2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 6
$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Entries:  117
Prize Pool:  $60,840
April 4, 2024

Registration closed for the $600 Deep Stack Big O tournament with 117 entries creating a prize pool worth $60,840. The last 15 spots will be paid with $1,255 for a min-cash and $16,190 awaiting the Big O winner.

1st: $16,190 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $10,800
3rd: $7,450
4th: $5,305
5th: $3,900
6th: $2,970
7th: $2,340
8th: $1,910
9th-10th: $1,620
11th-12th: $1,430
13th-14th: $1,310
15th: $1,255

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  72 of 443

Jason Wandling was all in preflop for 56,000 with in the hole from the button, and James Carroll had him covered holding pocket queens on the small blind.

The final board read , and Wandling doubled up to survive with 125,000. Carroll was around 200,000 after the hand.

Jason Wandling – 125,000 (25 bb)
James Carroll – 205,000 (41 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  81 of 443

Mike Amato was the chip leader at the most recent break with a stack above 300,000 to pace the field. James Carroll was the leader of the chase group behind him with a stack of 273,000, and there were quite a few other players above 200,000 as well. Here is a look at the top stacks.

Mike Amato – 315,000 (78 bb)
James Carroll – 273,000 (68 bb)
Jacob Kauffman – 244,000 (61 bb)
Brandon Glaze – 240,000 (60 bb)
Richard DeVivo – 240,000 (60 bb)
Michael Ibekwe – 225,000 (56 bb)
Corey Pauley – 223,000 (55 bb)

$300 Quad Stack NLH/PLO Mix (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante

Tonight’s $300 Quad Stack tournament kicks off at 6 pm with a No-Limit Hold’em and Pot-Limit Omaha mix every orbit. It will take some talent to win this one.

Players start with 40,000 in their stacks and the first eight levels last 15 minutes, increasing to 20 minutes after that. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 12 at 9:30 pm.

• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels 1-8 last 15 minutes; Level 9+ last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 12 (9:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 7 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Flight D of the Showdown opener gets underway at 5 pm and builds on the strong start. The $400 Deep Stack has a $1,000,000 guarantee and they will put more than $500K in the pot towards that number tonight with four huge weekend flights to go.

Players sit down to 20K deep stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 minutes on Day 2 and 60 in Level 24. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available this evening until 9:30 pm.

Flight D will work its way down to the last 12.5% of the field and survivors will return on Sunday at 1 pm for Day 2.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Levels 24+ last 60 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  126 of 443

Another break finished up and the field is getting closer to the money bubble. They’ll still need some time to get there, plus another break, but stacks are beginning to grow bigger faster.

Vince Francavilla is the latest to sit on top of the counts, leading the field with 193,000 but Corey Pauley is not far behind with 191,500.

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 5
$600 Seniors 50+ (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  176
Prize Pool:  $91,520
April 4, 2024

Registration closed for the $600 Seniors 50+ event with 176 entries crushing the $50,000 and putting together a prize pool worth $91,520. The last 22 spots will be paid with $1,170 for a min-cash and $23,510 plus the Showdown trophy for the champ.

1st: $23,510 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $15,815
3rd: $9,385
4th: $5,710
5th: $4,410
6th: $3,650
7th: $3,160
8th: $2,765
9th-10th: $2,405
11th-12th: $2,050
13th-15th: $1,735
16th-18th: $1,440
19th-22nd: $1,170

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  189 of 443

Registration closed for Flight C of Showdown Event 1 with 443 entries putting the combined total at 1,327. Our players put $437,910 toward the $1,000,000 guarantee with five more huge flights to blast it.

Flight C will continue until 56 players remain and survivors will return on Sunday for Day 2 at 1 pm in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight C Entries:  443

The second break ended, players returned to their seats, and registration closed for the third flight of Event 1. We will post the official numbers as soon as the math is complete.

Jean Elie is the big stacks in the room, leading the field with 147,000 followed by Noah Britton’s 135,000 and Ryan Hogan with 105,600.

Jean Elie – 147,000 (147 bb)
Noah Bitton – 135,000 (135 bb)
Ryan Hogan – 105,600 (106 bb)
Richard DeVivo – 84,100 (84 bb)
Raminder Singh – 67,500 (68 bb)
Phil Krnyaich – 67,000 (67 bb)
Vinny Monteiro – 59,700 (60 bb)
Nadya Magnus – 58,600 (59 bb)
Jorge Gomez – 38,000 (38 bb)
Bryce McVay – 36,700 (37 bb)
Thao Le – 32,500 (33 bb)
Frank Weigel – 26,600 (27 bb)
Francis Margaglione – 25,400 (25 bb)
Arkadiy Tsinis – 21,100 (21 bb)
Jake Schwartz – 13,100 (13 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight C Entries:  430

The second break is here and registration will close when players return to action. We have 430 entries showing on the board and we’ll pick up a few more before cards go back in the air.