$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Double Re-Entry per Day)$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante Players Remaining: 16 of 787 5w6zq

17th: Nestor Caraballo – $760
18th: Paul Prager – $760
19th: Adam Barnett – $760
20th: Sandra Brown – $760

21st: Alain Candales Falcon – $660
22nd: Steven McKoy – $660
23rd: Israel De La Cerda – $660
24th: Hector Pacheco – $660

$2,200 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)
Payouts
Level 18:  8,000/16,000
Players Remaining:  4 of 168

Kevin Ruscitti pot-raised from the small blind to 48,000, and Haim Or Krief called from the big blind.

The flop came , Ruscitti moved all in for about 110,000, and Or Krief called.

Haim Or Krief:    (pair of kings)
Kevin Ruscitti:    (pair of kings)

Both players had paired their king, and at the moment, Ruscitti had a higher kicker.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Or Krief turned two pair, kings and queens, to win the pot and eliminate Ruscitti in fifth place.

Haim Or Krief  –  865,000  (54 bb)
Kevin Ruscitti  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($21,335)

With four players remaining from a field of 168, the average chip stack is about 840,000 (53 big blinds). The next player to bust will earn $28,555.

$2,200 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)
Payouts
Level 18:  8,000/16,000
Players Remaining:  5 of 168

Dylan Wilkerson got it all in under the gun for about 150,000, and he was up against Anthony Zinno in the small blind.

Anthony Zinno:  
Dylan Wilkerson:  

Wilkerson needs his aces to hold up against Zinno’s king to stay alive.

The board came , and the case king fell on the flop, giving Zinno a set of kings to win the pot and eliminate Wilkerson in sixth place.

Anthony Zinno  –  800,000  (50 bb)
Dylan Wilkerson  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($16,255)

With five players remaining from a field of 168, the average chip stack is about 672,000 (42 big blinds). The next player to bust will earn $21,335.

$2,200 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)
Payouts
Level 18:  8,000/16,000
Players Remaining:  6 of 168

After some preflop action, Ivaylo Sivinov reraised preflop from the big blind to 64,000, and Zeevy Malik called from middle position.

The flop came , Sivinov moved all in for about 70,000, and Malik called.

Zeevy Malik:    (pair of sevens, club flush draw)
Ivaylo Sivinov:    (pair of jacks, pair of tens, open-ended straight draw)

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Malik’s club flush outranks Sivinov’s king-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Sivinov in seventh place.

Zeevy Malik  –  1,165,000  (73 bb)
Ivaylo Sivinov  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($12,640)

With six players remaining from a field of 168, the average chip stack is about 560,000 (35 big blinds). The next player to bust will earn $16,255.

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$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 787

25th: Sebastiaan De Jonge – $590
26th: Carlos Torres Vasquez – $590
27th: Humberto Valdez – $590
28th: Trent Smith – $590
29th: Jean Deromedi Delplanque- $590
30th: Steven Flacco – $590
31st: Christopher Underwood – $590
32nd: Omar Sader – $590

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The record-setting 2021 WPT Poker Showdown Championship celebrated our 10th anniversary with the World Poker Tour and the tournament is down to its final table; we had  2,482 entries but only six of them remain. They will head to Las Vegas to play it out in the PokerGo Studio on May 18 and one of them will walk away with $1,261,095.

We have a diverse group of players vying for the title with four of the six guaranteed to bank the biggest cash of their year no matter where they finish. Ken “Teach” Aldridge is the only WSOP bracelet winner at the final table and Sonny Franco is a former WPTDeepStacks Paris champ.

Here are the six players with a chance to put their name on the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup and take home more than $1.2 million.

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Seat 1.  Brek Schutten – 31,350,000

From Grand Rapids, MI, he has nearly $400,000 in earnings and this will be the biggest cash of his career no matter where he finished. Schutten has two WSOP Circuit final table appearances and this is his first SHRP Hollywood cash.

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Seat 2.  Ken Aldridge – 10,600,000

From Pleasants Gardens, NC, the man they call “Teach” will cross over $2 million in career earnings with his results from this final table. He won a WSOP bracelet in 2009, has five WSOP final tables, and this is his second WPT final table. Aldridge also owns an SHRP trophy from winning the LHPO Six-Max PLO title in 2020.

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Seat 3.  Steven Snyder – 15,975,000

From Charlotte, NC, his earnings will top $1,000,000 following the final table and this will also be the biggest cash of his career. Snyder owns three WSOP Circuit rings and this is his second WPT cash.

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Seat 4.  Viet Vo –
4,150,000

From Pearland, TX, just like “Teach” in Seat 2, Vo will push his career earning over $2 million regardless of where he finishes at the final table. Vo has two WSOP Circuit ring, one other WPT final table, and an SHRP trophy from winning the 2015 LHPO Purple Chip Bounty event.

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Seat 5.  Albert Calderon – 5,350,000

From Chandler, AZ, this is his first WPT cash and another player booking their biggest career payout from this final table. Calderon won the $1K Arizona State Championship event in 2019 for $237,000.

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Seat 6.  Sonny Franco  – 31,900,000

From Morocco via , Franco has more than $2 million in career earnings but this will still be his biggest cash as well. He won the WPTDeepStacks Paris title in 2020 and has three WSOP Circuit rings including a win in the WSOP Circuit Marrakech Main Event.

$2,200 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)
Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000
Players Remaining:  7 of 168

After a flop of , Thomas Cannuli got it all in from the big blind for 90,000 against Zeevy Malik on the button.

Zeevy Malik:    (two pair, jack-high flush draw)
Thomas Cannuli:    (ten-high flush draw, gutshot straight draw)

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Malik won the pot with his jack-high flush to eliminate Cannuli in eighth place.

Zeevy Malik  –  1,000,000  (83 bb)
Thomas Cannuli  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($9,080)

With seven players remaining from a field of 168, the average chip stack is about 480,000 (40 big blinds). The next player to bust will earn $12,640.

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$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 32 of 787

33rd: Shamica Lamar – $530
34th: Paul Hernandez – $530
35th: Francis Garcia – $530
36th: Jonathan Orbegozo – $530
37th: Alexander Borukhovich – $530
38th: Arkadiy Pervyy Bakhtin – $530
39th: Gabriel Shtern – $530
40th: Ruben Coto – $530

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Double Re-Entry per Day)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 40 of 787

41st: Richard Collier – $480
42nd: Jeffrey Keiser – $480
43rd: Lawrence Klur – $480
44th: Ivan Felipe – $480
45th: Antonio Colon – $480
46th: Shimon Trakhtenberg – $480
47th: Vincent Arnone Scrima – $480
48th: Elisha Greenwood – $480

$2,200 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)
Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000
Players Remaining:  8 of 168

After the elimination of Matthew Shanahan in ninth place, the final eight players redraw for random seats at the final table.

Here are their new seating assignments, along with their updated chip counts:

Seat 1.  Zeevy Malik  –  800,000  (67 bb)
Seat 2.  Dylan Wilkerson  –  145,000  (12 bb)
Seat 3.  Thomas Cannuli  –  162,000  (14 bb)
Seat 4.  Kevin Ruscitti  –  312,000  (26 bb)
Seat 5.  Haim Or Krief  –  975,000  (81 bb)
Seat 6.  Ivaylo Sivinov  –  129,000  (11 bb)
Seat 7.  Leif Force  –  500,000  (42 bb)
Seat 8.  Anthony Zinno  –  392,000  (33 bb)

And here are the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $81,280 + Trophy
2nd:  $54,185
3rd:  $38,965
4th:  $28,555
5th:  $21,335
6th:  $16,255
7th:  $12,640
8th:  $9,080

9th:  Matthew Shanahan  –  $9,080

With eight players remaining from a field of 168, the average chip stack is about 420,000 (35 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $9,080 each.