$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36:  300,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 3,989

Darryll Fish moved all in from UTG/cutoff for 5,500,000, and Vladyslav Shovkovyi called from the button with . Fish turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Fish paired his ten on the turn, but improved no further. Shovkovyi won the pot with his pocket aces to eliminate Fish in fourth place.

Darryll Fish  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($124,600)

Here are the updated chip counts for the final three players:

Seat 1.  Vladyslav Shovkovyi  –  62,600,000  (125 bb)
Seat 2.  David Trager  –  12,600,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3.  Alexandre Henry  –  4,600,000  (9 bb)

With three players remaining from a field of 3,989, the average chip stack is around 26,600,000 (53 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $161,700 each.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36:  300,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 3,989

Alexandre Henry moved all in from the button for 3,700,000, and Vladyslav Shovkovyi tanked for a long time before he called from the big blind with .

Henry turned over , and he was a dominant favorite to double up.

The board came , and Henry paired his nine on the flop and turned a club flush to win the pot and double up in chips.

Alexandre Henry  –  8,200,000  (16 bb)
Vladyslav Shovkovyi  –  50,300,000  (101 bb)

With four players remaining from a field of 3,989, the average chip stack is around 19,900,000 (40 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $124,600 each.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 209

On the last hand before break, Brett Bader caught a massive double up against Stuart Young to take the lead and knock Young down to a few big blinds.

Seat 1: Stuart Young – 55,000 (3 bb)
Seat 2: Shlomo Perez – 530,000 (27 bb)
Seat 3: Corey Ristich – 825,000 (41 bb)
Seat 4: Sebastiaan De Jonge – 180,000 (9 bb)
Seat 5: Brett Bader – 1,800,000 (90 bb)
Seat 6: Rodney Turvin – 785,000 (39 bb)

1st: $50,455 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $33,665
3rd: $22,975
4th: $16,060
5th: $11,510
6th: $8,460
7th: Julio Delgado – $6,385

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 3,989

David Trager raised from UTG/cutoff to 1,200,000, and Vladyslav Shovkovyi called from the big blind.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Shovkovyi bet 1,400,000, and Trager called.

The river card paired the board with the , Shovkovyi bet 2,500,000, and Trager called. Shovkovyi showed , but Trager turned over to win the pot with two pair, eights and deuces.

David Trager  –  21,000,000  (53 bb)
Vladyslav Shovkovyi  –  45,000,000  (113 bb)

With four players remaining from a field of 3,989, the average chip stack is around 19,900,000 (50 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $124,600 each.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 3,989

Vladyslav Shovkovyi raised from the button to 900,000, David Trager moved all in from the small blind for 15,100,000, and Shovkovyi asked for an exact count before he went into the tank.

Shovkovyi tanked for a long time before he folded, showing one card — the .

Trager turned over as he took the pot.

David Trager  –  16,800,000  (42 bb)
Vladyslav Shovkovyi  –  47,000,000  (118 bb)

With four players remaining from a field of 3,989, the average chip stack is around 19,900,000 (50 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $124,600 each.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 3,989

Vladyslav Shovkovyi raised from the cutoff to 900,000, David Trager moved all in from the button for 7,200,000, and Shovkovyi waited for an exact count before he called with .

Trager turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Shovkovyi flopped a higher pair, but Trager rivered a queen to win the pot with two pair, kings and queens, to double up in chips.

David Trager  –  15,400,000  (39 bb)
Vladyslav Shovkovyi  –  45,500,000  (114 bb)

With four players remaining from a field of 3,989, the average chip stack is around 19,900,000 (50 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $124,600 each.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 3,989

Alexandre Henry got it all in from the big blind for 4,200,000 with , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of David Trager in the small blind.

The board came , and Henry won the pot with the two pair on the board and his ace kicker to double up in chips.

Alexandre Henry  –  8,800,000  (22 bb)
David Trager  –  7,200,000  (18 bb)

With four players remaining from a field of 3,989, the average chip stack is around 19,900,000 (50 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $124,600 each.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 3,989

Vladyslav Shovkovyi raised from the cutoff to 900,000, Ari Engel reraised from the button to 3,600,000, and Shovkovyi moved all in.

Engel called all in for roughly 5.5 million with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Shovkovyi’s .

The board came , and the pocket tens held up for Shovkovyi to win the pot and eliminate Engel in fifth place.

Vladyslav Shovkovyi  –  52,700,000  (132 bb)
Ari Engel  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($94,300)

As Engel was leaving the table, Darryll Fish told him what he had in their big hand before the break.

“I had the nut flush,” said Fish.

With four players remaining from a field of 3,989, the average chip stack is around 19,900,000 (50 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $124,600 each.

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 30
$600 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  251
Prize Pool:  $81,575
Bounty Prize Pool: $50,200
April 24, 2023

Registration closed for the $600 Double Black Chip Bounty tournament with 251 entries creating a prize pool worth $81,575 and a bounty prize pool for $50,200. The last 32 players will make the money with $650 for a min-cash and $18,670 to the Event 30 champ.

1st: $18,670 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $12,100
3rd: $8,360
4th: $5,085
5th: $4,000
6th: $3,255
7th: $2,735
8th: $2,285
9th-10th: $1,875
11th-12th: $1,595
13th-15th: $1,370
16th-18th: $1,150
19th-21st: $945
22nd-24th: $800
25th-27th: $700
28th-32nd: $650

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 3,989

The players have returned from break to begin Level 35, with increased blinds of 200,000-400,000 with a 400,000 ante.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1.  Vladyslav Shovkovyi  –  44,400,000  (111 bb)
Seat 2.  Ari Engel  –  5,700,000  (14 bb)
Seat 3.  David Trager  –  13,700,000  (34 bb)
Seat 4.  Alexandre Henry  –  3,600,000  (9 bb)
Seat 5.  Darryll Fish  –  12,400,000  (31 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $360,000 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $228,200
3rd:  $161,700
4th:  $124,600
5th:  $94,300

6th:  Ryan Brown  –  $69,580
7th:  Greg Anda  –  $50,015
8th:  Joseph Dipascale  –  $39,800
9th:  Charlemagne Benjamin  –  $30,765

With five players remaining from a field of 3,989, the average chip stack is around 16,000,000 (40 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $94,300 each.