Showdown

Event 26 Flight D: Aaron Johnson Busts One

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight D Entries: 378

Aaron Johnson

A series of raises saw UTG get all in with pocket fives, and Aaron Johnson had him covered holding pocket kings on the cutoff.

The final board read KhQh8s7dAd, and Johnson took out his opponent to stack up 136,000 after collecting the pot.

Aaron Johnson – 136,000 (170 bb)

Event 26 Flight D: Ash Chehata Takes One Out

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight D Entries: 369

Ash Chehata

The cutoff was all in preflop with pocket nines in the hole, and Ash Chehata had him covered holding pocket tens from late position.

The final board read AhAd7h4s7s, and Chehata took out his opponent to stack up 44,000 after collecting the pot.

Ash Chehata – 44,000 (55 bb)

Event 26 Flight D: Donald Gibbs Takes One Out

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight D Entries: 356

Donald Gibbs

The hijack was all in with Ad7d in the hole, and Donald Gibbs had him covered holding AcKd on the small blind.

The final board read QdJc4d10c5h, and Gibbs took out his opponent to stack up 54,000 after collecting the pot.

Donald Gibbs – 54,000 (90 bb)

Event 26 Flight D: Donald Williams Doubles

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight D Entries: 329

Donald Williams

Donald Williams was all in with AsKh in the hole from the button for a little more than 20,000, and the hijack had him covered holding pocket jacks.

The final board read 10c6s5cAc2d, and Williams doubled up to survive with 45,000 after collecting the pot.

Donald Williams – 45,000 (75 bb)

Event 28: Prize Pool and Payouts with $32,145 to the Champion

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 28
$1,100 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  116
Prize Pool:  $112,520
April 11, 2024

Registration closed for the $1,100 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry) tournament with 116 entries creating a prize pool worth $112,520.

The last 15 spots will be paid with $1,950 for a min-cash and $32,9145 plus the Showdown trophy up top.

1st: $32,145 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $20,700
3rd: $13,755
4th: $9,450
5th: $6,720
6th: $4,950
7th-8th: $3,785
9th-10th: $3,010
11th-12th: $2,485
13th-14th: $2,145
15th: $1,950

Event 26 Flight C: Scotter Clark Leads 56 Survivors

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Remaining Flight C Players: 56 of 443

Play has come to a close for Flight C in Event 26 with Scotter Clark bagging the top stack of 573,000 to pace the 56 survivors that have advanced to Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm. Here is a look at the top stacks in the field when they bagged up, and stay tuned for the counts from all of the previous flights a little later tonight.

Scotter Clark – 573,000
Jordan Flaschner – 373,000
Art Peacock – 358,000
Prasad Vemulapalli – 351,000
Michael Wetcher – 346,000
Aleksei Donets – 338,000
Habibollah Jahangard – 337,000
Guy Nhimi – 327,000
Stewart Yanick – 254,000
Anthony Lavalle – 237,000

Event 26 Flight C: Hand-for-Hand Play

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Remaining Flight C Players: 57 of 443

The field has reached hand-for-hand play on the bubble for Flight C with 57 players remaining. They will all bag up when one more player is eliminated. They’ve already played quite a few hands thus far, so we will see how long it takes them to burst the bubble.

Event 26 Flight C: Darrell Gaudette Doubles Up

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Remaining Flight C Players: 82 of 443

Darrell Gaudette was all in preflop with AhJc in the hole from the big blind, and a player in middle position had him covered holding AsQd.

The final board read 7h6h2d3h2h, and  Gaudette doubled up to survive with 71,000 after collecting the pot.

Darrell Gaudette – 71,000 (23 bb)

Event 29: Two-Day Omaha

$400 Eight-Handed PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante

The last trophy tournament on today’s schedule is Event 29 at 6 pm and we couldn’t finish the day without some Omaha. It is a $400 Deep Stack Eight-Handed PLO tournament and it will have a fun crew trying to win the title.

They’ll start with 20K stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and re-entries are available until 10:30 pm and they’ll continue playing through Level 16.

Those with chips at that point will bag them up and return tomorrow to play down the winner.

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end after Level 16
  • Event 29 Structure Sheet

Event 26 Flight C: Michael Jacobson Takes One Out

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Remaining Flight C Players: 90 of 443

Michael Jacobson

Michael Jacobson just took out one of his opponents in two parts. In the first hand, Jacobson held AhJd over the KsQs of his opponent on a final board reading 8h6d5dAs2s. That hand took Jacobson up to 68,000, and his opponent was left with a dust of a stack with 8,000.

One of the next hands saw the short stack get all in again with 9s8h in the hole this time around, and Jacobson was there once again to cover him holding AdKh. The final board was dealt QhJh6sKs4c, and Jacobson eliminated his opponent to stack up 82,500 after collecting the pot.

Martin Jacobson – 82,500 (33 bb)