$360 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 42 of 3,107

Gilbert Silva is in the big blind and gets all in for 1,310,000 against a player in middle position.

Silva shows and is on the right side of a cold deck against his opponent’s .

The board runs out and Silva’s rockets hold up to secure his double up.

Gilbert Silva – 2,740,000 (45 bb)

2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, FL
Event 3
$300 Deep Stack Turbo
Entries: 204
Prize Pool: $50,020
March 19, 2017

(Hollywood, FL) — David DiBernardi became the second champion of the 2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Sunday night in Hollywood, Florida. The 24-year-old Youngstown, Ohio resident defeated a field of 204 entries in Event 3, a $300 Deep Stack Turbo tournament, winning $12,797 along with a freeroll seat.

The event lived up to its name, narrowing from over 200 starters to just one remaining over the course of about nine hours. The bubble burst following a double elimination with 27 players left. Lawrence Klur went home 27th and Anton Serkov went home 26th earning $194 and $195 respectively. Those following them to the rail included Jordan Meltzer (24th, $481), Daniel Silva (22nd, $481) and Matthew Zarcadoolas (17th, $780).

By the time play narrowed to the 10-handed final table, the average stack was hovering around 10 big blinds. David Bradshaw, who burst onto the Seminole scene late in 2016 winning the Winter Poker Open Championship in Tampa for more than $150,000, lead the way and headlined the action. Play sped along and the field leveled as the blinds continued to grow. Dror Hazaz busted 10th, Joe Verrastro ninth, Eric Piderit eighth and Jeremy Goureau seventh. With a big blind of 80,000, Bradshaw got his last 140,000 in the pot preflop and came up second best. He busted sixth and was followed to the rail by Roberto Berrocal, David Shmuel and Manuel Amaro.

It was Michael Lemanski who dueled DiBernardi heads up. Lemanski owned the advantage to start, but DiBernardi picked up aces and doubled after Lemanski flopped a lower pair. From there, DiBernardi outdrew Lemanski’s ace-king holding ace-six on a 7-6-6- flop. The fateful hand ended the event and saw Lemanski earn $8,881 for his runner-up finish.

DiBernardi’s victory and five-figure score translated into hourly earnings of just over $1,420. The win marked his second major Seminole title complementing his first which came during the 2016 Coco Poker Open in Coconut Creek.

Event 3 final results:

1st: David DiBernardi – $12,797 + Freeroll Seat
2nd: Michael Lemanski – $8,881
3rd: Manuel Amaro – $5,332
4th: David Shmuel – $3,243
5th: Roberto Berrocal – $2,505
6th: David Bradshaw – $2,076
7th: Jeremy Goureau – $1,769
8th: Eric Piderit – $1,524
9th: Joe Verrastro – $1,280
10th: Dror Hazaz – $1,113
11th: Jason Marshman – $1,113
12th: Jonathan Marks – $1,113
13th: Igor Merda – $947
14th: Courtland Twyman – $947
15th: Roberto Bendeck – $947
16th: Jeffrey Silverstein – $780
17th: Matthew Zarcadoolas – $780
18th: Manfred Rosenow – $780
19th: Kiarrash Amrooei – $624
20th: Emory Oese-Siegel – $624
21st: Tanya Kirk – $624
22nd: Daniel Silva – $481
23rd: Andrew Pacifico – $481
24th: Jordan Meltzer – $481
25th: Thomas Marciano – $389
26th: Anton Serkov – $195
27th: Lawrence Klur – $194

Event 3 was the third of 31 events on the 2017 SHRP Showdown schedule. The series headliners include the $3,500 buy-in $2,000,000 guaranteed Championship, the $10,000 buy-in $2,000,000 WPT Finale and $25,500 and $50,000 High Rollers.

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 14: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 26 of 114

The players are coming back from break with 26 players remaining and 11 eliminations from the money. David Jackson is leading the pack with 114,000 in chips and is just one of two people with a chip count north of 100,000.

Here is a look at some of the bigger stacks:

David Jackson – 114,000
Steve Diamantas – 112,300
Andrew Blake – 84,000
James Gilbert – 80,000
Staffan Lind – 74,700
Thomas Aloom – 65,000
Mukul Pahuja – 65,000

$360 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Level 27: 25,000/50,000
Players Remaining: 48 of 3,107

There is about 650,000 in the pot on a flop of and Marcus Whiteagle moves all in from middle position for about 2,500,000.

Ruslan Dykshteyn is in the hijack with about 1,750,000 in his stack and takes a couple minutes in the tank before folding. Moshe Shabat calls on the button and is the player all in  for about 950,000.

Shabat shows and is behind Whiteagle’s . The turn is the and the river is the to eliminate Shabat in 49th place and give Whiteagle one of the biggest stacks in the room with 48 players remaining.

Marcus Whiteagle – 4,100,000 (82 bb)
Moshe Shabat – Eliminated

$360 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 55 of 3,107

There is about 600,000 in the pot in the middle with a completed board of . Marcus Whiteagle bets 200,000 and Ruslan Dyskshteyn raises to 600,000.

Whiteagle takes a minute of thought and then calls. He tables and wins the pot against Dykshteyn’s .

Marcus Whiteagle – 3,000,000 (75 bb)
Ruslan Dykshteyn – 1,575,000 (39 bb)

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 11: 400/800 with a 100 Ante
Players Remaining: 42 of 114

Registration closed on the two-day $1,100 Six-Max Event 4 and the tournament drew 114 entries to create a prize pool worth $110,580, easily surpassing the $75,000 guarantee.

The last 15 players will earn a piece of the prize pool with a min-cash taking home $2,488 and the next champion walking away with $32,621, the Showdown trophy, and a seat in the $10K WPT Finale/$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship freeroll.

2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, FL
Event 4
$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 114
Prize Pool: $110,580
March 19 – 20, 2017

1st: $32,621 + Freeeroll seat
2nd: $20,181
3rd: $12,053
4th: $7,741
5th: $5,861
6th: $4,866
7th: $4,202
8th: $3,704
9th: $3,262
10 – 12th: $2875
13 – 15th: $2488

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 71 of 3,107

Michael Mizrachi raises from early position and a player in middle position moves all in for about 250,000 from middle position.

Action folds back to Mizrachi, who calls. Mizrachi shows and needs to improve against his opponent’s .

The board runs out and Mizrachi flops a pair and rivers a straight to eliminate a player. Mizrachi is chipping back up to where he once was after returning from dinner.

Michael Mizrachi – 3,300,000 (110 bb)

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 79 of 3,107

There is about 550,000 in the middle on the river with a completed board of .

Eli Levy checks from the big blind and Carlos Hostos moves all from under the gun for about 300,000. Levy calls and Hostos quickly tables , good for the nut flush.

Levy tries to muck his hand, but the dealer tables it since it is an all in pot. The dealer tables Levy’s , and Hostos doubles up.

Carlos Hostos – 1,150,000 (38 bb)
Eli Levy – 2,600,000 (86 bb)

$300 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Level 32: 75,000/150,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 204

David DiBernardi earned the chip lead after picking up aces and doubling. A few hands later, he was on the button holding against the of Michael Lemanski. Lemanski was at risk but had a big lead in the hand. A flop ended that as DiBernardi improved to trips. The turn didn’t improve either player and neither did the river. DiBernardi’s trips were best and he eliminated Lemanski in second for $8,881.

For the victory, DiBernardi pocketed $12,797 along with a seat in the WPT Finale/Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship freeroll.

A full report on the event will be posted later this evening. In the meantime, here’s a look at the final results:

1st: David DiBernardi – $12,797 + Freeroll Seat
2nd: Michael Lemanski – $8,881
3rd: Manuel Amaro – $5,332
4th: David Shmuel – $3,243
5th: Roberto Berrocal – $2,505
6th: David Bradshaw – $2,076
7th: Jeremy Goureau – $1,769
8th: Eric Piderit – $1,524
9th: Joe Verrastro – $1,280
10th: Dror Hazaz – $1,113
11th: Jason Marshman – $1,113
12th: Jonathan Marks – $1,113
13th: Igor Merda – $947
14th: Courtland Twyman – $947
15th: Roberto Bendeck – $947
16th: Jeffrey Silverstein – $780
17th: Matthew Zarcadoolas – $780
18th: Manfred Rosenow – $780
19th: Kiarrash Amrooei – $624
20th: Emory Oese-Siegel – $624
21st: Tanya Kirk – $624
22nd: Daniel Silva – $481
23rd: Andrew Pacifico – $481
24th: Jordan Meltzer – $481
25th: Thomas Marciano – $389
26th: Anton Serkov – $195
27th: Lawrence Klur – $194

$300 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Level 32: 75,000/150,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 204

Michael Lemanski – 2,865,000
David DiBernardi – 1,215,000

1st – $12,797 + Freeroll Seat
2nd – $8,881