2018 Deep Stack Series

Event 1 Flight A: Kicking off the Deep Stack Series

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$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

The calendar is rolling towards the summer months which means it’s time for the May Deep Stack Poker Series to lead us into Memorial Day weekend. But that is more than a week away and we have seven nice tournaments between now and then.

We’re kicking off the series with one of three multi-day tournaments. Event 1 has a $350 buy-in with a $150,000 guaranteed prize pool and three starting flights. The stacks are 30,000 deep and the slow structure runs 40-minute levels throughout the opening flights.

Also, the entire series will feature the “BB ante” format that has become so popular. It speeds up the game and makes it more enjoyable for all. If you have any questions about the procedure and how it works, feel free to stop into the poker room and talk with a floor supervisor, they will answer all.

Flight A is scheduled to play 15 full levels into the evening, with a dinner break around 5:30pm, and survivors will bag up for a Day 2 return on Sunday.

Cards go in the air at 11am and we will be here from start to finish.

  • $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 30,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 40 minutes
  • Levels 16-25 last 60 minutes; Levels 26+ last 90 minutes
  • Late registration available until start of Day 2
  • Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
  • $1,650 Event 4 seat added to 1st place
  • Final ten players receive $560 Event 3 seat
  • Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
  • Event 1 Structure Sheet
2018 Deep Stack Series

Deep Stack Day 1 Schedule

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Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1A – $350 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 30,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 40 minutes
  • Levels 16-25 last 60 minutes; Levels 26+ last 90 minutes
  • Late registration available until start of Day 2
  • Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
  • $1,650 Event 4 seat added to 1st place
  • Final ten players receive $560 Event 3 seat
  • Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
  • Event 1 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

6PM: $140 Multi-Event Satellite (1-in-10)

  • 4 packages guaranteed
  • Package: $350 Event 1 seat; $560 Event 3 seat; $330 in cash
  • Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Satellite Structure Sheet

Players are encouraged to park in Seminole Way Garage for easy, covered access to the tournament area and poker room
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2018 Deep Stack Series

2018 Deep Stack Series Schedule

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EventDateTimeBuy-InDescriptionDetails
1AThursday, May 17, 201811AM$350Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) Day 1A - $150,000 GTDResults
1BFriday, May 18, 201811AM$350Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) Day 1B - $150,000 GTD--
1CSaturday, May 19, 201811AM$350Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) Day 1C - $150,000 GTD--
1Sunday, May 20, 201812PMDay 2Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $150,000 GTD--
2Sunday, May 20, 20186PM$150Deep Stack Turbo No Limit Hold'em - $10,000 GTDResults
3AMonday, May 21, 201811AM$560Deeper Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) Day 1A- $150,000 GTDResults
3BTuesday, May 22, 201811AM$560Deeper Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) Day 1B - $150,000 GTD--
3Wednesday, May 23, 201812PMDay 2Deeper Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $150,000 GTD--
4AThursday, May 24, 201811AM$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) Day 1A - $300,000 GTDResults
4BFriday, May 25, 201811AM$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) Day 1B - $300,000 GTD--
4CSaturday, May 26, 201811AM$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) Day 1C - $300,000 GTD--
4Sunday, May 27, 201812PMDay 2Deepest Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $300,000 GTD--
5Saturday, May 26, 20186PM$150Deep Stack Turbo No Limit Hold'em - $10,000 GTDResults
6Sunday, May 27, 20186PM$150Deep Stack Turbo No Limit Hold'em - $10,000 GTDResults
7Monday, May 28, 201811AM$250Holiday Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em - $30,000 GTD - $5,250 SHRPO Seat Added to 1stResults
Poker Room

May Big Stack Special: Ronald Young Wins in 10-Way Chop

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2018 May Big Stack Special
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 1,334
Prize Pool: $133,400
May 9-12, 2018

FINISHNAMEPRIZE
1stRONALD YOUNG$12,903 + $1,650 Seat
2ndSTEVE OLIVIER$11,375
3rdPIERROT MASSENAT$10,767
4thJOSHUA MILRAD$10,502
5thCHARLEMAGNE BENJAMIN JR.$10,388
6thDAVID NATHANIEL JR.$10,245
7thMICHAEL NEWMAN$7,978
8thSETH GILSON$6,785
9thRANCETT MORELL$6,652
10thMICHAEL BONSIGNORE$5,838
11thMATTHEW BRETZFIELD$1,307
12thMILTON MIRANDA JR.$1,307
13thTAMARA GOLDSHTEYN$1,041
14thPAUL BALZANO$1,041
15thTIMOTHY COAN$1,041
16thCESAR MENDEZ$880
17thERIC KOLODNY$880
18thLONI HARWOOD$880
19thFERNANDO HALAC$747
20thANTONIO FERNANDEZ$747
21stNORAM ZAPCZYNSKI$747
22ndRONALD CAMPILLO$747
23rdKEVIN CHAN$747
24thCARLOS CALVEIRO$747
25thNOE ACOSTA$747
26thCARLOS GUERRERO$747
27thALVARO JIRAU RAMOS$747
28thMIGUEL MCKENZIE$640
29thSTEVEN MORENO$640
30thJAIME WIEGREFE$640
31stJOSHUA DUVDIVANI$640
32ndPERRY SHIAO$640
33rdVONTZ BURKE$640
34thANGELO INGHAM$640
35thSERGIO ALVES$640
36thROBERTO MALDONADO$640
37thJOSE PARRA$534
38thTIMOTHY HARTMANN$534
39thHEDVA KENAN$534
40thNISSIM GOZLAN$534
41stMICHAEL CORBETT$534
42ndLOUIS LEO IV$534
43rdSHENDALE GOLDSTEIN$534
44thHENRY MILLER$534
45thJOHN MAGNETTA$534
46thJOSE GARCIA$467
47thMICHAEL GULLIFORD$467
48thMICHAEL GARCELL$467
49thMARC SACHELI$467
50thIRWIN COHEN$467
51stKEVIN CURRAN$467
52ndDONALD EVERAGE JR$467
53rdROBERTO SCHMEDA$467
54thJAMES SCOTT$467
55thROBERT CHUSID$414
56thJOSEPH OLMINO$414
57thCHAD FIELD$414
58thHOA LAN G$414
59thDANIEL LINARES$414
60thPAUL SMERDON$414
61stJUAN PERALTA$414
62ndENGELBERTH VARELA MORENO$414
63rdVICTOR CARRERA$414
64thVIKRAM GHAI$374
65thDOMINIC COSTANZO$374
66thRYAN RACKLEFF$374
67thRAFAEL RAMOS$374
68thRICARCO DIRA JR$374
69thHENRY MORAN$374
70thDESMOND MACAULEY$374
71stETHAN KAPLAN$374
72ndROBERT SAUNDERS$374
73rdPHILIP CONSOLO$334
74thROBERT MCMANUS$334
75thROBERT KRANTZ$334
76thCURRY BURNS$334
77thCHRISTOPHER ADAMS$334
78thJORGE AMESTOY$334
79thALEX COHEN$334
80thIMAN DAN A$334
81stDONALD WILLIAMS$334

Poker Room

Big Stack Special: Final Results; Stuart Greenbaum Wins in 10-Way Chop

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2018 Big Stack Special
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 1,290
Prize Pool: $129,000
April 25-29, 2018

FINISHFIRST NAMELAST NAMEPRIZE
1stSTUARTGREENBAUM$16,430
2ndJOSEAVILA$13,768
3rdJORGEGOMEZ$12,494
4thLEONTOLEDO$10,887
5thERROLROSEN$7,701
6thONEILMCCALLA$7,139
7thDEVAUGHNSMITH$5,980
8thSHEIKHAKHTER$5,980
9thENRIQUEPERLA$5,696
10thBRIANVASQUEZ LAGOS$4,289
11thALDRINGGOMEZ$1,264
12thJOSEPHGOTLIEB$1,264
13thMARLONRAMOS$1,006
14thMARKBEDFORD$1,006
15thALBERTONIEBLA$1,006
16thLEONARDOMARQUEZ$851
17thMICHAELSCHEINBERG$851
18thRICHARDDAVIS$851
19thCOLBYCOVINGTON$722
20thKEVINNOVORRO$722
21stJULIETHEGEDUS$722
22ndGILNACHUM$722
23rdGABRIELSIERRA$722
24thJOHNNGUYEN$722
25thELIASNASSIF$722
26thRONALDSALAMANCA$722
27thDAVIDZIONTS$722
28thMARCOPULGAR$619
29thCARLOSGARCIA$619
30thMICHAELBONSIGNORE$619
31stBRIANAPPELL$619
32ndKEVINMURPHY$619
33rdCHRISTOPHERNELSON$619
34thATEFNASSALL$619
35thHERMESANDINO$619
36thFREDERICODABUS$619
37thDOMINICCAPINO$516
38thDOMINICCOSTANZO$516
39thALANPERCAL$516
40thSATHWICKNARAYAN$516
41stELNATANAMINOV$516
42ndDAVIDMORENO$516
43rdJOSESILVA$516
44thJERROLDSOLOV$516
45thMOSESMORALES$516
46thSEBASTIANGALLEGO$452
47thROBERTWOMACK$452
48thVINCENTGUERRA$452
49thRAYMONDWINTERS$452
50thVITASDIKTANAS$452
51stSCOTTSTRICKLAND$452
52ndGARYBLAIS$452
53rdNACHUMLUMELSKI$452
54thMICHAELJOHNSON$452
55thGONZALOROJAS$400
56thANNADIKKER$400
57thJACOBBOLING$400
58thTIMSHANE$400
59thSUNNYMILLER$400
60thRYANWELSH$400
61stJUANPEREZ$400
62ndESTEBANGARCIA$400
63rdRINATHAVIV$400
64thSTEVENCOHEN$361
65thANTONIOCOLON$361
66thJULIORODRIGUEZ$361
67thNANCYNIETO$361
68thHECTORCHEVALIER$361
69thJOSEPHGONZALEZ$361
70thTRENTSMITH$361
71stDAVIDWARD$361
72ndDEVONWORKMAN$361
73rdDAVIDPRICE$323
74thBORJAIGLESIAS$323
75thNICHOLASNIETO$323
76thJUANFERRER$323
77thGARRICKYOUNG$323
78thYEHUDAHRODMAN$323
79thDONALDWILLIAMS$323
80thDONOVANWALKER$323
81stLEANNANDERSON$323
2018 Showdown Live Updates

That’s a Wrap; Another Successful Showdown Concludes

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2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown

The 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown concluded during the early morning hours of Thursday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Action kicked off April 5th and in the 14 days since 22 champions were anointed. A total of 17 winners carded six-figure scores — including four in the $570 buy-in opener — with Scott Margereson taking the cake as the WPT Poker Showdown Champion.

WPT Poker Showdown Championship Scott Margereson poses for a selfie with staff

Full results:

Next up at the Seminole Hard Rock is the property’s flagship series, the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. Action begins August 2nd and complete series details will be posted in the coming weeks.

Those looking for tournament play prior to then are encouraged to return to South Florida for the in-room Deep Stack Series beginning May 17th.

May Deep Stack Series Schedule

Thank you to everyone who played the Poker Showdown!

2018 Showdown Live Updates

UK’s Scott Margereson Wins WPT Poker Showdown Championship for $696K

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2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
$3,500 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 1,309
Prize Pool: $4,188,800
April 13-18, 2018

Scott Margereson, 2018 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Champion

Nearly two weeks of tournaments in the new Hard Rock Event Center led the way toward the headline event on the 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown schedule. The $3 Million Guarantee WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship started on April 13 and, after six days of play, the UK’s Scott Margereson defeated Faraz Jaka in a lengthy heads-up battled for the title and $696,640 win.

“I’ve run incredible this year,” Margereson said of his victory. “It feels a little ridiculous to win this much money, but it’s huge.”

The Championship was another huge success with the 1,309 entries making it the fifth biggest field in the World Poker Tour’s 16 years of operation. The great turnout pushed the prize pool to nearly $4.2 million by the time registration closed.

Those 1,309 entries were whittled down to 480 players returning for Day 2. They made the money late in the day with 164 spots taking home some cash. Former WSOP November Niner Joseph Cheong was the chip leader of the 81 players who advanced to Day 3.

That lead helped Cheong make it deep in Day 4 but he went out in 11th place, short of the final table. Margereson moved to the top of the counts late in the day but it was Brian Hasting holding the lead when only six players remained for the WPT televised final table.

Besides Hastings and Margereson, the final table lineup included two-time WPTDeepStacks champ Jeff Fielder, local favorite Joey Couden, popular pro Matt Stout, and former WPT Player of the Year Jaka.

The structure was slow and the 82 big blind average stack meant they had plenty of room to make their move at the final table and it was destined to be a long day.

Fielder was the first eliminated from the final table when his flush ran into a full house and Stout followed shortly after when his pockets tens lost to the quad queens of Jaka. Couden booked a $250,000 payout when he ran into Jaka’s king as the former WPT POY extended his lead.

After a long stretch of three-handed play, Hastings was eliminated by Margereson when he made a flush on the river. Margereson held nearly a three-to-one chip lead to begin heads-up play.

The two battled for nearly three hours before Margereson was able to eliminate his tough opponent. This was the second WPT runner-up finish for Jaka and he took home $454,496. Margereson earned $696,740 for his first WPT title and the biggest tournament cash of his career. In addition, he punched his ticket into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions set to take place next month in Las Vegas.

“When there were four left, we were all guaranteed huge sums of money,” Margereson said. “I try not to focus on it and I’m very, very fortunate to have won the poker tournament.”

“I ran really good all week and I feel like I played pretty good, too.”

Congratulations to Scott on the win and thank you to our players for another great Championship.

Final table results:

1st: Scott Margereson – $696,740*
2nd: Faraz Jaka – $454,496
3rd: Brian Hastings – $336,466
4th: Joey Couden – $251,523
5th: Matt Stout – $189,880
6th: Jeff Fielder – $144,775
* – Includes $15,000 WPT Tournament of Champions seat

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championsionship results

2018 Showdown Live Updates

James Scott Fulfills Premonition, Wins $150 No-Limit Hold’em in Heads-Up Deal

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2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 18
$150 No-Limit Hold’em 
Entries: 565
Prize Pool: $67,800
April 16-18, 2018

James Scott

James Scott dreamed about winning the $150 no-limit hold’em event, literally.

Shortly after the clock struck midnight and the calendar switched to Thursday, Scott made a deal with Manuel Jo and took credit for the win in the $150 no-limit hold’em. Scott earned $15,574 and defeated a field of 565 entries for his first live tournament win.

“It was great because I had a dream today,” said Scott. “I took a nap and I had a dream that I was heads-up and playing for the money. So, it’s unbelievable. It was very exciting.”

Scott came into the final table near the bottom of the chip counts. He took his time and waited for his spots to come up while several other players hit the rail.

It all fit into his strategy to fulfill a modest goal.

“My strategy was to come in fourth because I was so short stacked,” said Scott. “Then, I got that double up and then I got that triple up with the three jacks. So, that was fantastic.”

That was the turning point for Scott. He scored a triple up when he shoved the button with ace-jack, got called by Alfredo Fernandez in the small blind and Jo shoved over the top in the big blind. Fernandez folded and Scott was able to suck out with AcJc against Jo’s pocket queens.

That moved Scott from the short stack three-handed into the chip lead. He never relinquished his lead after that. After Jo eliminated Fernandez, the two agreed on an almost dead even chop, which left Scott with the trophy as the chip leader.

Scott is a local player from Fort Lauderdale. He lives a busy life as a business owner, a husband, a father and a grandfather.

He owns a jewelry store in North Miami, which was opened by his grandfather in 1949 and has been in business ever since. With so much on his plate, poker isn’t even close to the top of his priorities, but he makes time to play when some of the major series are in town.

“I try to play once a month,” said Scott. “Then, when they have the series, I play for two weeks straight.”

Scott’s win nearly puts a bow on the entire 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, with only the $3,500 WPT main event still running.

The top 36 players earned a payday and here are the results:

1st: James Scott – $14,574*
2nd: Manuel Jo – $14,573*
3rd: Alfredo Fernandez – $7,119
4th: Christopher Zito – $4,916
5th: Claudio Piedrabuena – $3,627
6th: Antonio Colon – $2,882
7th: George Navarro – $2,204
8th: Joaquin Sosa – $1,593
9th: Bob Tanner – $1,153
10th: Angelo Castaldi – $881
11th: Homero Molina – $881
12th: Daniel Saffer – $881
13th: Ariel Rosello Quintana – $712
14th: Jarrett Vaughn – $712
15th: Jay Klitzner – $712
16th: Larry Klur – $610
17th: Mitsuru Sano – $610
18th: Paul Nguyen – $610
19th: Eric Rivkin – $509
20th: Raymond Nalbandian – $509
21st: David Wyatt – $509
22nd: Elnatan Aminov – $509
23rd: David Jacobs – $509
24th: Thomas Kornechuk – $509
25th: Richard Contell – $509
26th: Julien Durity – $509
27th: Trent Smith – $509
28th: Carlos Torres Vazquez – $441
29th: Nashaat Antonius – $441
30th: Alexis Moreda – $441
31st: Justin Molis – $441
32nd: Brett Taylor – $441
33rd: Julio Rodriguez – $441
34th: Iftikhar Memon – $441
35th: Jermain Phang – $441
36th: Darrell Carril – $441

*Indicates adjusted payouts to reflects the deal

2018 Showdown Live Updates

Championship: Scott Margereson Wins the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown!

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$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 38: 300,000/600,000 with 100,000 ante

Faraz Jaka (left) and Scott Margereson (right) await the flop on the final hand

Scott Margereson moved all in from the button and Faraz Jaka called all in for 12,375,000.

Jaka turned over Ac8c and needed to hold against Margereson’s QhJs.

The flop came QdJh9c and Margereson flopped two-pair to take the lead.

The turn was the 7h which was no help to Jaka. The river was the Ah and Margereson’s two-pair held to eliminate Jaka in second place ($454,496).

Scott Margereson – WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Champion ($696,740)
Faraz Jaka – Eliminated