2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 6
$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Entries:  95
Prize Pool:  $92,150
April 15, 2023 

1st:  $28,525
2nd:  $17,500
3rd:  $11,055
4th:  $7,100
5th:  $5,530
6th:  $4,375
7th:  $3,690
8th:  $3,225
9th-10th:  $2,925
11th-12th:  $2,650

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  294 of 2,348

Flight A:  565 Entries;  70 Advanced
Flight B:  569 Entries;  71 Advanced
Flight C:  548 Entries;  69 Advanced
Flight D:  666 Entries;  84 Advanced
Flight E:  Saturday at 10 a.m.
Flight F:  Saturday at 6 p.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 1 p.m.
Day 3:  Monday at 1 p.m.

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 5
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  168
Prize Pool:  $26,040
Bounty Prize Pool: $16,800
April 14, 2023 

Event 5 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 168 entries generated a prize pool of $26,040, with an additional $16,800 set aside for bounties.

Emerging victorious was Jatinder Singh, winning outright for $8,505.

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 4
$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries:  82
Prize Pool:  $43,050
April 14, 2023 

Event 4 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry), and a field of 82 entries created a prize pool of $43,050. A five-way deal was reached at the final table, and as the chip leader, Donald Maloney was the official winner for $8,505.

This marked Maloney’s second SHRP major series trophy victory. His first came at the 2021 Showdown, where he won a $400 Omaha 8 for $9,236. His result today puts him above the $1.45 million mark in career live tournament winnings per the Hendon Mob poker database.

*denotes five-way deal

$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 168

Robert Scott raised all in for about 1,800,000 from the button and Jatinder Singh called in the big blind with , racing with Scott’s .

The flop came down , giving Singh a set of sixes to pull well ahead. Scott had four outs, but found no help from the turn nor the river, locking up the outright victory for Singh for $6,300.

Scott finished runner-up for $4,200.

A recap of the event will be posted later tonight.

$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 168

Shawn Farmer raised all in for about 1,250,000 from the button and Jatinder Singh called in the big blind with , leading Singh’s .

The board came , no help to Farmer, ending his tournament in third place.

Jatinder Singh  –  4,920,000  (49 bb)
Robert Scott  –  1,800,000  (18 bb)
Shawn Farmer  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($2,670)

1st: $6,300 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $4,200

$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  12,000/24,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  5 of 82

Following the elimination of Cat Mon in sixth place, the remaining five players looked at the numbers and eventually reached a deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Donald Maloney  –  389,000  (16 BB)
Shan Meruga  –  385,000  (16 BB)
Hossein Ghodosi Fard  –  225,000  (9 BB)
Steven Roth  –  159,000  (7 BB)
Robert Poolos  –  73,000  (3 BB)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Donald Maloney  –  $8,505
Shan Meruga  –  $8,469
Hossein Ghodosi Fard  –  $6,728
Steven Roth  –  $5,781
Robert Poolos  –  $4,227

As the chip leader, Donald Maloney was the official Event 4 winner for $8,505.

A recap of the event will be posted later tonight.

$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  12,000/24,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  5 of 82

Shan Meruga raised to 24,000 from under the gun, Cat Mon called all in for less in the small blind, and Donald Maloney called in the big blind.

Maloney and Meruga checked to the turn of a board where Meruga bet 24,000. Maloney called.

The river was the , Maloney checked, Meruga bet 24,000, and Maloney called.

Here were their hands:

Meruga: 
Maloney: 
Mon: 

Maloney had an ace-high flush, Meruga had an 8-6-5-4-A low, and Mon couldn’t beat either, ending his tournament in sixth place.

Donald Maloney  –  389,000  (16 BB)
Shan Meruga  –  385,000  (16 BB)
Cat Mon  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($2,155)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight D Entries:  666

Flight D of Event 1 drew 666 entries, bringing the total field size to 2,348 with two starting flights to come. The prize pool currently stands at $774,840.

Play in Flight D will continue until 84 players remain. As a reminder, players must bag chips in order to cash and advance to Day 2.

Chip Counts Thru Flight C

$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  6 of 82

Yuval Bronshtein raised to 20,000 from under the gun, Donald Maloney three-bet to 30,000 from the big blind, and Bronshtein called all in for 27,000.

Bronshtein: 
Maloney: 

The board ran out , giving Maloney flush along with an 8-5-4-3-2 low to scoop the pot and eliminate Bronshtein in sixth place.

Donald Maloney  –  360,000  (18 BB)
Yuval Bronshtein  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($1,790)

With six players remaining, the average stack is around 205,000 (10 Big Bets). The remaining players are guaranteed $2,155.