$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 4,265

Tom Gottlieb raised all in for 1,350,000 from under the gun, Andrea Orphanos reraised all in for roughly 2,600,000 in the next seat over, and Sergio Giha four-bet shoved with a covering stack in the cutoff.

Gottlieb: 
Orphanos: 
Giha: 

The board ran out , giving Gottlieb deuces full of aces to triple up in the main pot, while Giha eliminated Orphanos in the side pot.

Tom Gottlieb  –  4,250,000  (53 bb)
Sergio Giha  –  4,860,000  (61 bb)
Andrea Orphanos  –  Eliminated in 28th Place  ($6,200)

With 27 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 3,160,000 (40 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,200 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 29, around 2:15 am, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 4,265

Ranei Aviv raised from the cutoff to 175,000, Billy Pappas moves all in from the button for roughly 1,250,000, and Aviv snap-calls with .

Pappas turns over , and he needs to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket aces hold up for Aviv to win the pot and eliminate Pappas in 29th place.

Ranei Aviv  –  5,175,000  (65 bb)
Billy Pappas  –  Eliminated in 29th Place  ($6,200)

With 28 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 3,045,000 (38 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,200 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 29, around 2:15 am, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 4,265

The players return from break to begin Level 28, with increased blinds of 40,000-80,000 and an 80,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up eight players with at least 3.7 million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Alex Ivan  –  9,675,000  (121 bb)
2.  Matthew Yorra  –  6,640,000  (83 bb)
3.  Sean Astwood  –  6,300,000  (79 bb)
4.  Thomas Lunnun  –  5,975,000  (75 bb)
5.  Charles Giroux  –  5,920,000  (74 bb)
6.  Sergio Giha  –  4,230,000  (53 bb)
7.  Sean Phillippi  –  3,820,000  (48 bb)
8.  Ranei Aviv  –  3,760,000  (47 bb)

With 29 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 2,940,000 (37 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,200 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 29, around 2:15 am, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 4,265

Level 27 comes to an end, and the players take a 15-minute break. Here are the most recent eliminations, along with their payouts:

30th:  Dario Dussan Guzman  –  $6,200
31st:  Rafael Valecillos  –  $6,200

32nd:  Brian Powell  –  $5,100
33rd:  Juan Rojas  –  $5,100
34th:  Pedro Palacio  –  $5,100
35th:  Michael Garcia  –  $5,100
36th:  Eric Siegel  –  $5,100
37th:  Zachary Fischer  –  $5,100
38th:  Austin Rattet  –  $5,100
39th:  Tyler Kuhlman  –  $5,100

With 29 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 2,940,000 (37 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,200 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 29, around 2:15 am, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 4,265

Bruce Snell was all in for 880,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against his opponent’s .

The board came , and Snell paired his nine on the flop and his ace on the river to win the pot with two pair and double up in chips.

Bruce Snell  –  1,910,000  (32 bb)

With 31 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 2,750,000 (46 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,200 each.

Action will continue tonight until the hard stop at 2:00 am, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  34 of 4,265

A player in early position raised to 120,000, Mark Casabo called in the hijack, and Eric Siegel reraised all in for 1,310,000 in the big blind. The initial raiser folded, and Casabo thought for a bit before he called all in for 1,265,000 with , leading Siegel’s .

The board ran out , safe for Casabo to double through Siegel.

Down to 45,000, Siegel busted shortly thereafter in 35th place.

Mark Casabo  –  2,740,000  (46 bb)
Eric Siegel  –  Eliminated in 35th Place  ($5,100)

With 34 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 2,510,000 (42 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,100 each.

Action will continue tonight until the hard stop at 2:00 am, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  39 of 4,265

Here is a list of the most recent eliminations, along with their payouts:

40th:  Bryan Frantz  –  $4,180
41st:  Michael Jacobson  –  $4,180
42nd:  Huicun Qiao  –  $4,180
43rd:  Dominic Daulton  –  $4,180
44th:  Artim Zhuta  –  $4,180
45th:  Feiwen Wu  –  $4,180
46th:  Kevin Vail  –  $4,180
47th:  John Wilson  –  $4,180

With 39 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 2,175,000 (36 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,100 each.

Action will continue tonight until the hard stop at 2:00 am, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  42 of 4,265

Dominic Daulton raised all in for 135,000 under the gun and Bradley Beetz isolated the action from the small blind with , leading Daulton’s .

The board ran out , no help to Daulton, ending his tournament in 43rd place.

Bradley Beetz  –  1,345,000  (27 bb)
Dominic Daulton  –  Eliminated in 43rd Place  ($4,180)

With 42 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 2,030,000 (41 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $4,180 each.

Action will continue tonight until the hard stop at 2:00 am, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  44 of 4,265

One hand after Feiwen Wu was eliminated with pocket tens against Alex Ivan’s pocket kings, Sergio Giha got it all in from the small blind for 1,810,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Chuck Giroux.

The board came , and Giha spikes a ten on the river to win the pot with a set of tens and double up in chips.

Sergio Giha  –  3,920,000  (78 bb)
Chuck Giroux  –  3,300,000  (66 bb)

With 44 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 1,940,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $4,180 each.

Action will continue tonight until the hard stop at 2:00 am, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 17
$300 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  162
Prize Pool:  $32,400
Bounty Prize Pool:  $8,100
March 23, 2025

Event 17 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $300 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 162 entries generated a prize pool of $32,400, with an additional $8,100 set aside for bounties. The final 21 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $400.

Up top for the winner is $7,780

1st:  $7,780 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $5,200
3rd:  $3,860
4th:  $2,880
5th:  $2,180
6th:  $1,660
7th:  $1,280
8th:  $1,000
9th-10th:  $780
11th-12th:  $580
13th-15th:  $480
16th-21st:  $400