Event 18: Three Big Stack Flights

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The popular $200 Big Stack multi-flight tournament hits the Showdown schedule today with three flights offering action all day long. The tournament features a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool and tons of value for the price.

They’ll start with 15K in their stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 7. Play will continue until 10% of the field remains and they will return on Wednesday at 2 pm for Day 2.

Flight A: 11am with late reg till 2:30 pm
Flight B: 3 pm with late reg till 6:30 pm
Flight C: 7 pm with late reg till 10:30 pm

  • $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 7
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
  • Event 18 Structure Sheet

Showdown Day 6 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 18 Day 1A – $200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 7 (2:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
  • Event 18 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 15 Day 1B – $1,100 Platinum Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 100,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 13 (6:45pm)
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
  • Event 15 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 16 Day 1B – $400 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
  • Event 16 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 19 – $400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 25,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 19 Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 1 Day 3 – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

3PM: Event 18 Day 1B – $200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 7 (6:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
  • Event 18 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 16 Day 1C – $400 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
  • Event 16 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 20 – $300 Quad Stack Six-Max Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 40,000 in chips
  • Levels last 20 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 10 (9:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 20 Structure Sheet

7PM: Event 18 Day 1C – $200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 7 (10:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
  • Event 18 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

8PM: $550 Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-7)

  • Two seats guaranteed into $3,500 Showdown Championship
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
  • Structure Sheet

2025 Poker Showdown Schedule

Julio Delgado Wins Event 13 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in Three-Handed Chop for $19,167

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 13
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee
Entries:  448
Prize Pool:  $147,840
March 23, 2025

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 13 Champion Julio Delgado

Event 13 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), drawing 448 entries for a prize pool of $147,840.

A three-handed chop was reached at the final table and Julio Delgado was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 13 winner for $19,167.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1JulioDelgado Reyes$19,167*
2JosephPaulin$19,167*
3MichaelForca$19,166*
4BorisAlmeida Maldonado$9,900
5GabrielCasals$7,500
6MichaelMerlino$5,700
7CoreyMartin$4,380
8RaminderSingh$3,400
9DebraHedgpeth$2,660
10ButchieMitchell$2,660
11DeborahDana$2,380
12ArturTishchenko$2,380
13MarcSacheli$2,080
14JairoVelasquez$2,080
15EmmanuelMckenzie$2,080
16QuintonCrawford$1,780
17LuisDominguez Nunez$1,780
18SergioDe Medeiros$1,780
19WalterNalvarte$1,780
20StephenSmith$1,480
21SantoBiddix$1,480
22RyanLeto$1,480
23FrederickAttias$1,480
24Unclaimed$1,220
25JeffreyShayani$1,220
26KaiNelson$1,220
27JosiasCardoso Dos Santos$1,220
28RinaCoss$1,220
29VaughnSteeves$1,220
30MatthewFirestone$1,220
31JeffreyDasilva$1,220
32DavidPoces$1,000
33GlenClementi$1,000
34DanielMontero-Mask$1,000
35LuayHilmi$1,000
36LucasAraujo Santos$1,000
37NakataNguyen$1,000
38GrahamGibson$1,000
39ClaudelJoseph$1,000
40CharlesWardlaw$800
41ArthurBoatman$800
42IraFriedman$800
43AxelOrellana Gomez$800
44HarrisonRuggiero$800
45PedroLugo Martinez$800
46JosephYezierski Jr$800
47DrewDodge$800
48AnthonyCoudrey$660
49FabianFoster$660
50PeterBozek$660
51JuanQuiroz Castillo$660
52JamesClark$660
53DavidSathue$660
54OscarValdes$660
55DanielReaven$660
56RichardEbaugh$660

*denotes three-handed chop

Shravan Kulshrestha Wins Event 17 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in Three-Handed Deal for $5,865

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 17
$300 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  162
Prize Pool:  $32,400
Bounty Prize Pool:  $8,100
March 23, 2025

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 17 Champion Shravan Kulshrestha

Event 17 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $300 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 162 entries generated a prize pool of $32,400, with an additional $8,100 set aside for bounties.

A three-way deal was reached at the final table and Shravan Kulshrestha was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 17 winner for $5,865.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1ShravanKulshrestha$5,865*
2DonaldManns$5,602*
3WesleyBarber$5,373*
4DevinBatista$2,880
5NicholasVelentzas$2,180
6SantiagoCardona Gomez$1,660
7JenniferFrankenstein$1,280
8LucasIto$1,000
9YoussefBargach$780
10JoshuaJohnson$780
11JustinGuzman$580
12DmitriZaitsev$580
13DanielVranich$480
14GaryGurevich$480
15JeanMaurice Hermann$480
16JuliaGarcia Mendez$400
17ChoongBaek$400
18KrishnaCollins$400
19CesarFranco Gallosa$400
20AlainCandales Falcon$400
21Rama-DeviShanigarapu$400

*denotes three-handed deal

Frederic Moss Wins His 4th SHRP Major Series Trophy in 2025 Showdown Event 14 Chop for $9,630

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 14
$600 Limit Mixed Triple Draw (Re-Entry)
Entries:  68
Prize Pool:  $35,020
March 23, 2025

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 14 Champion Frederic Moss

Event 14 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $600 Limit Mixed Triple Draw (Re-Entry), drawing 68 entries for a prize pool of $35,020.

A heads-up chop was reached between the final two players and Frederic Moss was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 14 winner for $9,630 and his fourth SHRP major series trophy.

Here are Moss’ four SHRP major series victories:

2024 LHPO:  $200 PLO/NLH Mix  ($5,650)
2024 LHPO:  $400 Big O  ($9,165)
2024 LHPO:  $1,100 Eight-Game Mix  ($20,095)
2025 Showdown:  $600 Mixed Triple Draw  ($9,630)

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1FredericMoss$9,630*
2AaronMermelstein$9,630*
3ArielMantel$4,290
4PawelAndrzejewski$3,065
5BenjaminGoldstein$2,365
6RyanHoenig$1,840
7ThomasTaylor$1,575
8MichaelDorff$1,400
9BrettBader$1,225

*denotes heads-up chop

Event 15: Flight A Chip Counts

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 19:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  18 of 138

Flight A:  138 Entries;  18 Advanced
Flight B:  Monday at 12 p.m.
Day 2:  Tuesday at 1 p.m.

RankFirst NameLast NameCitySTChip Count
1TanupatPunjarojanakulWestburyNY2,095,000
2SeanByarsArlingtonNJ1,245,000
3SebastianToro HenaoMedellin-1,205,000
4ScottHeiligmanNaplesFL1,160,000
5JuanMubarakHialeahFL760,000
6JamesCalderaroEnglewoodFL750,000
7ReynelHernandezMiamiFL690,000
8JessicaCaiLake WorthFL670,000
9RossFischerDavieFL655,000
10KaranvirSinghSicklervilleNJ640,000
11GinoldRendelLake WorthFL590,000
12SemsettinIlyasFairfaxVA565,000
13DavidCastranovaHollywoodFL535,000
14PabloValdiviesoJacksonvilleFL515,000
15RamonMartinezMelbourneFL505,000
16DavidSmeethHomesteadFL505,000
17WayneLeonardTampaFL455,000
18SteveBlackmonArcadiaFL385,000

Event 16: Flight A Chip Counts

$400 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  12 of 95

Flight A:  95 Entries;  12 Advanced
Flight B:  Monday at 12 p.m.
Flight C:  Monday at 5 p.m.

Day 2:  Tuesday at 1 p.m.

RankFirst NameLast NameCitySTChip Count
1LoganBergerLiberty TownshipOH359,000
2IvanSuarezKey LargoFL284,000
3StevenMarinPhiladelphiaPA280,000
4LennyDuvdivaniSunriseFL278,000
5MikhailChykiliovMiami BeachFL270,000
6AlexanderZiskinEsteroFL117,000
7AndreasMichelmannStobdorf-114,000
8AndrewIsrowFentonMI89,000
9MichaelMichnikPiscatawayNJ38,000
10LeonardoRodriguez TorreOviedo Asturias-26,000
11OleksandrSviderskyiCheesoh-24,000
12BradleyPetersonFriscoTX21,000

Event 1: Miguel Martinez-Martinez Leads the Remaining 17 Players Into Day 3

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 4,265

Miguel Martinez-Martinez
Miguel Martinez-Martinez

Day 3 begins Monday at 1 p.m.

Table 7
Seat 1:
Seat 2:
Seat 3:  Haven Taylor  –  1,225,000  (10 bb)
Seat 4:
Seat 5:  Ranei Aviv  –  7,375,000  (59 bb)
Seat 6:  Sean Astwood  –  6,900,000  (55 bb)
Seat 7:  Alex Ivan  –  3,375,000  (27 bb)
Seat 8:  Tom Gottlieb  –  7,050,000  (56 bb)

Table 8
Seat 1:
Seat 2:  Mark Casabo  –  2,650,000  (21 bb)
Seat 3:  Miguel Martinez-Martinez  –  12,025,000  (96 bb)
Seat 4:  Bruce Snell  –  3,775,000  (30 bb)
Seat 5:  Michael Newman  –  2,250,000  (18 bb)
Seat 6:  Bryce McVay  –  3,900,000  (31 bb)
Seat 7:  Chuck Giroux  –  6,650,000  (53 bb)
Seat 8:

Table 16
Seat 1:  Matt Yorra  –  8,550,000  (68 bb)
Seat 2:  Sean Phillippi  –  7,275,000  (58 bb)
Seat 3:
Seat 4:  Patrick McConnell  –  2,425,000  (19 bb)
Seat 5:  Wayne Clarke  –  2,875,000  (23 bb)
Seat 6:
Seat 7:  Sergio Giha  –  3,375,000  (27 bb)
Seat 8:  Ruben Puras  –  3,600,000  (29 bb)

1st:  $174,830 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $120,000
3rd:  $87,000
4th:  $65,000
5th:  $49,500
6th:  $37,500
7th:  $29,000
8th:  $22,500
9th-10th:  $17,700
11th-12th:  $14,200
13th-15th:  $11,500
16th-17th:  $9,300

Event 1: Recent Eliminations, 18th-29th Places

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 4,265

Level 29 comes to an end, as does Day 2. Day 3 begins tomorrow (Monday) at 1:00 pm.

Here are the final eliminations of the night, along with their payouts:

18th:  Michael Morton  –  $9,300
19th:  Brent Hoover  –  $9,300

20th:  Glenn Becker  –  $7,600
21st:  Alcides Gomez  –  $7,600
22nd:  Aaron Kirshenberg  –  $7,600
23rd:  Richard Davis  –  $7,600

24th:  Peter Hsu  –  $6,200
25th:  Michael Rosenberg  –  $6,200
26th:  Thomas Lunnun  –  $6,200
27th:  Bradley Beetz  –  $6,200
28th:  Andrea Orphanos  –  $6,200
29th:  Billy Pappas  –  $6,200

With 17 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 5,025,000 (40 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,300 each.

Event 1: Michael Morton Eliminated in 18th Place by Sean Astwood

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 4,265

Following a flop of 8s5s4h, Michael Morton was all in from the big blind for about 825,000 with Qd7s against Sean Astwood in the cutoff holding Qc8h for a pair of eights.

The Ts turn and 9h river completed the board, no help to Morton, ending his tournament in 18th place.

Sean Astwood  –  6,960,000  (70 bb)
Michael Morton  –  Eliminated in 18th Place  ($9,300)

With 17 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 5,020,000 (50 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,300 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 29, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.