2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 25
$400 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Entries:  141
Prize Pool:  $47,235
April 22, 2023

Event 25 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $400 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry). A field of 141 entries generated a prize pool of $47,235, and taking it down was Scotter Clark for a first-place prize of $13,015.

This marked Clark’s third SHRP major series final table made, having previously finished 6th in a $360 Mixed Omaha for $1,065 at the 2018 RRPO, and 3rd place in a $2,200 PLO for $21,360, also at the 2018 RRPO.

His score tonight gives Clark more than $320,000 in career live tournament winnings per the Hendon Mob poker database.

$400 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 141

Scotter Clark raised to 100,000 from the button, Shan Meruga reraised the pot, Clark reraised, and Meruga called all in for about 570,000.

Clark: 
Meruga: 

The board came , giving Clark an ace-high flush to win Event 25 outright for $13,015. Meruga finished runner-up for $8,315.

A recap of the event will be posted later tonight.

$400 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 141

Scotter Clark raised to 100,000 from the button, Shan Meruga reraised pot from the blind, Clark reraised, and Meruga called all in for 545,000.

Clark: 
Meruga: 

The board ran out , giving Meruga the nut low of 7-4-3-2-A and a pair of threes for the high. Clark couldn’t beat it, locking up the double for Meruga.

Shan Meruga  –  1.130,000  (28 bb)
Scotter Clark  –  1,690,000  (42 bb)

$400 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 141

Shan Meruga limped for 30,000 on the button and Scotter Clark checked his option.

They checked to the turn of a board where Meruga bet 30,000. Clark check-raised to 75,000 and Meruga called.

The river was the , Clark bet 150,000, Meruga raised to 350,000, and Clark folded.

Shan Meruga  –  1,050,000  (35 bb)
Scotter Clark  –  1,770,000  (59 bb)

$400 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 141

On the turn of a board, Samantha Perryman bet 75,000, Scotter Clark raised to 225,000, and Perryman called.

The river was the , Perryman bet the pot of about 550,000, Clark raised all in, and Perryman called all in for about 300,000 more.

Perryman showed for a king-high straight, but Clark tabled for tens full of sevens to eliminate Perryman in third place.

Scotter Clark  –  1,930,000  (97 bb)
Shan Meruga  –  890,000  (45 bb)
Samantha Perryman  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($4,935)

1st:  $13,015 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $8,315

$400 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 141

Samantha Perryman  –  1,125,000  (56 bb)
Scotter Clark  –  975,000  (49 bb)
Shan Meruga  –  715,000  (36 bb)

1st:  $13,015 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $8,315
3rd:  $4,935

$400 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 141

Daniel Pearlman limped for 16,000 on the button, Samantha Perryman raised to 64,000 from the small blind, Scotter Clark called in the big blind, and Pearlman called.

The flop was , and action checked to Pearlman who shoved for 204,000. Perryman raised and Clark folded.

“I need a ten,” said Pearlman, who showed .

Perryman showed for a pair of jacks with a flush draw.

The turn locked up the pot for Perryman with a diamond flush, rendering the river moot for Pearlman.

Samantha Perryman  –  1,340,000  (85 bb)
Daniel Pearlman  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($2,980)

With three players remaining from a field of 141, the average chip stack is around 940,000 (59 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $4,935 each.

$400 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 141

Shan Meruga raised to 25,000 from UTG/hijack, Daniel Pearlman called in the cutoff, Todd Kobrin three-bet all in for 36,000 from the small blind, Scotter Clark called in the big blind, Meruga called, and Pearlman called.

Action was checked to the turn of a board where Meruga bet 20,000. Only Pearlman called.

The river was the , Meruga bet 125,000, and Pearlman folded.

Meruga tabled for eights full of fours with the nut low of 8-4-3-2-A, Kobrin couldn’t beat it with , and Kobrin was out in fifth place.

Shan Meruga  –  840,000  (70 bb)
Todd Kobrin  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($2,315)

With four players remaining from a field of 141, the average chip stack is around 705,000 (59 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,980 each.

$400 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 141

Scotter Clark raised to 27,000 from the cutoff and Zack Milchman called on the button.

The flop was , Clark continued for 35,000, Milchman raised all in for about 125,000, and Clark called.

Clark: 
Milchman: 

Milchman had jacks and sevens for the high, along with the second-best low draw. Clark, meanwhile, had a pair of jacks with the nut low draw.

The turn and river completed the board, giving Clark an ace-high flush along with the nut low to eliminate Milchman in sixth place.

Scotter Clark  –  885,000  (74 bb)
Zack Milchman  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($1,940)

With five players remaining from a field of 141, the average chip stack is around 564,000 (47 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,315 each.

$400 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 141

Kevin Love raised UTG+1 to 35, and Scotter Clark called from the big blind.

The flop came , Clark checked, Love bet 50,000, and Clark called.

The turn card was the , Clark bet 50,000, Love moved all in for 108,000, and Clark snap-called.

Scotter Clark:    (trip fours, diamond flush draw, wrap straight draw)
Kevin Love:    (trip fours)

With no possible lows, both players had trip fours with an ace kicker.

But the river card was the , giving Clark a seven-high diamond flush to win the pot and eliminate Love in seventh place.

Scotter Clark  –  755,000  (76 bb)
Kevin Love  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($1,675)

With six players remaining from a field of 141, the average chip stack is around 470,000 (47 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,940 each.