$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 151

The players have returned from dinner, and lost two more players to get the field down to the final four tables.

Here is the updated lineup, along with approximate chip counts:

TABLE 9
Seat 1.  Nohad Teliani  –  120,000  (48 bb)
Seat 2.  Jairo Velasquez  –  25,000  (10 bb)
Seat 3.  Joey Bloch  –  185,000  (74 bb)
Seat 4.  Matthew Waxman  –  220,000  (88 bb)
Seat 5.  Carlos Rojas  –  135,000  (54 bb)
Seat 6.  Steve Karp  –  55,000  (22 bb)

TABLE 10
Seat 1.  Tarun Gulati  –  125,000  (50 bb)
Seat 2.  Duff Charette  –  80,000  (32 bb)
Seat 3.  Brett Streicher  –  28,000  (11 bb)
Seat 4.  Steve Zhang  –  33,000  (13 bb)
Seat 5.  Michael Cavanaugh  –  120,000  (48 bb)
Seat 6.  Athanasios Polychronopoulos  –  125,000  (50 bb)

TABLE 17
Seat 1.  James Salmon  –  255,000  (102 bb)
Seat 2.  Louis Raton  –  45,000  (18 bb)
Seat 3.  Aaron Thivyanathan  –  100,000  (40 bb)
Seat 4.  Raminder Singh  –  140,000  (56 bb)
Seat 5.  Michael Jagroo  –  75,000  (30 bb)
Seat 6.  Josh Cranfill  –  50,000  (20 bb)

TABLE 18
Seat 1.  Dolphus Powers  –  40,000  (16 bb)
Seat 2.  Richard Katz  –  140,000  (56 bb)
Seat 3.  Daphne Diaz  –  65,000  (26 bb)
Seat 4.  Kevin Johnson  –  45,000  (18 bb)
Seat 5.  Nicholas Carballo  –  60,000  (24 bb)
Seat 6.  Yisroel Pruss  –  55,000  (22 bb)

With 24 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 94,500 (38 big blinds). The final 19 players will finish in the money, earning at least $885 each.

$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 151

Level 12 came to an end, and the final 26 players took their 40-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 7:10 pm EDT.

The chipleader is James Salmon, who has a nice stack of 250,000 (100 big blinds).

With 26 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 87,000 (35 big blinds). The final 19 players will finish in the money, earning at least $885 each.

$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 151

Long Nguyen moved all in under the gun for 20,000, and Michael Jagroo called with .

Nguyen turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Jagroo paired his king on the river to win the pot and eliminate Nguyen from the tournament.

Michael Jagroo  –  57,000  (29 bb)
Long Nguyen  –  Eliminated

With 27 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 84,000 (42 big blinds). The final 19 players will finish in the money, earning at least $885 each.

$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 151

A player moved all in from the cutoff for 13,000, and Duff Charette called from the big blind with . His opponent turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket fives held up for Charette to win the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Duff Charette  –  85,000  (57 bb)

That left 30 players in the field, which meant one of the tables was broken to leave five tables. Here are some other chip counts from the field:

James Salmon  –  190,000  (127 bb)
Steve Karp  –  135,000  (90 bb)
Anthony Askey  –  110,000  (73 bb)
Aaron Thivyanathan  –  85,000  (57 bb)
Josh Cranfill  –  83,000  (55 bb)
Raminder Singh  –  83,000  (55 bb)
Carlos Rojas  –  67,000  (45 bb)
Athanasios Polychronopoulos  –  52,000  (35 bb)
Long Nguyen  –  35,000  (23 bb)
Matthew Waxman  –  30,000  (20 bb)

With 30 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 75,500 (50 big blinds). The final 19 players will finish in the money, earning at least $885 each.

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 10
$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  151
Prize Pool:  $50,585
March 29, 2022

Registration closed on for the $400 Six-Max NLH tournament with 151 entries creating a prize pool worth $50,585. The last 19 players will take home some money with a min-cash worth $885 and the Event 10 champ will earn $13,725 plus the Showdown trophy.

1st: $13,725 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $8,750
3rd: $5,210
4th: $3,165
5th: $2,455
6th: $2,025
7th-8th: $1,670
9th-10th: $1,400
11th-12th: $1,215
13th-14th: $1,055
15th-16th: $960
17th-19th: $885

$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries:  151

The second break is complete and players returned to their seats with registration locked down. With 151 entries, the tournament pushed the prize pool over the $50,000 guarantee and we will post the official numbers as soon as they are available.

$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Entries:  137

The Six-Max moved into Level 8 and this is the last chance to join if you want a piece of the $50,000 prize pool.

A few more in the game including Steve Karp, Josh Cranfill, Charles Odenz, Long Pham, and Brandon Navarrete.

$400 Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Entries:  89

The Six-Max entry count is near to hitting 90 for the day with more than two hours remaining in late registration. Time to run it up.

A few more familiar faces now in action including Jeremy Becker, Oneil McCalla, and 2015 Showdown Event 1 champ James Salmon.

$400 Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  100/100 with a 100 ante
Entries:  65

The Six-Max tournament doubled its entry count before the first hour was done and they’re halfway to the $50,000 guarantee with plenty of time to run it up.

One of the recent arrivals already owns a Showdown trophy from this series. Hollywood regular Zoltan Czinkota went deep into the evening on Sunday and won the $400 Deep Stack NLH one-day tournament, his third career major title to go along with his 2014 Showdown Bounty and 2021 RRPO Seniors Event trophies.

$400 Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Entries:  32

The first six-max tournament of the series got underway with 32 entries and many more expected. The action-packed variant is a favorite and we should see a talented group this afternoon.

Some familiar faces among the early crowd include Aaron Thivyanathan, Nigel Murray, Stuart Greenbaum, and Eric and Caleb Piderit.