$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown ChampionshipPrize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Results Level 31:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante Players Remaining:  9 of 1,755 2b4q6p

Seat 1.  Art Peacock  –  24,600,000  (98 bb)
Seat 2.  Jeffery Fritz  –  13,350,000  (53 bb)
Seat 3.  Mitchell Hynam  –  2,000,000  (8 bb)
Seat 4.  Jared Hemingway  –  8,350,000  (33 bb)
Seat 5.  Daniel Marcus  –  16,775,000  (67 bb)
Seat 6.  Mihai Niste  –  9,725,000  (39 bb)
Seat 7.  Brian Yoon  –  5,025,000  (20 bb)
Seat 8.  Rafael Rodriguez  –  3,100,000  (12 bb)
Seat 9.  Alain Medesan  –  4,225,000  (17 bb)

1st:  $776,000*
2nd:  $515,000
3rd:  $380,000
4th:  $285,000
5th:  $215,000
6th:  $164,000
7th:  $126,000
8th:  $98,000
9th:  $77,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Results
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,755

Johnny Bromberg raised to 2.3 million from the small blind, and Daniel Marcus moved all in on the big blind. Bromberg called off his last 75,000 he had left behind so they were off to the races.

Marcus:
Bromberg:

Board:

Bromberg was eliminated in 10th place for a payday of $77,000, and Marcus stacked up 16,755,000 after collecting the pot.

Daniel Marcus – 16,755,000 (84 bb)
Johnny Bromberg – Eliminated in 10th Place ($77,000)

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,729,000  |  Payouts
Level 18:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 70

After Kevin Rabichow was eliminated in fifth place and reg closing soon for the $5,000 Deep Stack, the four remaining players worked out a deal to divide up the remaining prize pool based on their counts.

Cherish Andrews held a big lead and earned the title and the lion’s share of the prize money.

Here are the counts and amounts going home:

Cherish Andrews – 2,705,000 (135 bb)
Frank Brannan – 1,910,000 (96 bb)
Brock Wilson – 1,530,000 (77 bb)
Clemen Deng – 885,000 (44 bb)

1st: Cherish Andrews – $408,265 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: Frank Brannan – $342,935
3rd: Brock Wilson – $313,410
4th: Clemen Deng – $248,990

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 71
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  77
Prize Pool:  $25,410
April 8, 2025

Registration closed for the $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with 77 entries, creating a prize pool worth $25,410. The last ten spots will be paid with $765 for a min-cash and $8,565 up top for the Event 71 champ.

1st: $8,565 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $4,955
3rd: $3,100
4th: $2,100
5th: $1,600
6th: $1,275
7th: $1,145
8th: $1,015
9th: $890
10th: $765

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,729,000  |  Payouts
Level 18:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 70

Kevin Rabichow was all in short from the small blind with in the hole, and Brock Wilson woke up with pocket jacks on the big blind.

The final board read , and Rabichow was sent home in fifth place for a cash worth $116,800. Wilson was up to 1.68 million after collecting the pot.

Brock Wilson – 1,680,000 (42 bb)
Kevin Rabichow – Eliminated in 5th Place ($116,800)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Results
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 1,755

Action folded to Rafael Rodriguez in the small blind, he moved all in, and Frank Funaro called in the big blind at risk for 2,725,000.

Funaro:
Rodriguez:

Funaro was dominating for a double but Rodriguez picked up a diamond draw on the flop. The turn was a blank but Rodriguez made his flush on the river to send Funaro out in 11th place.

Rafael Rodriguez – 8,200,000 (41 bb)
Frank Funaro – Eliminated in 11th Place ($65,000)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Results
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,755

Art Peacock opened to 400,000 from the cutoff, Alfie Poetra moved all in for 2,775,000 from the big blind and Peacock called.

Peacock:
Poetra:

Peacock was dominating with his suited slick and Poetra could not miracle a save on the board to exit in 12th place.

Art Peacock – 19,475,000 (97 bb)
Alfie Poetra – Eliminated in 12th Place ($65,000)

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,729,000  |  Payouts
Level 17:  20,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 70

Scott Margereson was all in short with A-4 in the hole, and Frank Brannan had him covered holding A-J. The board bricked so Margereson was eliminated in sixth place with a new $91,000 in his pocket. Brannan was up to 1.37 million after the hand.

Frank Brannan – 1,370,000 (45 bb)
Scott Margereson – Eliminated in 6th Place ($91,000)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Results
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 1,755

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Mitchell Hynam  –  8,225,000  (41 bb)
Seat 2.  Alain Medesan  –  9,025,000  (45 bb)
Seat 3.  Jared Hemingway  –  7,575,000  (38 bb)
Seat 4.  Johnny Bromberg  –  3,700,000  (19 bb)
Seat 5.  Mihai Niste  –  4,625,000  (23 bb)
Seat 8.  Jeffery Fritz  –  9,475,000  (47 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Rafael Rodriguez  –  7,325,000  (37 bb)
Seat 2.  Alfie Poetra  –  2,475,000  (12 bb)
Seat 3.  Frank Funaro  –  1,875,000  (9 bb)
Seat 4.  Daniel Marcus  –  5,275,000  (26 bb)
Seat 5.  Art Peacock  –  22,800,000  (114 bb)
Seat 6.  Brian Yoon  –  4,875,000  (24 bb)

1st:  $776,000*
2nd:  $515,000
3rd:  $380,000
4th:  $285,000
5th:  $215,000
6th:  $164,000
7th:  $126,000
8th:  $98,000
9th-10th:  $77,000
11th-12th:  $65,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Results
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 1,755

Alain Medesan opened to 350,000 from the cutoff, Jared Hemingway called on the button, and Johnny Bromberg moved all in for 1,525,000 from the small blind. Medesan quickly folded and Hemingway called.

Bromberg:
Hemingway:

Bromberg was dominating with the bigger king and neither connected on the . Bromberg outkicked Hemingway for a double on the break.

Johnny Bromberg  –  3,700,000  (25 bb)
Jared Hemingway  –  7,575,000  (51 bb)