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 ed 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  | 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

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 75
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  205
Prize Pool: $30,750
Bounty Prize Pool: $20,500
April 23, 2024

Event 75 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 205 entries created a prize pool of $30,750, with an additional $20,500 set aside for bounties.

A five-handed deal was reached at the final table and Angelo Castaldi was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 75 winner for $4,209.

*denotes five-handed deal

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 74
$600 Deep Stack Six-Max 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Entries:  114
Prize Pool: $59,280
April 23, 2024

Event 74 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $600 Deep Stack Six-Max 5-Card Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry). A field of 114 entries generated a prize pool of $59,280.

A heads-up deal took place at the final table between Steven Marin and Eric Kolodny. Marin was ahead in chips, making him the official winner for $14,500.

This marked Marin’s second trophy victory in 5-card PLO, having won Event 11 earlier in the series. For Kolodny, meanwhile, it was his fourth PLO cash of the series.

*denotes heads-up deal

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 71
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  95
Prize Pool:  $31,350
April 23, 2024

Event 71 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 95 entries produced a prize pool of $31,350.

A five-way deal was reached at the final table and Radu Roscot was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 71 winner for $6,479.

*denotes five-handed deal

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 72
$400 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw (Re-Entry)
Entries:  28
Prize Pool: $9,240
April 23, 2024

Event 72 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $400 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw (Re-Entry), drawing 28 entries for a prize pool of $9,240. Taking it down was Jon Breneman, winning outright for $4,155.

This marked Breneman’s third SHRP major series trophy victory, with his previous two coming during the 2023 Showdown. a victory in the $1,100 8-Game.

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 73
$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  177
Prize Pool: $831,900
April 23, 2024

Event 73 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $5,000 Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 177 entries generated a prize pool of $831,900 more than tripling the guarantee.

A heads-up chop took place between the final two players and Diomig Delgado was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 73 winner for $159,950.

*denotes heads-up chop

$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $831,900 | Payouts
Level 26:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 177

After playing heads-up for a little while, Diomig Delgado and Michael Phillips agreed to an even chop heads-up.

Delgado was the chip leader at the time, making him the official winner of Event 73 for $159,950. Michael Phillips was the runner-up for $159,950.

A recap of Event 73 will be posted later tonight.

$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $831,900 | Payouts
Level 25:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 177

Shannon Shorr raised to 100,000 from the button and Diomig Delgado called in the big blind.

The flop was , Delgado checked, Shorr bet 70,000, and Delgado reraised all in for 935,000.

Shorr thought for more than a minute before he called all in for about 630,000 with for a king-high flush draw. Delgado showed for a pair of queens.

The turn gave Shorr a straight draw, but the river was a brick and eliminated Shorr in third place.

Diomig Delgado  –  1,860,000  (37 bb)
Michael Philips  –  1,680,000  (34 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($95,000)

1st:  $191,900 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $128,000