$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  53 of 522

Flight A: 522 Entries; 53 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 1 p.m.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  53 of 522

Flight A of Event 1 came to an end with 4:58 remaining in Level 17. There were 53 survivors, and the chipleader from this flight is Kevin Payton with 550,000 (92 big blinds). Here are the top five chip counts from this first flight:

1.  Kevin Payton  –  550,000  (92 bb)
2.  Clyde Maliauka  –  506,000  (84 bb)
3.  Craig Pollak  –  429,000  (72 bb)
4.  Amin Akhlaghi  –  426,000  (71 bb)
5.  Ravi Mahtani  –  387,000  (65 bb)

A full list of official chip counts will be posted soon.

There are still five more flights to go (two per day), with Flight B already underway. Day 2 begins Sunday at 1:00 pm, and every player who bags up chips for Day 2 will finish in the money. The prizepool won’t be determined until registration has completed for the final flight on Saturday night.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  53 of 522

Moments after Steve Karp’s elimination, and before hand-for-hand play began, a short-stacked player was all in from the big blind for about 26,000 with , trailing Damaso Benalcazar’s on the button.

The board came , giving Benalcazar eights full of sevens to score the elimination and send the remaining 53 players through to Day 2, which begins on Sunday at 1:00 pm. Every player who bags up chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

Damaso Benalcazar  –  189,000  (32 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  54 of 522

The field is down to 54 players, but only 53 can advance to Day 2 and finish in the money, which means hand-for-hand play is about to begin on the Money Bubble.

Each table is finishing the current hand, and then the Money Bubble will officially begin.

With 54 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 193,000 (32 big blinds). Everyone who survives this flight will be in the money and advance to Day 2.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  54 of 522

Guillermo Morales raised from the hijack, Steve Karp three-bet all in for about 75,000 from the button and Morales called with , leading Karp’s .

The board ran out , no help to Karp, locking up the pot for Morales.

Guillermo Morales  –  340,000  (57 bb)
Steve Karp  –  Eliminated

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  70 of 522

Kevin Payton  –  550,000  (110 bb)
Clyde Maliauka  –  350,000  (70 bb)
Rodolfo Guaigua  –  255,000  (51 bb)
Miguel Capriles  –  230,000  (46 bb)
Scott Robbins  –  165,000  (33 bb)
Cangir Elcin  –  155,000  (31 bb)
Richard Leger  –  135,000  (27 bb)
Willie Wiggins  –  115,000  (23 bb)
Ory Hen  –  105,000  (21 bb)
Steve Karp  –  80,000  (16 bb)

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Single Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  116
Prize Pool:  $38,860
March 24, 2022

Registration has closed in the event that will award the first trophy of the series — $400 Limit Omaha 8. With 116 players, they built a prizepool worth $38,860, easily surpassing the $30,000 guarantee.

The final 15 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $875 each, with a first prize of $11,330.

1st:  $11,330 + Trophy
2nd:  $7,095
3rd:  $4,235
4th:  $2,720
5th:  $2,060
6th:  $1,710
7th:  $1,475
8th:  $1,300
9th-10th:  $1,145
11th-12th:  $1,010
13th-15th:  $875

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  83 of 522

A scan of the field during the break turned up three players with at least 300K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Kevin Payton  –  490,000  (123 bb)
2.  Rodolfo Guaigua  –  362,000  (91 bb)
3.  Clyde Maliauka  –  357,000  (89 bb)

With about 83 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 126,000 (32 big blinds). Action will continue this evening until there are 53 players remaining, and everyone who survives this flight will make the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Flight B of Poker Showdown Event 1 is set to kick off at the top of the hour and build on the already big turnout from Flight A. We had 522 entries in the first flight with many more expected over the coming weekend.

The $400 tournament has a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool that should be surpassed at some point tomorrow and they can begin aiming for seven digits.

Players start with 20,000 deep stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 minutes on Day 2 and 60 at the final table. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 pm.

They will continue to play into the evening and Flight B will come to an end when 10% of the field remains. Those players will bag up their stacks and return for Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm 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 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  99 of 522

Shortly after chipleader Rodolfo Guaigua was moved to a new table, he raised UTG+1 to 8,000. Scott Robbins reraised from the cutoff to 30,000, and Guaigua called.

Robbins said something along the lines of, “When you sat down with all those chips, I knew you’d be the one to bust me. So it’s been nice playing with you.”

The flop came , Guaigua checked, and Robbins moved all in. Guaigua quickly folded face up, forfeiting the pot.

Robbins showed as he took the pot.

Scott Robbins  –  134,000  (45 bb)
Rodolfo Guaigua  –  347,000  (116 bb)

With about 99 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 105,000 (35 big blinds). Action will continue this evening until there are 53 players remaining, and everyone who survives this flight will make the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.