2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 44
$600 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  93
Prize Pool:  $50,000
April 16, 2024

Event 44 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $600 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), drawing a field of 93 entries for a prize pool of $50,000.

Outlasting the field was Jackson Holtgraves, earning $14,890 for his outright victory.

$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 62

Michael Rocco raised all in with his chip-leading stack from the button and Min Zhang called all in for roughly 250,000 in the big blind.

Rocco: 
Zhang: 

The board ran out , giving Rocco eights and sevens to win the pot and Event 49 outright for $22,280. Zhang finished runner-up for $13,125, falling just short of going back-to-back after winning Event 43 last night.

$10,000 Deep Stack Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 51

Stoyan Madanzhiev raised all in for about 910,000 from the button and Brian Yoon called in the big blind with , leading Madanzhiev’s .

The board ran out , safe for Yoon to win Event 46 outright for $179,100. Madanzhiev finished runner-up for $106,600.

A recap of Event 46 will be posted later tonight.

$10,000 Deep Stack Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 51

Jibrael Hindi raised all in for 915,000 from the small blind and Brian Yoon thought for a bit before he called in the big blind with .

Hindi showed and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board ran out , no help to Hindi, ending his tournament in third place.

Brian Yoon  –  3,730,000  (62 bb)
Stoyan Madanzhiev  –  1,370,000  (23 bb)
Jibrael Hindi  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($65,400)

1st:  $179,100 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $106,600

$1,100 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 16:  8,000/16,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  14 of 59

Day 2 is Wednesday at Noon.

Table 1
Seat 1:  Nicolas Milgrom  –  358,000  (22 BB)
Seat 2:  Jaeli Morón  –  175,000  (11 BB)
Seat 3:  Dominick Sarle  –  21,000  (1 BB)
Seat 4:  Roland Israelashvili  –  93,000  (6 BB)
Seat 5:
Seat 6:  Allen Kessler  –  95,000  (6 BB)
Seat 7:  David Brookshire  –  156,000  (10 BB)
Seat 8:
Seat 9:  Chris Labrie  –  59,000  (4 BB)

Table 2
Seat 1:  Jim Collopy  –  144,000  (9 BB)
Seat 2:  Jon Breneman  –  39,000  (2 BB)
Seat 3:  Jason Papastavrou  –  54,000  (3 BB)
Seat 4:
Seat 5:  Yuval Bronshtein  –  274,000  (17 BB)
Seat 6:  Victor Cianelli  –  86,000  (5 BB)
Seat 7:  Chris Vitch  –  193,000  (12 BB)
Seat 8:
Seat 9:  Eric Polirer  –  24,000  (2 BB)

$10,000 Deep Stack Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 51

Martin Stausholm raised to 100,000 from under the gun/cutoff and Brian Yoon called on the button.

The flop was , Stausholm checked, Yoon bet 80,000, and Stausholm called.

The turn was the , Stausholm checked, Yoon bet 150,000, and Stausholm used two time extensions before he called.

The river was the , Stausholm checked, Yoon went all in with a covering stack, and Stausholm called all in for about 370,000.

Yoon tabled for Broadway, besting Stausholm’s for a set of kings to eliminate Stausholm in fourth place.

Brian Yoon  –  2,550,000  (51 bb)
Martin Stausholm  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($46,100)

With three players remaining from a field of 51 entries, the average stack is 1,700,000 (34 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $65,400.

$10,000 Deep Stack Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 51

Seat 3:  Martin Stausholm  –  735,000  (15 bb)
Seat 6:  Brian Yoon  –  1,790,000  (36 bb)
Seat 8:  Stoyan Madanzhiev  –  810,000  (16 bb)
Seat 9:  Jibrael Hindi  –  1,765,000  (35 bb)

1st:  $179,100 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $106,600
3rd:  $65,400
4th:  $46,100

5th:  Scott Margereson  –  $36,400
6th:  Eli Berg  –  $29,100
7th:  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  $21,800

$10,000 Deep Stack Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 51

Brian Yoon raised from under the gun, Scott Margereson three-bet from the small blind, and Yoon called.

The flop was , Margereson continued, and Yoon called.

The turn was the and both checked.

The river was the , Margereson went all in for 660,000, and Yoon used two time-extensions before he called.

Margereson stood up and showed , while Yoon tabled for sevens and treys to win the pot and eliminate Margereson in fifth place.

Brian Yoon  –  2,080,000  (52 bb)
Scott Margereson  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($36,400)

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $798,310 | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  105 of 823

Flight A:  189 Entries;  24 Advanced
Flight B:  241 Entries;  31 Advanced
Flight C:  393 Entries;  50 Advanced
Day 2:  Wednesday at 12 p.m.

$10,000 Deep Stack Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 51

Eli Berg raised all in for 110,000 from the hijack and Scott Margereson called in the big blind.

Berg: 
Margereson: 

The board ran out , giving Margereson a pair of fives to eliminate Berg in sixth place.

Scott Margereson  –  875,000  (29 bb)
Eli Berg  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($29,100)

With five players remaining from a field of 51 entries, the average stack is 1,020,000 (34 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $36,400.