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Event 50: Art Peacock Leads the Final Table

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $470,000 | Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 235

Art Peacock

Day 2 is Thursday at Noon.

Table 8
Seat 1:  Art Peacock  –  1,645,000  (82 bb)
Seat 2:  Trace Henerson  –  685,000  (34 bb)
Seat 3:  Harrison Gimbel  –  440,000  (22 bb)
Seat 4:  Brian Yoon  –  495,000  (25 bb)
Seat 5:  Roman Rogovskyi  –  525,000  (26 bb)
Seat 6:  Jeremy Becker  –  660,000  (33 bb)
Seat 7:  Michael Savakinas  –  240,000  (12 bb)
Seat 8:  Aaron Massey  –  570,000  (29 bb)
Seat 9:  Daniyal Gheba  –  615,000  (31 bb)

1st:  $108,230 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $76,185
3rd:  $48,175
4th:  $29,305
5th:  $22,600
6th:  $18,750
7th:  $15,980
8th:  $13,630
9th:  $10,985

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
10GregoryBaird$10,985
11JonahLaBranche$9,400
12TobyJoyce$9,400
13GiuseppeCalio$8,110
14MatthewMcEwan$8,110
15DarrenRabinowitz$8,110
16FredericNormand$6,815
17ArianStolt$6,815
18JoeMcKeehen$6,815
19AkashSeth$5,545
20JavierZarco$5,545
21TimurVardanian$5,545
22KennyHallaert$4,325
23NoahSchwartz$4,325
24DavidDiBernardi$4,325
25JasonGray$3,880
26StewartChantler$3,880
27UpeshkaDe Silva$3,880
28LukeGraham$3,450
29VladasTamasauskas$3,450
30AndrewOstapchenko$3,450

Super High Roller: Vladimir Minko Eliminated by Shannon Shorr

$50,000 Super High Roller NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 12

Vladamir Minko

Vladimir Minko raised to 50,000 (leaving 31,000 behind) from under the gun, Dylan Linde called in the cutoff, and Shannon Shorr used a time extension before he reraised all in for about 320,000 from the small blind.

Minko used two time extensions before he called all in for 81,000 total and Linde folded.

Minko:  As6s
Shorr:  AdQd

The board came QhTc2h9s4d, giving Shorr a pair of queens to eliminate Minko.

Shannon Shorr  –  470,000  (47 bb)
Vladimir Minko  –  Eliminated

Super High Roller: Updated Chip Counts

$50,000 Super High Roller NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 10:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 12

Seat 1:  Vladimir Minko  –  136,000  (17 bb)
Seat 2:  Dylan Linde  –  238,000  (30 bb)
Seat 3:  Jim Collopy  –  421,000  (53 bb)
Seat 4:  Shannon Shorr  –  275,000  (34 bb)
Seat 6:  Sergio Aido  –  430,000  (54 bb)

1st:  $291,000
2nd:  $174,600
3rd:  $116,400

Super High Roller: Matthew Wantman Eliminated by Jim Collopy

$50,000 Super High Roller NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 9:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 12

Jim Collopy raised to 12,000 from the cutoff, Matthew Wantman reraised all in for 98,000 from the small blind, and Collopy called after about 30 seconds with AcTd.

Wantman showed As7s and needed to improve to survive.

The board ran out 8d6h4cQh8h, no help to Wantman, locking up the pot for Collopy.

Jim Collopy  –  235,000  (39 bb)
Matthew Wantman  –  Eliminated

Super High Roller: Dylan Linde Doubles Through Sergio Aido

$50,000 Super High Roller NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 9:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 12

Dylan Linde raised to 12,000 from under the gun, Sergio Aido three-bet to 37,000 from the small blind, and Linde called.

The flop was Ac9c2c, Aido continued for 20,000, and Linde called.

The turn was the Qh, Aido bet 125,000, and Linde thought briefly before he called all in for 68,000 with AdTd for a pair of aces, leading AIdo’s KdQc for a pair of queens with a flush draw.

The river was the Jd, safe for Linde to double up on the first hand he was dealt.

Dylan Linde  –  262,000  (44 bb)
Sergio Aido  –  376,000  (63 bb)

Event 52: Registration Closed

$50,000 Super High Roller NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 9:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 12

Registration is closed for the $50,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’em with 12 entries. Prize pool information will be available shortly.

Seat 1:  Vladimir Minko –  256,000  (43 bb)
Seat 2:  Dylan Linde  –  125,000  (21 bb)
Seat 3:  Jim Collopy  –  125,000  (21 bb)
Seat 4:  Shannon Shorr  –  368,000  (61 bb)
Seat 5:  Matthew Wantman  –  125,000  (21 bb)
Seat 6:  Sergio Aido  –  501,000  (84 bb)

Event 50: Jeremy Becker Doubles Through Kenny Hallaert

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $470,000 | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 235

Kenny Hallaert raised to 16,000 in middle position, Jeremy Becker reraised all in for 165,000 from the button, and Hallaert called.

Hallaert:  9h9s
Becker:  AcKd

The board came QsJdTh3d9d, giving Becker Broadway to double through Hallaert.

Jeremy Becker  –  350,000  (44 bb)
Kenny Hallaert  –  27,000  (3 bb)

Recent Eliminations
25th:  Jason Gray  –  $3,880
26th:  Stewart Chantler  –  $3,880
27th:  Upeshka De Silva  –  $3,880
28th:  Luke Graham  –  $3,880
29th:  Vladas Tamasauskas  –  $3,880
30th:  Andrew Ostapchenko  –  $3,880

Event 50: Krasimir Yankov Eliminated on the Money Bubble by Trace Henderson

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $470,000 | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 235

Krasimir Yankov was all in for 55,000 from the small blind against Trace Henderson in the big blind.

Yankov:  Qh9h
Henderson:  As6c

The flop came Jc4c3d, keeping Henderson out front with ace-high.

The turn was the 9d, giving Yankov a pair of nines to pull ahead.

The river was the Ad, giving Henderson a pair of aces to win the pot and eliminate Yankov on the money bubble of Event 50.

Trace Henderson  –  320,000  (53 bb)
Krasimir Yankov  – Eliminated on the Money Bubble

Event 51: Prize Pool and Payouts; $23,050 to the H.O.R.S.E. Winner

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 51
$1,100 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Entries:  68
Prize Pool:  $65,960
April 17 – 18, 2024

Event 51 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was the $1,100 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry), drawing 68 entires and a prize pool of $65,960. The final nine players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $2,310.

Up top for the winner is $23,050.

1st:  $23,050 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $13,190
3rd:  $8,080
4th:  $5,775
5th:  $4,450
6th:  $3,465
7th:  $3,000
8th:  $2,640
9th:  $2,310