2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 49
$5,000 Eight-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 232
Prize Pool: $1,102,000
April 12, 2022
Event 49 of the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was the $5,000 Eight-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), the usual big buy-in event on the last day of the series. A field of 232 entries was the second-largest for this event, behind only the 2021 Showdown’s 287. The guarantee was more than doubled with a prize pool of $1,102,000.
Winning the tournament outright was Brandon Lulov for $246,125.
Lulov overcame a nearly 10:1 chip disadvantage to Matt Berkey, doubling up three times in about 15 minutes to take the lead before ultimately taking it down.
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brandon | Lulov | $246,125 |
| 2 | Matt | Berkey | $171,825 |
| 3 | Nir | Cohen | $110,955 |
| 4 | David | Coleman | $71,800 |
| 5 | Nick | Schulman | $53,000 |
| 6 | Rodney | Turvin | $43,970 |
| 7 | Alexandre | Vuilleumier | $37,465 |
| 8 | T.K. | Miles | $31,200 |
| 9 | Erik | Seidel | $25,975 |
| 10 | George | Wolff | $25,975 |
| 11 | Nitis | Udornpim | $22,680 |
| 12 | Michael | Rossitto | $22,680 |
| 13 | Duff | Charette | $19,450 |
| 14 | Ema | Zajmovic | $19,450 |
| 15 | Damien | Wilkinson | $16,825 |
| 16 | Daniel | Corbett | $16,825 |
| 17 | Brek | Schutten | $14,800 |
| 18 | Richard | Rice | $14,800 |
| 19 | Ian | O'Hara | $14,800 |
| 20 | Tony | Dunst | $14,800 |
| 21 | Jake | Schwartz | $12,900 |
| 22 | Raul | Martinez Gallego | $12,900 |
| 23 | Salim | Admon | $12,900 |
| 24 | Geneva | Pinney | $12,900 |
| 25 | Amarender | Sartaj Puri | $11,000 |
| 26 | Carlos | Chadha-Villamarin | $11,000 |
| 27 | Rajiv | Maragh | $11,000 |
| 28 | Taylor | von Kriegenbergh | $11,000 |
| 29 | Kristen | Bicknell | $11,000 |