Event 5: Final Table Lineup

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$25,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 409

Two eliminations occurred just about simultaneously on the final table bubble, leaving a final table of seven players.

Here is the lineup:

Seat 1: Steve Zhang – 1,650,000 (55 bb)
Seat 2: Greg O’Neil – 1,975,000 (66 bb)
Seat 3: Allen Hyre – 1,200,000 (40 bb)
Seat 4: Paul Robbins – 1,100,000 (37 bb)
Seat 5: Michael Renna – 830,000 (28 bb)
Seat 6: Hyndi Khomutetsky – 1,550,000 (52bb)
Seat 7: Yaymel Bodes – 570,000 (19 bb)

Remaining Payouts
1st: $28,035 + Trophy
2nd: $19,640
3rd: $12,626
4th: $8,433
5th: $6,488
6th: $5,378
7th: $4,515

Event 1: Toni Bosch Eliminated in 17th Place by Matt Ploof

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30: 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 3,902

A series of raises between Toni Bosch in the cutoff and Matt Ploof in the small blind resulted in Bosch all in for about 3,600,000 with 10c10s against Ploof’s AdAs.

The board came down Ac3hJdJh10d, giving Ploof aces full of jacks to eliminate Bosch in 17th place.

Matt Ploof – 7,800,000 (62 bb)
Toni Bosch – Eliminated in 17th Place ($10,025)

Recent Eliminations
18th: Aaron Valencia – $10,025

Event 1: Andrew Heckman Keeps Adding

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30: 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 3,902

Keith Romanovitz opened from middle position, Andrew Heckman three-bet to 850,000 from the button, Romanovitz four-bet all in for about 2,400,000 and Heckman called with AsAh, dominating Romanovitz’s AdQc.

The board ran out 3h4hKsJdJh, safe for Heckman to score the elimination.

Andrew Heckman – 16,800,000 (134 bb)
Keith Romanovitz – Eliminated in 19th Place ($10,025)

Others eliminated in the past 10 minutes or so include Ryan Wilmott, Ory Hen, Jerry Brown, Austin Reilly and William Leffingwell.

Event 1: Final Three Tables

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 3,902

Table 17
Seat 1: Michael Casson – 2,200,000 (22 bb)
Seat 2: Jesse Lonis – 2,600,000 (26 bb)
Seat 3: Keith Romanovitz – 1,350,000 (14 bb)
Seat 4: Shai Arbel – 5,400,000 (54 bb)
Seat 5: Austin Reilly – 4,600,000 (46 bb)
Seat 6: William Leffingwell – 1,800,000 (18 bb)
Seat 7: Andrew Heckman – 13,400,000 (134 bb)
Seat 8: William Underdown – 2,300,000 (23 bb)

Table 18
Seat 1: Aleksandr Denisov – 2,600,000 (26 bb)
Seat 2: Aaron Valencia – 1,000,000 (10 bb)
Seat 3: Shane Raikes – 3,500,000 (35 bb)
Seat 4: Toni Bosch – 4,000,000 (40 bb)
Seat 5: Ryan Wilmott – 1,700,000 (17 bb)
Seat 6: Michael Shangguan – 2,900,000 (29 bb)
Seat 7: Matt Ploof – 2,600,000 (26 bb)
Seat 8: Gil Levy – 3,050,000 (31 bb)

Table 19
Seat 1: Jake Schwartz – 3,000,000 (30 bb)
Seat 2: Evan Sandberg – 4,300,000 (43 bb)
Seat 3: Eric Siegel – 2,750,000 (28 bb)
Seat 4: Steven Steinmetz – 1,300,000 (13 bb)
Seat 5: Ory Hen – 1,200,000 (12 bb)
Seat 6: Jose Montes – 3,300,000 (33 bb)
Seat 7: Perla Ojeda – 3,600,000 (36 bb)
Seat 8: Jerry Brown – 1,200,000 (12 bb)

Remaining Payouts
1st: $306,285 + Trophy
2nd: $215,800
3rd: $158,400
4th: $122,700
5th: $92,250
6th: $67,700
7th: $49,060
8th-9th: $35,350
10th: $26,975
11th-12th: $20,300
13th-14th: $15,500
15th-16th: $12,500
17th-20th: $10,025
21st-24th: $8,000

Event 1: Shai Arbel Takes Down James Burns

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 25 of 3,902

Shai Arbel

Shai Arbel (pictured) raised to 250,000 from the cutoff, James Burns three-bet all in from the small blind for about 800,000 and Arbel called.

Arbel: 10s10d
Burns: KhQc

The board came down 6d7dJc9h7h, no help to Burns, locking up the pot for Arbel.

Shai Arbel  5,100,000 (51 bb)
James Burns – Eliminated in 26th Place ($6,400)

Event 1: Sean O’Brien Eliminated by Andrew Heckman

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 29 of 3,902

Sean O’Brien raised all in from the button for about 1,350,000 and Andrew Heckman called from the big blind.

O’Brien: 7h7d
Heckman: AcKh

The board ran out 3h9c8h5sKc, giving Heckman a pair of kings on the river to eliminate O’Brien and add to Heckman’s sizable chip lead. He now has more than 17% of the chips in play with 29 players left.

Andrew Heckman – 13,500,000 (135 bb)
Sean O’Brien – Eliminated in 30th Place ($6,400)

Event 1: Jesse Lonis Gets There Against Fikret Kovac

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 30 of 3,902

Jesse Lonis
Jesse Lonis in the 2021 WPT LHPO Championship

Jesse Lonis (pictured) raised all in from the button for about 1,400,000 and Fikret Kovac called all in from the small blind for 1,275,000 with KhKs, leading Lonis’ AhJh.

The board ran out 4d9s5hAc8c, giving Lonis a pair of aces on the turn to eliminate Kovac.

Jesse Lonis – 2,800,000 (37 bb)
Fikret Kovac – Eliminated in 31st Place ($6,400)

Event 1: Chip Leaders

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 37 of 3,902

Shortly after the players returned from break to begin Level 28, Andrew Heckman added another 2.5 million to his stack.

In a hand against Ricardo Eyzaguirre, Heckman flopped the nut straight and check-called bets the entire way, culminating in a river bluff shove from Eyzaguirre that Heckman picked off.

Andrew Heckman – 11,000,000 (110 bb)
Toni Bosch – 4,275,000 (57 bb)
Evan Sandberg – 4,100,000 (55 bb)
Shane Raikes – 3,700,000 (49 bb)
Shai Arbel – 3,575,000 (47 bb)
Jose Montes – 3,400,000 (45 bb)

Event 1: Andrew Heckman Has More Than 10% of the Chips in Play

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 37 of 3,902

Andrew Heckman

Picking up the action on the turn of a 3h10c4h9c board with about 450,000 in the pot, Sean O’Brien checked from the small blind and Andrew Heckman bet 225,000 from the big blind.

Ricardo Eyzaguirre raised to 645,000 from under the gun, Salvatore Sollecito called from the cutoff and O’Brien folded. Heckman reraised to 1,725,000, Eyzaguirre folded and Sollecito called to swell the pot to about 4.5 million (75 big blinds).

The river was the 10s, Heckman shoved for effectively 750,000 and Sollecito tanked for a bit before he open folded Ah9h.

Heckman showed As as he collected the pot.

Andrew Heckman – 8,350,000 (139 bb)
Ricardo Eyzaguirre – 2,700,000 (45 bb)
Sean O’Brien – 1,850,000 (31 bb)
Salvatore Sollecito – 750,000 (12 bb)

Event 6: Prize Pool and Payouts

2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 6
$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 446
Prize Pool:  $432,620
April 18-19, 2021

Event 6 of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown drew 446 entries and generated a prize pool of $432,620, more than quintupling the guarantee.

It is a two-day event, with Day 1 scheduled to end at about 1:10 a.m.

1st: $86,490 + Trophy
2nd: $57,640
3rd: $42,565
4th: $31,770
5th: $23,960
6th: $18,270
7th: $14,080
8th-9th: $9,810
10th-12th: $7,475
13th-14th: $5,555
15th-16th: $4,525
17th-20th: $3,735
21st-24th: $3,115
25th-32nd: $2,630
33rd-40th: $2,250
41st-48th: $1,945
49th-56th: $1,705