2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 34
$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  345
Prize Pool:  $690,000
April 7, 2022

Event 34 of the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em. (Re-Entry). A field of 345 entries generated a prize pool of $690,000, more than tripling the guarantee.

A heads-up deal was made between Andres Jeckeln and 2017 Showdown Championship winner Tony Sinishtaj, and as the chip leader, it was Jeckeln who was the official victor, earning $126,541.

This result was the Argentinian’s second-largest score behind a 32nd-place finish in the 2018 WSOP Main Event for $230,475, and he is now above the $800,000 mark in career live tournament winnings according to the Hendon Mob poker database.

*denotes heads-up deal

$2,200 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 345

Following the elimination of Ryan D’Angelo in third place, Andres Jeckeln and Tony Sinishtaj played for about six minutes before the next scheduled break.

Before they resumed, they looked at the numbers and agreed to a deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Andres Jeckeln  –  4,075,000  (54 bb)
Tony Sinishtaj  –  2,825,000  (38 bb)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Andres Jeckeln  –  $126,541
Tony Sinishtaj  –  $118,909

As the chip leader, Andres Jeckeln was the official winner of Event 34. A recap of the event will be posted later tonight.

$2,200 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 345

Andres Jeckeln  –  4,075,000  (54 bb)
Tony Sinishtaj  –  2,825,000  (38 bb)

1st:  $143,785 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $101,665

3rd:  Ryan D’Angelo  –  $66,005
4th:  Justin Zaki –  $43,750
5th:  Farid Jattin  –  $32,950
6th:  Scott Eskenazi  –  $27,255
7th:  Andrew Heckman  –  $22,875
8th:  Tai Cao  –  $18,735
9th:  Rodney Turvin  –  $14,650

$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 345

Ryan D’Angelo raised to 125,000 from the button and Andres Jeckeln called from the big blind.

The flop was , Jeckeln checked, and D’Angelo continued for 90,000. Jeckeln check-raised all in with a covering stack and D’Angelo called all in for roughly 780,000.

D’Angelo: 
Jeckeln: 

Jeckeln was ahead by the slimmest of margins with a pair of kings against D’Angelo’s pair of queens and open-ended straight draw.

The turn and river completed the board, no help to D’Angelo, ending his tournament in third place.

Andres Jeckeln  –  4,300,000  (72 bb)
Tony Sinishtaj  –  2,600,000  (43 bb)
Ryan D’Angelo  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($66,005)

$2,200 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 345

Justin Zaki raised all in for about 715,000 from UTG/cutoff and Tony Sinishtaj isolated the action with a shove from the button.

Zaki: 
Sinishtaj: 

The board ran out , no help to Zaki, ending his run in fourth place.

Tony Sinishtaj  –  1,975,000  (40 bb)
Justin Zaki  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($43,750)

$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 345

Andres Jeckeln  –  2,445,000  (59 bb)
Ryan D’Angelo  –  2,430,000  (49 bb)
Tony Sinishtaj  –  1,260,000  (25 bb)
Justin Zaki  –  765,000  (15 bb)

1st:  $143,785 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $101,665
3rd:  $66,005
4th:  $43,750

$2,200 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 345

Farid Jattin raised to roughly 475,000 from the cutoff, Justin Zaki reraised all in for 500,000 from the big blind and Jattin called the remaining 25,000.

Jattin: 
Zaki: 

The board came , giving Zaki a set of kings to double up.

Justin Zaki  –  1,060,000  (27 bb)
Farid Jattin  –  25,000  (< 1 bb)

Jattin called all in for 25,000 the next hand under the gun and Andres Jeckeln isolated the pot with a raise.

Jattin: 
Jeckeln:   

The board ran out , giving Jattin a queen-high straight to chip up to 120,000.

The next hand, Tony Sinishtaj raised from the small blind and Jattin called all in for 80,000 from the big blind.

Sinishtaj: 
Jeckeln: 

The board ran out , giving Sinishtaj kings and nines on the river to eliminate Jattin in fifth place.

Tony Sinishtaj  –  1,175,000  (29 bb)
Farid Jattin  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($32,950)

$2,200 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 345

$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 345

Andrew Heckman raised to 60,000 from the button and Andres Jeckeln called from the big blind.

The flop was and Jeckeln check-called a continuation bet from Heckman.

The turn was the , Jeckeln checked, Heckman bet 90,000, and Jeckeln check-raised all in with a covering stack. After about 40 seconds, Heckman called all in for roughly 450,000 with for  a pair of nines, trailing Jeckeln’s for a pair of aces.

The river was the , no help to Heckman, ending his tournament in seventh place.

Andres Jeckeln  –  2,500,000  (83 bb)
Andrew Heckman  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($22,875)

$2,200 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 345

Tai Cao raised all in for 150,000 from under the gun and Justin Zaki isolated the action with a shove of his own from the hijack.

Cao: 
Zaki: 

The board came , not enough help to Cao, ending his tournament in eighth place.

Justin Zaki  –  680,000  (27 bb)
Tai Cao  – Eliminated in 8th Place  ($18,735)