$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining:  152 of 625

Flight A is back underway after the third break of the day with approximately 150 players remaining and 79 advancing to Day 2. Players are dropping at a quick rate, trying to build a castle or hit Flight B at 6 pm.

“Action Ashley” Hine looks like the biggest stack in the room in the late stages with 159,000 and the Texas native is in great position to bag the Flight A lead in a couple of hours.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries:  625

Registration closed for the first flight of the first event of the 2021 Poker Showdown series and it was a big one. Flight A put 625 entries in Event 1, up from 400 for the same session in January, and the field will hit its $500,000 guarantee before too long in Flight B.

Flight A will continue to play until 79 players remain and they will advance to Day 2 in the money.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight A Entries:  617

As Level 8 is coming to an end, tournament staff sent a third of the room on their second break of the day. They will continue like this until everyone returns at 2:30 pm for the start of Level 9 and the close of registration.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight A Entries:  597

Flight A is nearing 600 entries, a 50% increase from January with time to climb, and the 480 unique player cap is nearing with less than an hour to go before registration closes.

A tremendous start to the series.

Matt Stout is back in South Florida after taking a forced poker break like the rest of the world. He has $4.3 million in career earnings and made his third WPT final table here during the WPT Poker Showdown Championship in 2018, finishing fifth for a nice $190K payday.

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Freeze-Out)
Structure
Level 2:  100/200 Limits
Entries:  108

The Omaha 8 tournament is playing out across the hall from the Seminole Ballroom and the Salon West already has more than 100 players in the freeze-out with registration open for more than three hours.

Yuval Bronshtein is back in action and always a favorite to take home the title in these tough fields. The WSOP bracelet winner came storming out of the gates in January when he crushed the first two Lucky Hearts Poker Open tournaments. He is the defending champion of this tournament with an LHPO win and came back the next day to finish second in the $400 H.O.R.S.E. freeze-out.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries:  520

The staggered break is complete and all players rolled into Level 5 at the same time. The entry count climbed over 500 while they were gone and the field continues to grow.

Jeff Kessler and Jennifer David are two of regulars in the field today looking for more success. David booked her biggest score two years ago when she finished third out of more than 1,500 entries in the Turnpike Series.

Kessler picked up a SHRP trophy when he won the RRPO Seniors Event in 2013. His biggest cash came in this tournament during the 2019 Poker Showdown, taking home $108,780 for third place out of nearly 3,000 entries.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight A Entries:  481

To help keep our players safe, tournament staff are implementing a staggered break system for the huge Flight A field. They will be broken into thirds with everyone back in action at the same time to start Level 5.

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Freeze-Out)
Structure
Level 1:  50/100 Limits

It wouldn’t be a Seminole Hard Rock Poker festival if we didn’t throw in plenty of games for our non-Hold’em friends and we have the first one right out of the gates today at noon. Event 1 may be the first tournament of the series but Event 2 will award the first Poker Showdown trophy.

Event 2 is a $400 buy-in Limit Omaha/8 tournament and this game drew a huge 123-player field in January. They’ll start with 12,000 stacks and run 30-minute levels throughout the day. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm but the Freeze-Out format means no re-entries if a player busts. They will have a dinner break at 6 pm and return to play down to our first Showdown champion.

• Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 2 Structure Sheet