2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 4
$300 Quad Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  81
Prize Pool:  $20,520
April 3, 2024

Registration closed for the $300 Quad Stack NLH tournament with 81 entries creating a prize pool worth $20,520. The eventual champion gets the top prize worth $7,087 along with the SHRPO guitar pick trophy. The top nine players will make the money with $709 for a min-cash.

1st: $7,087 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $4,050
3rd: $2,841
4th: $1,772
5th: $1,367
6th: $1,063
7th: $911
8th: $810
9th: $709

$600 7-Card Stud (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 15,000/30,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 2 of 34

Yuval Bronshtein busted in third place to set up a final duel between Ari Engel and Hal Rotholz to decide who will take home the SHRPO guitar pick trophy and top prize money. Here is a look at the current chip counts.

Seat 3: Ari Engel – 310,000
Seat 5 : Hal Rotholz – 540,000

1st: $7,150 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $4,420
3rd: Yuval Bronshtein – $2,650
4th: Larry St. Jean – $1,945
5th:Joel Harwood – $1,515

$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 B Players Remaining:  162 of 418

Registration closed for Flight B of Showdown Event 1 with 418 entries, setting up the tournament to crush its $1,000,000 guarantee with 884 entries already in the field with six more flights to go.

Flight B will continue until 53 players remain and they will move on to Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

$600 Deep Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 big blind ante
Remaining Players: 13 of 97

It took a while during hand-for-hand play to get there, but the money bubble has now burst in the Six-Max.

The small bind was all in short with in the hole against the held by Joe Steirs from the big blind on the hand that got it done. The ace held for Steirs, and he was up to 198,000 after collecting the pot.

Every player remaining will now take home at least $1,005 in prize money for their deep run in the tournament.

$600 7-Card Stud (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 3 of 34

Yuval Bronshtein leads the final three in the 7-Card Stud event with the possibility to win his 11th SHRPO guitar pick trophy. That would tie him with Raminder Singh for the most titles won in this building. Below are the updated chip counts and payouts.

Seat 3: Ari Engel – 235,000
Seat 4: Yuval Bronshtein – 322,000
Seat 5 : Hal Rotholz – 292,000

1st: $7,150 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $4,420
3rd: $2,650
4th: Larry St. Jean – $1,945
5th:Joel Harwood – $1,515

$600 Deep Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 big blind ante
Remaining Players: 18 of 97

The six-max event is down to the final three tables, and five more players to go until the money bubble bursts when 13 players remain. Ash Chehata is currently pacing the field as the big stack with 338,000.

Payout Structure:

1st: $15,020 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $9,635
3rd: $6,385
4th: $4,375
5th: $3,110
6th: $2,290
7th-8th: $1,755
9th-10th: $1,395
11th-12th: $1,160
13th: $1,005

$600 7-Card Stud (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 15:  6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 6 of 34

The final six players are on the precipice of the money bubble in Event 2. Here is a look at the chip counts and prize pool up for grabs.

Seat 2: Mike Sovakinas – 43,000
Seat 3: Ari Engel – 106,000
Seat 4: Yuval Bronshtein – 310,000
Seat 5 : Hal Rotholz – 200,000
Seat 6: Larry St. Jean – 86,000
Seat 7: Joel Harwood – 50,000

1st: $7,150 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $4,420
3rd: $2,650
4th: $1,945
5th: $1,515

$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 A Players Remaining:  59 of 466

Flight A: 466 Entries; 59 Advanced
Flight B: Underway
Flight C: Thursday at 10 am
Flight D: Thursday at 5 pm
Flight E: Friday at 10 am
Flight F: Friday at 5 pm
Flight G: Saturday at 10 am
Flight H: Saturday at 5 pm
Day 2: Sunday at 1 pm

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 3
$600 Deep Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  97
Prize Pool:  $50,440
April 3, 2024

Registration closed for the $600 Deep Stack Six-Max NLH tournament with 97 entries creating a prize pool worth $50,440. The eventual champion gets the top prize worth $15,020 along with the SHRPO guitar pick trophy. The top 13 players will make the money with $1,005 for a min-cash.

1st: $15,020 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $9,635
3rd: $6,385
4th: $4,375
5th: $3,110
6th: $2,290
7th-8th: $1,755
9th-10th: $1,395
11th-12th: $1,160
13th: $1,005

$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 A Players Remaining:  59 of 466

A player in middle position was all in with , and Bill Gazes had him covered holding UTG+1.

The final board read , and Gazes took out his opponent to stack yup 203,000 after collecting the pot.

That brought Flight A to a close with 8:20 remaining in Level 15, and 59 players advancing to Day 2 on Sunday. Stay tuned for official chip counts from the flight.