVID	108,000
34	1	PHILIP	BRILL	90,000
34	2	DOMINIC	COTE	56,000
34	3	ALON	NELSON	319,000
34	4	JAIME	URBINA	200,000
34	5	KEITH	MOREA	28,000
34	6	RICHARD	LEGER	263,000
34	7	ESTEBAN	CONSALVO	50,000
34	8	RICHARD	WHITEBROOK	144,000
35	1	MICHAEL	GARCELL	184,000
35	2	JOHN	DERMODY	74,000
35	3	NEAL	CORCORAN	411,000
35	5	ERIC	KOLODNY	100,000
35	6	ROBERT	LEFF	106,000
35	7	JOSE	RUIZ	217,000
35	8	JAMES	GUERRERO	349,000
35	9	VITALY	CHAIKA	247,000

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Return to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 62 of 645

Flight A: 303 Entries; 33 Advanced
Flight B: 342 Entries; 29 Advanced
Day 2: Wednesday at 5pm

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
1	NEAL	CORCORAN	411,000
2	JAMES	GUERRERO	349,000
3	DANIEL	PEREZ	333,000
4	STEVE	YAGUDAEV	331,000
5	SYED	SHAH	331,000
6	ALON	NELSON	319,000
7	GREG	ROSEN	299,000
8	AVI	HAKMON	288,000
9	SEBASTIAN	GALLEGO	282,000
10	JOHN	IGLESIAS	282,000
11	MELISA	SINGH	269,000
12	RICHARD	LEGER	263,000
13	KEVIN	CHOE	249,000
14	VITALY	CHAIKA	247,000
15	MARTIN	ROBBINS	225,000
16	JOSE	RUIZ	217,000
17	JOSE	REYES	214,000
18	JOULE	KADADU	213,000
19	JAIME	URBINA	200,000
20	MOHAN	NAVANI	200,000
21	LEONARDO	CLAVEL	187,000
22	MICHAEL	GARCELL	184,000
23	BERNARD	COHEN	182,000
24	ALFREDO	GUEVARA	181,000
25	TRUNG	VAN	180,000
26	JUSTIN	SHARPE	171,000
27	OSCAR	TRESTINI	168,000
28	DAVE	PHILLIPS	164,000
29	RICHARD	GRESS	145,000
30	RICHARD	WHITEBROOK	144,000
31	MICHAEL	YEHUDAI	143,000
32	MICHAEL	BONSIGNORE	137,000
33	VENDEL	JOHNSON	137,000
34	CARLOS	TORRES VAZQUEZ	121,000
35	HUGH	HARDY	108,000
36	JENNIFER	DAVID	108,000
37	ROBERT	LEFF	106,000
38	ERIC	KOLODNY	100,000
39	STEVEN	LAKE	93,000
40	PHILIP	BRILL	90,000
41	NIR	PELEG	90,000
42	CHRISTIAN	SYLVESTER	89,000
43	PEDRO	PEREZ	82,000
44	CHERIE	THOMAN	81,000
45	EVGENIY	CATANE	77,000
46	ALEXANDER	MICHAELS	76,000
47	JOHN	DERMODY	74,000
48	STEVEN	THOMAN	74,000
49	ANGELA	ACOSTA	73,000
50	RENNY	MORALES OSORIO	70,000
51	JACINTO	ALLEGUE	60,000
52	CHARLES	GOLDHAMMER	60,000
53	MITCHELL	SMITH	57,000
54	STEPHEN	IBRAHIM	56,000
55	DOMINIC	COTE	56,000
56	ALAN	GREENSTEIN	55,000
57	ESTEBAN	CONSALVO	50,000
58	ANTONIO	COLON	48,000
59	GILI	PRIZAMENT	45,000
60	COSKUN	YALCIN	42,000
61	THEOPHILUS	LAWSON	35,000
62	KEITH	MOREA	28,000

2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 28
$1,100 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 93
Prize Pool: $93,000
April 16, 2019

Event 28 of the 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $1,100 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 93 entries came to play, which generated a prize pool of $93,000.

After six-and-a-half hours, Greg Levine was the sole survivor, outlasting the field for an outright victory for $29,503.

Results:
1st: Greg Levine $29,503
2nd: Eli Levy – $17,670
3rd: Dustin Murphy – $11,160
4th: Jarrett Blakeley – $7,208
5th: James Buane – $5,580
6th: Ravi Raghavan – $4,418
7th: Waldir Guerra – $3,720
8th: Nitis Udornpim – $3,720
9th: Ian Pelz – $2,951
10th: Inacio Izkovitz – $2,697
11th: Jacob Wojtuniecki – $2,511
12th: Konstantinos Tsomlis – $2,327

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

Event 26 of the 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry) with a guaranteed prize pool of $200,000. A field of 83 entries nearly doubled that amount, generating a prize pool of $394,250. Earning the outright victory was Paul Snead, winning the first-place prize of $116,245.

“It feels great,” Snead told us afterward. “It’s been a long time coming. I haven’t won first place since 2007, and that was my only win until now.”

This win was certainly a long time coming for Snead, who after his biggest career score in 2008 took time away from the game.

“I took a long time off after the 2008 World Series Main Event (Snead finished in 21st place for $257,334). It really crushed me, and I stopped playing poker for a while,” reminisced Snead of his tough exit in the Main Event, where he was two-outed on the river.

“My brother and I started a business together after, and I didn’t really play poker for about eight years. We sold the business, and now I’m free to do whatever and play poker again.”

Snead’s win today marks his second largest career score, and he believes it’s a sign of things to come.

“I feel like the universe is lining up, finally. I took a lot of bad beats in the past, and it just feels nice to win a race like that in a big spot. I’m just very grateful. I have a lot of from my family, and they’re going to be thrilled. It just feels great.”

Results:
1st: Paul Snead – $116,245
2nd: George Wolff – $77,500
3rd: Brian Yoon – $52,545
4th: Brent Roberts – $36,955
5th: Michael Tureniec – $27,000
6th: Kristen Bicknell – $20,520
7th: Brian Altman – $16,255
8th: Barry Hutter – $13,440
9th: Eric Panayiotou – $11,625
10th: Brock Wilson – $11,625
11th: James Romero – $10,540

2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 24
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 645
Prize Pool: $77,400
April 15-17, 2019

1st: $20,436
2nd: $11,997
3rd: $7,779
4th: $5,418
5th: $3,909
6th: $3,135
7th: $2,399
8th: $1,703
9th: $1,238
10th-12th: $929
13th-15th: $735
16th-18th: $619
19th-27th: $542
28th-36th: $464
37th-45th: $387

$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 83

George Wolff raised all in for 215,000 from the button and Paul Snead called from the big blind.

Wolff:
Snead:

The board ran out , giving Snead a pair of jacks to eliminate Wolff in second place for $77,500.

Snead wins Event 26 outright for $116,245!

$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 83

Paul Snead raised to 40,000 from the small blind, Brian Yoon three-bet to 125,000 from the big blind and Snead called.

The flop was , Snead checked, Yoon bet 100,000, Snead check-raised all in with a covering stack and Yoon called all in for just shy of 500,000.

Yoon:
Snead:

The turn and river completed the board, giving Snead a flush to crack Yoon’s set of aces and eliminate him in third place.

Paul Snead – 1,390,000
George Wolff – 275,000
Brian Yoon – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($52,545)

$1,100 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Payouts
Level 8: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 93

Seat 1: Dustin Murphy – 390,000
Seat 2: Jarrett Blakeley – 563,000
Seat 3: Ravi Raghavan – 125,000
Seat 4: James Baune – 35,000
Seat 5: Nitis Udornpim – 166,000
Seat 6: Greg Levine – 140,000
Seat 7: Wadir Guerra – 255,000
Seat 8: Eli Levy – 193,000

Payouts:
1st: $29,503
2nd: $17,670
3rd: $11,160
4th: $7,208
5th: $5,580
6th: 4,418
7th: $3,720
8th: $3,720
9th: Ian Pelz – $2,951
10th: Inacio Izkovitz – $2,697
11th: Jacob Wojtuniecki – $2,511
12th: Konstantinos Tsomlis – $2,327

2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 27
$360 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries: 88
Prize Pool: $30,000
April 16, 2019

Event 27 of the 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $360 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry) with a prize pool of $30,000.

A field of 88 entries took part and a deal was agreed upon by the final four players. As the chip leader Aaron Klausman was officially declared the winner, earning $6,804 for his efforts.

Results:
*1st: Aaron Klausman – $6,804
*2nd: Mark Manesh – $4,757
*3rd: Carey Pickus – $4,547
*4th: Mario De La Puente – $4,366
5th: Elias Nassif – $1,755
6th: Ryan Galpern – $1,403
7th: Giovanni Lucente – $1,193
8th: Francois Gagne – $1,035
9th: Errol Rosen – $915
10th: Ari Engel – $825
11th: Peter Bostrom – $825
12th: Antony Vidmer – $825
13th: Marcus Stein – $750

*denotes four-way deal