$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 4,772

Jorge Bermudez got all in for 5.4 million with pocket kings in the hole from the cutoff. Jesus Martinez had him covered holding pocket jacks under the gun.

The final board read , and Bermudez doubled up to survive with 11.8 million.

Jorge Bermudez – 11,800,000 (29 bb)
Jesus Martinez – 6,100,000 (15 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  200,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 4,772

Brian Hawkins opened to 700,000 and Gabriel Fuller called in the big blind. The flop was , Fuller checked, Hawkins continued for 900,000 and Fuller check-raised to 2,600,000.

Hawkins called, the turn was , and Fuller bet 5,000,000. Hawkins thought for a few minutes, called the bet, and Fuller checked the river.

Hawkins moved all in with a covering stack, Fuller folded, and Hawkins dragged the huge pot to extend his lead.

Brian Hawkins – 34,900,000 (116 bb)
Gabriel Fuller – 17,800,000 (59 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  200,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 4,772

Jorge Bermudez got all in preflop for 2.9 million from the small blind holding pocket eights, and Gabriel Fuller had him covered with in the hole from the button.

The final board read , and Bermudez doubled up to survive with 6.6 million. Fuller was still cruising after the hand with a stack of 27 million.

Jorge Bermudez – 27,000,000 (67 bb)
Gabriel Fuller – 6,600,000 (16 bb)

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 20
$600 Triple Stack Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  107
Prize Pool:  $55,640
April 8, 2024

Registration closed for the $600 Triple Stack Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold’em tournament with 107 entries creating a prize pool worth $55,640. The last 14 players will make the money with $1,310 for a min-cash and $16,665 awaiting the winner.

1st: $16,665 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $10,300
3rd: $6,175
4th: $4,035
5th: $3,120
6th: $2,560
7th: $2,170
8th: $1,900
9th: $1,670
10th-12th: $1,475
13th-14th: $1,310

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  200,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 4,772

Brian Hawkins opened to 700,000 from the button and Eugene Kotlyarevskiy came along from the small blind to the flop.

Kotlyarevskiy checked, Hawkins bet 900,000 and Kotlyarevskiy called. The turn was , Kotlyarevskiy checked, Hawkins fired again for 2,100,000 and Kotlyarevskiy called. The river finished the board, Kotlyarevskiy checked, and Hawkins bet 6,600,000.

Kotlyarevskiy thought for several moments, confirmed the bet size, called, and mucked when Hawkins showed for a flopped set of sixes and rivered full house.

Brian Hawkins – 29,500,000 (98 bb)
Eugene Kotlyarevskiy – 11,700,000 (39 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  200,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 4,772

Stuart Phillips had been all in a few times short with no callers and a chop on his side, but the last time he moved all in was with from the small blind against the held by Brian Hawkins on the big blind.

The final board read , and Phillips was out in seventh place with prize money worth $33,500. Hawkins was up to 17.6 million after collecting the pot.

Brian Hawkins – 17,600,000 (58 bb)
Stuart Phillips – Eliminated in 7th Place ($33,500)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  200,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 4,772

The seven remaining players took another 15-minute break while the 25K chips were removed from play. Gabriel Fuller continues to lead with Brian Hawkins up into second place.

Seat 1: Eugene Kotlyarevskiy – 15,500,000 (52 bb)
Seat 3: Jesus Martinez – 13,700,000 (46 bb)
Seat 5: Gabriel Fuller – 26,000,000 (87 bb)
Seat 6: Jorge Bermudez – 4,300,000 (14 bb)
Seat 7: Daniel Aviles – 13,300,000 (44 bb)
Seat 8: Stuart Phillips – 3,800,000 (13 bb)
Seat 9: Brian Hawkins – 18,800,000 (63 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $202,720 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $136,000
3rd: $101,000
4th: $76,000
5th: $57,000
6th: $43,500
7th: $33,500

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 19
$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Entries:  87
Prize Pool:  $28,710
April 8, 2024

Registration closed for the $400 H.O.R.S.E. with 87 entries creating a prize pool worth $28,710. The last 11 spots will be paid with $820 for a min-cash and $9,225 plus the Showdown trophy to the H.O.R.S.E. champ.

1st: $9,225 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $5,600
3rd: $3,480
4th: $2,355
5th: $1,800
6th: $1,440
7th: $1,190
8th: $1,005
9th: $930
10th: $865
11th: $820

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 33:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 4,772

Brian Hawkins opened to 600,000 from the button, Ya Yun Liu moved all in for 3,750,000 and Hawkins quickly called.

Hawkins:
Liu:

Liu ran into a monster at the final table and could not find a save on the board to exit the final table in eighth place.

Brian Hawkins – 17,400,000 (70 bb)
Ya Yun Liu – Eliminated in 8th Place ($26,000)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 33:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 4,772

All the cards were out on the table, and Guiseppi Betta was all in short with in the hole from late position. Brian Hawkins had him covered holding on the big blind.

The final board read , and Betta was eliminated in ninth place for a payday worth $20,400. Hawkins stacked up 11,850,000 after collecting the pot.

Brian Hawkins – 11,850,000 (47 bb)
Guiseppi Betta – Eliminated in 9th Place ($20,400)