2026 Deep Stack Poker Series Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 1 $400 Slater Scoops Quad Stack NLH $50,000 Guaranteed Entries: 281 Prize Pool: $78,105 May 12, 2026
Matt Bretzfield, 2026 Deep Stack Poker Series Event 1 Champ
We kicked off the 2026 Deep Stack Poker Series with a special $250 Slater Scoops Quad Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament. It drew 381 entries, smashed the $50,000, and created a prize pool worth $78,105.
After a long day and tough final table, Matt Bretzfield added another trophy to his shelf, taking the top spot for $9,650 after a six-way deal. In addition to the cash, he also earned a seat into the $1,700 buy-in/$300,000 guarantee Deepest Stack next weekend.
2026 Deep Stack Poker Series Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 1 $250 Slater Scoops Quad Stack NLH $50,000 Guaranteed Entries: 281 Prize Pool: $78,105 May 12, 2026
Registration closed for the $250 Slater Scoops Quad Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament, the first event on the 2026 Deep Stack Poker Series, with 381 entries, crushing the $50,000 guarantee and creating a prize pool worth $78,105.
The last 48 spots will be paid with $420 for a min-cash and $14,965 plus the DSPS trophy to the champ. The winner will also receive a seat in the $1,700 buy-in $300,000 guarantee Deepest Stack field.
$250 Slate Scoops Quad Stack NLH $50,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 13: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante Entries: 381
Raminder Singh
The Slater Scoops gang made it through 12 levels with open registration but we closed the books when they returned from the second break. The clock shows an unofficial 381 entries in the field, but there are still some numbers to crunch to pull up our final tally.
We found another local legend (the entire state, to be fair) with Raminder Singh trying to add more hardware. He has an entire room full of poker trophies, including 16 titles from our major series. Singh earned his biggest career cash when he outlasted the 1,188-entry field to take the 2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship for $486,353.
$250 Slate Scoops Quad Stack NLH $50,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante Entries: 165
Brent Hoover
The $250 Slater Scoops is off to a great start with 165 entries in the game already and they are having a lot of fun. Our host, Andy Slater, is spinning up an early big stack with right around 80,000 in the first hour.
Some other friends in the field include Brent Hoover, Howard Goodsite, Matt Bretzfield, Alex Borukhovich, Solange Lucas, Alex Borukhovich, Paul Domb, Willie Wiggins, and Eric Rivera.
Howard GoodsiteMatt BretzfieldAlex BorukhovichSolange LucasElissa HalbreichPaul DombWillie WigginsAndy SlaterEric Rivera
The 2026 Deep Stack Poker Series kicks off this afternoon with Event 1 at 4 pm. This is a special tournament with a $250 Slater Scoops Quad Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament hosted by local legend Andy Slater.
The tournament has a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool and we are adding a $1,700 DSPS Event 8 seat to first place for some bonus value.
Players start with 40K in their stacks and all levels last 20 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 13 at 8:30 pm.
$50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
$1,700 Event 8 seat added to 1st place
Players begin with 40,000 in chips
Levels last 20 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 13 (8:30pm)
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 1 $400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed Entries: 4,783 Prize Pool: $1,578,390 April 8-13, 2026
2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 1 Champion Sebastian Toro Henao
There were 4,783 entries in Event #1, the multi-flight $400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em, and after a five-and-a-half-hour heads-up battle on Monday night, Sebastian Toro Henao defeated Alejandro Exposito to win the title, the trophy, and $201,030.
Sebastian Toro Henao took the lead late on Day 2, and when Day 3 started with 20 players remaining, Henao had 155 big blinds. Henao cruised to the final table with more than double the average stack, and stayed above 100 big blinds all the way to heads-up play.
It only took two hours to drop from nine players to the final two, and when heads-up play began, Henao had 185 big blinds to Exposito’s 134 big blinds. And with one-hour levels, it was clear heads-up play could last a while.
Within the first hour, Exposito battled his way into the lead, but they were still both above 150 big blinds. And that began a back-and-forth that lasted for more than five hours, with both players building up leads of 2-to-1 and 3-to-1.
Eventually, Henao knocked Exposito down below 20 big blinds, and in the final hand, Exposito had to Henao’s . The first four cards came , which would be a chopped pot with two pair on the board, but the river card was the . And with that, Henao’s higher two pair won the title, the trophy, and $201,030.
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. And with that, Henao’s higher two pair won the title, the trophy, and $201,030.