Event 26 Flight D: Michael Lofty Takes One Out

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight D Players Remaining:  136 of 400

Michael Lofty

UTG+1 got all in preflop with pocket nines in the hole, and Michael Lofty had him covered holding pocket kings on the cutoff.

The final board read AsJc5d7d5c, and Lofty stacked up 51,000 after taking out his opponent and collecting the pot.

Michael Lofty – 51,000 (31 bb)

Event 26 Flight D: Registration Closed with 400 Entries

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight D Players Remaining:  180 of 400

Flight D of Showdown Event 26 closed with 400 entries, bringing the total field size to 1,593 entries through four flights. We are a little under halfway to the guarantee with the four weekend flights to come.

Play in Flight D will continue until 50 players remain. Players must bag a stack in order to cash, and those who do will return for Day 2 on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Day/TimeFlightEntriesAdvanced
Weds at 10 a.m.A34544
Weds at 5 p.m.B40550
Thursday at 10 a.m.C44356
Thursday at 5 p.m.D400TBD
Friday at 10 a.m.E
Friday at 5 p.m.F
Saturday at 10 a.m.G
Saturday at 5 p.m.H
Total1,593150

Chip Counts Through Flight C

Event 26: Chip Counts Through Flight C

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  150 of 1,193

Flight A:  345 Entries;  44 Advanced
Flight B:  405 Entries;  50 Advanced
Flight C:  443 Entries;  56 Advanced
Flight D:  In Progress (Reg. Open Til 9:30 p.m.)

Flight E:  Friday at 10 a.m.
Flight F:  Friday at 5 p.m.
Flight G:  Saturday at 10 a.m.
Flight H:  Saturday at 5 p.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 1 p.m.
Day 3:  Monday at 1 p.m.

RankFirst NameLast NameCitySTChip Count
1ScotterClarkTulsaOK573,000
2AntonioMallol HerediaSegorbeSpain527,000
3Ya YunLiuBeijingChina464,000
4JerickRickertVirginia BeachVA434,000
5HowardWilamowskiMiamiFL413,000
6JordanFlaschnerOkeechobeeFL373,000
7CalvinNorowskiPuebloCO364,000
8ZacharyDesiderioPort St LucieFL360,000
9ArtPeacockJupiterFL358,000
10PrasadVemulapalliOrlandoFL351,000
11AdamRothschildAustinTX350,000
12MichaelWetcherDavieFL346,000
13Ji ChengDingMarkhamON345,000
14AlekseiDonetsNaplesFL338,000
15HabibollahJahangardAtlantaGA337,000
16GuyNaimiMiamiFL327,000
17GuillermoSocarrasMiami BeachFL312,000
18TommyTranLas VegasNV309,000
19VeselinKatrandzhievNaplesFL307,000
20AmitSavaniMiamiFL306,000
21ImanDanMiamiFL298,000
22SergioSanchezBrightonCO291,000
23CarterHirschbergThornhillON288,000
24EviatarBecerraWest Palm BeachFL286,000
25YakirPeaceN Miami BeachFL278,000
26MeganChapmanTunnel HillGA267,000
27GastonMiculitzkiMiamiFL262,000
28TimurVardanianSaint PetersburgFL260,000
29LouOjedaMiamiFL254,000
30StewartYancikDelray BeachFL254,000
31MosheRefaelovitzNew YorkNY248,000
32CarlosLovingLas VegasNV247,000
33DmitriZaitsevMiamiFL241,000
34AnthonyLavalleColumbusOH237,000
35RaminderSinghDelray BeachFL236,000
36YunkyuSongCamasWA234,000
37CarlosBermudezHialeahFL234,000
38JoshuaMcclainDenverCO231,000
39CliffordMermellMiamiFL224,000
40GabrielFullerTampaFL223,000
41WilliamHendersonCharlotteNC223,000
42NashaatAntoniousLargoFL223,000
43JehnonPickeringNassau-220,000
44JacquelynScottFort LauderdaleFL212,000
45GregLevineTamaracFL210,000
46OmarSaderPompano BeachFL208,000
47ValeriyPak-207,000
48CalebPideritLas VegasNV204,000
49MaxShusterWoodstockON203,000
50EphraimUzanHallandale BeachFL201,000
51RafaelOsorio SainzComerGA195,000
52MitchellGarshofskyLas VegasNV190,000
53ZacharyGutierrezDenverCO187,000
54KurtLichtmanMiamiFL182,000
55AaronKirshenbergNew YorkNY174,000
56DavidGoolgasianMoultonboroughNH173,000
57ShawnThielemannLittle ChuteWI171,000
58AnibalPabonHomesteadFL161,000
59RichardWhitebrookMiami BeachFL152,000
60Alejandro RomeroBristolDavieFL150,000
61DyannaLopezWellingtonFL150,000
62JulianWohlgemuthBoynton BeachFL148,000
63AdamAgaevBrooklynNY143,000
64DarryllFishMiamiFL140,000
65AriEngelDelray BeachFL136,000
66MichaelAmatoBoca RatonFL134,000
67BarryRothTampaFL134,000
68PeterAllardMeridenCT133,000
69RoniZelichonokAventuraFL128,000
70RyanHoganWinter GardenFL127,000
71IstvanSzaboEdisonNJ126,000
72BaruchForstToms RiverNJ125,000
73MichaelJacobsonFort LauderdaleFL125,000
74ClydeMaliaukaClearwaterFL124,000
75KarenBoydRoswellGA123,000
76RichardEbaughFort MyersFL122,000
77MichaBittonSan FranciscoCA121,000
78JedStewartNew CanaanCT120,000
79DaveAlfaLas VegasNV116,000
80WillyStadeleWestonFL116,000
81RodrigoDos Santos CaprioliRio Janeiro-114,000
82JeanJosephPlantationFL114,000
83AaronThivyanathanSt PetersburgFL113,000
84CarlosCorreaThorntonCO112,000
85IsaacMalca CohenAdases-109,000
86LilyKornikLavalQC105,000
87RichardNationSt Elizabeth-103,000
88EricKolodnySunny Isles BeachFL103,000
89LarryKuschSumtervilleFL102,000
90RobertJonssonFort LauderdaleFL99,000
91YaroslavNakonechnyySunny Isl BchFL98,000
92ShonPerezBay Harbor IsFL97,000
93ThangDangHooverAL97,000
94AlexanderAbellaNorth MiamiFL94,000
95NadyaMagnusBoca RatonFL94,000
96ThaoLeCape CoralFL93,000
97AdrianKonstantinovMiamiFL91,000
98LuisRamosDelray BeachFL91,000
99RobertLeboeufQuebecQC88,000
100MarcWoolfBoca RatonFL87,000
101JerryWongWestonFL86,000
102SeanPhillippiFort LauderdaleFL85,000
103MartinZamaniBoca RatonFL84,000
104ScottBaumsteinFt LauderdaleFL81,000
105GarretReiszCouncil BluffsIA80,000
106ManuelMustafa MauryDoralFL79,000
107JaydenKrnyaichOrlandoFL78,000
108ErnestoRasse GonzalezMiramarFL78,000
109NicoleMillerCincinnatiOH75,000
110EfthimiosPiperakisPembroke PinesFL74,000
111BryanHurdlePort Saint LucieFL73,000
112ChristineLimFort WorthTX71,000
113KennethBrunoAtlantisFL70,000
114MikeBeasleyDavieFL70,000
115BryceMcvayJupiterFL68,000
116TerrenceSullivanRockaway PointNY68,000
117GilAboodiHollywoodFL67,000
118SanatMehrotraGurgaon-67,000
119EricPolirerCoconut CreekFL66,000
120RonnieLambHumbleTX66,000
121MichaelBen-ShoaffCoral SpringsFL65,000
122SyedShahDelray BeachFL65,000
123SandySanchezParklandFL64,000
124TomerMishaliPlantationFL63,000
125MichaelTufaroNaplesFL63,000
126RobertRogersPembroke PinesFL62,000
127AlbertGorelikSan FranciscoCA62,000
128MarkMillerTamaracFL61,000
129JoshuaWelchKey LargoFL61,000
130EarlGallegosJupiterFL60,000
131TanupatPunjarojanakulWestburyNY60,000
132JenniferDavidHialeahFL54,000
133SterlingSavillTampaFL54,000
134VincentCummingsVirginia BeachVA51,000
135RobertLupoDavieFL49,000
136HumbertoMiranda De AndradeKey BiscayneFL48,000
137SonVoBoca RatonFL47,000
138BrianSmithWest Palm BeachFL46,000
139AnthonyBeroutyPalm HarborFL43,000
140JorgeDe Arruda Feres RibeiroWinter GardenFL41,000
141OlegMinavichevMiamiFL39,000
142ViniciusMonteiroUberlanda-38,000
143HumbertoSalinas-GonzalezLabelleFL36,000
144AdamBacomeOmahaNE35,000
145LucasRamos TocoronteMiamiFL34,000
146LachezarPetkovVarna-33,000
147CharlesJohnsonBirmingham-31,000
148IanWilliamsChesapeakeVA30,000
149IanGillespieFt MitchellKY28,000
150JakeSchwartzFt LauderdaleFL22,000

Event 26 Flight D: Aaron Johnson Busts One

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight D Entries: 378

Aaron Johnson

A series of raises saw UTG get all in with pocket fives, and Aaron Johnson had him covered holding pocket kings on the cutoff.

The final board read KhQh8s7dAd, and Johnson took out his opponent to stack up 136,000 after collecting the pot.

Aaron Johnson – 136,000 (170 bb)

Event 26 Flight D: Ash Chehata Takes One Out

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight D Entries: 369

Ash Chehata

The cutoff was all in preflop with pocket nines in the hole, and Ash Chehata had him covered holding pocket tens from late position.

The final board read AhAd7h4s7s, and Chehata took out his opponent to stack up 44,000 after collecting the pot.

Ash Chehata – 44,000 (55 bb)

Event 26 Flight D: Donald Gibbs Takes One Out

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight D Entries: 356

Donald Gibbs

The hijack was all in with Ad7d in the hole, and Donald Gibbs had him covered holding AcKd on the small blind.

The final board read QdJc4d10c5h, and Gibbs took out his opponent to stack up 54,000 after collecting the pot.

Donald Gibbs – 54,000 (90 bb)

Event 26 Flight D: Donald Williams Doubles

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight D Entries: 329

Donald Williams

Donald Williams was all in with AsKh in the hole from the button for a little more than 20,000, and the hijack had him covered holding pocket jacks.

The final board read 10c6s5cAc2d, and Williams doubled up to survive with 45,000 after collecting the pot.

Donald Williams – 45,000 (75 bb)

Event 28: Prize Pool and Payouts with $32,145 to the Champion

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 28
$1,100 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  116
Prize Pool:  $112,520
April 11, 2024

Registration closed for the $1,100 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry) tournament with 116 entries creating a prize pool worth $112,520.

The last 15 spots will be paid with $1,950 for a min-cash and $32,9145 plus the Showdown trophy up top.

1st: $32,145 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $20,700
3rd: $13,755
4th: $9,450
5th: $6,720
6th: $4,950
7th-8th: $3,785
9th-10th: $3,010
11th-12th: $2,485
13th-14th: $2,145
15th: $1,950

Event 26 Flight C: Scotter Clark Leads 56 Survivors

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Remaining Flight C Players: 56 of 443

Play has come to a close for Flight C in Event 26 with Scotter Clark bagging the top stack of 573,000 to pace the 56 survivors that have advanced to Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm. Here is a look at the top stacks in the field when they bagged up, and stay tuned for the counts from all of the previous flights a little later tonight.

Scotter Clark – 573,000
Jordan Flaschner – 373,000
Art Peacock – 358,000
Prasad Vemulapalli – 351,000
Michael Wetcher – 346,000
Aleksei Donets – 338,000
Habibollah Jahangard – 337,000
Guy Nhimi – 327,000
Stewart Yanick – 254,000
Anthony Lavalle – 237,000