2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 47
$1,100 5-Card PLO Championship (Freeze-Out)
Entries:  62
Prize Pool:  $60,140
April 12, 2022

Registration closed for the $1,100 5-Card Pot Limit Omaha Championship with 62 players in the freeze-out combining for a prize pool worth $60,140. The last eight players will earn some money with $2,165 for a min-cash and $21,620 up top for the winner.

1st: $21,620 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $12,720
3rd: $8,000
4th: $5,415
5th: $4,210
6th: $3,305
7th: $2,705
8th: $2,165

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 132

Landon Tice got it all in from the big blind for about 375,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Stephen Song, who was under the gun.

The board came , and the pocket eights held up for Song to win the pot and eliminate Tice in 10th place.

Stephen Song  –  1,100,000  (28 bb)
Landon Tice  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($90,020)

With nine players remaining from a field of 132, the average chip stack is around 1,465,000 (37 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed to earn at least $90,020 each.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 2,010

Action folded to Benjamin Miner in the cutoff and he moved all in for 1,400,000. Andrew Davidson was in the small blind and called.

Davidson:
Miner:

Miner was dominated by the bigger king and Davidson made jacks up on the . Miner had a diamond draw to double but the turn Davidson’s two pair into a full house. Miner stood up as the hit the river and he was eliminated in 12th place.

Andrew Davidson – 9,600,000 (64 bb)
Benjamin Miner –Eliminated in 12th Place $79,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 2,010

Andrew Barfield opened to 350,000 from the cutoff and James Calderaro three-bet to 825,000 from the button. Barfield called and both players checked the flop. The turn was , Barfield checked, and Calderaro bet 500,000.

Barfield check-raised to 1,500,000 and Calderaro called. The river was and Barfield moved all in. Calderaro would be at risk for about 2,900,000 if he called but he elected to fold while showing .

Soon after, he was heads up with Andrew Davidson and moved all in for 2,425,000 with the board reading . Davidson called and Calderaro was at risk.

Davidson:
Calderaro:

Caldero was ahead with his paired jack and held for his double after the river.

James Calderaro – 7,325,000 (49 bb)
Andrew Davidson – 7,325,000 (49 bb)
Andrew Barfield – 11,700,000 (78 bb)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 132

After a flop of with about 550K already in the pot, Brian Altman got it all in from the cutoff for about 1,010,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the (club flush draw) of Barry Hutter in the small blind.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the pocket nines held up for Altman to win the pot and double up in chips.

Brian Altman  –  2,605,000  (65 bb)
Barry Hutter  –  385,000  (10 bb)

With 10 players remaining from a field of 132, the average chip stack is around 1,320,000 (33 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed to earn at least $90,020 each.

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 2,010

Carlos Dorca limped from under the gun and Mark Davis limped the from the hijack. Robert Georato raised to 675,000 from the button and both called.

The flop came , Dorca and Davis checked and Georato bet 475,000. Dorca folded and Davis moved all in. Georato thought for a minute and called at risk for 2,300,000.

Davis:
Georato:

Georato was ahead preflop but Davis flopped an ace. The turn and river finished the board and Georato was eliminated in 13th place.

Mark Davis – 21,600,000 (144 bb)
Robert Georato – Eliminated in 13th Place ($63,000)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 132

Mike McDonald got it all in from the button for 460,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Joe McKeehen in the big blind.

The board came , and the pocket sevens held up for McKeehen to win the pot and eliminate McDonald in 11th place.

Joe McKeehen  –  1,280,000  (43 bb)
Mike McDonald  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($78,250)

With 10 players remaining from a field of 132, the average chip stack is around 1,320,000 (44 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed to earn at least $90,020 each.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 132

Jorge Gomez raised from the hijack to 80,000, Carlos Chadha moved all in from the cutoff for 170,000, and Gomez snap-called with .

Chadha turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Gomez turned a set of kings and rivered a full house to win the pot and eliminate Chadha-Villamarin in 12th place.

Jorge Gomez  –  2,090,000  (70 bb)
Carlos Chadha  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($78,250)

With 11 players remaining from a field of 132, the average chip stack is around 1,200,000 (40 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed to earn at least $78,250 each.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 132

Matt Kolibas raised from the cutoff to 60,000, and Brian Altman called from the big blind.

The flop came , Altman bet 55,000, and Kolibas called.

The turn card was the , Altman bet 80,000, Kolibas moved all in, and Altman snap-called with for a jack-high flush.

Kolibas turned over , and needed another diamond on the river to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Altman won the pot to eliminate Kolibas in 13th place.

Brian Altman  –  2,010,000  (67 bb)
Matt Kolibas  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  ($66,835)

With 12 players remaining from a field of 132, the average chip stack is around 1,100,000 (37 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed to earn at least $78,250 each.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 132

Mike McDonald raised from the cutoff to 200,000, leaving himself just 50K behind. Jerry Wong moved all in from the big blind, and McDonald stopped to think for a while as the other table finished playing a hand in progress.

Wong said, “I wonder what I could show you right now to make you fold.”

The other table finished their hand, and McDonald called with . Wong turned over , and McDonald needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

Wong said, “I’m channeling Stephen Song.” (Song has already come from behind several times in similar spots this tournament.)

The board came , and McDonald won the pot with a pair of aces and his jack kicker to double up in chips.

Mike McDonald  –  545,000  (18 bb)

Shortly after that at the other table, Kevin Rabichow got it all in from the big blind for 495,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Carlos Chadha in the small blind.

The board came — Chadha turned a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Rabichow won the pot with his pocket tens to double up in chips.

Kevin Rabichow  –  1,020,000  (34 bb)
Carlos Chadha  –  160,000  (5 bb)

With 13 players remaining from a field of 132, the average chip stack is around 1,015,000 (34 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed to earn at least $66,835 each.