$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Entries: 591

Scott Blackman – 110,000 (220 bb)
Aaron Massey – 63,000 (126 bb)
John Dollinger – 54,000 (108 bb)
Cory Zeidman – 52,000 (104 bb)
Michael Johnson – 47,000 (94 bb)
Robert Transue – 43,000 (86 bb)
Aldring Gomez – 28,000 (56 bb)
Jessica Dawley – 25,000 (50 bb)
Matt Stout – 24,000 (48 bb)
Jonathan Marcu – 21,000 (42 bb)
Neil Blumenfield – 19,000 (38 bb)
Sean Shah – 18,000 (36 bb)
Vinny Pahuja – 16,500 (33 bb)
Ricardo Eyzaguirre – 16,000 (32 bb)
Scott Baumstein – 14,000 (28 bb)
Mike Beasley – 11,000 (22 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza – 9,000 (18 bb)

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  79 of 625

Flight A: 625 Entries; 79 Advanced
Flight B: Underway
Flight C: Friday at 10 a.m.
Flight D: Friday at 6 p.m.
Flight E: Saturday at 10 a.m.
Flight F: Saturday at 6 p.m.
Day 2: Sunday at 2 p.m.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  79 of 625

Flight A of the opening event of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown drew 625 entries. After just more than 15 levels of play, 79 players survived and secured a cash.

As a reminder, players must make Day 2 (to be played on Sunday at 2 p.m.) in order to reach the money.

Seth Medoff (pictured above) and Nick Pupillo (pictured below) each finished the day with 464,000 and share the top spot on the leader board.

Complete Flight A chip counts will be posted later tonight.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  79 of 625

Flight A went into hand-for-hand mode with exactly 10 tables remaining and it took a little while to make the money.

Other than a jacks-versus-jacks hand with Ory Hen, no one was at risk until the sixth hand and then we had three at once. The first two runouts produced double ups while Table 44 was only waiting to show some cards.

It was a multi-way pot with the big blind all in preflop and the live players checked down the board until Ronnie George bet out to isolate and he was good with for the rivered straight. The short stacked big blind showed and was eliminated to put the rest of them in the money.

Ronnie George – 230,000

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Flight B Entries:  340 (Total: 965)

The second flight of Event 1 is underway and the $500,000 guarantee is already in the rearview mirror. Only 328 new entries were needed to surpass the mark and we have 340 in the game already.

They start with 20,000 deep stacks and play 30-minute levels on Day 1, increasing to 40 minutes on Day 2. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 pm and players are limited to a single re-entry option if they bust out. The field will be capped at 480 unique players so get here soon.

They will continue playing into the evening until 12.5% of the field remains for a Day 2 return already in the money.

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
• Single re-entry per flight
• 480 players max per flight
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 9:  800/1,600 Limits
Players Remaining: 104 of 159

The numbers are in and the record-setting Omaha 8 drew 159 players to put $53,265 up for grabs. The last 20 spots will be paid with a min-cash earning $745 and the Omaha 8 champ taking home $13,020 plus the Showdown trophy.

2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Freeze-Out)
Entries: 159
Prize Pool:  $53,625
April 15, 2021

1st: $13,020 + Trophy
2nd: $8,650
3rd: $6,205
4th: $4,525
5th: $3,370
6th: $2,570
7th: $2,000
8th-9th: $1,450
10th-12th: $1,115
13th-14th: $985
15th-16th: $865
17th-20th: $745

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  104 of 625

Flight A players are preparing for what should be their last break of the day. There are 104 remaining with the money bubble process starting when they hit 80. From there they will play hand-for-hand until one player is eliminated sending the rest to Day 2.

It looks like we have a new leader in the room with Hassan El-Hakim sitting on three towers for 230,000. Ashley Hine is still in the hunt for the end-of-day lead with more than 200,000 herself so the race is on.

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Freeze-Out)
Structure
Level 9:  800/1,600 Limits
Entries:  159

Registration closed on the $400 Limit Omaha 8 freeze-out and it was another record-setting field. The tournament drew 159 players to create the biggest Limit Omaha 8 tournament in our history, topped the 153 entries from the 2011 Poker Showdown and 2011 Summer Splash (the predecessor to the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open).

2021 Showdown – 159 entries
2011 Showdown – 153 entries
2011 Summer Splash – 153 entries
2021 LHPO – 123 entries
2018 SHRPO – 113 entries

We will release the prize pool and payouts as soon as the numbers are official.