$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  15,000/30,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  9 of 77

Seat 1:  Donny Rubinstein  –  95,000  (30 BB)
Seat 2:  Steven Roth  –  90,000  (3 BB)
Seat 3:  Pritpal Virdee  –  440,000  (15 BB)
Seat 4:  Marc Rabuse  –  125,000  (4 BB)
Seat 5:  Gabe Ramos  –  285,000  (9 BB)
Seat 6:  Chris Labrie  –  55,000  (2 BB)
Seat 7:  Ricardo Quintero  –  300,000  (10 BB)
Seat 8:  Daniel Pearlman  –  100,000  (3 BB)
Seat 9:  Jay Kerbel  –  440,000  (15 BB)

1st:  $13,195 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $7,735
3rd:  $4,840
4th:  $3,275
5th:  $2,475
6th:  $1,985
7th:  $1,785
8th:  $1,585
9th:  $1,390

10th:  Sean Christy  – $1,390

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight F Players Remaining:  215 of 497

Flight F of Showdown Event 1 closed with 497 entries, bringing the total field size to 2,623 entries with two starting flights remaining. The guarantee will be surpassed and then some tomorrow morning.

Play in Flight F will continue until 63 players remain. Players must bag a stack in order to cash, and those who do will return for Day 2 on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Chip counts thru Flight E

$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  13 of 77

Table 9
Seat 1:  Jay Kerbel  –  250,000  (13 BB)
Seat 2:  Pritpal Videe  –  376,000  (19 BB)
Seat 3:  Benjamin Goldstein  –  92,000  (5 BB)
Seat 4:  Sean Heywood  –  151,000  (8 BB)
Seat 5:  Donny Rubinstein  –  153,000  (8 BB)
Seat 6:
Seat 7:
Seat 8:  Eugene Mistretta  –  58,000  (3 BB)
Seat 9:

Table 10
Seat 1:  Marc Rabuse  –  139,000  (7 BB)
Seat 2:  Chris Labrie  –  161,000  (8 BB)
Seat 3:  Sean Christy  –  67,000  (3 BB)
Seat 4:  Daniel Pearlman  –  114,000  (6 BB)
Seat 5:
Seat 6:  Ricardo Quintero  –  69,000  (3 BB)
Seat 7:  Steven Roth  –  152,000  (8 BB)
Seat 8:  Gabe Ramos  –  142,000  (7 BB)
Seat 9:

1st:  $13,195 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $7,735
3rd:  $4,840
4th:  $3,275
5th:  $2,475
6th:  $1,985
7th:  $1,785
8th:  $1,585
9th-10th:  $1,390

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 9
$1,100 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  92
Prize Pool:  $70,840
Bounty Prize Pool:  $18,400
March 21, 2025

Event 9 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $1,100 Double Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 92 entries generated a prize pool of $70,840, with an additional $18,400 set aside for bounties. The final 12 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $1,700.

Up top for the winner is $21,740.

1st:  $21,740 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $13,200
3rd:  $9,000
4th:  $6,300
5th:  $4,600
6th:  $3,500
7th:  $2,800
8th:  $2,300
9th-10th:  $2,000
11th-12th:  $1,700

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  267 of 2,126

Flight A:  390 Entries;  49 Advanced
Flight B:  356 Entries;  45 Advanced
Flight C:  382 Entries;  48 Advanced
Flight D:  444 Entries;  55 Advanced
Flight E:  554 Entries;  70 Advanced
Flight F:  In Progress (Reg. Open ~9:30 p.m.)
Flight G:  Saturday at 10 a.m.
Flight H:  Saturday at 5 p.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 1 p.m.
Day 3:  Monday at 1 p.m.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  70 of 554

Tournament staff broke a table with 72 players remaining and before those players were settled in their seats, two more players were eliminated without the need for hand-for-hand. That put the field in the money, including several short stacks breathing easier.

Julian Pineda and Perla Ojeda were in a virtual dead heat for the biggest stack of the flight, but Pineda moved ahead at the end, bagging 480,000 with Ojeda’s 405,000 in second.

Here are the top five chip counts from Flight E:

1.  Julian Pinda  –  480,000  (96 bb)
2.  Perla Ojeda  –  405,000  (81 bb)
3.  Yuriy Kozinskiy  –  332,000  (66 bb)
4.  Andres Fernandez  –  301,000  (60 bb)
5.  Naing Thu  –  298,000  (60 bb)

Full chip counts will be posted as soon as they are available.

$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Tonight’s closing tournament is another $300 Quad Stack but this time we are adding $100 black chip bounties to the game. Earn some money early in the evening.

They’ll sit down to huge 40K stacks and all levels last 20 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 9:30 pm.

• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 10 (9:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 10 Structure Sheet

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

Flight F of Showdown Event 1 gets underway at 5 pm in the Grand Ballroom, and the $400 Deep Stack will get one step closer to surpassing the $1,000,000 guarantee. It won’t happen tonight, but it will get there early in the first Saturday flight and then zoom higher.

Players sit with 20K in their stack and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 on Day 2 and 60 minutes in Level 24. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 9:30 pm and players may re-enter as often as needed during that time.

Flight F will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and survivors will bag their chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday at 1 pm.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Levels 24+ last 60 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 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 E Players Remaining:  153 of 554

Players return to action after another break, this time to pull the black chips out of play, and we have a new leader for Flight E.

Russ Vavuris has the top stack late in the day, saying he’s “running good” to understate his 250,000 stack (on the nose). Steve Vecchio is second with 233,500 followed by Yuriy Kozinskiy’s 231,000 and former leader Azim Popatia is doing just fine with 185,500.

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 8
$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries:  77
Prize Pool:  $39,655
March 21, 2025

Registration closed for the $600 Limit Omaha 8 tournament with 77 entries creating a prize pool worth $39,655. The last ten spots will be paid with $1,390 for a min-cash and $13,195 set aside for the Event 8 champ.

1st: $13,195 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $7,735
3rd: $4,840
4th: $3,275
5th: $2,475
6th: $1,985
7th: $1,785
8th: $1,585
9th-10th: $1,390