2019 Showdown Live Updates

Event 1 Flight A: Jason Young Trying to Ride the Heater

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight A Entries: 274

Jason Young

The last time we saw Jason Young in a major Hollywood tournament, he was the one posing for the trophy pictures.

He is having a pretty decent start to his 2019. The WSOP bracelet winner began the 2019 SHR Lucky Hearts Poker Open with a final table appearance in the massive 4,500-field Ultimate Re-Entry starting event and bookended his series with a $263,000 win as the WPTDeepStacks Hollywood champion.

Young carried that success up the road to our sister room in Coconut Creek for the WSOP Circuit series. He went deep in the Main Event and a two-outer denied another title but that third-place finish put another $111,000 in his bankroll.

Event 1 Flight A: Sanu Singh Leads the Way

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries: 254

Sanu Singh

Players returned to their seats and Level 5 is underway with another dozen entries jumping in during the break. Everyone is chasing Sanu Singh in the early levels and he came back to a stack worth 86,000 for the clear lead.

Other notable bigger stacks include Daniel Vo (73,000), Michael Tureniec (58,000), Dimitry Agrachov (50,000), Rob Brown (48,000), Mark Nahama (47,000), Jacquelyn Scott (45,900), andThomas DiPietro (45,000).

Championship Satellite Schedule

The 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown is underway and the WPT Showdown Championship will be here before you know it. The $3,500 buy-in tournament has a $3,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and we have plenty of opportunities to get in the game for a fraction of the price.

Between now and April 13, we have 16 satellites running with a combined 94 seats guaranteed into the Championship. Mark your calendar for the two biggest days, April 10 and 11, when we have 71 seats up for grabs and the Event Center will be packed with players trying to win their way in.

You can find the complete Championship satellite schedule below along with structure information.

April 5 at 8pm – $390 Turbo Mega Satellite, 2 seats guaranteed
April 6 at 8pm – $390 Turbo Mega Satellite, 2 seats guaranteed
April 10 at 11am – $390 Mega Satellite, 20 seats guaranteed
April 10 at 3pm – $390 Mega Satellite, 10 seats guaranteed
April 10 at 7pm – $390 Mega Satellite, 5 seats guaranteed
April 11 at 11am – $390 Mega Satellite, 20 seats guaranteed
April 11 at 3pm – $390 Mega Satellite, 10 seats guaranteed
April 11 at 7pm – $390 Mega Satellite, 5 seats guaranteed
April 11 at 10:30pm – $375 Super Turbo Satellite, 1 seat guaranteed
April 12 at 9am – $390 Turbo Mega Satellite, 2 seats guaranteed
April 12 at 12pm – $375 Super Turbo Satellite, 1 seat guaranteed
April 12 at 3pm – $390 Mega Satellite, 10 seats guaranteed
April 12 at 8pm – $390 Turbo Mega Satellite, 2 seats guaranteed
April 12 at 10:30pm – Super Turbo Satellite, 1 seat guaranteed
April 13 at 9am – $390 Turbo Mega Satellite, 2 seats guaranteed
April 13 at 12pm – $375 Super Turbo Satellite, 1 seat guaranteed

$390 Showdown Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Structure Sheet

$390 Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Structure Sheet

$375 Championship Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Structure Sheet

All participants must be 21 years of age or older to play in the Championship and related satellites. Additional information available on tournament structure sheet.

Event 1 Flight A: Ladies Come to Play

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Entries: 193

Nancy Birnbaum

South Florida is not short on poker talent and it is not gender-specific. The area seems to contain some of the best female players in the game and they continue to run up the scores. Jennifer David was the most recent to make a big run when she finished third out of 1,537 entries in the Seminole Turnpike series for more than $30,000.

But they had to start somewhere and this weekend we have a great learning opportunity for some of our beginners. Prior to the $10,000 Guarantee Ladies Event, we are hosting an Instruction Brunch with WPT Commentator Tony Dunst giving a 90-minute rundown on the game. It starts at 11:30 and it will be a great warmup before the Ladies Event kicks off at 3pm. You can sign up in the poker room but entry is limited to the first 50 who join.

Abbey Daniels
Jacquelyn Scott
Jennifer David

Event 2: First Trophy

$360 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 100/200 Limits

While the opening event of the series is cruising along in the middle of the Event Center, we are ready to begin our first non-hold’em tournament on the schedule on the side. Event 2 is a $360 Limit Omaha 8 game, split pots all day long with the first trophy awaiting the winner.

Players start with 12,000 stacks and all levels will last 30 minutes today. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30pm with re-entries available during that time should a player lose their stack. There is a dinner break scheduled at 6pm and the remaining players will return to play it down to the winner later this evening.

Cards go in the air at noon and we will hit the highpoints along the way.

  • Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 2 Structure Sheet

Event 1 Flight A: Early Talent

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 100/100 with a 100 ante
Flight A Entries: 126

Brian Hastings (left) and Michael Tureniec (right)

The entry count quickly jumped over 100 after the start of the day and the luck of the draw put to of the toughest players next to each other.

Brian Hastings and Michael Tureniec are sitting next to each other and they have nearly $8,000,000 in combined earnings (that’s just live poker, both have huge results online) along with five WSOP bracelets.

Tureniec also has two SHRP trophies including the WPTDeepStacks Immokalee title we hosted. Hastings has four of the five combined bracelets and is a danger in any tournament he enters. But Hastings is running on short rest today after recently returning from his honeymoon.

Event 1 Flight A: Cards in the Air

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight A Entries: 75

Tournament Director Tony Burns kicks off the 2019 SHR Poker Showdown

After a few player instructions, Tournament Director Tony Burns kicked off the 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown with the “shuffle up and deal” command.

We are underway in Event 1 and they will play four levels before enjoying their first break of the day.

Event 1 Flight A: Kicking off the Series

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

The wait is over and it’s now time to get the 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown underway in the Event Center. We are starting off big with the $1,0000,000 Guarantee opening event and we expect a huge crowd throughout the weekend.

Event 1 has a $570 buy-in for that guaranteed prize pool and it features six starting flights, two-a-day from now through Saturday.

Each entrant will sit down to 20,000 starting stack and all Day 1 levels last 30-minutes, going up to 40 minutes on Day 2. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30pm and their day will come to an end after Level 14.

Everyone with chips will bag them up and return on Sunday for the restart.

This will be a great start to the series and we will see a lot of old friends along with some new ones.

  • $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

Showdown Day 1 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1 Day 1A – $570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $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

12PM: Event 2 – $360 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 2 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 1 Day 1B – $570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $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

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 29 – $80 Event 1 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • 2 seats guaranteed into $1 Million GTD Showdown Event 1
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 29 Sheet

3PM: Event 30 – $200 Multi-Event Satellite (1-in-10)

  • 4 packages guaranteed – Seats into any $570 and $1,100 Showdown event
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 30 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 31 – $140 Event 1 Turbo Satellite (1-in-5)

  • 2 seats guaranteed into $1 Million GTD Showdown Event 1
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 31 Structure Sheet

Complete 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Schedule