$360 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 10,000/20,000
Players Remaining: 2 of 102
German Gomez raised the pot from the button, David Prociak reraised from the small blind and Gomez called all in for about 90,000.
Gomez: 
Prociak: 
The board came down 
, no help to Gomez, ending his tournament in third place.
David Prociak – 990,000
Chris Kostoulas – 254,000
German Gomez – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($3,519)
$360 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 22: 10,000/20,000
Players Remaining: 3 of 102
David Prociak – 824,000
Chris Kostoulas – 244,000
German Gomez – 156,000
Payouts:
1st: $9,331 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $5,738
3rd: $3,519
4th: Luis Torres – $2,295
5th: Joe Bob Locke – $1,790
6th: Harry Thomas Jr. – $1,431
7th: Patrick Heneghan – $1,216
8th: Karim Merali – $1,056
9th: Gabriel Ramos – $933
10th: Charles Gomez – $842
11th: Facundo Lambre – $842
12th: Samuel Charnis – $842
13th: Donovan Walker – $765
$360 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 8,000/16,000
Players Remaining: 3 of 102
Luis Torres limped in first to act, Chris Kostoulas limped from the button and David Prociak raised the pot from the small blind. Torres was the lone caller.
The flop was 
, Prociak bet the pot and Torres called all in for 123,000.
Prociak: 
Torres:
Torres had a lot of outs, but found no help from the 
turn and 
river, ending his tournament in fourth place.
David Prociak – 824,000
Luis Torres – Eliminated in 4th Place ($2,295)
$360 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 8,000/16,000
Players Remaining: 4 of 102
Joe Bob Locke (pictured, right) was all in from the big blind for about 87,000 with 
against David Prociak on the button with 
.
The board ran out 
, not enough help to Locke, ending his tournament in fifth place.
David Prociak – 675,000
Joe Bob Locke – Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,790)
$360 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 8,000/16,000
Players Remaining: 5 of 102
Harry Thomas Jr. raised to 35,000 from the cutoff, David Prociak called from the button and Joe Bob Locke three-bet all in from the big blind for 58,000. Both Thomas Jr. and Prociak called.
The flop came down 
, Thomas Jr. shoved for 97,000 and Prociak thought for a bit before he called.
Thomas Jr.: 
Prociak: 
Locke: 
Thomas Jr. led with queens, but there was a long way to go.
The 
turn gave Locke a ten-high straight, and the 
river gave Prociak the same straight.
Locke and Prociak chopped the main pot, while Prociak eliminated Thomas Jr. in the side pot.
David Prociak – 545,000
Joe Bob Locke – 87,000
Harry Thomas Jr. – Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,431)
$360 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 6,000/12,000
Players Remaining: 6 of 102
Patrick Heneghan raised the pot to 42,000 from the button, David Prociak reraised the pot from the big blind and Heneghan called all in for about 75,000.
Heneghan: 
Prociak:
The flop fell 
, giving Prociak the lead with a pair of jacks.
The turn was the , giving Heneghan a queen-high straight to pull ahead.
The river was the , giving Prociak a flush to eliminate Heneghan.
David Prociak – 415,000
Patrick Heneghan – Eliminated in 7th Place ($1,216)
$360 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000
Players Remaining: 7 of 102
Following a flop of with 120,000 in the pot, Karim Merali checked from the big blind and David Prociak bet effectively, 43,000 from under the gun. Merali called all in.
Merali: 
Prociak:
Prociak led with a pair of sevens and further improved with the turn and river to sevens and threes to eliminate Merali.
David Prociak – 285,000
Karim Merali – Eliminated in 8th Place (1,056)
$150 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 145 of 543
Registration closed on the massive Big Stack No Limit tournament and Event 10 drew 543 entries to crush the $30,000 Guarantee. The combined to put $65,160 in the prize pool and the last 68 players will share in the spoils.
A min-cash will walk away with $180 while the Event 10 champion will earn $12,544 along with the Showdown trophy and $3,500 seat into the $3,000,000 Guarantee WPT Poker Showdown Championship.
2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 10
$150 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 543
Prize Pool: $65,160
April 8, 2019
1st: $12,544 + $3,500 Championship seat
2nd: $8,802
3rd: $5,660
4th: $3,980
5th: $3,056
6th: $2,523
7th: $2,097
8th: $1,674
9th: $1,256
10th-12th: $1,043
13th-15th: $837
16th-18th: $701
19th-21st: $592
22nd-24th: $494
25th-27th: $424
28th-36th: $359
37th-45th: $310
46th-54th: $264
55th-63rd: $222
64th-68th: $180
$360 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000
Players Remaining: 8 of 102
In a four-way limped pot the flop comes down 
.
David Prociak checked from the small blind, German Gomez checked from the big blind, Joe Bob Locke checked from under the gun and Chris Kostoula bet 22,000 from middle position.
Prociak folded, Gomes check-raised all in for 26,000, Locke folded and Kostoula called.
Gomez: 
Kostoula:
Kostoula was in the lead and held up through the turn, but the river was the to give Gomez a seven-high straight to double up.
German Gomez – 84,000
Chris Kostoula – 124,000
2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 1
$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 2,958
Prize Pool: $1,479,000
April 4-8, 2019
Event 1 of the 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown pulled in a huge crowd to start the series. Nearly 3,000 entries joined and it took an extra day for Nick Ahamdi to earn the title, his first win after several close calls.
Ahmadi has a half dozen final table appearance, including last summer in the SHRPO Black Chip Bounty, and broke through this evening to take the title along with more than $200,000.
The tournament featured six starting flights and a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. The 2,958 entries combined to push the prize pool up to $1,479,000 with the last 300 spots set to earn some cash.
Of those starting entries, we saw 423 return for Day 2 on Sunday and they quickly made it into the money before the first break. By the time Day 2 was complete, we had our final table ten set and SHRP regular Jeff Kessler was at the front of the pack.
It took a while to get some action on the extra day but soon four players would be sent to the rail in the first two levels. Gavin O’Rourke, Habib Jahangard, WSOP bracelet winner Arkadiy Tsinis, and Mohammed Tarkmani went out in quick succession and there was a brief discussion on ending the tournament right there with a deal.
But talks fell through, Ryan McKnight hit the rail soon after and Nathan Lee made a shocking exit. He was second in chips behind Kessler when the two mixed it up in the biggest pot of the tournament. After Lee and Allan Bieler were eliminated, Kessler had 70% of the chips in play at the three-handed table.
That’s where the good news ended for Kessler, former RRPO Seniors Event champion, as he sent doubles to both Ahmadi and Robert Pollmeier. He would fall out in third place to leave Ahmadi and Pollmeier heads-up with nearly identical stacks.
They counted them down, Ahmadi had a slight lead, and they decided to chop up the remaining prize pool down the middle. Each took home $209,977 while Ahmadi was crowned the Event 1 champion.
Final table results:
1st: Nick Ahmadi – $209,977 + Showdown trophy *
2nd: Robert Pollmeier – $209,977
3rd: Jeff Kessler – $108,780
4th: Allan Bieler – $91,328
5th: Nathan Lee – $74,320
6th: Ryan McKnight – $58,421
7th: Mohammed Tarkmani – $42,891
8th: Arkadiy Tsinis – $28,841
9th: Habib Jahangard – $20,706
10th: Gavin O’Rourke – $13,311
* – Denotes results of heads-up deal