2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 52
$50,000 Super High Roller NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Entries:  12
Prize Pool:  $582,000
April 17, 2024

Event 52 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was the $50,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry), drawing 12 entries for a prize pool of $582,000.

Emerging victorious was Jim Collopy for a first-place prize of $291,000. The win was Collopy’s second trophy triumph of the day, as he returned for Day 2 of Event 45 at noon and earned top honors there. It was Collopy’s 3rd SHRP major series trophy victory overall, as his first came during the 2021 LHPO in a $5K NLHE event.

Collopy’s largest score at the Seminole Hard Rock was during the 2022 SHRPO when he finished second in the Championship event to Sergio Aido who, coincidentally, was who Collopy defeated heads-up to win tonight.

$50,000 Super High Roller NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 12

Jim Collopy raised to 35,000 from the button, Sergio Aido reraised all in for roughly 410,000 from the big blind, and Collopy called with , leading Aido’s .

The board ran out , giving Collopy a set of tens to win the Super High Roller for $291,000. Aido finished runner-up for $174,600.

A recap of the Super High Roller will be posted soon.

$50,000 Super High Roller NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 12

Jim Collopy raised to 25,000 from the button, Shannon Shorr three-bet to 150,000 (leaving about 80,000 behind) from the small blind, Collopy four-bet all in with a covering stack, and Shorr called all in for about 230,000.

Collopy: 
Shorr: 

The board ran out , giving Collopy kings and fives to eliminate Shorr in third place.

Jim Collopy  –  823,000  (69 bb)
Sergio Aido  –  677,000  (56 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($116,400)

1st:  $291,000
2nd:  $174,600

$50,000 Super High Roller NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 12

(dead small blind this hand)

Shannon Shorr raised from under the gun/cutoff to 24,000, Jim Collopy reraised all in for 257,000 from the big blind, and Shorr thought for a bit before he called.

Shorr: 
Collopy: 

The flop came and gave Collopy a set of treys to pull well ahead.

The turn was the , giving Shorr an open-ended straight draw.

The river was the , filling up Collopy with treys full of eights to double up.

Jim Collopy  –  526,000  (44 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  334,000  (28 bb)

$50,000 Super High Roller NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 12

Sergio Aido limped in for 12,000 in the small blind, Dylan Linde raised all in for about 205,000 from the big blind, and Aido called instantly with .

Linde showed and needed to improve to survive.

The board came , no help to Linde, ending his tournament on the money bubble.

Sergio Aido  –  640,000  (53 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  591,000  (49 bb)
Jim Collopy  –  269,000  (22 bb)
Dylan Linde  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

$50,000 Super High Roller NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 12

Vladimir Minko raised to 50,000 (leaving 31,000 behind) from under the gun, Dylan Linde called in the cutoff, and Shannon Shorr used a time extension before he reraised all in for about 320,000 from the small blind.

Minko used two time extensions before he called all in for 81,000 total and Linde folded.

Minko: 
Shorr: 

The board came , giving Shorr a pair of queens to eliminate Minko.

Shannon Shorr  –  470,000  (47 bb)
Vladimir Minko  –  Eliminated

$50,000 Super High Roller NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 10:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 12

Seat 1:  Vladimir Minko  –  136,000  (17 bb)
Seat 2:  Dylan Linde  –  238,000  (30 bb)
Seat 3:  Jim Collopy  –  421,000  (53 bb)
Seat 4:  Shannon Shorr  –  275,000  (34 bb)
Seat 6:  Sergio Aido  –  430,000  (54 bb)

1st:  $291,000
2nd:  $174,600
3rd:  $116,400

$50,000 Super High Roller NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 9:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 12

Jim Collopy raised to 12,000 from the cutoff, Matthew Wantman reraised all in for 98,000 from the small blind, and Collopy called after about 30 seconds with .

Wantman showed and needed to improve to survive.

The board ran out , no help to Wantman, locking up the pot for Collopy.

Jim Collopy  –  235,000  (39 bb)
Matthew Wantman  –  Eliminated

$50,000 Super High Roller NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 9:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 12

Dylan Linde raised to 12,000 from under the gun, Sergio Aido three-bet to 37,000 from the small blind, and Linde called.

The flop was , Aido continued for 20,000, and Linde called.

The turn was the , Aido bet 125,000, and Linde thought briefly before he called all in for 68,000 with for a pair of aces, leading AIdo’s for a pair of queens with a flush draw.

The river was the , safe for Linde to double up on the first hand he was dealt.

Dylan Linde  –  262,000  (44 bb)
Sergio Aido  –  376,000  (63 bb)

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 52
$50,000 Super High Roller NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Entries:  12
Prize Pool:  $582,000
April 17, 2024

1st:  $291,000
2nd:  $174,600
3rd:  $116,400