$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  100/100 with a 100 ante
Flight C Entries:  245

We found a lot of familiar faces in the early crowd, getting in the action before the slow risers get moving and down to the Grand Ballroom.

Fernando Rodriguez, Jay Romano, Marty Robbins, Jeff Kessler, and Eric and Caleb Piderit are among those here in the morning and not waiting until the afternoon.

Rodriguez is looking for his second trophy of the week; our 2021 LHPO Event 1 champ won the last trophy of the recent Tampa Poker Classic series on the gulf shore.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Flight C Entries:  160

Cards are in the air for Flight C of Poker Showdown Event 1 with 160 entries at the start. That tops what we had to start the first two flights so we’re looking at another big number this afternoon.

They will play eight levels, plus breaks, before registration closes at 2:30 pm.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

We are heading into the first weekend of the 2022 Poker Showdown and today we hit our first big number. The first two flights of Event 1 drew a combined 995 entries to the $400 buy-in tournament to leave it only 521 away from hitting the $500,000 guarantee.

We had 522 in Flight A so pretty confident it can get there this afternoon. If not flight C then for sure before cards go in the air for Flight D.

Players start with 20,000 deep stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 minutes on Day 2 and 60 at the final table. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 2:30 pm.

Flight C will continue into the evening until only 10% of the field remains and they will bag chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday at 1 pm.

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

10AM: Event 1 Day 1C – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

11AM: Event 3 – $400 H.O.R.S.E. (Single Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 12,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 3 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 1 Day 1D – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

12PM: $150 Multi-Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two $1,250 packages guaranteed; includes seat in any $600 event and $400 event plus $250 in cash
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (2:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

3PM: $250 Multi-Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two $2,100 packages guaranteed; includes seat in any $1,100 event and $400 event plus $600 in cash
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (5:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

8PM: $150 Multi-Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two $1,250 packages guaranteed; includes seat in any $600 event and $400 event plus $250 in cash
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  101 of 995

Flight A: 522 Entries; 53 Advanced
Flight B: 473 Entries; 48 Advanced
Flight C: Friday at 10 a.m.
Flight D: Friday at 6 p.m.
Flight E: Saturday at 10 a.m.
Flight F: Saturday at 6 p.m.
Day 2: Sunday at 1 p.m.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  48 of 473

Lorell Pascual raised to 20,000 from early position and the player in the big blind called.

The flop was and the player in the big blind check-called 20,000 from Pascual.

The turn was the , the big blind shoved for 56,000 and Pascual called with , leading the big blind’s .

The river was the , safe for Pascual to score the elimination and send the remaining 48 players into the money. Among those 48 players was Peter Pilz, who survived with just 1,000.

Lorell Pascual  –  223,000  (28 bb)

Simon Hyman is the Flight B chip leader with 563,000, good for the overall chip lead through two flights.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  90 of 473

A scan of the field during the break turned up three players with at least 240K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  David A. Lopez  –  296,000  (74 bb)
2.  Matthew Head  –  258,000  (65 bb)
3.  Simon Hyman  –  243,000  (61 bb)

With about 90 players remaining from a field of 473, the average chip stack is about 105,000 (26 big blinds).

The field is playing down to the final 48 players. Everyone who bags up chips tonight will finish in the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  115 of 473

A scan of the field shows only two players above 200K in chips — Joseph Jacob and Shawn Lucas.

1.  Joseph Jacob  –  212,000  (85 bb)
2.  Shawn Lucas  –  205,000  (82 bb)

With about 115 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 82,500 (33 big blinds).

The field is playing down to the final 48 players. Everyone who bags up chips tonight will finish in the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight B Entries:  473

Flight B of Poker Showdown Event 1 closed with 473 entries, bringing the total field size to 995 entries through two flights. We are more than halfway to the guarantee with four starting flights to go.

Play in Flight B will continue until 48 players remain. Players must bag a stack in order to make the money, and those who do will return for Day 2 on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Chip counts through Flight A

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight B Entries:  473

A scan of the field during the break turned up six players with at least 120,000 in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Andreas Athanasopoulos  –  160,300  (160 bb)
2.  Jim Hamburger  –  134,000  (134 bb)
3.  Ziad Matta  –  128,300  (128 bb)
4.  Elias Nassif  –  128,000  (128 bb)
5.  Simon Hyman  –  125,800  (126 bb)
6.  George Hortelano  –  123,700  (124 bb)

Registration has closed, and as soon as we get confirmation of the field size we will post it here.

The field will play down to the final 10% of this field, and everyone who bags chips at the end of the night will be in the money and advance to Day 2.