2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 4
$300 Quad Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  81
Prize Pool:  $20,520
April 3, 2024

While Flight B over in Event 1 was wrapping up for the night, there was another quick end at the final table of the Quad Stack captured by the perennial chip leader at the final table.

Event 4 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $300 Quad Stack NLH event. A field of 81 entries generated a prize pool of $20,250.

Dhimitri Lleshi took home the third SHRPO guitar pick trophy of the tournament series after he paced the field through the final paces of play tonight. In addition to the trophy Lleshi grabbed $7,087 for the victory.

Payouts:

1st: Dhimitri Lleshi – $7,087 + Showdown trophy
2nd: Charlie Lo – $4,050
3rd: Albert Eskenazi  – $2,841
4th: Steven Herschkowitz – $1,772
5th: David Oshry – $1,367
6th: Michael Newman – $1,063
7th: Jonathan Moschel – $911
8th: Shawn Stern – $810
9th: Eduardo Christ – $709

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  112 of 884

Flight A: 466 Entries; 59 Advanced
Flight B: 418 Entries; 53 Advanced
Flight C: Thursday at 10 am
Flight D: Thursday at 5 pm
Flight E: Friday at 10 am
Flight F: Friday at 5 pm
Flight G: Saturday at 10 am
Flight H: Saturday at 5 pm
Day 2: Sunday at 1 pm

$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 B Players Remaining:  54 of 418

Claudio Piedrabuena got all in with the board reading with in the hole from the small blind, and Jason Prest had him covered holding pocket fours UTG+1. The river came to the rescue in the form of the for Piedrabuena, and he doubled to survive with 282,000. Prest was down to just 6,000 after the hand.

At the same time as this hand was going a player busted at another table to bring Flight B to a close. Stay tuned for chip counts for the entire flight a little bit later.

Claudio Piedrabuena – 282,000 (56 bb)
Jason Prest – 6,000 (1 bb)

$300 Quad Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a big blind ante of 40,000
Remaining Players: 6 of 81

Jonathan Moschel fell at the final table when his ran into the of Dhimitri Lleshi on a final board reading . Moschel took home $911 in prize money for the deep run to seventh place. Lleshi stacked up 1,485,000 after collecting the pot to increase his chip lead.

Updated Results:

1st: $7,087 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $4,050
3rd: $2,841
4th: $1,772
5th: $1,367
6th: $1,063
7th: Jonathan Moschel – $911
8th: Shawn Stern – $810
9th: Eduardo Christ – $709

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 3
$600 Deep Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  97
Prize Pool:  $50,440
April 3, 2024

Event 3 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $600 Deep-Stack Mix NLH event. A field of 97 entries generated a prize pool of $50,440.

Ash Chehata took home the second SHRPO guitar pick trophy of the tournament series after he was the perennial chip leader at the final table. The final table was stuck at six-handed for quite some time, and then it hit a crazy rush to bring things down to a chop at heads-up play. In addition to the trophy Chehata grabbed $15,020 for the victory.

1st: Ash Chehata – $12,592* + Showdown trophy
2nd: Josias Santos – $12,063*
3rd: Joseph Stiers – $6,385
4th: Joseph Rossi – $4,375
5th: Stephen Smith – $3,110
6th: Roland Israelashvili – $2,290
7th: Ira Schwartz – $1,755
8th: Charles Johnson – $1,755
9th: Jacob Kauffman – $1,395
10th: John Valevich – $1,395
11th: Yayun liu – $1,160
12th: Matthew Waxman – $1,160
13th: Matthew Wolfson – $1,005

*: Denotes the results from the heads-up chop

$300 Quad Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  8,000/16,000
Remaining Players: 9 of 81

Here is a look at the seat draw with chip counts for the Quad Stack event. The final nine players have all now secured a min-cash worth $709.

Seat 1: Eduardo Christ – 205,000 (12 bb)
Seat 2: Steven Herschkowitz – 170,000 (10 bb)
Seat 3: Albert Eskenazi – 120,000 (7 bb)
Seat 4: Shawn Stern – 370,000 (23 bb)
Seat 5: Charlie Lo – 280,000 (17 bb)
Seat 6: Jonathan Moschel – 460,000 (28 bb)
Seat 7:  David Oshry – 245,000 (15 bb)
Seat 8: Dhimitri Lleshi – 760,000 (47 bb)
Seat 9: Michael Newman – 365,000 (22 bb)

Payouts:

1st: $7,087 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $4,050
3rd: $2,841
4th: $1,772
5th: $1,367
6th: $1,063
7th: $911
8th: $810
9th: $709

$300 Quad Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000
Remaining Players: 10 of 81

The Six-Max event is appropriately stuck at the final six players at the moment, so lets take a peek over at the Quad Stack field as they just reached hand-for-hand play on the money bubble.

Jonathan Moschel currently holds the chip lead with a stack of 614,000, and when one more player is eliminated the final nine will all cash for at least $709 in prize money. They will also draw for new seats at the final table at that time.

$600 Deep Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 big blind ante
Remaining Players: 6 of 97

The final table has been reached in the Six-Max event. Here is a look at the current chip counts and seat draw.

Seat 1: Josias Santos – 178,000 (22 bb)
Seat 2: Ash Chehata – 655,000 ( 81 bb)
Seat 3: Joe Steirs – 320,000 (40 bb)
Seat 4: Roland Israelishvili – 130,000 (16 bb)
Seat 5: Joseph Ritzie – 337,000 (42 bb)
Seat 6:  Steve Smith – 140,000 (17 bb)

$600 Deep Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante
Remaining Players: 7 of 97

The Six-Max event is down to the final table bubble with seven players remaining, and it has been that way for a while now. Here is a look at the updated payouts as they play down to a champion.

1st: $15,020 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $9,635
3rd: $6,385
4th: $4,375
5th: $3,110
6th: $2,290
7th: $1,755
8th: Charles Johnson – $1,755
9th: Jacob Kauffman – $1,395
10th: John Valevich – $1,395
11th: Yayun liu – $1,160
12th: Matthew Waxman – $1,160
13th: Matthew Wolfson – $1,005

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$600 7-Card Stud (Re-Entry)
Entries:  34
Prize Pool:  $17,680
April 3, 2024

Event 2 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $600 7-Card Stud event. A field of 34 entries generated a prize pool of $17,680.

Familiar face Ari Engel took home the first SHRPO guitar pick trophy of the tournament series to add to his collection on a crowded trophy case back home with all of his tournament victories. In addition to the trophy he added $7,150 to his career earnings that are now above $8.53 million.

The final hand saw Engel’s make a straight against the of the short-stacked Rotholz.

Final Results:

1st: Ari Engel – $7,150 + Showdown trophy
2nd: Hal Rotholtz – $4,420
3rd: Yuval Bronshtein – $2,650
4th: Larry St. Jean – $1,945
5th:Joel Harwood – $1,515