2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 14
$600 Triple Stud (Re-Entry)
Entries:  67
Prize Pool:  $34,840
April 7, 2024

Event 14 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $600 Triple Stud (Re-Entry). A field of 67 entries created a prize pool of $34,840 and taking it down was Ari Engel, winning outright for $12,130.

The victory marked Engel’s second trophy of the series, having won Event 2 a few days ago. It’s also his fifth SHRP major series trophy victory overall.

Here are Engel’s five SHRP major series trophy victories:

2016 SHRPO  $1,650 Heads-Up  ($28,800)
2018 LHPO:  $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em  ($45,688)
2023 Showdown:  $600 PLO 6-Max  ($20,505)
2024 Showdown:  $600 7-Card Stud  ($7,150)
2024 Showdown:  $600 Triple Stud  ($12,130)

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 17
$300 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  197
Prize Pool:  $39,400
Bounty Prize Pool:  $9,850
April 7, 2024

Event 17 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $300 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 197 entries produced a prize pool of $39,400, with an additional $9,850 set aside for bounties.

A three-way deal took place at the final table and Pierre-Xavier Laurent was the chip leader at the time, making him the official winner for $7,360.

This marked Laurent’s second SHRP major series trophy, having previously won a $200 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty event during the 2023 Lucky Hearts series.

*denotes three-handed deal

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 120

Day 2 is Monday at 1 p.m.

Table 4
Seat 1:  Roongsak Griffeth  –  319,000  (64 bb)
Seat 2:  Ryan Hoenig  –  273,000  (55 bb)
Seat 3:  Matt Lambrecht  –  190,000  (38 bb)
Seat 4:  Loni Hui  –  59,000  (12 bb)
Seat 5:  Bogdan Chornyy  –  129,000  (26 bb)
Seat 6:
Seat 7:  Joel Gola  –  134,000  (27 bb)
Seat 8:  Paul Fisher  –  89,000  (18 bb)

Table 5
Seat 1:  Brian Green  –  149,000  (30 bb)
Seat 2:
Seat 3:
Seat 4:
Seat 5:  Joseph Duchman  –  129,000  (26 bb)
Seat 6:  Ian Gillespie  –  290,000  (58 bb)
Seat 7:  Michael Wang  –  31,000  (6 bb)
Seat 8:  Michael Savakinas  –  51,000  (10 bb)

Table 6
Seat 1:  Bobby Lupo  –  155,000  (31 bb)
Seat 2:  James Carroll  –  327,000  (65 bb)
Seat 3:  Nick Yunis  –  50,000  (10 bb)
Seat 4:  Chris Ackerman  –  261,000  (52 bb)
Seat 5:  Chris Mulhern  –  177,000  (35 bb)
Seat 6:
Seat 7:  Scott Freeman  –  198,000  (40 bb)
Seat 8:

1st:  $34,005 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $21,300
3rd:  $12,700
4th:  $8,150
5th:  $6,170
6th:  $5,125
7th:  $4,425
8th:  $3,900
9th:  $3,435
10th-12th:  $3,030
13th-15th:  $2,700

$400 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 142

Flight A:  142 Entries;  18 Advanced
Flight B:  Monday at 12 p.m.
Flight C:  Monday at 5 p.m.
Day 2:  Tuesday at 1 p.m.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 4,772

Day 3 begins Monday at 1 p.m.

Table 7
Seat 1:  Vitali Spiridonov  –  6,725,000  (54 bb)
Seat 2:
Seat 3:  Navin Chawla  –  8,700,000  (70 bb)
Seat 4:  Jeronimo Abalos  –  2,525,000  (20 bb)
Seat 5:  Jorge Bermudez  –  3,900,000  (31 bb)
Seat 6:  Eugene Kotlyarevskiy  –  7,175,000  (57 bb)
Seat 7:  Howard Wilamowski  –  1,175,000  (9 bb)
Seat 8:  Brian Hawkins  –  2,925,000  (23 bb)

Table 8
Seat 1:  Gabriel Fuller  –  8,150,000  (65 bb)
Seat 2:  Art Peacock  –   4,300,000  (34 bb)
Seat 3:  Sandro Sa  –  2,850,000  (23 bb)
Seat 4:  Jesus Martinez  –  8,450,000  (68 bb)
Seat 5:  Diane Linke  –  2,800,000  (22 bb)
Seat 6:  Stuart Phillips  –  5,075,000  (41 bb)
Seat 7:  Bill Gazes  –  4,150,000  (33 bb)
Seat 8:

Table 16
Seat 1:  Zhou Jiang  –  3,725,000  (30 bb)
Seat 2:  Anthony Itarelli  –  2,225,000  (18 bb)
Seat 3:
Seat 4:  Daniel Aviles  – 5,700,000  (46 bb)
Seat 5:  Guiseppi Betta  –  4,025,000  (32 bb)
Seat 6:  Zachary Eichenbaum  –  2,775,000  (22 bb)
Seat 7:  Andrew Pressler  –  3,550,000  (28 bb)
Seat 8:  Ya Yun Liu  –  3,425,000  (27 bb)

1st:  $203,380 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $136,000
3rd:  $101,000
4th:  $76,000
5th:  $57,000
6th:  $43,500
7th:  $33,500
8th:  $26,000
9th:  $20,400
10th-11th:  $16,300
12th-13th:  $13,000
14th-17th:  $10,400
18th-21st:  $8,400

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 4,772

Vitali Spiridonov raised from the cutoff, Likang Berninger three-bet all in for about 950,000 from the button, and Spiridonov called.

Spiridonov: 
Berninger: 

The board ran out , giving Spiridonov a pair of queens to eliminate Berninger in 22nd place.

Vitali Spiridonov  –  8,030,000  (80 bb)
Likang Berninger  –  Eliminated in 22nd Place  ($8,400)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 4,772

James Calderaro raised all in for 400,000 from middle position, Sandro Sa called in the cutoff, Jesus Martinez called on the button, and Diane Linke called in the small blind.

They checked to the turn of an board where Linke bet 500,000, isolating the action with for trip aces. Calderaro was drawing dead with , rendering the river moot.

Diane Linke  –  3,700,000  (37 bb)
James Calderaro  –  Eliminated in 23rd Place  ($8,400)

Recent Eliminations
24th:  Eric Riley  –  $6,800

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 4,772

Table 7
Seat 1:  Vitali Spiridonov  –  6,600,000  (66 bb)
Seat 2:  Likang Berninger  –  2,050,000  (21 bb)
Seat 3:  Navin Chawla  –  6,760,000  (68 bb)
Seat 4:  Jeronimo Abalos  –  1,170,000  (12 bb)
Seat 5:  Jorge Bermudez  –  3,800,000  (38 bb)
Seat 6:  Eugene Kotlyarevskiy  –  6,800,000  (68 bb)
Seat 7:  Howard Wilamowski  –  1,450,000  (15 bb)
Seat 8:  Brian Hawkins  –  3,400,000  (34 bb)

Table 8
Seat 1:  Gabriel Fuller  –  8,500,000  (85 bb)
Seat 2:  Art Peacock  –   3,250,000  (33 bb)
Seat 3:  Sandro Sa  –  4,700,000  (47 bb)
Seat 4:  Jesus Martinez  –  7,000,000  (70 bb)
Seat 5:  Diane Linke  –  1,850,000  (19 bb)
Seat 6:  Stuart Phillips  –  2,500,000  (25 bb)
Seat 7:  Eric Riley  –  320,000  (3 bb)
Seat 8:  James Calderaro  –  2,800,000  (28 bb)

Table 16
Seat 1:  Zhou Jiang  –  4,030,000  (40 bb)
Seat 2:  Anthony Itarelli  –  1,850,000  (19 bb)
Seat 3:  Bill Gazes  –  3,800,000  (38 bb)
Seat 4:  Daniel Aviles  –  5,030,000  (50 bb)
Seat 5:  Guiseppi Betta  –  3,200,000  (32 bb)
Seat 6:  Zachary Eichenbaum  –  2,200,000  (22 bb)
Seat 7:  Andrew Pressler  –  3,740,000  (37 bb)
Seat 8:  Ya Yun Liu  –  2,900,000  (29 bb)

1st:  $203,380 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $136,000
3rd:  $101,000
4th:  $76,000
5th:  $57,000
6th:  $43,500
7th:  $33,500
8th:  $26,000
9th:  $20,400
10th-11th:  $16,300
12th-13th:  $13,000
14th-17th:  $10,400
18th-23rd:  $8,400
24th:  $6,800

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 4,772

25th:  Justin Molina  –  $6,800
26th:  Kevin MacDonald  – $6,800
27th:  Judy Bielan  –  $6,800
28th:  Jean Deromedi Delplanque  –  $6,800
29th:  Shoshanna Dayan  –  $6,800
30th:  Michael Johnson  – $6,800
31st:  Gregory Pessine  –  $6,800

32nd:  Anthony Askey  –  $5,500
33rd:  Richard De Vivo  –  $5,500
34th:  Randy Sim  –  $5,500
35th:  Michael Mann  –  $5,500
36th:  Noah Bitton  –  $5,500
37th:  Cameron Storto  –  $5,500

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  37 of 4,772

1.  Stuart Phillips  –  4,700,000  (59 bb)
2.  Eugene Kotlyarevskiy  –  4,650,000  (59 bb)
3.  Jorge Bermudez  –  4,600,000  (58 bb)
4.  Jesus Martinez  –  4,200,000  (53 bb)
5.  James Calderaro  –  4,150,000  (52 bb)
6.  Zachary Eichenbaum  –  4,025,000  (50 bb)

Recent Eliminations
38th:  Dale Roesel  –  $5,500
39th:  Reynaldo Baro  –  $5,500

40th:  Sergey Glagolev  –  $4,440
41st:  Garret Reisz  –  $4,440
42nd:  Paul Domb  –  $4,440
43rd:  Kevin Paustenbach  –  $4,440
44th:  Michael Amato  –  $4,440
45th:  Naing Thu  –  $4,440
46th:  Eric Valerio  –  $4,440
47th:  Zachary Fischer  –  $4,440