$50,000 Super High Roller NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 12

Jim Collopy raised to 35,000 from the button, Sergio Aido reraised all in for roughly 410,000 from the big blind, and Collopy called with , leading Aido’s .

The board ran out , giving Collopy a set of tens to win the Super High Roller for $291,000. Aido finished runner-up for $174,600.

A recap of the Super High Roller will be posted soon.

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 36
$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  823
Prize Pool:  $798,310
April 14 – 17, 2024

Showdown Event 36 was a $1,100 buy-in Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament. The event drew 823 entries for a prize pool worth $798,310 with the final 105 players making the money.

Johnny Bromberg took the top spot after the final four players decided on a chop. Bromberg earned $99,427 for the victory and his second major Hollywood title after taking down the big opener event during SHRPO in 2023. His career tournament earnings are now close to $700,000.

*Denotes adjusted payouts in a four-way chop.

$50,000 Super High Roller NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 12

Jim Collopy raised to 25,000 from the button, Shannon Shorr three-bet to 150,000 (leaving about 80,000 behind) from the small blind, Collopy four-bet all in with a covering stack, and Shorr called all in for about 230,000.

Collopy: 
Shorr: 

The board ran out , giving Collopy kings and fives to eliminate Shorr in third place.

Jim Collopy  –  823,000  (69 bb)
Sergio Aido  –  677,000  (56 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($116,400)

1st:  $291,000
2nd:  $174,600

$50,000 Super High Roller NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 12

(dead small blind this hand)

Shannon Shorr raised from under the gun/cutoff to 24,000, Jim Collopy reraised all in for 257,000 from the big blind, and Shorr thought for a bit before he called.

Shorr: 
Collopy: 

The flop came and gave Collopy a set of treys to pull well ahead.

The turn was the , giving Shorr an open-ended straight draw.

The river was the , filling up Collopy with treys full of eights to double up.

Jim Collopy  –  526,000  (44 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  334,000  (28 bb)

$50,000 Super High Roller NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 12

Sergio Aido limped in for 12,000 in the small blind, Dylan Linde raised all in for about 205,000 from the big blind, and Aido called instantly with .

Linde showed and needed to improve to survive.

The board came , no help to Linde, ending his tournament on the money bubble.

Sergio Aido  –  640,000  (53 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  591,000  (49 bb)
Jim Collopy  –  269,000  (22 bb)
Dylan Linde  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $798,310 | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 823

Zhen Cai got all in holding preflop on the small blind, but he ran right into the pocket kings held by Johnny Bromberg under the gun.

The final board read , and Cai was eliminated in fifth place for a payday worth $36,000. Bromberg was up to 7.1 million after collecting the pot.

Johnny Bromberg – 7,100,000 (56 bb)
Zhen Cai – Eliminated in 5th Place ($36,000)

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $470,000 | Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 235

Day 2 is Thursday at Noon.

Table 8
Seat 1:  Art Peacock  –  1,645,000  (82 bb)
Seat 2:  Trace Henerson  –  685,000  (34 bb)
Seat 3:  Harrison Gimbel  –  440,000  (22 bb)
Seat 4:  Brian Yoon  –  495,000  (25 bb)
Seat 5:  Roman Rogovskyi  –  525,000  (26 bb)
Seat 6:  Jeremy Becker  –  660,000  (33 bb)
Seat 7:  Michael Savakinas  –  240,000  (12 bb)
Seat 8:  Aaron Massey  –  570,000  (29 bb)
Seat 9:  Daniyal Gheba  –  615,000  (31 bb)

1st:  $108,230 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $76,185
3rd:  $48,175
4th:  $29,305
5th:  $22,600
6th:  $18,750
7th:  $15,980
8th:  $13,630
9th:  $10,985

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $798,310 | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 823

Scott Carragher was all in very short with on the big blind, and Johnny Bromberg had him covered holding on the button.

The final board read , and Carragher was eliminated in sixth place for a payout worth $28,645. Bromberg stacked up 4.9 million after collecting the pot thanks to a Broadway straight.

Johnny Bromberg – 4,900,000 (49 bb)
Scott Carragher – Eliminated in 6th Place ($28,645)

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $798,310 | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 823

Richard Whitebrook got all in for 1.4 million with in the hole prefop from the cutoff , and Shawn Stern called to cover with in the hole on the button.

The final board read , and Whitebrook was eliminated in seventh place for a payout worth $23,700. Stern stacked up 3.3 million after collecting the pot.

Shawn Stern – 3,300,000 (33 bb)
Richard Whitebrook – Eliminated in 7th Place ($23,700)

$50,000 Super High Roller NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 12

Vladimir Minko raised to 50,000 (leaving 31,000 behind) from under the gun, Dylan Linde called in the cutoff, and Shannon Shorr used a time extension before he reraised all in for about 320,000 from the small blind.

Minko used two time extensions before he called all in for 81,000 total and Linde folded.

Minko: 
Shorr: 

The board came , giving Shorr a pair of queens to eliminate Minko.

Shannon Shorr  –  470,000  (47 bb)
Vladimir Minko  –  Eliminated