Dorian Rios Wins Event 14 of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown After Five-Way Deal

2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 14
$600 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Freeze-Out)
Entries: 228
Prize Pool: $119,700
April 20, 2021

2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 14 Champion Dorian Rios

Event 14 of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $600 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Freeze-Out). A field of 228 players generated a prize pool of $119,700.

The speedy tournament wrapped up in about eight hours when a deal between the final five players was reached. Dorian Rios, who began the final table as the chip leader, was still on top at the time of the deal and was the official winner of Event 14 for $17,984.

The Venezuelan professional is well accomplished on the poker felt, with more than $1.35 million in career tournament earnings according to the Hendon Mob database, including a second-place finish at the 2016 World Series of Poker in the $1,500 Monster Stack for nearly $700,000.

His win today marked his fifth cash at the Seminole Hard Rock.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1DorianRios$17,984*
2AndrewBrinkley$15,673*
3KennethBarkoff$14,885*
4ChristopherOrtiz$14,626*
5JasonJohnson$12,992*
6JosephDuchman$5,695
7DavidNowling$4,395
8MikeBeasley$3,085
9Unclaimed$3,085
10GalYifrach$2,365
11IgorKorkhin$2,365
12TommyTran$2,365
13AaronKupin$1,785
14JamesMiller$1,785
15CheangYoo$1,475
16BlairHinkle$1,475
17DominiqueTerzian$1,235
18WilliamBlais$1,235
19AndriyKovalchuk$1,235
20RaymondRife$1,235
21MihaiManole$1,050
22LachezarPetkov$1,050
23ToddIvens$1,050
24GilLevy$1,050
25ArthurMillington$905
26MarcusEl Huaick$905
27MatthewCosentino$905
28MatthewZarcadoolas$905
29TrayBarnard$905

*denotes five-way deal