$600 Seniors 50+ (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Entries: 145
The clock is ticking down toward the end of registration for the $600 Seniors with a great turnout. They will play out Level 8, take a 15-minute break, and registration will close when they return.
A few more familiar faces include Neil Blumenfield, Scott Levitt, Zoltan Czincota, Judy Bielan, and Even Teitelbaum.
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries: 565
Registration closed for Flight A of Showdown Event 1 with 565 entries kicking things off with a big number. They put more than $185,000 towards the $500,000 guarantee and that mark will be met early.
Flight A will continue until 71 players remain and survivors will return for Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm in the money.
| Day/Time | Flight | Entries | Advanced |
| Thurs at 10 am | A | 565 | TBD |
| Thurs at 6 pm | B | — | — |
| Friday at 10 am | C | — | — |
| Friday at 6 pm | D | — | — |
| Sat at 10 am | E | — | — |
| Sat at 6 pm | F | — | — |
| Total | 565 | TBD |
$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 100/100
The 2023 Poker Showdown to stacked full with Omaha tournaments and we come out of the gates with a fun one at 2 pm. Event 3 is a $600 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha Big O tournament, five cards with split pots.
Players sit down to 20K deep stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 6:30 pm. They’ll play down into the evening and end when we have our first Showdown Omaha champ.
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 200/500 with a 500 ante
Flight A Entries: 495
We are nearly 500 entries for a fantastic start to the day and series. It’s also a tougher field than we’re used to seeing this early and we love to see it.
Among them, we have Sheddy Siddiqui, Loni Hui, Anna Antimony, T.K. Miles, and 2019 WPT Poker Showdown champ James Carroll.
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries: 425
We didn’t need to look very far to find our early chip leader. It was that obvious.
Mike Patterson sat down this morning with his 20K start stack, went on a big early heater, and went on break with an incredible 185,000. Hours from now, that number would still be among the leaders if not still the top spot.
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight A Entries: 350
Flight A is getting ready to take the first break with 350 here so far, a great turnout even with the rough weather over the last 24 hours. We are ahead of the pace from last year and looking at a big number.
A few notables in the opening include recent WSOP Circuit winner Caleb Piderit, his father Eric, Michael Tait, Jennifer David, and Solange Lucas.
$600 Seniors 50+ (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Entries: 62
The first of three Seniors Events on the schedule got underway at the top of the hour with a great turnout already. There are 62 entries and they are having a great time this morning.
A few notables include Steve “Cuz” Bucker, Nancy Birnbaum, and Eric Siegel.
$600 Seniors 50+ (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 100/100
The 2023 Poker Showdown schedule features 61 trophy events over 20 days and three of them are set for our players aged 50 and older. The first is a $600 buy-in version this morning at 11 am with a $400 later in the series and a Seniors Black Chip Bounty the last weekend.
Seniors will start with 20,000 in their stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm with a 40-minute dinner break at 5:30 pm.
This tournament will award the first Showdown trophy of the series and we look forward to crowning our champ.
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight A Entries: 121
Cards are in the air for the 2023 Poker Showdown with 121 entries in Flight A of Event 1. There’s a long way to go with 61 events in 20 days and nearly $7,000,000 in guarantees.
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
The 2023 Poker Showdown series is set to get underway with the first flight of Event 1 at 10 am in the Grand Ballroom. The $400 Deep Stack has a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool and six total flights between now and Saturday evening.
Players start with 20K deep stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 minutes at the start of Day 2 and 60 from Level 24 forward. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 2:30 pm.
Flight A will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and they will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm in the money.
This will be the start of a huge series and we hope to see old friends and make new ones along the way.