$300 Seniors Event (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 4,000/8.000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 177
Bruce Freedman moved all in from middle position for 54,000 and Dennis Johnson called out of the big blind.
Freedman tabled 
and was in great shape against Johnson’s 
.
The board ran out 
and Freedman doubled up on the last hand of the level.
$300 Seniors Event (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 4,000/8.000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 177
Zoltan Czinkota was in middle position and got into a preflop battle with Dennis Johnson in the small blind.
Czinkota four-bet all in for his last 195,000 and got called by Johnson. Johnson showed 
and was on the wrong end of a cold deck against Czinkota’s 
.
The board ran out clean for Czinkota as it came 
. Czinkota’s kings held up and he doubled through Johnson.
Zoltan Czinkota – 406,000
Dennis Johnson – 205,000
$300 Seniors Event (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 4,000/8.000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 177
Jeff Kessler raised from under the gun and Zoltan Czinkota moved all in on the button for about 100,000. Boyd Rose called and was all in out of the small blind for about 40,000. Kessler folded.
Czinkota showed 
and was in good shape against Rose’s .
The board ran out 
and Rose flopped a spade draw, but couldn’t hit an ace or a spade to stay alive. He hits the rail in ninth place, earning $1,169.
Zoltan Czinkota – 180,000
Boyd Rose – Eliminated
$300 Seniors Event (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 4,000/8.000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 177
On a flop of 
, James Kirvin checks from middle position and John Seliy moves all in for about 150,000. Kirvin calls, having Seliy covered.
Kirvin shows 
and is in the lead with trip aces against Seliy’s 
.
The turn is the 
and the river is the 
. Kirvin wins the pot with trip aces and eliminates Seliy in 10th place. Kirvin moves into the chip lead and Seliy leaves with $993.
James Kirvin – 410,000
John Seliy – Eliminated
$300 Seniors Event (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 4,000/8.000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 177
The first final table redraw of the series is upon us. The $300 seniors event is down to its final 10 players and they have redrawn for seats at the final table, led by Dennis Johnson , with 331,000 in chips.
With one more elimination, the final nine players will make the official final table.
Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts for the final 10 players:
Seat 1: John Selix – 180,000
Seat 2: H. Bruce Freedman – 145,000
Seat 3: Zoltan Czinkota – 115,000
Seat 4: Boyd Rose – 80,000
Seat 5: Steve Harmell – 121,000
Seat 6: Greg McCann – 208,000
Seat 7: Jeff Kessler – 210,000
Seat 8: Dennis Johnson – 331,000
Seat 9: James Kirvin – 243,000
Seat 10: Jacobo Fernandez – 107,000
Here is a look at the remaining payouts:
1st: $11,693
2nd: $7,842
3rd: $4,626
4th: $2,814
5th: $2,173
6th: $1,801
7th: $1,535
8th: $1,350
9th: $1,169
10th: $993
$300 Seniors Event (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 30 of 177
Seniors Event players took off on their 40-minute dinner break after Level 12 and they are on their way back to their seats. Only 30 players remain with 23 getting paid, it should move right along from this point forward.
Dennis Johnson leads the field with Harvey Freedman and Allan Coumel rounding out the stacks over 100,000.
$300 Seniors Event (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 10 ante
Players Remaining: 63 of 177
Registration closed on the Seniors Event after their second break and they returned to play for some nice money. The tournament drew 177 entries, besting the 160 from this tournament last year, and they created a prize pool worth $45,135.
The last 23 players will take home some money with a min-cash banking $428 while the winner will earn $11,693 plus the Showdown trophy and custom-framed winner’s photo courtesy of IMPDI.
2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
$300 Seniors Event (Re-Entry)
Entries: 177
Prize Pool: $45,135
April 5, 2018
1st: $11,693
2nd: $7,842
3rd: $4,626
4th: $2,814
5th: $2,173
6th: $1,801
7th: $1,535
8th: $1,350
9th: $1,169
10th – 12th: $993
13th – 15th: $835
16th – 18th: $700
19th – 21st: $564
22nd – 23rd: $428
$300 Seniors Event (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 4: 100/200 with a 25 ante
Total Entries: 140
The Seniors Event is off for their first break of the day, along with the big opening flight of Event 1, and they are pushing up a nice prize pool. There are 140 in the game and on pace to top the 160 entries from this tournament last year.
Jeff Kessler is among the senior crowd today and looking for his second SHRP title in this unique game. He won the Seniors Event during the 2013 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open back in the days when that series ran in the old poker room.
$300 Seniors Event (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 25/50
It may not be the official first event of the series but the seniors will award the first trophy. While some will be playing the opening flight of Event 1 in one part of the Hard Rock Event Center, our elder statesmen will be battling it out of the other side for the Seniors Event trophy.
The tournament is open to anyone 50 years and older and the $300 buy-in event will attract a nice crowd.
Players will start out with 10,000 stacks and the tournament will run 30-minute levels. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm and they have a dinner break schedule after Level 12.
The tournament will play out today and we will crown our first champion before the night is complete.
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Event 1 Day 1A – $570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
11AM: Event 2 – $300 Seniors Event (Re-Entry)
6PM: Event 1 Day 1B – $570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
9AM: Event 23 – $80 Turbo Satellite to Event 1 (1-in-10)
3PM: Event 24 – $200 Multi Event Satellite (1-in-10)
8PM: Event 25 – $140 Turbo Satellite to Event 1 (1-in-5)