2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 46
$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo Championship (Freeze-Out)
Entries:  170
Prize Pool:  $170,000
April 11, 2022

Event 46 of the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was the $1,100 Deep Stack Turbo Championship (Freeze-Out). The tournament drew 170 players, creating a prize pool of $170,000. Taking it down was Nicholas Rigby, earning $44,355 for the outright victory.

The win marks the second-largest live score for Rigby according to the Hendon Mob poker database, with the first being his 52nd-place finish in the WSOP Main Event this past November.

$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 170

Rob Brown raised all in for 420,000 and Nicholas Rigby called with , dominating Brown’s .

The board ran out , safe for Rigby to get the outright win for $44,355.

Brown finished runner-up for $28,595.

A recap of the event will be posted later tonight.

$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 170

Nicholas Rigby raised all in for 1,440,000 and Rob Brown called.

Rigby: 
Brown: 

The board came , giving Rigby kings and fours to retake the lead.

Nicholas Rigby  –  2,980,000  (24 bb)
Rob Brown  –  420,000  (3 bb)

$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 170

Rob Brown raised all in for 980,000 and Nicholas Rigby called with , leading Brown’s .

The board came , giving Brown a pair of fours to double into the chips lead.

Rob Brown  –  2,060,000  (21 bb)
Nicholas Rigby  –  1,340,000  (13 bb)

$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 170

Nicholas Rigby raised all in with a covering stack and Rob Brown called all in for 600,000 with , leading Rigby’s .

The board came , safe for Brown to double up.

Rob Brown  –  1,300,000  (13 bb)
Nicholas Rigby  –  2,100,000  (21 bb)

$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 170

Nicholas Rigby  –  2,400,000  (30 bb)
Rob Brown  –  1,000,000  (13 bb)

1st:  $44,355 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $28,595

$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 170

Nicholas Rigby raised from the button and Jason Hickey (who had been blinded and ante’d down) was all in for 40,000 from the big blind.

Rigby: 
Hickey: 

The board ran out , no help to Hickey, ending his tournament in third place.

Jason Hickey  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($17,400)

$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 170

Jason Hickey raised to 120,000 from UTG/cutoff, Nicholas Rigby called from the button, and Roland Israelashvili called from the big blind.

The flop was , Israelashvili bet 85,000 (leaving 5,000 behind), Hickey called, Rigby raised all in with a covering stack, Hickey folded, and Israelashvili called all in.

Rigby: 
Israelashvili: 

Rigby was ahead with a pair of eights and held through the turn and river to eliminate Israelashvili in fourth place.

Nicholas Rigby  –  2,200,000  (28 bb)
Roland Israelashvili  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($10,600)

$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 170

Roland Israelashvili raised all in from UTG/cutoff and Rob Brown called all in for 570,000 from the big blind with , leading Israelashvili’s .

The board came , giving both kings and jacks, but Brown had the ace kicker to double up.

Rob Brown  –  1,230,000  (21 bb)
Roland Israelashvili  –  280,000  (5 bb)

$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 170

Roland Israelashvili raised to 125,000 from UTG/hijack and Veerab Zakarian called from the button, with 5,000 behind.

The flop was , Israelashvili bet, and Zakarian called all in with , leading Israelashvili’s .

The turn was the , giving Israelashvili the lead with a set of kings.

The river was the , no help to Zakarian, ending his tournament in fifth place.

Roland Israelashvili  –  895,000  (22 bb)
Veerab Zakarian  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($8,190)