Event 49: Prize Pool and Payouts with $246,125 Up Top

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

Registration closed for the popular $5,000 Eight-Max tournament to end the series and it attracted 232 entries to blast the $500,000 guarantee. This is the second-biggest field for this tournament with last year’s version the only one bigger.

2021 Showdown – 287 entries
2022 Showdown – 232 entries
2022 LHPO – 182 entries
2021 RRPO – 167 entries
2021 LHPO – 134 entries

They created a prize pool worth $1,102,000 and the last 29 players will take home some money on the last day of the series. They will earn $11,000 for a min-cash and the Event 49 winner will bank $246,125.

1st: $246,125 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $171,825
3rd: $110,955
4th: $71,800
5th: $53,000
6th: $43,970
7th: $37,465
8th: 431,200
9th-10th: $25,975
11th-12th: $22,680
13th-14th: $19,450
15th-16th: $16,825
17th-20th: $14,800
21st-24th: $12,900
25th-29th: $11,000