Showdown

Event 10: Richard Katz Eliminated in 11th Place by Nohad Teliani

$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 151

Nohad Teliani
Nohad Teliani

Richard Katz raised from the cutoff to 6,000, Kevin Johnson called from the button, and Nohad Teliani reraised from the small blind to 21,000.

Katz four-bet all in for 56,000, and Johnson folded.

Teliani thought for a bit before she called with 10s10h, and Katz turned over 2s2c. Katz needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 6d5h2h3h10h — Katz flopped a set of deuces, but Teliani rivered a heart flush. Teliani won the pot to eliminate Katz in 11th place.

Nohad Teliani  –  240,000  (40 bb)
Richard Katz  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($1,215)

With 10 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 227,000 (38 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $1,400 each.

Event 11: A Few Updated Chip Counts

$400 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  2,000/4,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  30 of 81

Long Nguyen  –  87,000  (22 big bets)
Gabe Ramos  –  74,000  (19 big bets)
Shelly Roth  –  65,000  (16 big bets)
Phil Hui  –  53,000  (13 big bets)
Kenneth Po  –  28,000  (7 big bets)
Scott Blackman  –  28,000  (7 big bets)
Yuval Bronshtein  –  26,000  (7 big bets)
Harry Eisenberg  –  20,000  (5 big bets)
Matthew Wolfson  –  19,000  (5 big bets)
Barry Levy  –  5,000  (1 big bet)

Event 10: Dolphus Powers Eliminated in 12th Place by Nicholas Carballo

$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 151

Dolphus Powers moved all in from the button for 31,000, and Nicholas Carballo (who had just 33,000) called from the big blind with 9s9h.

Powers turned over Ac7d, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 10h7s5c9cAs — Powers paired his seven on the flop and his ace on the river, but Carballo turned a set of nines to win the pot and eliminate Powers in 12th place.

Nicholas Carballo  –  72,000  (14 bb)
Dolphus Powers  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($1,215)

And here are the other recent eliminations:

13th:  Tarun Gulati  –  $1,055
14th:  Yisroel Pruss  –  $1,055
15th:  James Salmon  –  $960
16th:  Daphne Diaz  –  $960

With 11 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 206,000 (41 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $1,215 each.

Event 10: Updated Seating & Chip Counts (Final 16 Players)

$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 151

The players returned from break to begin Level 16, with increased blinds of 3,000-5,000 with a 5,000 ante.

Here are the updated seating assignments and chip counts from the break:

TABLE 9
Seat 1.  Nohad Teliani  –  220,000  (44 bb)
Seat 2.  Jairo Velasquez  –  115,000  (23 bb)
Seat 3.  Richard Katz  –  155,000  (31 bb)
Seat 4.  Matthew Waxman  –  405,000  (81 bb)
Seat 5.  Dolphus Powers  –  43,000  (9 bb)
Seat 6.  

TABLE 10
Seat 1.  Tarun Gulati  –  43,000  (9 bb)
Seat 2.  Nicholas Carballo  –  51,000  (10 bb)
Seat 3.  Brett Streicher  –  157,000  (31 bb)
Seat 4.  Kevin Johnson  –  55,000  (11 bb)
Seat 5.  Michael Cavanaugh  –  110,000  (22 bb)
Seat 6.  Athanasios Polychronopoulos  –  173,000  (35 bb)

TABLE 17
Seat 1.  James Salmon  –  229,000  (46 bb)
Seat 2.  Yisroel Pruss  –  29,000  (6 bb)
Seat 3.  Aaron Thivyanathan  –  192,000  (38 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Michael Jagroo  –  255,000  (51 bb)
Seat 6.  Daphne Diaz  –  18,000  (4 bb)

And here are the recent eliminations:

17th:  Raminder Singh  –  $885
18th:  Steve Karp  –  $885
19th:  Duff Charette  –  $885

With 16 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 142,000 (28 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $960 each.

Event 10: Daphne Diaz Doubles Up; Carlos Rojas Eliminated on the Money Bubble by Jairo Velasquez

$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 151

Daphne Diaz
Daphne Diaz

During Hand #3 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, there were four tables in action, and two of them had all-in situations.

Once they got it all in, they waited for action to conclude at the other two tables before revealing their hole cards.

At Table #18, Daphne Diaz was all in from the big blind for 12,000 with AcJh, and she needed her hand to hold to stay alive against the Ah7h of Nicholas Carballo in the cutoff.

The board came 10c8d2cQs5d, and Diaz won the pot with her jack kicker to double up in chips.

Daphne Diaz  –  30,000  (8 bb)
Nicholas Carballo  –  55,000  (14 bb)

Carlos Rojas
Carlos Rojas

At Table #9, after a flop of AsJh7h, Carlos Rojas got it all in from the cutoff for 43,000 with QsJd for a pair of jacks, but he needed to improve to stay alive against the AcQh (pair of aces) of Jairo Velasquez in the big blind.

The turn card was the 6c, the river card was the 3c, and Velasquez won the pot with his pair of aces to eliminate Rojas on the Money Bubble in 20th place.

Jairo Velasquez  –  120,000  (30 bb)
Carlos Rojas  –  Eliminated

With 19 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 119,000 (30 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $885 each.

Event 7 Flight E: Registration Closed with 336 Entries

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight D Players Remaining:  81 of 336

Registration closed for Flight E of Showdown Event 7 was another 336 entries pushing the combined total to 1,147 for the tournament with one more flight to go. The prize pool is up to $183,520 and they will add more tonight.

Flight E will continue this evening until only 34 players remain. Survivors will return tomorrow at 2 pm for Day 2 in the money.

Day/TimeFlightEntriesAdvanced
Monday at 11 a.m.A12213
Monday at 3 p.m.B22222
Monday at 7 p.m.C24425
Tuesday at 10 a.m.D223TBD
Tuesday at 3 p.m.E336TBD
Tuesday at 7 p.m.F
Total1,14760

Chip counts through Flight C

Event 10: Joey Bloch Eliminated by Matthew Waxman; Money Bubble Begins

$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 151

Matthew Waxman
Chipleader Matthew Waxman

Joey Bloch raised from the button to 9,500, Matthew Waxman reraised from the small blind to 35,000, and Bloch moved all in for about 180,000.

Waxman quickly called with 8s8h, and Bloch turned over AdKs. Bloch needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came Jh3h2c8dQc, and Waxman turned a set of eights to win the pot and eliminate Bloch two spots away from the money — and take the chip lead.

Matthew Waxman  –  388,000
Joey Bloch  –  Eliminated

With 20 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 113,000 (28 big blinds). The final 19 players will finish in the money, earning at least $885 each.

Hand-for-hand play is now underway until one more player is eliminated.

Event 11: Prize Pool and Payouts with $8,645 to OE Champ

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 11
$400 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Single Re-Entry)
Entries:  81
Prize Pool:  $27,135
March 29, 2022

Registration closed for the $400 Omaha 8/Stud 8 tournament and Event 11 drew 81 entries to create a prize pool worth $27,135. The last 11 spots will be paid with $800 for a min-cash and $8,645 to the OE champion.

1st: $8,645 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $5,290
3rd: $3,290
4th: $2,225
5th: $1,700
6th: $1,360
7th: $1,125
8th: $950
9th-10th: $875
11th: $800

Event 10: Brett Streicher Doubles Thru Tarun Gulati; Jairo Velasquez Doubles Thru Steve Karp

$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 151

Brett Streicher
Brett Streicher

Brett Streicher raised from the cutoff to 7,000, Tarun Gulati moved all in from the big blind, and Streicher thought for a while before he called all in for 66,000 with AdKc. Gulati turned over AcQs, and Streicher needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came 8h6h6s3d10c, and Streicher won the pot with his king kicker to double up in chips.

Brett Streicher  –  136,500  (46 bb)
Tarun Gulati  –  55,000  (18 bb)

A couple minutes later, Jairo Velasquez got it all in from the cutoff for 30,500 with JdJc, and needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the AhKs of Steve Karp, who was under the gun.

The board came 9h5h5s8h6d — Karp turned a heart flush draw, but improved no further. Velasquez won the pot with his pocket jacks to double up in chips.

Jairo Velasquez  –  68,500  (23 bb)
Steve Karp  –  25,000  (8 bb)

With 21 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 108,000 (36 big blinds). The final 19 players will finish in the money, earning at least $885 each.

Event 10: Brett Streicher Doubles Up; Steve Zhang Eliminated by Michael Cavanaugh

$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 151

Steve Zhang and Michael Cavanaugh
Steve Zhang (left) and Michael Cavanaugh (right)

Brett Streicher moved all in from the small blind for 22,000, and Steve Zhang thought for a while before he called from the big blind with a slightly larger stack with Qc10h. Streicher turned over Ac6h, and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came Ah5s2cQdJd, and Streicher won the pot with a pair of aces to double up in chips.

Brett Streicher  –  47,000  (16 bb)
Steve Zhang  –  7,500  (3 bb)

The next hand, Zhang moved all in from the small blind for 7,500, and Michael Cavanaugh called from the big blind with 6c5d. Zhang turned over Ad3s, and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came Kh5h4c8h9h — Zhang flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Cavanaugh won the pot with a pair of fives to eliminate Zhang a few spots away from the money.

Michael Cavanaugh  –  160,000  (53 bb)
Steve Zhang  –  Eliminated

With 21 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 108,000 (36 big blinds). The final 19 players will finish in the money, earning at least $885 each.