$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight G Players Remaining:  110 of 874

Art Peacock bagged the biggest stack from Flight G with 459,000, good for sixth overall of the 440 returning Day 2 players so far.

Chip counts through Flight G will be posted in a bit.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight G Players Remaining:  110 of 874

A short-stacked player raised all in for about 40,000 in early popsition and Travis Fickes gave him action from the big blind with , leading his opponent’s .

The board came , safe for Fickes to score the elimination and send the remaining field onward to Day 2.

Travis Fickes  –  174,000  (35 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight G Players Remaining:  132 of 874

The last break ended after tournament staff pulled the purple chips out of play, and now they are starting to work their way into the money. With only 132 remaining and 110 advancing, getting there won’t take too long.

Randy Campbell is the new leader in Flight G, and his 412,000 puts him in contention for the overall chip lead going into Day 2. Ben Moschel, with 494,000, currently holds that spot.

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 11
$600 10-Game Mix (Re-Entry)
Entries:  59
Prize Pool:  $30,385
March 22, 2025

Registration closed for the $600 10-Game Mix with 59 entries creating a prize pool worth $30,385. The last eight spots will make the money with $1,100 for a min-cash and $10,940 up top for the Event 11 champ.

1st: $10,940 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $6,425
3rd: $4,025
4th: $2,735
5th: $2,125
6th: $1,670
7th: $1,365
8th: $1,100

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/100

We’ve closed the books on seven of the eight flights for Showdown Event 1 and the last is set to go at the top of the hour. The $400 Deep Stack already surpassed its $1,000,000 guarantee and tonight we run it up.

Players sit with 20K in their stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, jumping to 40 on Day 2 and 60 minutes in Level 24. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 9:30 pm.

Flight H will end when 12.5% of the field remains and survivors will return tomorrow at 1 pm for Day 2.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Levels 24+ last 60 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight G Players Remaining:  261 of 874

Players returned from another break as tournament staff pulled the black chips out of play and they continue to work their way closer to the money bubble.

Tables are breaking fast but they still have a long ways to go.

Domonic Daulton is the current leader, sitting in the front with 242,500 with a few getting closer.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight G Players Remaining:  378 of 874

Registration closed for Flight G of Showdown Event 1 with 874 entries putting the combined total at 3,496 for the tournament. They officially surpassed the $1,000,000 guarantee earlier in the day and the prize pool stands at $1,153,680 with one more flight at 5 pm.

Flight G will continue until 110 players remain and they will advance to Day 2 tomorrow at 1 pm. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

Chip counts thru Flight F

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight G Entries:  873

Cards are back in the air after the second break and we have an unofficial 873 entries with one more flight to go at 5 pm. We will post the official numbers once the accounting is complete and see where we stack tonight.

No one is running away with the early chip lead and it looks like three-time Hollywood champ David Oshry leads the field with 164,700.

$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante

The second and last new trophy event of the day gets underway at 2 pm. Another Omaha, this time with a bigger buy-in, bigger prize pool, and an extra hole card. Event 12 is a $1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card Pot-Limit Omaha tournament with tons of action.

They’ll start with 20K in their stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 6:30 pm.

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 12 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight G Entries:  744

The entry count began to snowball after the first break, quickly jumping over 700 and putting a lot of money up for grabs. The current prize pool sits at $1,111,110 but will continue to grow with late reg available until 2:30 pm plus the final flight at 5 pm.

Frank Russo was a recent entrant and made a big move on his first hand at the new table. He caught kings in a five-way all-in pot and they held to instantly put his stack up to 100K.

Other new friends include Antuan Bunkley, Maurice Hawkins, and Nadya Magnus.