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Event 75: Prize Pool and Payouts; $7,155 to the Winner

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 75
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty
Entries:  205
Prize Pool: $30,750
Bounty Prize Pool: $20,500
April 23, 2024

Registration closed for the $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty tournament with 205 entries to build a prize pool total of $30,750. There is also $20,500 in the bounty prize pool. The last 26 spots will pay out with $350 for a min-cash and there is $7,155 up top for the winner.

1st: $7,155 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $5,100
3rd: $3,150
4th: $1,920
5th: $1,480
6th: $1,225
7th: $1,045
8th: $900
9th-10th: $760
11th-12th: $660
13th-15th: $560
16th-18th: $460
19th-21st: $375
22nd-26th: $350

Event 69: Brandon Wilson Doubles Up

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $2,000,700 | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 81

Brandon Wilson

Brandon Wilson was all in for 2,125,000 with AhKs on the small blind, and Min Zhang had him covered holding KcQc from the big blind.

The final board read Kh10s5h3h9s, and Wilson doubled up to survive with 4,375,000 after collecting the pot. Zhang was at 3,725,000 after the hand.

Brandon Wilson – 4,375,000 (87 bb)
Min Zhang – 3,725,000 (74 bb)

Event 74: Prize Pool and Payouts; $16,810 to Six-Max 5-Card PLO Winner

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 74
$600 Deep Stack Six-Max 5-Card PLO
Entries:  114
Prize Pool: $59,280
April 23, 2024

Registration closed for the $600 Deep Stack Six-Max 5-Card PLO tournament with 114 entries to build a prize pool total of $59,280. The last 15 spots will pay out with $1,130 for a min-cash and there is $1,800 up top for the winner.

1st: $16,810 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $10,900
3rd: $7,250
4th: $5,000
5th: $3,540
6th: $2,600
7th-8th: $2,000
9th-10th: $1,585
11th-15th: $1,130

Event 69: Sergio Aido – 3rd Place ($265,200)

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $2,000,700 | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 81

Sergio Aido

Sergio Aido was all in with AsQd in the hole, and Brandon Wilson had him covered holding pocket eights.

The final board read 7s5s3s5d9d, and Aido was out in third place for a payday of $265,200.

That gave Wilson the advantage before heads-up play began with a stack worth 5 million against the 3.1 million of Min Zhang.

Brandon Wilson – 5,000,000 (100 bb)
Min Zhang – 3,100,000 (62 bb)
Sergio Aido – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($265,200)

Event 69: Brandon Wittmeyer – 4th Place ($181,100)

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $2,000,700 | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 81

Brandon Wittmeyer

Brandon Wittmeyer was all in with pocket fours in the hole from the small blind, and he was up against the Js6s of Min Zhang held on the big blind.

The final board read Kc9s5s8s8h, and Wittmeyer was eliminated in fourth place for a payout worth $181,100. Zhang stacked up 2,145,000 after collecting the pot.

Min Zhang – 2,145,00 (62 bb)
Brandon Wittmeyer – Eliminated in 4th Place ($181,100)

Event 69: Chip Count and Results Update

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $2,000,700 | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 81

Here is a look at the updated chip counts for the high roller event after the most recent break.

Seat 5:  Brandon Wittmeyer  –  820,000  (16 bb)
Seat 7:  Min Zhang  –  2,750,000  (55 bb)
Seat 8:  Sergio Aido  – 2,570,000  (51 bb)
Seat 9:  Brandon Wilson  –  1,960,000  (39 bb)

1st:  $601,800 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $420,400
3rd:  $265,200
4th:  $181,100

5th:  Martin Stausholm  –  $121,300
6th:  David Coleman  –  $91,100
7th:  Chance Kornuth – $74,300
8th:  Martin Carnero – $65,200
9th:  Jim Collopy – $62,100
10th:  Manuel Fritz  –  $60,100
11th:  Vincent Cafone  –  $58,100

Event 69: Martin Stausholm – 5th Place ($121,300)

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $2,000,700 | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 81

Martin Stausholm

Martin Stausholm was all in short with Ad10d in the hole from the big blind, and Min Zhang had him covered holding AcJs on the cutoff.

The final board read QhJh7s5c3c, and Stausholm was eliminated in fifth place for a payout worth $121,300. Zhang stacked up 2,865,000 after collecting the pot.

Min Zhang – 2,865,000 (71 bb)
Martin Stausholm – Eliminated in 5th Place ($121,300)

Event 69: David Coleman – 6th Place ($91,100)

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $2,000,700 | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 81

David Coleman

David Coleman was all in preflop for 440,000 with Ac8c in the hole under the gun, and Brandon Wilson had him covered holding pocket queens on the small blind.

The final board read AdKhQh4h8d, and Coleman was eliminated in sixth place for a payout of $91,100. Wilson stacked up 2.43 million after collecting the pot.

Brandon Wilson – 2,430,000 (60 bb)
David Coleman – Eliminated in 6th Place ($91,100)

Event 69: Chip Count and Results Update

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $2,000,700 | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 81

Chance Kornuth

Here is a look at the updated chip counts for the high roller event after the most recent break.

Seat 1:  Martin Stausholm  –  270,000  (6 bb)
Seat 2:  David Coleman  –  505,000  (12 bb)
Seat 5:  Brandon Wittmeyer  –  1,530,000  (38 bb)
Seat 7:  Min Zhang  –  1,480,000  (37 bb)
Seat 8:  Sergio Aido  – 2,860,000  (71 bb)
Seat 9:  Brandon Wilson  –  1,325,000  (33 bb)

1st:  $601,800 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $420,400
3rd:  $265,200
4th:  $181,100
5th:  $121,300
6th:  $91,100

7th:  Chance Kornuth – $74,300
8th:  Martin Carnero – $65,200
9th:  Jim Collopy – $62,100
10th:  Manuel Fritz  –  $60,100
11th:  Vincent Cafone  –  $58,100

Event 69: Martin Carnero – 8th Place ($65,200)

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $2,000,700 | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  20,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 81

Martin Carnero

Martin Carnero was all in for 315,000 with AhJd in the hole from the small blind; and both Martin Stausholm (AcJh on the hijack), and Brandon Wittmeyer (pocket kings on the big blind).

The final board read Qc3c2h2s5h, and Carnero was eliminated in eighth place for a payout worth $65,200. Wittmeyer held 1.15 million after collecting the pot, and Stausholm was at 470,000 after the hand.

Brandon Wittmeyer – 1,150,000 (38 bb)
Martin Stausholm – 470,000 (15 bb)
Martin Carnero – Eliminated in 8th Place ($65,200)