$10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em
Structure
Players Remaining:  4

The final marathon match of the second round ended with Harvey Castro defeating Hertsel Levy Sakhai to set up our final four.

The winners of this round will move on to the final and in the money with $100,000 for first.

Semi-Final round:

Jonathan Jaffe vs Josh Heinzl
Harvey Castro vs Nick Yunis

Second round:

Kevin Rabichow vs Jonathan Jaffe
Josh Heinzl vs Landon Tice
Hertsel Levy Sakhai vs Harvey Castro
David Chen vs Nick Yunis

First round:

Kevin Rabichow vs Faraz Jaka
Giuseppe Iadisernia vs Jonathan Jaffe
Josh Heinzl vs David Forbes
Natasha Mercier vs Landon Tice
Elijah Berg vs Hertsel Levy Sakhai
Harvey Castro vs Scott Baumstein
David Chen vs Travis Greenwalt
Nick Yunis vs Brandon Kessous

$10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em
Structure
Players Remaining:  5

Second round:

Kevin Rabichow vs Jonathan Jaffe
Josh Heinzl vs Landon Tice
Hertsel Levy Sakhai vs Harvey Castro
David Chen vs Nick Yunis

First round:

Kevin Rabichow vs Faraz Jaka
Giuseppe Iadisernia vs Jonathan Jaffe
Josh Heinzl vs David Forbes
Natasha Mercier vs Landon Tice
Elijah Berg vs Hertsel Levy Sakhai
Harvey Castro vs Scott Baumstein
David Chen vs Travis Greenwalt
Nick Yunis vs Brandon Kessous

$10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em
Structure
Players Remaining:  6

Second round:

Kevin Rabichow vs Jonathan Jaffe
Josh Heinzl vs Landon Tice
Hertsel Levy Sakhai vs Harvey Castro
David Chen vs Nick Yunis

First round:

Kevin Rabichow vs Faraz Jaka
Giuseppe Iadisernia vs Jonathan Jaffe
Josh Heinzl vs David Forbes
Natasha Mercier vs Landon Tice
Elijah Berg vs Hertsel Levy Sakhai
Harvey Castro vs Scott Baumstein
David Chen vs Travis Greenwalt
Nick Yunis vs Brandon Kessous

$10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em
Structure
Players Remaining:  7

The first match of the round finished with $600 T.O.R.S.E. winner Josh Heinzl ending the tournament for last year’s fourth-place finisher Landon Tice.

Heinzl will now wait for the winner of the Kevin Rabicho/Jonathan Jaffe match with a chance to go into the finals.

Second round:

Kevin Rabichow vs Jonathan Jaffe
Josh Heinzl vs Landon Tice
Hertsel Levy Sakhai vs Harvey Castro
David Chen vs Nick Yunis

First round:

Kevin Rabichow vs Faraz Jaka
Giuseppe Iadisernia vs Jonathan Jaffe
Josh Heinzl vs David Forbes
Natasha Mercier vs Landon Tice
Elijah Berg vs Hertsel Levy Sakhai
Harvey Castro vs Scott Baumstein
David Chen vs Travis Greenwalt
Nick Yunis vs Brandon Kessous

$10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em
Structure
Players Remaining:  8

After a marathon match between Kevin Rabichow and Faraz Jaka, Rabichow came out on top and we have our second match lineups set to go.

They will get underway shortly and get one step closer to the finals and a $100K pay day.

Kevin Rabichow vs Jonathan Jaffe
Josh Heinzl vs Landon Tice
Hertsel Levy Sakhai vs Harvey Castro
David Chen vs Nick Yunis

Kevin Rabichow vs Faraz Jaka
Giuseppe Iadisernia vs Jonathan Jaffe
Josh Heinzl vs David Forbes
Natasha Mercier vs Landon Tice
Elijah Berg vs Hertsel Levy Sakhai
Harvey Castro vs Scott Baumstein
David Chen vs Travis Greenwalt
Nick Yunis vs Brandon Kessous

$10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em
Structure
Players Remaining:  12

Four early results are in with Landon Tice, Jonathan Jaffe, Nick Yunis, and Harvey Castro advancing to the next round. Tice is looking to improve on his performance last year by one spot after he finished runner-up to Chance Kornuth.

Kevin Rabichow vs Faraz Jaka
Giuseppe Iadisernia vs Jonathan Jaffe
Josh Heinzl vs David Forbes
Natasha Mercier vs Landon Tice
Elijah Berg vs Hertsel Levy Sakhai
Harvey Castro vs Scott Baumstein
David Chen vs Travis Greenwalt
Nick Yunis vs Brandon Kessous

$10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em
Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Entries:  16

The $10,000 Heads-Up drew 16 entries and cards are in the air. Four tables with two matches each and here’s a look at the first round lineup:

Kevin Rabichow vs Faraz Jaka
Giuseppe Iadisernia vs Jonathan Jaffe
Josh Heinzl vs David Forbes
Natasha Mercier vs Landon Tice
Elijah Berg vs Hertsel Levy Sakhai
Harvey Castro vs Scott Baumstein
David Chen vs Travis Greenwalt
Nick Yunis vs Brandon Kessous

The last two players will make the money with $52,000 from the runner-up and $100,000 for the Showdown Heads-Up champ.

$10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

We have a special tournament getting underway at noon with a $10,000 buy-in Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em tournament.

It has a 32-player cap so the field will lock when it hits that point before the start. If seats remain available, registration will close at 12:20 pm. Day 1 will play down to the final four and they will return tomorrow to play the last two matches for the title.

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• A random draw for first round matches will take place at 12pm on Monday March 31
• Registration will close for this event at 12pm on Monday March 31; if event is not sold out late registration will remain open until the end of level 1
• Day 1 will end when four players remain
• Event 40 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 36 Day 1B – $1,100 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-8 last 30 minutes; Levels 9-26 last 40 minutes
• Levels 27+ last 60 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 36 Structure Sheet

11AM: Event 38 – $400 Seniors 50+ Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 38 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 39 – $1,100 10-Game Mix (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 10 (6:45pm)
• Day 1 will end after Level 15
• Event 39 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 40 – $10,000 Heads-Up NLH

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• A random draw for First Round Matches will take place at 12PM on Monday March 31
• Registration will close for this event at 12PM on Monday March 31; if event is not sold out late registration will remain open until the end of level 1
• Day 1 will end when four players remain
• Event 40 Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 26 Day 3 – $600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)

• Event 26 Day 3 Seats and Chips
• Event 26 Payouts

2PM: Event 41 – $600 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 41 Structure Sheet

4PM: Event 42 – $600 Six-Max Black Chip Bounty PLO (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (8:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 42 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 43 – $1,100 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 43 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

5PM: $1,050 Turbo Satellite (Re-Entry)

• One seat guaranteed into any Showdown $10K event
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (7:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

7PM: $400 Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Five seats guaranteed into $3,500 Showdown Championship
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:10pm)
• Structure Sheet

9PM: $550 Event 51 Turbo PLO Satellite (1-in-10)

• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (11:15pm)
• Structure Sheet