2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 36
$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  940
Prize Pool:  $911,800
March 30 – April 2, 2025

Showdown Event 36 was the big $1,100 buy-in Triple Stack tournament that drew 940 entries and turned the $500,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $911,800. It took an extra day to settle the title, and it was Fred Paradis taking the top spot along with $131.300.

Congrats Fred!

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante

Fred Paradis opened to 400,000 from his button and Maxwell Young raised to 1,400,000. Paradis clicked it up to 4,000,000 and Young announced all in to get a snap call from Paradis.

Paradis:
Young:

A big heads-up cooler for Young and Paradis’s queens held on the board to give him the pot and the Triple Stack title.

1st: Fred Paradis – $131,300 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: Maxwell Young – $100,000

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 940

Luis Ortiz was all in from the big blind for 1,550,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Fred Paradis in the small blind.

The board came , and Paradis paired his four on the flop and rivered a five-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Ortiz in third place.

Luis Ortiz  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($69,000)

Here are the approximate chip counts for the start of heads-up play:

Fred Paradis  –  15,125,000  (76 bb)
Maxwell Young  –  13,100,000  (66 bb)

And here are today’s payouts:

1st:  $131,300 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $100,000

3rd:  Luis Ortiz  –  $69,000
4th:  Farid Dridi  –  $51,000
5th:  Michael Morton  –  $39,000

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 940

Farid Dridi moved all in from the button for 2,625,000, and Fred Paradis moved all in over the top from the small blind with .

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

The board came , and Paradis won the pot with his jack kicker to eliminate Dridi in fourth place.

Fred Paradis  –  12,800,000  (64 bb)
Farid Dridi  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($51,000)

With three players remaining from a field of 940, the average chip stack is around 9,400,000 (47 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $69,000 each.

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 940

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 940

Eight starting flights and a long Day 2 weren’t enough to find our $1,100 Triple Stack champ so the five remaining players return at 1 pm with an eye on the title and the $138,300 top prize.

Seat 1:  Farid Dridi  –  5,100,000  (34 bb)
Seat 2:  Fred Paradis  –  7,275,000  (49 bb)
Seat 3:  Luis Ortiz  –  6,500,000  (43 bb)
Seat 4:  Michael Morton  –  2,125,000  (14 bb)
Seat 5:  Maxwell Young  –  7,175,000  (48 bb)

1st:  $138,300 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $93,000
3rd:  $69,000
4th:  $51,000
5th:  $39,000

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 940

The final table will resume Thursday at 1 p.m.

Seat 1:  Farid Dridi  –  5,100,000  (34 bb)
Seat 2:  Fred Paradis  –  7,275,000  (49 bb)
Seat 3:  Luis Ortiz  –  6,500,000  (43 bb)
Seat 4:  Michael Morton  –  2,125,000  (14 bb)
Seat 5:  Maxwell Young  –  7,175,000  (48 bb)

1st:  $138,300 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $93,000
3rd:  $69,000
4th:  $51,000
5th:  $39,000

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 940

Luis Ortiz raises to 275,000 from the button, Scott Baumstein three-bet to 1,700,000 in the small blind (leaving 150,000 behind), Ortiz four-bet, and Baumstein called all in for 1,850,000 total.

Ortiz: 
Baumstein: 

The board ran out , not enough help to Baumstein, ending his tournament in sixth place.

Luis Ortiz  –  6,500,000  (52 bb)
Scott Baumstein  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($29,500)

With five players remaining from a field of 940 entries, the average chip stack is around 5,640,000 (45 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $39,000 each.

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 940

Maxwell Young raised to 200,000 from under the gun, Luis Ortiz called in the cutoff, Michael Morton called in the small blind, and Ira Friedman was already forced all in from the big blind.

The flop was and Young isolated the pot with for a set of sixes, leading Friedman’s .

The turn and river completed the board, no help to Friedman, ending his tournament in seventh place.

Maxwell Young  –  6,350,000  (64 bb)
Ira Friedman  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($22,800)

With six players remaining from a field of 940 entries, the average chip stack is around 4,700,000 (47 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $29,500 each.

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 940

Luis Ortiz opened to 225,000 in early position, Maxwell Young three-bet to 750,000 out of the small blind, Farid Dridi four-bet all in for 1,625,000 in the big blind, Ortiz folded, and Young called.

Young: 
Dridi: 

The board came , safe for Dridi to double up.

Farid Dridi  –  3,575,000  (36 bb)
Maxwell Young  –  4,800,000  (48 bb)

With seven players remaining from a field of 940 entries, the average chip stack is around 4,030,000 (40 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $22,800 each.