Filippos Stavrakis With His 5th SHRP Major Series Trophy With Event 21 Outright Victory for $9,725

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 21
$400 Deep Stack Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  93
Prize Pool:  $30,690
April 9, 2024

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 21 Champion Filippos Stavrakis

Event 21 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $400 Deep Stack Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry), drawing a field of 93 entries and generating a prize pool of $30,690. Emerging victorious was Filippos Stavrakis, winning outright for $9,725.

This marked Stavrakis’ fifth SHRR major series victory, with each coming since the 2022 SHRPO.

1.  2022 SHRPO:  $1,100 H.O.R.S.E.  ($24,045)
2.  2022 SHRPO:  $600 Turbo NLHE  ($12,060)
3.  2023 Showdown:  $1,100 Mixed PLO  ($20,020)
4.  2024 LHPO:  $600 Big O  ($18,475)
5.  2024 Showdown:  $400 Mixed PLO  ($9,725)

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1FilipposStavrakis$9,725
2RyanHoenig$5,830
3AriEngel$3,685
4ChrisLabrie$2,380
5JamesSantee$1,840
6StanislavIvanov$1,460
7ChadRoedersheimer$1,230
8ToddBrenn$1,075
9CharlesJacoby$975
10GrantHart$890
11CareyPickus$830
12StevenFederspiel$770

Event 21: Prize Pool and Payouts

2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 21
$400 Deep Stack Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  93
Prize Pool:  $30,690
April 9, 2024

Registration closed for the $400 Mixed PLO tournament with 93 entries creating a prize pool worth $3,690. The last 12 players will make the money with $770 for a min-cash and $9,725 waiting for the Event 21 champ.

1st: $9,725 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $5,830
3rd: $3,685
4th: $2,380
5th: $1,840
6th: $1,460
7th: $1,230
8th: $1,075
9th: $975
10th: $890
11th: $830
12th: $770

Event 21: Last Level to Register the Mixed PLO

$400 Deep Stack Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 8:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries: 77

Ari Engel

The $400 Mixed PLO started slow but quickly built up a very nice group of players try to show their mastery of the different Omaha variants. They rolled into Level 8 and time is short if you want to get in the game with registration closing at 4:30 pm.

A few friends in the field include Ari Engel (who already owns two trophies from this series), Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler, WPT champ Alessio Isaia, John Binns, WPT LHPO champ Darryll Fish, Roland Israelashvili, Gabe Ramos, and David Shmuel.

Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler

Event 21: Mixed PLO

$400 Deep Stack Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

We have two versions of the popular Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha tournament with the first one kicking off at noon. The $400 buy-in tournament will rotate games between PLO, PLO8, and Big O to keep things interesting.

They’ll sit down to 20K deep stacks and all levels last 30 minutes for the one-day trophy event. Late registration is available until 4:30 pm and players may fire as often as needed during that time. They’ll enjoy a leisurely 45-minute dinner break at 6:30 pm then return to find out champ.

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 21 Structure Sheet

Showdown Day 7 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 18 Day 1D – $200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 7 (2:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
  • Event 18 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 21 – $400 Deep Stack Mixed PLO (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 21 Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 16 Day 2 – $400 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)

1PM: Event 22 – $600 Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (5:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 21 Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 18 Day 1E – $200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 7 (6:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
  • Event 18 Structure Sheet

7PM: Event 18 Day 1F – $200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 7 (10:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
  • Event 18 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

5PM: $300 Fun Under the Gun (Re-Entry)

  • Games include Badugi, Pot Limit Omaha, Pot Limit Omaha 8, Limit Omaha 8
  • See structure sheet for Fun Under the Gun rules
  • Players begin with 25,000 in chips
  • Levels last 20 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 7 (7:15pm)
  • Structure Sheet

2024 Poker Showdown Schedule

Austin Morin Wins Event 21 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Outright for $19,655

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 21
$600 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  138
Prize Pool:  $72,450
January 16, 2024

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event 21 Champion Austin Morin

Event 21 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $600 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 138 entries generated a prize pool of $72,450, and emerging victorious was Austin Morin, winning outright for $19,655.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1AustinMorin$19,655
2BryceMcVay$12,775
3JosephRossi$8,550
4ErickLindgren$5,900
5FrankLagodich$4,200
6JonathanMoschel$3,090
7MikeChiappetta$2,350
8AltonMendleson$2,350
9DanielQuesada$1,850
10KeithMcCormack$1,850
11DavidMoreno$1,510
12RaffaelloLocatelli$1,510
13DanielSwartz$1,275
14RichardMcDanel$1,275
15NancyBirnbaum$1,125
16JulienGorre$1,125
17RyanEstrada$1,030
18MohammadAffaneh$515
19OmerRotman$515

Event 21: Austin Morin Wins! ($19,655); Bryce McVay Finishes Runner-Up ($12,775)

$600 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 138

Austin Morin

Bryce McVay raised from the button and Austin Morin defended his big blind.

The flop was 7h6s5d, Morin checked, McVay continued, Morin check-raised all in with his chip-leading stack, and McVay called all in for about 320,000.

McVay:   JsJc
Morin:  9d7c

McVay was ahead with a pair of jacks against Morin’s pair of sevens with a straight draw.

The 9s turn gave Morin the lead with nines and sevens, and the 9h river further improved Morin to nines full of sevens to eliminate McVay and win Event 21 outright for $19,655. McVay finished runner-up for $12,775.

A recap of Event 21 will be posted later tonight.

Bryce McVay

Event 21: Joseph Rossi – 3rd Place ($8,550)

$600 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 138

Joseph Rossi

Austin Morin raised to 40,000 from the button, Joseph Rossi three-bet to 110,000 from the small blind, Morin four-bet shoved with his chip-leading stack, and Rossi thought for a bit before he called all in for 465,000.

Morin:  Ad7d
Rossi:  QdJd

The board came 8s5c4s4d9c, no help to Rossi, ending his tournament in third place.

Austin Morin  –  2,235,000  (112 bb)
Bryce McVay  –  525,000  (26 bb)
Joseph Rossi  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($8,550)

1st: $19,655 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $12,775

Recent Eliminations
4th:  Erick Lindgren  –  $5,900

Event 21: Frank Lagodich – 5th Place ($4,200)

$600 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 138

Frank Lagodich raised all in for about 240,000 from the cutoff and got action from Bryce McVay in the small blind holding AcAd, leading Lagodich’s JsTs.

The board came Kd7c5s7sQd, no help to Lagodich, ending his tournament in fifth place.

Bryce McVay  –  600,000  (40 bb)
Frank Lagodich  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($4,200)

With four players remaining from a field of 138, the average stack is 690,000 (46 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $5,900.

Event 21: Jonathan Moschel – 6th Place ($3,090)

$600 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 138

Jonathan Moschel raised all in for about 200,000 from the hijack and Joseph Rossi (immediately after picking up aces and doubling up) called in the big blind with KcKh, leading Moschel’s KcJs.

The board came Ac7sAhQc4c, no help to Moschel, ending his tournament in sixth place.

Joseph Rossi  –  840,000  (56 bb)
Jonathan Moschel  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($3,090)