$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 96 of 531

Ryan Depaulo – 207,000 (52 bb)
David Jackson – 200,000 (50 bb)
Randall Emmett – 195,000 (49 bb)
Jesse Lonis – 170,000 (43 bb)
Faraz Jaka – 142,000 (36 bb)
Peter Walsworth – 130,000 (33 bb)
Dylan Wilkerson – 124,000 (31 bb)
T.K. Miles – 120,000 (30 bb)
Robert Mantin – 120,000 (30 bb)
Darren Rabinowitz – 110,000 (28 bb)
Spencer Champlin – 107,000 (27 bb)
Jewook Oh – 105,000 (26 bb)
James Mackey – 92,000 (23 bb)
Matt Affleck – 76,000 (19 bb)
Brian Hastings – 75,000 (19 bb)
Gal Yifrach – 65,000 (16 bb)
Chad Eveslage 62,000 (16 bb)
Christian Harder – 60,000 (15 bb)
Anthony Zinno – 48,000 (12 bb)

$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  104 of 531

We continue to see a steady stream out the door from Event 17 which means some stacks are growing. Randall Emmett seems to be on the right side of that action and he’s a little shy of 200K with 195,000 heading into the evening.

$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  128 of 531

Cards are back in the air following the dinner break with 128 players remaining, 67 getting paid, and one walking away with more than $200K.

There are a lot of bigger stacks in the room but it looks like two-time WSOP Circuit winner Ben Grise leads them all with 225,000. There’s still a long way to go but Grise has the advantage at the moment.

$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining:  168 of 531

Level 12 came to an end and tournament staff sent the remaining Event 17 players on a 40-minute dinner break. They will return at 7:10 pm and continue the march towards the title later this afternoon.

$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining:  168 of 531

Event 17 drew another huge field with 531 entries creating a prize pool worth $1,062,000. The tournament will pay out the last 67 spots with $3,665 for a min-cash, at least $22,735 for making the final table, and $200,850 awaiting the Event 17 champion.

2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 17
$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 531
Prize Pool: $1,062,000
April 22, 2021

1st: $200,850 + Trophy
2nd: $133,895
3rd: $98,495
4th: $73,310
5th: $55,220
6th: $42,100
7th: $32,490
8th-9th: $22,735
10th-12th: $17,425
13th-14th: $13,060
15th-16th: $10,740
17th-20th: $8,950
21st-24th: $7,555
25th-32nd: $6,465
33rd-40th: $5,610
41st-48th: $4,940
49th-56th: $4,405
57th-64th: $3,990
65th-67th: $3,665

$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining:  184 of 531

The Event 17 field is speeding along a little faster than expected and down to less than 200 as they begin to think about their dinner break at the end of Level 12.

Randall Emmett is back with us and trying to spin up a stack. The film and TV producer had two big scores back in October 2019 when he won two Aria High Rollers within three days for more than $100K each.

$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries:  531

Registration closed for Event 12 and we have another record field in a series where that has become the norm. This time around it’s the $2,200 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em tournament putting 531 entries into the field for the biggest one-day $2,200 in our history, topping the 335 from January.

That is good enough for a prize pool over $1,000,000 and we will post the payout numbers as soon as they are official.

2021 Showdown (April) – 531 entries
2021 LHPO (January) – 335 entries
2017 Showdown (March) – 226 entries
2019 SHRPO (August) – 211 entries
2018 SHRPO (August) – 209 entries

$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Entries:  411

There are a lot of people who want to play the $2,200 in anticipation of the Championship tomorrow. There are already 411 entries to make this the biggest single day $2,200 in our history and there are still 90 minutes to get in here.

We are finding a lot more friends back with us including Chance Kornuth, Melisa Singh, Brian Altman, Ralph Massey, and reigning Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Poker Classic Main Event champ James Kerr.

$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Entries:  295

We are seeing more friends come to town and meeting some new ones along the way. It’s looking like the Championship will be a fun affair.

Among the travelers, we found online pro/two-time WSOP Circuit winner Katie Stone from New Jersey, three-time WSOP Circuit winner Hamid Izadi from Georgia, and three-time WPT Champions Club member (and WPT Player of the Year) Anthony Zinno.

$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

We are 24 hours away from kicking off the 2021 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship and Event 17 is the last chance to warm up for the big game.

We have a lot of old friends and new ones coming to town for the Championship and expect to see a lot of them in today’s $2,200 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em tournament. It has a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool that should be bested early if the previous 16 tournaments are any indication.

Players will sit down to 20,000 deep stacks and play 30-minute levels. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm with unlimited re-entries available the entire time. A dinner break is scheduled at 6:30 pm with a big night of poker after they return.

Cards go in the air at noon and we will be here all day long with them.

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 17 Structure Sheet