2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 18
$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  1,130
Prize Pool:  $200,000
March 24-26, 2025

Event 18 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a multi-flight $200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). Across six starting flights, a field of 1,130 entries played for a prize pool of $200,000.

A three-handed deal took place at the final and Andreas Athanasopoulos was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 18 winner for $26,459.

*denotes three-handed deal

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |  Structure |  Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 1,130

When the final three players returned from break, they agreed to a deal to end the tournament and split up the remaining prizepool. These were the official chip counts:

1.  Andreas Athanasopoulos  –  7,775,000  (52 bb)
2.  David Kilcoyne  –  6,550,000  (44 bb)
3.  Dmitri Zaitsev  –  2,625,000  (18 bb)

And here are the modified payouts they agreed to:

1st:  Andreas Athanasopoulos  –  $26,459* + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  David Kilcoyne  –  $25,381*
3rd:  Dmitri Zaitsev  –  $21,600*

Congratulations to Andreas Athanasopoulos!

Stay tuned for a recap from this event, which will be posted later tonight.

* Indicates the results of a three-way deal.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |  Structure |  Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 1,130

Level 30 comes to an end, and the players take a 15-minute break. Here are the official chip counts:

Seat 1.  Andreas Athanasopoulos  –  7,775,000  (52 bb)
Seat 2.  David Kilcoyne  –  6,550,000  (44 bb)
Seat 3.  Dmitri Zaitsev  –  2,625,000  (18 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $33,840 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $22,700
3rd:  $16,900

4th:  Gabriel Fuller  –  $12,600
5th:  Minh Nguyen  –  $9,500
6th:  Yaymel Bodes  –  $7,300
7th:  Tyler Ubl  –  $5,600
8th:  David Rivera  –  $4,340
9th:  Keith Saunders  –  $3,400

With three players remaining from a field of 1,130, the average chip stack is around 5,650,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $16,900 each.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |  Structure |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 1,130

David Kilcoyne raised from the button to 325,000, and Gabriel Fuller called from the big blind.

The flop came , and they quickly got it all in with a shove and a call, or a check-shove-call.

Fuller was all in for 725,000 with (pair of nines), and he needed to improve to stay alive against Kilcoyne’s (pair of aces). Fuller needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card paired the board with the , the river card double-paired the board with the , and Kilcoyne won the pot with a full house, aces full of fives, to eliminate Fuller in fourth place.

David Kilcoyne  –  6,500,000  (52 bb)
Gabriel Fuller  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($12,600)

With three players remaining from a field of 1,130, the average chip stack is around 5,650,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $16,900 each.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |  Structure |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 1,130

Andreas Athanasopoulos limped from the cutoff for 125,000, Dmitri Zaitsev completed the small blind, and Minh Nguyen checked his option in the big blind.

The flop came , Zaitsev checked, and Nguyen moved all in for 485,000. Athanasopoulos thought for a while before he called, and Zaitsev folded.

Nguyen turned over for a pair of eights, but Athanasopoulos turned over for a pair of aces. Nguyen needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Athanasopoulos won the pot with two pair, aces and sevens, to eliminate Nguyen in fifth place.

Andreas Athanasopoulos  –  8,275,000  (66 bb)
Minh Nguyen  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($9,500)

With four players remaining from a field of 1,130, the average chip stack is around 4,250,000 (34 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $12,600 each.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |  Structure |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,130

Gabriel Fuller raised from the hijack to 275,000, leaving himself just 60K behind, and Dmitri Zaitsev called from the small blind.

The flop came , Zaitsev moved all in, and Fuller called all in for 60,000 with for ace high. Zaitsev turned over for a pair of nines, and Fuller needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Fuller paired his ace on the turn to win the pot and double up in chips.

Gabriel Fuller  –  920,000  (7 bb)
Dmitri Zaitsev  –  2,650,000  (21 bb)

With five players remaining from a field of 1,130, the average chip stack is around 3,390,000 (27 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,500 each.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |  Structure |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,130

Andreas Athanasopoulos limped under the gun for 100,000, Yaymel Bodes moved all in from the small blind for 975,000, and Athanasopoulos tanked for a while before he called with .

Bodes turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Athanasopoulos won the pot with two pair, aces and kings, with his ten kicker to eliminate Bodes in sixth place.

Andreas Athanasopoulos  –  6,400,000  (64 bb)
Yaymel Bodes  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($7,300)

With five players remaining from a field of 1,130, the average chip stack is around 3,390,000 (34 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,500 each.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |  Structure |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,130

Tyler Ubl moved all in from the hijack for 780,000, and Andreas Athanasopoulos thought for a while before he called from the big blind with .

Ubl turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Athanasopoulos paired his seven on the flop, Ubl turned an open-ended straight draw, and the river card was a blank. Athanasopoulos won the pot with his pair of sevens to eliminate Ubl in seventh place.

Andreas Athanasopoulos  –  4,800,000  (60 bb)
Tyler Ubl  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($5,600)

With six players remaining from a field of 1,130, the average chip stack is around 2,825,000 (35 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,300 each.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |  Structure |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,130

Dmitri Zaitsev raised UTG+1 to 225,000, David Rivera moved all in from the hijack for 740,000, and Zaitsev tanked for a while before he called with .

Rivera turned over , and he needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Zaitsev paired his queen on the flop and turned a jack-high flush to clinch the pot and eliminate Rivera in eighth place.

Dmitri Zaitsev  –  3,290,000  (41 bb)
David Rivera  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($4,340)

With seven players remaining from a field of 1,130, the average chip stack is around 2,420,000 (30 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,600 each.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |  Structure |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 1,130

Gabriel Fuller raised all in from the cutoff for 775,000 and David Kilcoyne called in the big blind.

Fuller: 
Kilcoyne: 

The board came , safe for Fuller to double up.

Gabriel Fuller  –  1,630,000  (20 bb)
David Kilcoyne  –  4,380,000  (55 bb)

With eight players remaining from the field of 1,130 entries, the average stack is about 2,120,000 (27 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $4,340.