$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  180 of 882

The player in the big blind was all in for about 60,000 with , and needed it to hold to stay alive against the of David Jackson, who was UTG+1.

The board came — Jackson flopped a set of tens, the big blind turned a diamond flush draw, and Jackson rivered a full house, tens full of queens. Jackson won the pot with his full house to eliminate his opponent from Flight E.

David Jackson – 185,000  (74 bb)

With about 180 players remaining from a flight of 882, the average chip stack is around 98,000 (39 big blinds). This flight will continue playing until there are 89 players remaining, and everyone who bags chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  275 of 882

The players have returned from break to begin Level 12, with increased blinds of 1,000-2,000 with a 2,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up three players with at least 200K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door, to create an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  William Rincon  –  225,500  (113 bb)
2.  Jason Young  –  224,500  (112 bb)
3.  Matt Rizai  –  207,000  (104 bb)
4.  Akeelo Rhoden  –  198,500  (99 bb)

With about 275 players remaining from a flight of 882, the average chip stack is around 64,000 (32 big blinds). This flight will continue playing until there are 89 players remaining, and everyone who bags chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

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

Registration closed for the $400 Deep Stack Big O with 141 entries creating a prize pool worth $47,235 and the last 18 players will make the money. A min-cash is worth $865 and the Event 25 will earn $13,015 along with the Showdown trophy.

1st: $13,015 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $8,315
3rd: $4,935
4th: $2,980
5th: $2,315
6th: $1,940
7th: $1,675
8th: $1,490
9th-10th: $1,320
11th-12th: $1,160
13th-14th: $1,005
15th-16th: $935
17th-18th: $865

$400 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 9:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Entries:  141

Registration closed for the $400 Big O and it drew a great crowd to the Meeting Room. They put an unofficial 141 entries into the game to create the second-biggest field for this tournament.

2022 LHPO – 161 entries
2023 Showdown – 141 entries
2023 Showdown – 129 entries ($600 buy-in)
2022 SHRPO – 129 entries
2023 LHPO – 116 entries

We will post the official numbers and payout information as soon as it is available.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  360 of 882

Registration closed for Flight E of Showdown Event 21 with another 882 entries putting the combined total at 3,162 and the prize pool up to $1,644,240. The final flight starts at 6 pm with late registration available until 10:30 pm and they will likely push the prize pool over $2,000,000.

Flight E will continue until 89 players remain and they will advance to Day 2 tomorrow at 1 pm in the money.

Chip Counts Thru Flight D

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight E Entries:  882

Players are back in their seats after the second break and we have two new big stacks in the room. Nick Chiappetta is tops in the room right now with 160,800 with Joe Yselonia not far behind with 140,600.

The clock shows an unofficial 882 entries for Flight E and we will report the numbers as soon as they are available.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight E Entries:  825

We are getting close to shutting down registration for Flight E but not before we add up some more big numbers. The combined total is now over 3,100 entries and the prize pool is up to $1.6 million. They are going to make it $2 million later this evening, lock it up.

We found a bunch of former champs in the field, including James Calderaro, Alvin Davis, and Michael Tweedlie.

Davis won the $600 Eight-Handed NLH tournament a few days ago, Michael Tweedlie crushed the $1,100 NLH live-streamed final table in August, and James Calderaro won the 2014 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship (small asterisk since he won it up the highway in Coconut Creek but we’ll allow it).

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight E Entries:  785

With about 34,000 in the pot and the board reading , Jason Young moved all in for 9,200 against the player in the 1-seat. He called and saw the damage.

Young:
Opponent:

Young was behind to start but flopped trip nines, turned a full house nines full of tens, and was paid on the river to move the 2019 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood Main Event champ to more than double starting stack.

Jason Young – 52,000 (87 bb)

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight E Entries:  750

Flight E continues to put up the big numbers with 750 in the game this afternoon with about 90 minutes remaining to push it higher. A $2,000,000 prize pool is almost assured and that would be a huge final number.

More friends took their seats including two-time Hollywood champ Valerie Novak (most recent during the 2023 LHPO series), Luz Sanchez, and former GPI Female Player of the Year Nadya Magnus.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight E Entries:  606

The first break is complete and we’re mentioning Wagner Wysotchanski again, but this time as the chip leader and not the Flight D bubble. The Tampa regular is up to 107,100, followed closely by nearby competitor Bill Beer with 104,000.

The prize pool climbed over $1.5 million while they were gone and registration will remain open for Flight E until 2:30 pm. The last flight starts at 6 pm with late registration till 10:30 pm.