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The 2023 WPT Poker Showdown Championship hit the pause button a few weeks ago once the $3,000,000 guarantee tournament was down to six players. That group is now in Las Vegas and ready to play it out for the title in front of the WPT cameras on the big stage.

The group has nearly $8,000,000 in career earnings and Bin Weng holds a big chip lead when cards go back in the air. Here’s a look at the lineup and some information about each.

The final table will be live-streamed on all WPT platforms and taped for later broadcast. We will also be posting results here as they play down.

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Seat 1: Mitch Garshofsky
Chips: 18,550,000

From Las Vegas with nearly $2,000,000 in career earnings, Garshofsky has two WSOP Circuit rings and won a $1,600 Wynn Classic event last summer. This is already his second-biggest score and a fourth-place finish will make it his biggest.

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Seat 2: David Mzareulov
Chips: 13,350,000

From Houston with $1.2 million in career earnings, Mzareulov owns a WSOP Circuit ring and he earned the GPI Mid-Major Player of the Year award in 2021. He locked up his biggest cash with this result no matter where he finishes.

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Seat 3: Rafael Farah
Chips: 4,275,000

From Lima, Peru with $322K in career earnings, the result from this final table will be his largest by far. He has gone deep and cashed in three of our last four WPT Championships and he cashed for $15,000 in last year’s Poker Showdown Championship.

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Seat 4: Sridhar Sangannagari
Chips: 19,100,000

From the Northeast via India with more than $400,000 in earnings, Sri also locked up the biggest cash of his career no matter where he finishes at the final table. His previous top score came last summer when he finished 11th in the WSOP Housewarming event.

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Seat 5: Bin Weng
Chips: 46,050,000

From Philadelphia with $4.7 million in earnings, Weng is the most accomplished player at the final table and holds a huge chip lead. He earned a $1,000,000 payday earlier this year for winning the Borgata Return $5,300 Main Event. After this WPT final table, he gets to play another because he made the Choctaw last six.

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Seat 6: Naing Thu
Chips: 13,250,000

From Davie and the only player at the final table representing South Florida, Thu has $275,000 in earnings with all but three of his career cashes coming in our events. His previous biggest cash was 23rd place in our 2019 WPT Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship.

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 60
$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  203
Prize Pool:  $964,250
May 2, 2023

Event 60 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $5,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). The popular series finale drew 203 entries, nearly quintupling the guarantee to the tune of a $964,250 prize pool.

Taking it down was Joey LeBrun, winning outright for $223,390.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Joseph	LeBrun	$223,390
2	Francis	Anderson	$148,900
3	Valerie	Novak	$108,400
4	Farhad	Jamasi	$80,120
5	Connor	Rash	$60,125
6	Guy	Naimi	$45,830
7	Toby	Joyce	$35,490
8	Ryan	Eriquezzo	$27,925
9	David	Stamm	$22,335
10	Jason	Min	$22,335
11	Marcus	Garza	$18,165
12	Philip	Shing	$18,165
13	Ethan	Yau	$15,025
14	Matt	Wantman	$15,025
15	Alex	Condon	$12,640
16	Mike	Vela	$12,640
17	Andros	Ioakimides	$10,820
18	Denys	Shafikov	$10,820
19	Kristen	Foxen	$10,820
20	Frank	Brannan	$10,820
21	Kenneth	Fishman	$9,430
22	Tom	Kunze	$9,430
23	Byron	Kaverman	$9,430
24	Daniel	Swartz	$9,430
25	James	Carroll	$8,370
26	Shannon	Shorr	$8,370

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 61
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  184
Prize Pool:  $28,520
Bounty Prize Pool:  $18,400
May 2, 2023

Event 61 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 184 entries generated a prize pool of $28,520, with an additional $18,400 set aside for bounties.

Taking it down was Raul Jimenez Diaz, winning outright for $7,180.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Raul	Jimenez Diaz	$7,180
2	Raminder	Singh	$4,755
3	Steve	Yagudaev	$2,925
4	Mario	Arribas	$1,780
5	Helene	Corcoran	$1,375
6	Matt	Bretzfield	$1,140
7	Keshia	Lawson	$970
8	Jeffrey	Schneider	$855
9	David	Laufer	$740
10	Steven	Cooper	$740
11	Brandon	Duvdivani	$630
12	Roberto	Schmeda	$630
13	Steven	Cho	$530
14	Frederico	Dabus	$530
15	Pavel	Smejkal	$530
16	Christopher	Froemming	$445
17	Fabio	Lozano	$445
18	Trent-Daryl	Mcintruff	$445
19	Ducarmel	Beaubien	$375
20	Andrew	Frier	$375
21	David	Moreno	$375
22	Dmitry	Cherry	$375
23	Michael	Murray	$375

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 58
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  84
Prize Pool:  $28,140
May 2, 2023

Event 58 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). There were 84 entries, creating a prize pool of $28,140.

A five-way deal was reached at the final table and Ryan Estrada was the chip leader, making him the official Event 58 winner for $6,080 and his first SHRP major series trophy.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Ryan	Estrada	$6,080*
2	Lyle	Diamond	$5,129*
3	Shai	Arbel	$3,801*
4	Amin	Hosein	$3,496*
5	Thomas	Macey	$3,464*
6	Ali	Shahni	$1,400
7	Paul	Brettler	$1,170
8	James	Peterson	$1,000
9	Jason	Hopkins	$900
10	Steven	Cohen	$900
11	Ephraim	Uzan	$800

*denotes five-way deal

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 203

Joey LeBrun raised to 175,000 from the button, Francis Anderson three-bet all in with a slightly covering stack from the big blind, and LeBrun called all in for 1,975,000.

LeBrun: 
Anderson: 

The board ran out , giving LeBrun an ace-high straight on the river to double through Anderson.

Joey LeBrun  –  4,015,000  (54 bb)
Francis Anderson  –  50,000  (< 1 bb)

On the following hand, Anderson was all in for 50,000 from the button with against LeBrun’s in the big blind.

The board ran out , giving LeBrun trip fours to win Event 60 outright for $223,390. Anderson finished runner-up for $148,900.

A recap of the event will be posted later tonight.

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 203

Francis Anderson raised all in from the small blind for effectively 800,000-ish and Valerie Novak called all in from the big blind with , leading Anderson’s .

The flop came , giving Anderson a pair of kings to take the lead. Novak picked up a flush draw, though.

The turn and river completed the board, no help to Novak, ending her run in third place for $108,400.

Francis Anderson  –  2,455,000  (41 bb)
Joey Lebrun  –  1,610,000  (27 bb)
Valerie Novak  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($108,400)

1st:  $223,390 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $148,900

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 203

Farhad Jamasi raised to 150,000 from UTG/cutoff, Francis Anderson reraised all in from the big blind with a covering stack, and Jamasi called all in for about 650,000.

Jamasi: 
Anderson: 

The board came down , giving Anderson kings and fours to eliminate Jamasi in fourth place.

Francis Anderson  –  1,960,000  (33 bb)
Farhad Jamasi  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($80,120)

With three players remaining from a field of 203 entries, the average stack is about 1,355,000 (23 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $108,400.

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 203

Joey Lebrun raised to 100,000 from UTG/cutoff, Francis Anderson three-bets all in for 560,000 from the button, Valerie Novak four-bets all in for about 1,400,000 from the big blind, and Lebrun folds.

Anderson: 
Novak: 

The board ran out , giving Anderson trip queens to double through Novak.

Francis Anderson  –  1,295,000  (26 bb)
Valerie Novak  –  825,000  (17 bb)

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 203

Seat 4:  Joey Lebrun  –  925,000  (19 bb)
Seat 6:  Francis Anderson  –  910,000  (18 bb)
Seat 7:  Farhad Jamasi  –  850,000  (17 bb)
Seat 8:  Valerie Novak  –  1,380,000  (28 bb)

1st:  $223,390 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $148,900
3rd:  $108,400
4th:  $80,120

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 203

Valerie Novak raised to 80,000 from the button, Connor Rash three-bets to about 480,000 from the small blind (leaving about 20,000 behind), Novak reraises, and Rash calls all in.

Novak: 
Rash: 

The board ran out , safe for Novak to eliminate Rash in fifth place.

Valerie Novak  –  1,380,000  (35 bb)
Connor Rash  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($60,125)

With four players remaining from a field of 203 entries, the average stack is about 1,015,000 (25 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $80,120.