Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 12 Day 1A – $200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (2:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
• Event 12 Structure Sheet

11AM: Event 13 – $400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 12,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 13 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 9 Day 1B – $400 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Levels 27+ last 60 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 9 Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 1 Day 3 – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• Event 1 Day 3 Chip Counts and Seats
• Event 1 Payouts

2PM: Event 8 Day 2 – $1,100 Deep Stack Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)

• Event 8 Day 2 Chip Counts and Seats
• Event 8 Payouts

3PM: Event 12 Day 1B – $200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (6:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
• Event 12 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 9 Day 1C – $400 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Levels 27+ last 60 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 9 Structure Sheet

7PM: Event 12 Day 1C – $200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
• Event 12 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

8PM: $400 Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into $3,000,000 GTD WPT Showdown Championship
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 4,184

Day 2 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown opening event ended with 18 players remaining from the field of 4,184 entries. Leading the way is Johnathan Norris with 19,500,000 (156 bb) and a massive chip lead, having about a quarter of the chips in play.

Day 3 is Monday at 1 p.m.

Here are the Day 3 table and seat assignments:

Table 8
Seat 1:  Johnathan Norris  –  19,500,000  (156 bb)
Seat 2:  Greg Spinder  –  1,600,000  (13 bb)
Seat 3:  Anthony DeCresci Jr.  –  1,175,000  (9 bb)
Seat 4:  David MacDonald  –  3,700,000  (30 bb)
Seat 5:  Fabian Foster  –  9,550,000  (76 bb)
Seat 6:  Sebastian Espinoza  –  8,350,000  (67 bb)
Seat 7:  Steve Karp  –  3,300,000  (26 bb)
Seat 8:  Oscar Castagna  –  4,300,000  (34 bb)
Seat 9:  Chris Lewis  –  2,350,000  (19 bb)

Table 16
Seat 1:  Omer Rotman  –  2,675,000  (21 bb)
Seat 2:  Steven Steinmetz  –  925,000  (7 bb)
Seat 3:  Amin Akhlaghi  –  6,750,000  (54 bb)
Seat 4:  Claudel Joseph  –  3,700,000  (30 bb)
Seat 5:  Stewart Yancik  –  1,925,000  (15 bb)
Seat 6:  Marcus Bossard  –  2,925,000  (23 bb)
Seat 7:  Carlos Loving  –  5,925,000  ( 47 bb)
Seat 8:  Dusty Rudd  –  3,300,000  (26 bb)
Seat 9:  Aleksandr Tishchenko  –  2,575,000  (21 bb)

1st:  $205,535 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $136,500
3rd:  $100,200
4th:  $78,700
5th:  $61,000
6th:  $46,800
7th:  $35,300
8th:  $25,645
9th-10th:  $18,280
11th-12th:  $12,060
13th-15th:  $8,560
16th-18th:  $6,940

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 7
$400 Deep Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  411
Prize Pool:  $96,585
Bounty Prize Pool: $41,100
April 16, 2023

Event 7 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $400 Deep Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 411 entries generated a prize pool of $96,585, nearly doubling the guarantee. In addition, there was $41,100 set aside for bounties.

Emerging victorious was Herbert Nairn, taking it down outright for $18,660.

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 11
$400 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  83
Prize Pool:  $28,220
April 16, 2023

Event 11 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $400 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 83 entries created a prize pool of $28,220, and winning outright was Carlos Bermudez, taking it down outright for $8,990.

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 10
$200 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  240
Prize Pool:  $26,400
Bounty Prize Pool:  $12,000
April 16, 2023

Event 10 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $200 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). The tournament drew 240 entries, creating a prize pool of $26,400 with an additional $12,000 set aside for bounties.

A seven-way deal was reached at the final table, and as the chip leader, Alan Leon was the official Event 10 winner for $3,990.

*denotes seven-way deal

$1,100 Deep Stack Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 197

Day 2 begins Monday at 2 p.m.

Table 3
Seat 1:  Viktor Kovachev  –  117,000  (23 bb)
Seat 2:  Chris Backhouse  –  238,000  (48 bb)
Seat 3:  Raymond Sykes Jr.  –  105,000  (21 bb)
Seat 4:  Howard Mash  –  144,000  (29 bb)
Seat 5:  Frank Brannan  –  60,000  (12 bb)
Seat 6:  Corey Wade  –  270,000  (54 bb)
Seat 7:  Greg Baird  –  148,000  (30 bb)
Seat 8:  Michael Olarte  –  50,000  (10 bb)
Seat 9:

Table 4
Seat 1:  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  494,000  (99 bb)
Seat 2:  Matt Lambrecht  –  337,000  (67 bb)
Seat 3:  Joseph Wertz  –  303,000  (61 bb)
Seat 4:  Marco Rodriguez  –  123,000  (25 bb)
Seat 5:  Paul Balzano  –  250,000  (50 bb)
Seat 6:  Chris McNally  –  156,000  (31 bb)
Seat 7:  Talesh Patel  –  144,000  (29 bb)
Seat 8:  Bin Weng  –  118,000  (24 bb)
Seat 9:

Table 5
Seat 1:  Clyde Maliauka  –  72,000  (14 bb)
Seat 2:
Seat 3:  Daniel Virkus  –  139,000  (28 bb)
Seat 4:  Mitch Garshofsky  –  156,000  (31 bb)
Seat 5:  David Nowling  –  90,000  (18 bb)
Seat 6:  Joseph Rossi  –  130,000  (26 bb)
Seat 7:  Krasimir Yankov  –  237,000  (47 bb)
Seat 8:  Alexander Stewart  –  71,000  (14 bb)
Seat 9:

1st:  $47,830 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $31,800
3rd:  $19,500
4th:  $11,900
5th:  $9,200
6th:  $7,625
7th:  $6,600
8th:  $5,620
9th-10th:  $4,755
11th-12th:  $4,140
13th-14th:  $3,535
15th-16th:  $3,125
17th-18th:  $2,730
19th-20th:  $2,340
21st-22nd:  $2,055
23rd:  $1,885

24th:  Alexandre Sako  –  $1,885
25th:  Kevin MacDonald  –  $1,885

$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:  20 of 160

Flight A:  160 Entries;  20 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 NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 4,184

Johnathan Norris limped in from middle position, Thomas Morgado raised all in for 330,000 from the button, Steve Karp called in the big blind, and Norris called.

The flop was , Karp checked, Norris bet 1,000,000, and Karp called.

The turn was the and both checked.

The river was the , Karp bet 1,375,000, Norris raised to 4,500,000, and Karp called.

Norris showed for eights full of jacks, besting Karp’s and Morgado’s to win the big pot and eliminate Morgado to close Day 2.

Johnathan Norris  –  19,500,000  (195 bb)
Steve Karp  –  3,300,000  (33 bb)
Thomas Morgado  –  Eliminated in 19th Place  ($5,655)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 4,184

Steve Karp raised to 205,000 from middle position, Chris Lewis three-bet to 600,000 from the hijack, Karp four-bet to 1,400,000, Lewis five-bet all in for effectively 4,660,000, and Karp called all in.

Karp: 
Lewis: 

The board ran out , not enough help to Lewis, locking up the double for Karp.

Steve Karp  –  9,570,000  (96 bb)
Chris Lewis  –  930,000  (9 bb)

Recent Eliminations
20th:  T.K. Miles  –  $5,655
21st:  Michael Yehudai  –  $5,655

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 4,184

Steven Steinmetz moved all in from the button for 650,000, and Donald Gibbs called all in from the small blind for 105,000 with .

Steinmetz turned over , and Gibbs needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Steinmetz paired his jack on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Gibbs in 22nd place.

Steven Steinmetz  –  955,000  (10 bb)
Donald Gibbs  –  Eliminated in 22nd Place  ($5,080)

With 21 players remaining from a field of 4,184, the average chip stack is about 3,985,000 (40 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,655 each.