2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 19
$360 Big Stack Black Chip Bounty (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 192
Prize Pool: $38,400
April 14, 2019

Event 19 of the 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $360 Big Stack Black Chip Bounty (Re-Entry). There was a guaranteed prize pool of $30,000, and a field of 192 entries eclipsed that with a prize pool of $38,400.

Earning the outright victory was Pat Bedford for $9,734.

Results
1st: Pat Bedford – $9,734 + Showdown trophy
2nd: Jomer Sison – $6,638
3rd: Marc Sacheli – $3,936
4th: Eliezer Gonzalez – $2,394
5th: Ryan Jaworski – $1,849
6th: Howard Newman – $1,532
7th: David Kaye – $1,306
8th: Tam Ho – $1,139
9th: Clement Boisdron – $977
10th: Jackie Lee – $841
11th: Danielle Seyffret Da Silvia – $841
12th: Philippe Knapic – $841
13th: Fariaborz Zojaji – $710
14th: Antonio Albanes -$710
15th: Michael Graffeo – $710
16th: Daniel Couzens – $589
17th: Cesar Fuentes – $589
18th: Nabil Bassil – $589
19th: Richard Gress – $470
20th: Hector Caraballo – $470
21st: Georges Boyadjian – $470
22nd: Spencer Champlin – $355
23rd: Sokchheka Pho – $355
24th: Dwayne Harrison – $355

$1,100 Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 232

Seat 1: Brandon Lulov – 950,000
Seat 2: Mohammad Asif Vayani – 455,000
Seat 3: Brian Altman – 725,000
Seat 4: Steve Karp – 465,000
Seat 5: Frank Lagodich – 310,000
Seat 6: Christopher Molica – 255,000
Seat 7: Renata Colache – 340,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 90 of 1,360

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 90 of 1,360

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
End of Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 90 of 1,360

Day 2 of the $3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship began with 524 players remaining from the starting field of 1,360 entries. After 10 more one-hour levels, just 90 players remain. Keith Ferrera leads the way with 1,905,000.

Full chip counts will be posted within the hour.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 90 of 1,360

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 102 of 1,360

A player in early position limped in, Faraz Jaka raised to 48,000 from the small blind and Jerry Wong three-bet to 115,000. The limper folded, Jaka four-bet shoved for about 475,000 and Wong called.

Jaka:
Wong:

The board ran out , giving Wong a set of jacks to eliminate Jaka.

Jerry Wong – 1,448,000 (121 bb)
Faraz Jaka – Eliminated in 103rd Place ($7,100)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 107 of 1,360

On a completed board reading Ryan Yu, who started the hand with around 300,000 was all in.

Chip leader Keith Ferrara called with for the straight and Yu mucked his cards.

Keith Ferrara – 1,700,000 (142 bb)
Ryan Yu – Eliminated 

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 121 of 1,360

Shankar Pillai opened to 20,000 and Paul Snead called. The flop came , and Pillai bet 20,000. Snead called.

The turn brought a , Pillai bet 40,000 and Snead snap-shoved for 240,000 effective.

Pillai went into the tank for a while before eventually deciding to call with . It was the right decision as Snead tabled .

Shankar Pillai – 500,000 (50 bb)
Paul Snead – 150,000 (15 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 134 of 1,360

On a board reading Justin Young was raking in a big double up pot with versus Joe Elpayaa’s .

“That hand really failed me” Elpayaa said as they shipped Young the pot

Joe Elpayaa – 990,000 (99 bb)
Justin Young – 260,000 (26 bb)