2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 36
$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  823
Prize Pool:  $798,310
April 14 – 17, 2024

Showdown Event 36 was a $1,100 buy-in Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament. The event drew 823 entries for a prize pool worth $798,310 with the final 105 players making the money.

Johnny Bromberg took the top spot after the final four players decided on a chop. Bromberg earned $99,427 for the victory and his second major Hollywood title after taking down the big opener event during SHRPO in 2023. His career tournament earnings are now close to $700,000.

*Denotes adjusted payouts in a four-way chop.

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $798,310 | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 823

Zhen Cai got all in holding preflop on the small blind, but he ran right into the pocket kings held by Johnny Bromberg under the gun.

The final board read , and Cai was eliminated in fifth place for a payday worth $36,000. Bromberg was up to 7.1 million after collecting the pot.

Johnny Bromberg – 7,100,000 (56 bb)
Zhen Cai – Eliminated in 5th Place ($36,000)

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $798,310 | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 823

Scott Carragher was all in very short with on the big blind, and Johnny Bromberg had him covered holding on the button.

The final board read , and Carragher was eliminated in sixth place for a payout worth $28,645. Bromberg stacked up 4.9 million after collecting the pot thanks to a Broadway straight.

Johnny Bromberg – 4,900,000 (49 bb)
Scott Carragher – Eliminated in 6th Place ($28,645)

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $798,310 | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 823

Richard Whitebrook got all in for 1.4 million with in the hole prefop from the cutoff , and Shawn Stern called to cover with in the hole on the button.

The final board read , and Whitebrook was eliminated in seventh place for a payout worth $23,700. Stern stacked up 3.3 million after collecting the pot.

Shawn Stern – 3,300,000 (33 bb)
Richard Whitebrook – Eliminated in 7th Place ($23,700)

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $798,310 | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 823

Here is a look at the update chip counts

Seat 2: Scott Carragher – 850,000 (8 bb)
Seat 3: Richard Whitebrook – 1,400,000 (14 bb)
Seat 4: Shawn Stern – 2,000,000 (20 bb)
Seat 5: Zhen Cai – 4,200,000 (42 bb)
Seat 6: David Jackson – 9,490,000 (94 bb)
Seat 8: Johnny Bromberg – 3,850,000 (38 bb)
Seat 9: Adam Agaev – 3,200,000 (432 bb)

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $798,310 | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 823

Rob Jonsson got all in preflop for 860,000 with in the hole from the hijack, and Johnny Bromberg had him covered holding on the cutoff.

The final board read , and Jonsson was eliminated in eighth place for a payout worth $18,850. Bromberg stacked up 3.15 million after collecting the pot.

Johnny Bromberg – 3,150,000 (39 bb)
Rob Jonsson – Eliminated in 8th Place ($18,850)

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $798,310 | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 823

Seat 1: Kee Fredkov – Eliminated in 9th Place ($14,130)
Seat 2: Scott Carragher – 1,260,000 (15 bb)
Seat 3: Richard Whitebrook – 1,370,000 (17 bb)
Seat 4: Shawn Stern – 1,900,000 (23 bb)
Seat 5: Zhen Cai – 5,400,000 (67 bb)
Seat 6: David Jackson – 7,895,000 (98 bb)
Seat 7: Rob Johnson – 1,425,000 (17 bb)
Seat 8: Johnny Bromberg – 1,510,000 (18 bb)
Seat 9: Adam Agaev – 3,870,000 (48 bb)

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $798,310 | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 823

While the 13th and 12th place busouts were going into the blog, two more fell in quick succession to take things down to a final table. Those two players were Kai Cohen in 11th place ($11,590), and Shermain Burchett in 10th place ($14,130).

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $798,310 | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 823

Pablo Hernandez got all in short with from the button, and David Jackson had him covered holding from the cutoff.

The final board read [6][c], and Jackson scored another double to stack up 6.57 million. Hernandez was out in 12th place for a payday worth $14,130.

David Jackson – 6,570,000 (109 bb)
Pablo Hernandez – Eliminated in 12th Place ($11,590)

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $798,310 | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 823

There was 800,000 in the pot, with the board reading when Salomon Sutton got all in for 1.46 million. David Jackson tanked for a minute before tossing in the chips for a call.

Sutton held K-9, but that put him behind the A-5 held by Jackson for a straight. Sutton was out in 13th place for a payout of $9,200. Jackson stacked up over 5 million after the hand.

David Jackson – 5,300,000 (88 bb)
Salomon Sutton – Eliminated in 13th Place ($9,200)