$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

The first flight of the opening event on the Showdown schedule is in the final hour of its day as we get ready to kick off the second. Flight A drew 342 entries to the $570 buy-in tournament to put it on an easy pace to hit the $1,000,000 Guarantee.

Event 1 players will start out with 20,000 stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 6:30pm with unlimited re-entries during that time. They will play through 14 levels and survivors will bag up for Day 2 on Sunday.

Action gets underway at 6pm in the Event Center.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$360 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 10: 1,500/3,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 36 of 67

The math is complete and the numbers are posted on the board. The Omaha 8 tournament drew 67 entries to create a prize pool worth $20,100.

The last nine spots will be paid with a min-cash earning $704 while the Omaha 8 winner will earn $7,034 along with the first trophy of the series and a custom-framed winner’s photo courtesy of IMPDI.

1st: $7,034 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $4,020
3rd: $2,462
4th: $1,759
5th: $1,357
6th: $1,055
7th: $905
8th: $804
9th: $704

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 81 of 342

Action is back underway for the last three levels of Flight A. They broke a table when they came back to leave 81 around with a chance to bag.

Jeremy Santinoff is your new frontrunner sitting right at 200,000. That’s good enough for the lead with Jeff Kessler (185,000), Richard Davis (178,000), Nabil Bassil (170,000), and Jacquelyn Scott (135,000) among the notable contenders.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 90 of 342

Flight A reached the end of Level 11 and the 90 remaining players are enjoying their last break of the day. We will drop a few more tables over the final three levels of the night with everyone eyeing a spot in the Day 2 field on Sunday.

$360 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 9: 1,000/2,000 Limits
Entries: 67

Registration closed on the Omaha 8 trophy event and the tournament board shows 67 entries. They are down to the last five tables on the tournament and will take a 40-minute dinner break after Level 11.

We will post the official prize pool and payouts as soon as they are available.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 113 of 342

It’s not all serious business in the Event Center today. Jason Young and Michael Newman, two of our most recent major winners, have been sitting together most of the day and the laughs can be heard non-stop across the room.

“You run so bad here!” Young needled the Ultimate Re-Entry winner.

“I’m wrong,” Young laughed. “You win everything here but nothing outside of Florida.”

Newman took it all, laughed, and gave some right back. It’s easy to have fun for Newman and his 135,000 puts him among the leaders.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries: 342

Registration closed for Flight A of the $1,000,000 Poker Showdown opener and it drew 342 entries to put the tournament on an easy path to the seven-digit prize pool.

We have one more flight today kicking off at 6pm followed by two more flights on Friday and Saturday each.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight A Entries: 331

We are heading towards the end of registration in Flight A and they cracked 300 entries with plenty of time to spare. Michael Newman recently joined his new table and he grabbed a seat next to the previously mentioned Jason Young.

Newman has plenty of SHRP wins including his run as the 2017 Rock ‘N’ Roller Poker Champion. In more recent news, he kicked off his Lucky Hearts Poker Open series with a win in the Ultimate Re-Entry opening event. Newman followed that big score with his first WSOP Circuit ring in the $400 Coco WSOPC turbo event.

$360 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 5: 400/800 Limits
Entries: 56

The Omaha 8 tournament recently came back from their first break and the field moved over 50 entries while they were gone. A fine turnout for the specialty game so far with more expected.

Notables in early action include Eric Rivkin, Brian Gelrod, and David Shmuel along with Phil Hui coming off an Omaha 8 victory during the 2019 Lucky Hearts Poker Open.