2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 56
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLHE
Entries:  213
Prize Pool:  $31,950
Bounty Prize Pool: $21,300
April 18, 2024

Event 56 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em. A field of 213 entries produced a prize pool of $31,950, with an additional $21,300 set aside for bounties.

A heads-up deal was reached between the final two players and Charles Johnson was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 56 winner for $5,943.

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $258,020 | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 266

The final table begins Friday at Noon.

Table 8
Seat 1:  Clint Tolbert  –  1,160,000  (46 bb)
Seat 2:  Joshua Heinzl  –  640,000  (26 bb)
Seat 3:  Tim Capretta  –  400,000  (16 bb)
Seat 4:  Clemen Dang  –  1,010,000  (40 bb)
Seat 5:  Jason Gray  –  400,000  (16 bb)
Seat 6:  Eldo Rodriguez  –  550,000  (22 bb)
Seat 7:  Andrew Ostapchenko  –  1,455,000  (58 bb)
Seat 8:  Stanley Lee  –  755,000  (30 bb)
Seat 9:  Corel Theuma  –  275,000  (11 bb)

1st:  $57,455 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $40,800
3rd:  $26,375
4th:  $16,100
5th:  $12,450
6th:  $10,295
7th:  $8,645
8th:  $7,225
9th:  $5,825

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 55
$25,500 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha
Entries:  19
Prize Pool:  $469,300
April 18, 2024

Event 55 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $25,500 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha. A field of 19 entries generated a prize pool of $469,300 and earning the lion’s share of it was Jeremy Ausmus, winning outright for $206,400.

The victory marked Ausmus’ second SHRP major series trophy, having previously won a six-max PLO event during the 2022 SHRPO.

$25,500 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 19

Jeremy Ausmus raised to 75,000 from the button and Matthew Wantman called in the big blind.

The flop was , Wantman checked, Ausmus bet 25,000, and Wantman called all in for 25,000.

Ausmus: 
Wantman: 

The turn was the and gave Wantman a few straight outs.

The river was the , safe for Ausmus to win the High Roller PLO outright for $206,400. Wantman finished runner-up for $122,000.

A recap of the High Roller PLO will be posted later tonight.

$25,500 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 19

Jeremy Ausmus raised to 75,000 from the small blind, Dylan Smith reraised all in for about 125,000 in the big blind, and Ausmus called with .

Smith showed and needed to improve to survive.

The board ran out , giving, Ausmus a set of queens to eliminate Smith in third place.

Jeremy Ausmus  –  1,825,000  (73 bb)
Matthew Wantman  –  550,000  (22 bb)
Dylan Smith  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($84,500)

1st:  $206,400 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $122,000

$25,500 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 19

Jeremy Ausmus raised to 50,000 from the button, Dylan Smith potted to 170,000 from the small blind, and Ausmus used a time extension before he called.

The flop was , Smith checked, Ausmus bet 20,000, and Smith thought for a bit before he folded.

Jeremy Ausmus  –  1,670,000  (84 bb)
Matthew Wantman  –  550,000  (28 bb)
Dylan Smith  –  155,000  (8 bb)

$25,500 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 19

Matthew Wantman raised from the button, Soheb Porbandarwala potted from the small blind, Wantman reraised, and Porbandarwala called all in for roughly 200,000 total.

Wantman: 
Porbandarwala: 

The board came , keeping Wantman’s kings best to eliminate Porbandarwala in fourth place.

Matthew Wantman  –  834,000  (42 bb)
Soheb Porbandarwala  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($56,400)

With three players remaining from the field of 19 entries, the average stack is about 594,000 (30 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $84,500.

$25,500 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 19

Jeremy Ausmus raised to 55,000 from under the gun, Dylan Smith repotted from the button, Ausmus reraised all in for 468,000, and Smith called.

Ausmus: 
Smith: 

The board ran out , giving Ausmus an ace-high diamond flush to double into the chip lead.

Jeremy Ausmus  –  976,000  (56 bb)
Dylan Smith  –  600,000  (40 bb)

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $258,020 | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 266

25th:  Fikret Kovac $2,000
26th:  John Richards $2,000
27th:  Mario Arribas $2,000

28th:  Michael Wang $1,770
29th:  Santiago Ospina $1,770
30th:  Luke Brereton $1,770
31st:  Joseph Brum Pacheco $1,770
32nd:  Joe McKeehen $1,770
33rd:  Mitch Halverson $1,770
34th:  Blaise Ingoglia $1,770

$25,500 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 19

Erik Seidel and Dylan Linde were short-stacked compared to the rest of the table and were eliminated, sending the rest of the field into the money,

Seat 1:  Dylan Smith  –  1,100,000  (73 bb)
Seat 2:  Matthew Wantman  –  350,000  (23 bb)
Seat 3:  Soheb Porbandarwala  –  445,000  (30 bb)
Seat 4:  Jeremy Ausmus  –  470,000  (31 bb)

1st:  $206,400 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $122,000
3rd:  $84,500
4th:  $56,400