2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 28
$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 287
Prize Pool:  $1,363,250
April 27, 2021

Event 28 of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry). A field of 287 entries more than doubled the previous high in this event and along with that, the $200,000 guaranteed prize pool was obviously smashed to the tune of $1,363,250, also a record high for this event.

The tournament lasted nearly 17 hours and in the end, it was Shannon Shorr who emerged victoriously, winning outright for $296,535.

For Shorr, it marked his 18th cash in a Seminole major and his first trophy. The Alabama native now has more than $8.4 million in career live tournament earnings according to the Hendon Mob database.

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 287

Shannon Shorr limped on the button and Matas Cimbolas checked his option in the big blind.

They checked to the turn of a board where Shorr bet 100,000. Cimbolas check-called.

The river was the , Cimbolas checked, Shorr shoved for effectively 670,000-ish and Cimbolas tanked for about three minutes before he called all in.

Shorr tabled for a pair of queens, besting Cimbolas’ for a pair of deuces to win Event 28 outright for $296,535.

Cimbolas finished runner-up for $197,945.

$5,000 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 287

Shannon Shorr – 4,585,000 (61 bb)
Matas Cimbolas – 1,155,000 (15 bb)

1st: $296,535 + Trophy
2nd: $197,945

$5,000 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 287

Shannon Shorr raised to 150,000 from the button, Marc Levy three-bet all in for730,000 and Shorr called.

Shorr:
Levy:

The board ran out , giving Shorr queens and fours to eliminate Levy in third place.

Shannon Shorr – 4,585,000 (61 bb)
Marc Levy – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($145,580)

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 287

Matas Cimbolas – 2,450,000 (41 bb)
Shannon Shorr – 1,800,000 (30 bb)
Marc Levy – 1,490,000 (25 bb)

1st: $296,535 + Trophy
2nd: $197,945
3rd: $145,580

$5,000 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 287

Shannon Shorr raised to 125,000 from the button and Nitis Udornpim called from the big blind.

The flop was and Udornpim check-called 50,000 from Shorr.

The turn was the and Udornpim check-called all in for his remaining 10,000.

Shorr:
Udornpim:

Udornpim was drawing dead, rendering the river moot.

Shannon Shorr – 1,850,000 (37 bb)
Nitis Udornpim – Eliminated in 4th Place ($108,345)

$5,000 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 287

Thomas Winters raised all in for 365,000 from the small blind and Marc Levy called from the big blind.

Winters:
Levy:

The board ran out , giving Levy a ten-high straight to eliminate Winters in fifth place.

Marc Levy – 1,540,000 (39 bb)
Thomas Winters – Eliminated in 5th Place ($81,605)

$5,000 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 287

Three all-in situations in the past half hour have each involved Nitis Udornpim, and all have had dramatic runouts.

First, Marc Levy was all in with ace-nine suited against Udornpim’s ace-queen. A queen came in the window, but it was followed by two hearts. A third heart on the river made a flush for Levy and he doubled up.

Shortly thereafter, Thomas Winters raised all in for about 260,000 from the button and Udornpim called from the big blind.

Winters:
Udornpim:

The flop came , giving Winter a pair of queens but also giving Udornpim an open-ended straight draw.

The turn gave Udornpim a king-high straight, but the river filled up Winters to give him the pot.

A few minutes later, Udornpim raised all in for 305,000 in the cutoff and Winters called from the big blind.

Winters:
Udornpim:

The board ran out , giving Udornpim a queen-high straight to double up.

Nitis Udornpim – 670,000 (17 bb)
Thomas Winters – 365,000 (9 bb)

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 287

Shannon Shorr raised to 60,000 from the hijack, Aaron Van Blarcum three-bet all in for about 430,000 from the button, Nitis Udornpim four-bet all in from the big blind for about 785,000 and Shorr folded.

Udornpim showed , leading Van Blarcum’s .

The board ran out , no help to Van Blarcum, ending his tournament in sixth place.

Nitis Udornpim- 1,230,000 (41 bb)
Aaron Van Blarcum – Eliminated in 6th Place ($62,615)

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 287

Artem Metalidi raised to about 160,000 from middle position (leaving about another 100,000 behind), Shannon Shorr reraised all in from the cutoff and Metalidi called all in.

Metalidi:
Shorr:

The flop came down , giving Metalidi a set of nines to take the lead.

The turn gave Shorr a few extra outs to a flush and the river completed the flush draw, ending Metalidi’s run in seventh place.

Shannon Shorr – 1,885,000 (61 bb)
Artem Metalidi – Eliminated in 7th Place ($48,015)