Championship: Ian Cohen Wins the Showdown Championship! ($656,200); NFL Hall of Famer Richard Seymour Finishes as Runner-Up ($430,000)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prizepool: $4,534,400 |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 38:  600,000/1,200,000 with a 1,200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 1,417

Ian Cohen limped for 1,200,000, Richard Seymour raised from the big blind to 10,000,000, and Cohen moved all in for 35,400,000.

Seymour snap-called all in for 34,200,000 with 10d10c, and Cohen turned over 7s7h.

The board came 7d6h2dJhQc, and Cohen won the pot — and the WPT title — with a flopped set of sevens.

NFL Hall of Famer Richard Seymour finishes as the runner-up, earning $430,000.

Ian Cohen, who earned his entry into this event in a satellite, wins the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship, earning $656,200 and the Showdown Championship trophy. Cohen’s prize money includes his $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship, and his name will be engraved on the one-and-only Mike Sexton WPT Championship Cup.

Congratulations to Ian Cohen!

1st:  Ian Cohen  –  $656,200 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  Richard Seymour  –  $430,000
3rd:  Michael Amato  –  $320,000
4th:  Frank Funaro  –  $240,000
5th:  Johnny Bromberg  –  $181,000
6th:  Raj Vohra  –  $138,000

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