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Angelo Castaldi Wins Event 75 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in Five-Way Deal for $4,209

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

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 75 Champion Angelo Castaldi

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.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1AngeloCastaldi$4,209*
2RichardArno$3,887*
3AndrewWilmot$3,708*
4JeremiahPinto$3,515*
5MatthewElsby$3,486*
6AlejandroArana$1,225
7JoseRuiz$1,045
8JuanMontoya Bernal$900
9ArthurHolmes$760
10JosiasSantos$760
11VeselinKatrandzhiev$660
12EfthimiosPiperakis$660
13FredDabus$560
14BrianGreen$560
15RichardEstep$560
16DanielLei$460
17CameronBellamy$460
18StanleyKent$460
19RobertGauci$375
20DavidRobbins$375
21Vlad-AlexandruLeonte$375
22ChaseCarlin$350
23SergioGamarra$350
24PeterFellows$350
25JulieMarriott$350
26GilfredBertin Jr.$350

*denotes five-handed deal

Steven Marin Wins His Second 5-Card PLO Trophy of the Series With Event 74 Win for $14,500

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

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 74 Champion Steven Marin

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.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1StevenMarin$14,500*
2EricKolodny$13,210*
3DonaldMaloney$7,250
4TimothyBanks$5,000
5MatthewLambrecht$3,540
6GregLevine$2,600
7BradleyButcher$2,000
8DavidColeman$2,000
9BobbyLupo$1,585
10AsherNeaman$1,585
11PawelAndrzejewski$1,310
12SeanShah$1,310
13IgorMerda$1,130
14BrandonAgeloff$1,130
15TonyMiles$1,130

*denotes heads-up deal

Radu Roscot Wins Event 71 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in Five-Way Deal for $6,479

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

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 71 Champion Radu Roscot

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.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1RaduRascot$6,479*
2JeffSilverstein$5,824*
3JacksonHoltgraves$4,567*
4EldoRodriguez$3,804*
5GaryBlais$3,291*
6LilyKornik$1,490
7TylerMcKinnon$1,255
8AdamAgaev$1,100
9DavidWoolman$1,000
10JeffreyBlenkarn$910
11ScottCulver$845
12KevinBlewitt$785

*denotes five-handed deal

Jon Breneman Wins his 3rd SHRP Major Series Trophy With Event 72 Outright Win for $4,155

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

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 72 Champion Jon Breneman

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. The first came in a $400 Omaha-8, followed by a victory in the $1,100 8-Game.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1JonathanBreneman$4,155
2AlejandroBurzaco$2,495
3DonnyRubinstein$1,575
4PhilHui$1,015

Diomig Delgado Wins Event 73 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in Heads-Up Chop for $159,950

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

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 73 Champion Diomig Delgado

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.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1DiomigDelgado$159,950*
2MichaelPhillips$159,950*
3ShannonShorr$95,000
4NicholasSeward$71,000
5KharlinSued$54,000
6MikeJozoff$41,000
7FrankLagodich$31,500
8FredGoldberg$24,500
9ManuelFritz$19,200
10JoeyWeissman$19,200
11ClemenDeng$16,500
12KamelMokhammad$16,500
13BenjamineGrise$13,600
14AramOganyan$13,600
15ImanDan$13,600
16CherishAndrews$11,300
17SerhiiPopovych$11,300
18YuriSiniak$11,300
19JosephBeasy$11,300
20MikeVela$9,400
21AndresKorn$9,400
22ZhenCai$9,400
23ErionQoku$9,400

*denotes heads-up chop

Event 73: Diomig Delgado Wins in Heads-Up Chop

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

Diomig Delgado

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.

Michael Phillips

Event 73: Shannon Shorr – 3rd Place ($95,000)

$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $831,900 | Structure | 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 AcQd6d, 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 Kd7d for a king-high flush draw. Delgado showed Qh5d for a pair of queens.

The Jc turn gave Shorr a straight draw, but the 2s 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

Event 73: Nicholas Seward – 4th Place ($71,000)

$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $831,900 | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 177

Following a flop of 9s8d7d, Nicholas Seward ended up all in from the big blind for about 260,000 with Jd4d for flush and straight draws against Diomig Delgado in the small blind with Kd3d for a better flush draw and the current lead with king high.

The 2c turn and Td river completed the board, giving Delgado a king-high flush to eliminate Seward in fourth place.

Diomig Delgado  –  1,310,000  (33 bb)
Nicholas Seward  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($71,000)

With three players remaining from the field of 177 entries the average stack is 1,180,000 (30 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $95,000.

Event 73: Kharlin Sued – 5th Place ($54,000)

$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $831,900 | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 177

Michael Phillips raised all in from the small blind and Kharlin Sued called all in for 210,000 in the big blind.

Phillips:  As4c
Sued:  AhQd

The board ran out 4s2h2d7s7d, giving Phillips sevens and fours to eliminate Sued in fifth place.

Michael Phillips  –  870,000  (22 bb)
Kharlin Sued  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($54,000)

With four players remaining from the field of 177 entries the average stack is 885,000 (22 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $71,000.

Event 73: Shannon Shorr Takes the Chip Lead

$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $831,900 | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 177

Shannon Shorr raised to 60,000 from UTG/hijack and Diomig Delgado called in the small blind.

The flop was Ts5h4d, Delgado led for 90,000, and Shorr called.

The turn was the Tc, Delgado bet 90,000, and Shorr called.

The river was the Ad, Delgado bet 90,000, Shorr raised all in for 525,000, and Delgado folded.

Shannon Shorr  –  1,155,000  (39 bb)
Diomig Delgado  –  1,070,000  (36 bb)