Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 73
$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  177
Prize Pool: $831,900
April 23, 2024

Event 73 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $5,000 Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 177 entries generated a prize pool of $831,900 more than tripling the guarantee.

A heads-up chop took place between the final two players and Diomig Delgado was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 73 winner for $159,950.

*denotes heads-up chop

$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $831,900 | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 177

After playing heads-up for a little while, Diomig Delgado and Michael Phillips agreed to an even chop heads-up.

Delgado was the chip leader at the time, making him the official winner of Event 73 for $159,950. Michael Phillips was the runner-up for $159,950.

A recap of Event 73 will be posted later tonight.

$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $831,900 | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 177

Shannon Shorr raised to 100,000 from the button and Diomig Delgado called in the big blind.

The flop was , Delgado checked, Shorr bet 70,000, and Delgado reraised all in for 935,000.

Shorr thought for more than a minute before he called all in for about 630,000 with for a king-high flush draw. Delgado showed for a pair of queens.

The turn gave Shorr a straight draw, but the river was a brick and eliminated Shorr in third place.

Diomig Delgado  –  1,860,000  (37 bb)
Michael Philips  –  1,680,000  (34 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($95,000)

1st:  $191,900 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $128,000

$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $831,900 | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 177

Following a flop of , Nicholas Seward ended up all in from the big blind for about 260,000 with for flush and straight draws against Diomig Delgado in the small blind with for a better flush draw and the current lead with king high.

The turn and river completed the board, giving Delgado a king-high flush to eliminate Seward in fourth place.

Diomig Delgado  –  1,310,000  (33 bb)
Nicholas Seward  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($71,000)

With three players remaining from the field of 177 entries the average stack is 1,180,000 (30 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $95,000.

$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $831,900 | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 177

Michael Phillips raised all in from the small blind and Kharlin Sued called all in for 210,000 in the big blind.

Phillips: 
Sued: 

The board ran out , giving Phillips sevens and fours to eliminate Sued in fifth place.

Michael Phillips  –  870,000  (22 bb)
Kharlin Sued  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($54,000)

With four players remaining from the field of 177 entries the average stack is 885,000 (22 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $71,000.

$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $831,900 | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 177

Shannon Shorr raised to 60,000 from UTG/hijack and Diomig Delgado called in the small blind.

The flop was , Delgado led for 90,000, and Shorr called.

The turn was the , Delgado bet 90,000, and Shorr called.

The river was the , Delgado bet 90,000, Shorr raised all in for 525,000, and Delgado folded.

Shannon Shorr  –  1,155,000  (39 bb)
Diomig Delgado  –  1,070,000  (36 bb)

$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $831,900 | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 177

Kharlin Sued raised to 80,000 from the small blind, Mike Jozoff reraised all in for 250,000 in the big blind, and Sued called with . Jozoff showed and needed to improve to stay alive.

The flop came , giving Sued a pair of queens.

The turn was the , giving Jozoff flush and straight draws.

The river was the , no help to Jozoff, ending his tournament in sixth place.

Kharlin Sued  –  570,000  (19 bb)
Mike Jozoff  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($41,000)

With five players remaining from the field of 177 entries the average stack is about 710,000 (24 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $54,000.

$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $831,900 | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 177

Seat 2:  Kharlin Sued  –  350,000  (12 bb)
Seat 3:  Mike Jozoff  –  280,000  (9 bb)
Seat 6:  Diomig Delgado  –  1,320,000  (44 bb)
Seat 7:  Nicholas Seward  –  315,000  (11 bb)
Seat 8:  Shannon Shorr  –  465,000  (16 bb)
Seat 9:  Michael Phillips  –  810,000  (27 bb)

1st:  $191,900 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $128,000
3rd:  $95,000
4th:  $71,000
5th:  $54,000
6th:  $41,000

7th:  Frank Lagodich  –  $31,500
8th:  Fred Goldberg  –  $24,500
9th:  Manuel Fritz  –  $19,200

10th:  Joey Weissman –  $19,200
11th:  Clemen Deng  – $16,500
12th:  Kamel Mokhammad $16,500

13th:  Benjamine Grise $13,600
14th:  Aram Oganyan $13,600
15th:  Iman Dan $13,600

16th:  Cherish Andrews $11,300
17th:  Serhii Popovych $11,300
18th:  Yuri Siniak $11,300
19th:  Joseph Beasy $11,300

20th:  Mike Vela $9,400
21st:  Andres Korn $9,400
22nd:  Zhen Cai $9,400
23rd:  Erion Qoku $9,400

$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $831,900 | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 177

Shannon Shorr raised to 100,000 from the hijack and Kharlin Sued called on the button.

The flop was , Shorr bet his remaining 45,000, and Sued called with for a pair of eights. Shorr tabled for a pair of nines.

The turn and river completed the board, safe for Shorr to double up.

Shannon Shorr  –  355,000  (14 bb)
Kharlin Sued  –  495,000  (20 bb)

$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $831,900 | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 177

On the turn of a board, Frank Lagodich checked in middle position and Diomig Delgado bet 75,000 from the button. Lagodich check-raised all in for about 260,000 and Delgado called with for a king-high straight, leading Lagodich’s for a pair of kings.

The river was the , ending Lagodich’s tournament in seventh place.

Diomig Delgado  –  1,000,000  (67 bb)
Frank Lagodich  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($31,500)

Recent Eliminations
8th:  Fred Goldberg  –  $24,500

With six players remaining from the field of 177 entries the average stack is 590,000 (39 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $41,000.