2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 26
$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Double Re-Entry per Day)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 787
Prize Pool: $94,440
April 26-28, 2021
1st: $23,140 + Trophy
2nd: $14,635
3rd: $9,490
4th: $6,810
5th: $4,880
6th: $3,700
7th: $2,625
8th-9th: $1,700
10th-12th: $1,190
13th-14th: $985
15th-16th: $870
17th-20th: $760
21st-24th: $660
25th-32nd: $590
33rd-40th: $530
41st-48th: $480
$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)
$5,000 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 287
Paul Domb raised all in for 90,000 from the hijack and got action from Marc Levy in the cutoff.
Domb:
Levy:
The board ran out 
hitting both players, however, it was Levy’s diamond flush that bested Domb’s king-high straight to score the elimination.
Marc Levy – 680,000 (27 bb)
Paul Domb – Eliminated in 8th Place ($33,605)
$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 287
Seat 1: Artem Metalidi – 510,000 (20 bb)
Seat 2: Matas Cimbolas – 1,310,000 (52 bb)
Seat 3: Shannon Shorr – 1,265,000 (51 bb)
Seat 4: Thomas Winters – 630,000 (25 bb)
Seat 5: Aaron Van Blarcum – 540,000 (22 bb)
Seat 6: Paul Domb – 155,000 (6 bb)
Seat 7: Marc Levy – 480,000 (19 bb)
Seat 8: Nitis Udornpim – 830,000 (33 bb)
1st: $296,535 + Trophy
2nd: $197,945
3rd: $145,580
4th: $108,345
5th: $81,605
6th: $62,615
7th: $48,015
8th: $33,605
$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 33: 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 2,482
Seat 1. Brekstyn Schutten – 31,350,000 (78 bb)
Seat 2. Ken Aldridge – 10,600,000 (27 bb)
Seat 3. Steven Snyder – 15,975,000 (40 bb)
Seat 4. Viet Vo – 4,150,000 (10 bb)
Seat 5. Albert Calderon – 5,350,000 (13 bb)
Seat 6. Sonny Franco – 31,900,000 (80 bb)
The final table will take place on May 18th at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas, Nevada and will be filmed for a later TV broadcast. When play resumes, there will be one hour remaining in the level, with blinds of 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante. The button will be on Brekstyn Schutten and there will be a dead small blind.
Each player is guaranteed $261,700 at this point, with the first-place prize set at $1,261,095.