2024 Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 18
$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  1,466
Prize Pool:  $234,560
April 8 – 10, 2024

Event 18 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a multi-flight $200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). Across six starting sessions, a field of 1,466 entries generated a prize pool of $234,560.

Taking it down was Alejandro Arana, winning outright for $38,990.

The victory marked Arana’s third SHRP major series trophy, having previously won a $300 Quad Stack No-Limit Hold’em during the 2023 SHRPO and another $200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em during the 2023 RRPO.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 1,466

Alejandro Arana limped in for 300,000 on the button, Neil Zoneashvili raised all in for about 2,300,000 from the big blind and Arana called.

Arana: 
Zoneashvili: 

The board ran out , giving Arana a flush to win the pot and win Event 18 outright for $38,990. Zoneashvili finished runner-up for $27,635.

A recap of Event 18 will be posted later tonight.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,466

Alejandro Arana limped in for 300,000 on the button, Neil Zoneashvili raised to 800,000 in the big blind, and Arana called.

They checked to the turn of an board where Zoneashvili bet 500,000. Arana called.

The river was the , Zoneashvili checked, Arana bet 2,275,000, and Zoneashvili called.

Arana showed for aces and fives, Zoneashvili mucked, and Arana won the pot.

Alejandro Arana  –  19,300,000  (64 bb)
Neil Zoneashvili  –   2,700,000  (9 bb)

1st:  $38,990 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $27,635

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,466

Alejandro Arana raised to 700,000 from the small blind, Bradley Beetz reraised all in for roughly 4,700,000 in the big blind, and Arana called with .

Beetz showed and needed his hand to improve to stay alive.

The board ran out , not enough help to Beetz, ending his tournament in third place.

Alejandro Arana  –  13,300,000  (44 bb)
Neil Zoneashvili  –   8,700,000  (29 bb)
Bradley Beetz  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($17,900)

1st:  $38,990 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $27,635

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 33:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 1,466

Farid Dridi raised all in for 2,850,000 from under the gun and Bradley Beetz isolated the pot with a shove of his own from the small blind.

Dridi: 
Beetz: 

The board ran out , giving Beetz an ace-high flush to eliminate Dridi in fourth place.

Bradley Beetz  –  7,900,000  (32 bb)
Neil Zoneashvili  –   7,400,000  (30 bb)
Alejandro Arana  –  6,700,000  ( 27 bb)
Farid Dridi  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($13,275)

1st:  $38,990 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $27,635
3rd:  $17,900

With three players remaining from the field of 1,466 entries, the average stack is about 5,500,000 (28 big blinds).

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 1,466

Bradley Beetz raised from the cutoff, Darryll Fish three-bet all in for for about 1,750,000 from the button, and Beetz called with .

Fish tabled and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came down , no help to Fish, ending his tournament in fifth place.

Bradley Beetz  –  7,350,000  (37 bb)
Darryll Fish  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($10,030)

With four players remaining from the field of 1,466 entries, the average stack is about 5,500,000 (28 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $13,275.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,466

Alejandro Arana limped in for 200,000 in the small blind, Bradley Beetz raised all in for about 2,475,000 from the big blind, and Arana called with .

Beetz showed and needed his hand to improve to stay alive.

The board ran out , giving Beetz jacks and tens on the river double through Arana.

Bradley Beetz  –  5,150,000  (26 bb)
Alejandro Arana  –  6,000,000  (30 bb)

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,466

Sean O’Callaghan raised all in for 700,000 from the small blind and Neil Zoneashvili called in the big blind.

O’Callaghan: 
Zoneashvili: 

The board ran out , giving Zoneashvili jacks and fives to eliminate O’Callaghan in sixth place.

Neil Zoneashvili  –  4,600,000  (23 bb)
Sean O’Callaghan  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($8,105)

With five players remaining from the field of 1,466 entries, the average stack is about 4,400,000 (22 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $10,030.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,466

Ignacio Inzillo raised all in for about 2,500,000 from middle position and got action from Alejandro Arana on the button.

Inzillo: 
Arana: 

The board ran out , no help to Inzillo, ending his tournament in seventh place.

Alejandro Arana  –  8,400,000  (42 bb)
Ignacio Inzillo  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($6,700)

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,466

Neil Zoneashvili raised to 300,000 from the cutoff, Andrii Koptiev reraised all in for about 1,300,000 from the small blind, and Zoneashvili called.

Zoneashvili: 
Koptiev: 

The board ran out , giving Zoneashvili queens and eights on the river to eliminate Koptiev in eighth place.

Neil Zoneashvili  –  4,100,000  (27 bb)
Andrii Koptiev  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($5,305)

With seven players remaining from the field of 1,466 entries, the average stack is about 3,150,000 (21 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $6,700.