$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 345

Andres Jeckeln  –  4,075,000  (54 bb)
Tony Sinishtaj  –  2,825,000  (38 bb)

1st:  $143,785 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $101,665

3rd:  Ryan D’Angelo  –  $66,005
4th:  Justin Zaki –  $43,750
5th:  Farid Jattin  –  $32,950
6th:  Scott Eskenazi  –  $27,255
7th:  Andrew Heckman  –  $22,875
8th:  Tai Cao  –  $18,735
9th:  Rodney Turvin  –  $14,650

$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 345

Ryan D’Angelo raised to 125,000 from the button and Andres Jeckeln called from the big blind.

The flop was , Jeckeln checked, and D’Angelo continued for 90,000. Jeckeln check-raised all in with a covering stack and D’Angelo called all in for roughly 780,000.

D’Angelo: 
Jeckeln: 

Jeckeln was ahead by the slimmest of margins with a pair of kings against D’Angelo’s pair of queens and open-ended straight draw.

The turn and river completed the board, no help to D’Angelo, ending his tournament in third place.

Andres Jeckeln  –  4,300,000  (72 bb)
Tony Sinishtaj  –  2,600,000  (43 bb)
Ryan D’Angelo  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($66,005)

$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 345

Justin Zaki raised all in for about 715,000 from UTG/cutoff and Tony Sinishtaj isolated the action with a shove from the button.

Zaki: 
Sinishtaj: 

The board ran out , no help to Zaki, ending his run in fourth place.

Tony Sinishtaj  –  1,975,000  (40 bb)
Justin Zaki  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($43,750)

$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 345

Andres Jeckeln  –  2,445,000  (59 bb)
Ryan D’Angelo  –  2,430,000  (49 bb)
Tony Sinishtaj  –  1,260,000  (25 bb)
Justin Zaki  –  765,000  (15 bb)

1st:  $143,785 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $101,665
3rd:  $66,005
4th:  $43,750

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 31
$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Entries:  39
Prize Pool:  $1,891,500
April 6-7, 2022

After four hours of heads-up play in the $50,000 Super High Roller, Andrew “LuckyChewy” Lichtenberger cracked pocket jacks with seven-six offsuit to defeat Alex Foxen for the title, the trophy, and $638,223.

This was the third largest Super High Roller in Seminole Hard Rock history, with 39 entries generating a prizepool worth more than $1.8 million. Six players finished in the money, but the four-hour heads-up match was the most memorable part of this event.

“I won every all in,” said Lichtenberger about heads-up play. “I lost the vast majority of the big pots we played that were not all in. Most of them went to the turn or river, and I just kept having bottom of range. It was kind of absurd. But here we are. I won the pots that mattered.”

There were six all-in-and-call situations during heads-up play, and yes, Lichtenberger won all six of them.

In the first one, both players had paired their aces and they got it all in on the river. But Lichtenberger’s outkicked Foxen’s .

The next three all-ins were preflop race situations, with Lichtenberger holding two overcards to Foxen’s low pocket pairs. Lichtenberger won all three.

For the fifth all-in situation, it was Foxen with the overcards to Lichtenberger’s pocket sevens, but that time the pocket pair held up. Advantage: Lichtenberger.

The final hand, as mentioned earlier, had Foxen all in with against Lichtenberger’s , and Lichtenberger caught a runner-runner straight to end the tournament.

Other than repeatedly losing heads-up all-in situations, it was another strong performance from Alex Foxen, who just married another top poker player, Kristen Bicknell, earlier this week.

The newlyweds showed up at the Seminole Hard Rock on Wednesday and found immediate success, with Bicknell final tabling Event 30, the $1,100 Deep Stack (she finished eighth in a field of 475), and Foxen finishing as runner-up here in the $50,000 Super High Roller.

As for Lichtenberger, while he had his share of luck at key moments in the heads-up match, it required a great deal of skill to navigate this world-class field to make his way to the final table and get heads-up in the first place.

“I won a lot of pots once we got in the money,” said Lichtenberger. “There were quite a few short stacks, and I was able to leverage the pressure against the mid-stacks. We kind of equaled out a bit four-handed, and again three-handed. And then I kind of pulled away and had a big lead to start heads-up.”

This victory not only gives him his first Seminole Hard Rock trophy, but it also pushes Lichtenberger to more than $12.4 million in career earnings. As you’d expect, he plans to enter the $3,500 Championship, which begins with Day 1A tomorrow (Friday) at 11:00 am.

“It’s great down here,” said Lichtenberger when asked about Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood. “I briefly considered moving here, because I had such a good time at the last stop here. Awesome vibes down here, the weather’s great, and the tournament staff does an incredible job. Just a great place to play poker.”

Final Results:

$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 345

Farid Jattin raised to roughly 475,000 from the cutoff, Justin Zaki reraised all in for 500,000 from the big blind and Jattin called the remaining 25,000.

Jattin: 
Zaki: 

The board came , giving Zaki a set of kings to double up.

Justin Zaki  –  1,060,000  (27 bb)
Farid Jattin  –  25,000  (< 1 bb)

Jattin called all in for 25,000 the next hand under the gun and Andres Jeckeln isolated the pot with a raise.

Jattin: 
Jeckeln:   

The board ran out , giving Jattin a queen-high straight to chip up to 120,000.

The next hand, Tony Sinishtaj raised from the small blind and Jattin called all in for 80,000 from the big blind.

Sinishtaj: 
Jeckeln: 

The board ran out , giving Sinishtaj kings and nines on the river to eliminate Jattin in fifth place.

Tony Sinishtaj  –  1,175,000  (29 bb)
Farid Jattin  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($32,950)

$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 345

$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 345

Andrew Heckman raised to 60,000 from the button and Andres Jeckeln called from the big blind.

The flop was and Jeckeln check-called a continuation bet from Heckman.

The turn was the , Jeckeln checked, Heckman bet 90,000, and Jeckeln check-raised all in with a covering stack. After about 40 seconds, Heckman called all in for roughly 450,000 with for  a pair of nines, trailing Jeckeln’s for a pair of aces.

The river was the , no help to Heckman, ending his tournament in seventh place.

Andres Jeckeln  –  2,500,000  (83 bb)
Andrew Heckman  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($22,875)

$1,100 H.O.R.S.E. Championship (Freeze-out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  8 of 62

Day 1 of Event 33, the $1,100 H.O.R.S.E. Championship (Freeze-Out), ended with six-time SHRP trophy winner Yuval Bronshtein leading the final table. The remaining eight players are in the money will return on Friday at 1 p.m. to play down to a winner.

Here is the final table lineup:

Seat 1:  Long Nguyen  –  27,000  (2 big bets)
Seat 2:  Leonard August  –  314,500  (26 big bets)
Seat 3:  Yuval Bronshtein  –  406,500  (34 big bets)
Seat 4:  Maury Barrett  –  110,000  (9 big bets)
Seat 5:  Ari Engel  –  78,500  (7 big bets)
Seat 6:  Nick Pupillo  –  163,500  (14 big bets)
Seat 7:  Jerry Wong  –  104,000  (8 big bets)
Seat 8:  Filippos Stavrakis  –  37,000  (3 big bets)

1st: $21,645 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $12,720
3rd: $7,970
4th: $5,415
5th: $4,210
6th: $3,310
7th: $2,705
8th: $2,165

$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 345

Tai Cao raised all in for 150,000 from under the gun and Justin Zaki isolated the action with a shove of his own from the hijack.

Cao: 
Zaki: 

The board came , not enough help to Cao, ending his tournament in eighth place.

Justin Zaki  –  680,000  (27 bb)
Tai Cao  – Eliminated in 8th Place  ($18,735)