$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 384

Level 26 comes to an end, and the players take a 40-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 6:57 pm EDT. Here are the official chip counts:

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Jessica Cai  –  1,825,000  (9 bb)
Seat 2.  Tanupat Punjarojanakul  –  2,375,000  (12 bb)
Seat 3.  Sean Byars  –  2,950,000  (15 bb)
Seat 4.  Juan Mubarak  –  3,675,000  (18 bb)
Seat 5.  Wayne Leonard  –  2,100,000  (11 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Chad Roedersheimer  –  4,175,000  (21 bb)
Seat 2.  Anibal Pabon  –  4,625,000  (23 bb)
Seat 3.  Steve Blackmon  –  2,475,000  (12 bb)
Seat 4.  Dessiree Bennett  –  4,950,000  (25 bb)
Seat 5.  Samuel Kim  –  5,225,000  (26 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake, followed by the recent eliminations:

1st:  $70,500 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $48,000
3rd:  $35,500
4th:  $26,500
5th:  $20,100
6th:  $15,400
7th:  $11,800
8th:  $9,200
9th-10th:  $7,200

11th:  Chris Da-Silva  –  $6,200
12th:  Nancy Birnbaum  –  $6,200

13th:  James Wiley  –  $5,200
14th:  Kevin MacDonald  –  $5,200
15th:  Sebastian Toro Henao  –  $5,200

16th:  Marcus Stein  –  $4,360
17th:  Brent Hoover  –  $4,360

With 10 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 3,850,000 (19 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,200 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  80,000/160,000 with a 160,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 384

After a flop of , Chris Da-Silva checked from the small blind, Anibal Pabon bet 325,000 from the button, and Da-Silva check-raised to 1,405,000, leaving himself just 160K behind.

Pabon three-bet all in, and Da-Silva waited for a hand to finish on the other table before calling all in for 1,565,000 with for a pair of jacks. But Pabon turned over for a pair of jacks with a higher kicker, and Da-Silva needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Pabon won the pot with two pair, queens and jacks, to eliminate Da-Silva in 11th place.

Anibal Pabon  –  5,200,000  (33 bb)
Chris Da-Silva  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($6,200)

With 10 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 3,840,000 (24 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,200 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  80,000/160,000 with a 160,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 384

Chad Roedersheimer moved all in from the cutoff, and Nancy Birnbaum called all in from the button for about 665,000 with .

Roedersheimer turned over , and Birnbaum needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Birnbaum paired her nine on the river, but it wasn’t enough. Roedersheimer won the pot with his pocket jacks to eliminate Birnbaum in 12th place.

Chad Roedersheimer  –  6,270,000  (39 bb)
Nancy Birnbaum  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($6,200)

With 11 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 3,490,000 (22 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,200 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  80,000/160,000 with a 160,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 384

James Wiley was just knocked out in 13th place by Samuel Kim on a final board of .

Wiley had for a flopped two pair, but Kim had for a spade flush on the turn to win the pot. Wiley was eliminated in 13th place.

Samuel Kim  –  10,300,000  (64 bb)
James Wiley  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  ($5,200)

With 12 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 3,200,000 (20 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,200 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 384

Chris Da-Silva completed the small blind for 120,000, Steve Blackmon moved all in from the big blind for 670,000, and Da-Silva thought for a while before he called with .

Blackmon turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Blackmon won the pot with his ace to double up in chips.

Steve Blackmon  –  1,460,000  (12 bb)
Chris Da-Silva  –  1,780,000  (15 bb)

With 13 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 2,955,000 (25 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,200 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 384

Kevin MacDonald moved all in under the gun for about 325,000, and Sean Byars called from the big blind with . MacDonald turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Byars won the pot with a flopped set of jacks to eliminate MacDonald in 14th place.

Sean Byars  –  2,750,000  (23 bb)
Kevin MacDonald  –  Eliminated in 14th Place  ($5,200)

With 13 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 2,955,000 (25 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,200 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 384

The field is now down to 15 players, after we lost Marcus Stein in 16th place.

Marcus Stein  –  Eliminated in 16th Place  ($4,360)

A short while later, Samuel Kim raised from the hijack to 275,000, Sebastian Toro Henao moved all in from the big blind with a short stack, and Kim called with .

Henao turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket kings held up for Kim to win the pot and eliminate Henao in 15th place.

Samuel Kim  –  4,400,000  (37 bb)
Sebastian Toro Henao  –  Eliminated in 15th Place  ($5,200)

With 14 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 2,745,000 (23 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,200 each.

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 21
$400 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  103
Prize Pool:  $33,475
March 25, 2025

Registration closed for the $400 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha tournament with 103 entries creating a prize pool worth $33,475. The last 13 places will be paid with $875 for a min-cash and $10,210 to the Event 21 champ.

1st: $10,210 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $6,275
3rd: $3,850
4th: $2,510
5th: $1,960
6th: $1,565
7th: $1,330
8th: $1,155
9th: $1,020
10th-11th: $925
12th-13th: $875

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 384

Chad Roedersheimer raised from the cutoff to 210,000, and Juan Mubarak called from the big blind.

Mubarak checked in the dark before the flop came , and Roedersheimer checked behind.

The turn card was the , Mubarak bet 310,000, Roedersheimer moved all in, and Mubarak called all in for 2,115,000 with for a set of fours. Roedersheimer turned over for a pair of jacks, and he is drawing dead.

The meaningless river card was the , and Mubarak won the pot with his set of fours to double up in chips.

Juan Mubarak  –  4,800,000  (48 bb)
Chad Roedersheimer  –  4,075,000  (41 bb)

With 16 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 2,400,000 (24 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $4,360 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 384

With only two short stacks behind, Tanupat Punjarojanakul moved all in from the button, and Kevin MacDonald called all in from the big blind for 825,000 with .

Punjarojanakul turned over , and MacDonald needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and MacDonald paired his jack on the flop and won the pot with two pair to double up in chips.

Kevin MacDonald  –  1,800,000  (18 bb)
Tanupat Punjarojanakul  –  2,835,000  (28 bb)

With 16 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 2,400,000 (24 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $4,360 each.