2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries:  88
Prize Pool:  $45,320
March 19, 2025

Event 2 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry). A field of 88 entries produced a prize pool of $45,320 and emerging victorious was Ryan Hoenig, winning outright for $14,520 and his fifth SHRP major series trophy.

Here are Hoenig’s five SHRP major series trophy victories:

2024 Showdown:  $600 2-7 Triple Draw  ($11,980)
2024 Showdown:  $600 Omaha 8  ($14,675)
2024 Showdown:  $600 Badugi  ($10,585)
2024 RRPO:  $600 Triple Stud  ($9,720)
2025 Showdown:  $600 PLO 8 ($14,520)

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 88

Darryll Fish raised to 100,000 from the button and Ryan Hoenig called in the big blind.

The flop was , Hoenig checked, Fish potted for 240,000, Hoenig check-raised pot, and Fish called all in for roughly 250,000 more.

Fish: 
Hoenig: 

Fish had nines and treys with a seven low draw, while Hoenig had a four of fours with straight draws (and a better low draw).

The turn was the , giving Hoenig a wheel to pull well ahead.

The river was the , safe for Hoenig to win Event 2 outright for $14,520. Fish finished runner-up for $8,840.

A recap of Event 2 will be posted later tonight.

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 88

Leo Zhang was all in for about 300,000 in the small blind against Ryan Hoenig in the big blind.

Zhang: 
Hoenig: 

The board came , giving Hoenig trip jacks to eliminate Zhang in third place.

Ryan Hoenig  –  1,115,000  (45 bb)
Darryll Fish  –  645,000  (26 bb)
Leo Zhang  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($5,495)

1st:  $14,520 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $8,840

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 88

Nadya Magnus raised all in for 55,000 in the cutoff, Darryll Fish called in the small blind, and Leo Zhang called in the big blind.

The flop was and Fish isolated the pot with for a flush, leading Magnus’ .

The turn gave Magnus a few outs a to a full house, but the river a was a non-helpful to end her tournament in fourth place.

Darryll Fish  –  500,000  (20 bb)
Nadya Magnus  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($3,715)

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 88

Seat 1:  Leo Zhang  –  490,000  (25 bb)
Seat 2:  Nadya Magnus  –  345,000  (17 bb)
Seat 3:  Ryan Hoenig  –  655,000  (33 bb)
Seat 4:  Darryll Fish  –  270,000  (14 bb)

1st:  $14,520 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $8,840
3rd:  $5,495
4th:  $3,715

5th:  Kyle Fleischmann  –  $2,835
6th:  Ben Goldstein  –  $2,265
7th:  Eric Polirer  –  $1,880
8th:  Chad Roedersheimer  –  $1,590
9th:  Matty Bretzfield  –  $1,460
10th:  Alexander Orlov  –  $1,360
11th:  Meikle Partin  –  $1,360

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 88

Kyle Fleischmann raised all in from the hijack for about 45,000 and Darryll Fish called in the big blind.

Fleischmann: 
Fish: 

The board ran out , giving Fish aces and queens to eliminate Fleischmann in fifth place.

Darryll Fish  –  255,000  (16 bb)
Kyle Fleischmann  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($2,835)

With four players remaining from the field of 88 entries, the average stack is 440,000 (28 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $3,715.

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 88

Leo Zhang raised to 30,000 from under the gun and Ben Goldstein called in the small blind.

The flop was , Goldstein checked, and Zhang continued for 20,000. Goldstein check-raised to 50,000, Zhang reraised pot, and Goldstein called all in for about 145,000 total.

Zhang: 
Goldstein: 

Zhang was ahead with trip threes and held through the turn and river to eliminate Goldstein in sixth place.

Leo Zhang  –  670,000  (56 bb)
Ben Goldstein  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($2,265)

With five players remaining from the field of 88 entries, the average stack is about 293,000  (24 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $2,835.

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 88

Seat 1:  Ben Goldstein  –  95,000  (12 bb)
Seat 2:  Kyle Fleischmann  –  69,000  (9 bb)
Seat 3:  Leo Zhang  –  553,000  (69 bb)
Seat 4:  Nadya Magnus  –  329,000  (41 bb)
Seat 5:  Ryan Hoenig  –  471,000  (59 bb)
Seat 6:  Darryll Fish  –  246,000  (31 bb)

1st:  $14,520 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $8,840
3rd:  $5,495
4th:  $3,715
5th:  $2,835
6th:  $2,265

7th:  Eric Polirer  –  $1,880
8th:  Chad Roedersheimer  –  $1,590
9th:  Matty Bretzfield  –  $1,460
10th:  Alexander Orlov  –  $1,360
11th:  Meikle Partin  –  $1,360

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries:  88
Prize Pool:  $45,320
March 19, 2025

Registration closed for the $600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha 8 tournament with 88 entries creating a prize pool worth $45,320. The last 11 spots will be paid with $1,360 for a min-cash and $14,520 up top for the Event 2 champ.

1st: $14,520 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $8,840
3rd: $5,495
4th: $3,715
5th: $2,835
6th: $2,265
7th: $1,880
8th: $1,590
9th: $1,460
10th-11th: $1,360

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante

The 2025 Showdown schedule is chock full of non-hold’em games because our players love them. You’ll find something you like every day of the three-week series, starting with Event 2 at 11 am.

It is a $600 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha 8 tournament with a ton of chips and a trophy at the end.

Players start with 20K deep stacks and all levels last 30 minutes for the one-day tournament. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm.

This tournament is also the first of 12 qualifying events for the Showdown $10,000 Mixed Game Leaderboard.

• 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 2 Structure Sheet