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Showdown Day 8 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

10AM: Event 26 Day 1A – $600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)

  • $2,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 25,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
  • Levels 24+ last 60 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
  • Event 26 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 23 – $400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 23 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 24 – $600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 24 Structure Sheet

2PM: Event 18 Day 2 – $200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

2PM: Event 25 – $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 40,000 in chips
  • Levels last 20 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 10 (5:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 25 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 26 Day 1B – $600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)

  • $2,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 25,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
  • Levels 24+ last 60 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
  • Event 26 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

1PM: $150 Multi-Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Two $1,250 packages guaranteed; includes seat in any $600 and $400 event plus $250 in cash
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (3:15pm)
  • Structure Sheet

3PM: $200 Multi-Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Five $1,700 packages guaranteed; includes seat in $600 Event 26 and $1,100 Event 36
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (5:15pm)
  • Structure Sheet

8PM: $150 Multi-Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Two $1,250 packages guaranteed; includes seat in any $600 and $400 event plus $250 in cash
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
  • Structure Sheet

2025 Poker Showdown Schedule

Event 21: Prize Pool and Payouts; $10K to Mixed PLO Champ

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 21
$400 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  103
Prize Pool:  $33,475
March 25, 2025

Registration closed for the $400 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha tournament with 103 entries creating a prize pool worth $33,475. The last 13 places will be paid with $875 for a min-cash and $10,210 to the Event 21 champ.

1st: $10,210 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $6,275
3rd: $3,850
4th: $2,510
5th: $1,960
6th: $1,565
7th: $1,330
8th: $1,155
9th: $1,020
10th-11th: $925
12th-13th: $875

Event 16: Two Tables Remain

$400 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 269

It took two hours to cut the returning PLO field in half and they are down to the last two tables and guaranteed at least $1,355. They still have more than $22K awaiting the winner plus the pretty Showdown trophy.

19th: Mikhail Chykiliov – $1,105
20th: Logan Berger – $1,105
21st: Mike Beasley – $1,105
22nd: Christopher Licht – $875
23rd: Oleksandr Sviderskyi – $875
24th: Leonardo Rodriguez-Torre – $875

25th: Oleksandr Trokhymenko – $715
26th: Dmitriy Vernitskiy – $715
27th: Andreas Michelmann – $715
28th: Michael Dreese – $715
29th: Dang Luong – $715
31st: Marshall Morris – $715
32nd: Bradley Beetz – $715
33rd: Vincent Forca – $715
34th: Michael Michnik – $715
35th: William Heimiller – $715

1st:  $22,295 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $15,765
3rd:  $10,200
4th:  $6,230
5th:  $4,810
6th:  $3,985
7th:  $3,350
8th:  $2,800
9th:  $2,240
10th-12th:  $1,875
13th-15th:  $1,610
16th-18th:  $1,355

Event 15: Three-Table Redraw

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 384

James Calderaro finished in 30th place

The fast action continued after the break, the field dropped to 27 players, and that triggered the three-table redraw. Here’s a look at the lineup and we will update counts once they are settled.

Table 6
Seat 1: Nick Yunis
Seat 2: David D’Alessandro
Seat 3: Ramon Martinez
Seat 4: Karanvir Singh
Seat 5: Brent Hoover
Seat 6: Tanupat Punjarojanakul
Seat 7: Marcus Stein
Seat 8: Chris Da-Silva
Seat 9: Jessica Cai

Table 7
Seat 1: Patrick Steele
Seat 2: Nancy Birnbaum
Seat 3: James Wiley
Seat 4: Frederic Normand
Seat 5: Samuel Kim
Seat 6: Sebastian Toro Henao
Seat 7: Sean Byars
Seat 8: Kevin MacDonald
Seat 9: Juan Mubarak

Table 8
Seat 1: Chad Roedersheimer
Seat 2: Zachary Fischer
Seat 3: Anibal Pabon
Seat 4: Semsettin Ilyas
Seat 5: Deborah Zwanka
Seat 6: Thomas Taylor
Seat 7: Steve Blackmon
Seat 8: Dessiree Bennett
Seat 9: Wayne Leonard

28th: Grant Wang – $2,920
29th: David Castranova – $2,920
30th: James Calderaro – $2,920
31st: Eldo Rodriguez – $2,920

Event 15: Results 32nd Through 49th

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 384

Manny Minaya finished in 37th place

After a fast first hour of action, the field was sent on their first break with 31 players remaining.

32nd: Yury Parad – $2,320
33rd: Daniel Vranich – $2,320
34th: Reynel Hernandez – $2,320
35th: Scott Heiligman – $2,320
36th: Simon Auerbacher – $2,320
37th: Manny Minaya – $2,320
38th: David Smeeth – $2,320
39th: Dorian Rios – $2,320

40th: Ross Fischer – $1,940
41st: Daniel Pearlman – $1,940
42nd: Steve Yagudaev – $1,940
43rd: Brian Barros – $1,940
44th: Igor Tretyakov – $1,940
45th: Scott Baumstein – $1,940

46th: Pasquale Caiazza – $1,940
47th: Ginold Rendel – $1,940
48th: Bradley Smith – $1,940
49th: Pablo Valdivieso – $1,940

Pasquale Caiazza finished in 36th place

Event 22: Short-Handed with Big Prizes

$600 Deep Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The last new trophy event begins at 2 pm with a $600 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em tournament. It has a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool and tons of action.

Players start with 20K in their stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 6:30 pm.

  • $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 22 Structure Sheet

Event 16: Day 2 Set to Go

$400 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  35 of 269

The $400 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha tournament drew 269 entries over the three starting flights and 35 players return today at 1 pm to play for the $100,000 prize pool and Showdown trophy.

Day 2 Seats  |  Day 2 Chips  | Payouts

Event 15: Platinum Day 2

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  49 of 384

The first-ever Platinum Stack event drew 384 entries over two starting flights of the $1,100 buy-in tournament, turning the $250,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $372,480 and 49 players return today at 1 pm to play down to a champ.

Day 2 Seats  |  Day 2 Chips  | Payouts

Event 21: Mixed PLO

$400 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante

If you like Pot-Limit Omaha, today is your day because we have all the PLO you want in one tournament. Showdown Event 21 is a $400 Mixed PLO tournament that will rotate games between Pot-Limit Omaha, Pot-Limit Omaha 8, and Big O.

Players sit with 20K deep stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm.

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 21 Structure Sheet

Event 18: Last Three Flights

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Poker Cards and Chips

The $200 Big Stack multi-flight tournament is always a fun one on each schedule, a chance for players to win some big money for a smaller buy-in. The first three flights ran yesterday and we have the last three today with staggered start times to provide non-stop action.

They’ll start with 15K in their stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 7. Play will continue until 10% of the field remains and they will return on Wednesday at 2 pm for Day 2.

Flight D: 11am with late reg till 2:30 pm
Flight E: 3 pm with late reg till 6:30 pm
Flight F: 7 pm with late reg till 10:30 pm

  • $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 7
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
  • Event 18 Structure Sheet