2024 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 28
$1,100 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  116
Prize Pool:  $112,520
April 11, 2024

Event 28 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $1,100 Triple Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 116 entries generated a prize pool of $112,520.

A three-way deal was reached at the final table and Zachary Fischer was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 28 winner for $24,399.

The result was Fischer’s second SHRP major series trophy victory, having previously won a $600 Turbo No-Limit Hold’em event during the 2023 RRPO.

*denotes three-handed deal

$1,100 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 115

After playing three-handed for a little while, the remaining players agreed to a deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Zachary Fischer  –  1,890,000  (38 bb)
Brian Ng  –  915,000  (18 bb)
Joseph Krasner  –  675,000  (14 bb)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Zachary Fischer  –  $24,399
Brian Ng  –  $22,201
Joseph Krasner  –  $20,000

As the chip leader, Zachary Fischer was the official Event 28 winner for $24,399.

A recap of Event 28 will be posted later this morning.

$1,100 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 115

Zachary Fischer limped in from the small blind, Brian Ng raised all in from the big blind with the bigger stack, and Fischer called all in for 895,000 with . Ng showed .

The board ran out , safe for Fischer to double up.

Zachary Fischer  –  1,840,000  (37 bb)
Brian Ng  –  750,000  (15 bb)

$1,100 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 115

Steve Karp raised to 80,000 from under the gun, Brian Ng reraised all in for 815,000 from the big blind, and Karp called with .

Ng tabled and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board ran out , giving Ng trip kings to double through Karp.

Down to 40,000, Karp was eliminated the following hand.

Brian Ng  –  1,690,000  (42 bb)
Steve Karp  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($9,450)

$1,100 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 115

Zachary Fischer limped in for 30,000 from the small blind and Clyde Maliauka checked his option in the big blind.

The flop was , Fischer checked, Maliauka bet 30,000, Fischer check-raised all in with a covering stack, and Maliauka called all in for about 170,000.

Fischer: 
Maliauka: 

The turn was the , giving Maliauka eights and sixes to pull ahead.

The river was the , giving Fischer a better two pair of kings and sevens to eliminate Maliauka in fifth place.

Zachary Fischer  –  1,100,000  (37 bb)
Clyde Maliauka  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($6,720)

$1,100 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 115

Seat 1: Joseph Krasner  –  380,000  (13 bb)
Seat 2:  Zachary Fischer  –  945,000  (31 bb)
Seat 3:  Clyde Maliauka  –  435,000  (15 bb)
Seat 5:  Brian Ng  –  885,000  (30 bb)
Seat 6:  Steve Karp  –  835,000  (28 bb)

1st: $32,145 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $20,700
3rd: $13,755
4th: $9,450
5th: $6,720

6th:  Alexandre Sako  –  $4,950
7th:  A.J. Kelsall  –  $3,785
8th:  Bryce McVay  –  $3,785
9th:  Lowell Kim  –  $3,010
10th:  Mark Alcivar  –  $3,010
11th:  Paulo Cicero Macedo  –  $2,485
12th:  David DiBernardi  –  $2,485
13th:  Jessica Cai  –  $2,145
14th:  Mario Arribas  –  $2,145
15th:  Kevin Ordet  –  $1,950

$1,100 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 115

Alexandre Sako raised all in for 45,000 from the hijack and Steve Karp isolated with a shove of his own from the button.

Sako: 
Karp: 

The flop came , giving Karp a set of treys while Sako picked up a flush draw.

The turn was the , giving Sako a flush to pull ahead.

The river was the , filling up Karp with treys full of sevens to eliminate Sako in sixth place.

Steve Karp  –  660,000  (26 bb)
Alexandre Sako  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($4,950)

$1,100 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 116

Brian Ng raised to 30,000 from under the gun, Zachary Fischer called on the button, Clyde Maliauka reraised all in for 310,000 from the small blind, and Ng isolated the action with .

Maliauka showed and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board ran out , giving Maliauka kings and eights to double through Ng

Clyde Maliauka  –  680,000  (45 bb)
Brian Ng  –  730,000  (49 bb)

$1,100 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 116

Steve Karp raised to 35,000 from the hijack, Alexandre Sako reraised all in for 250,000 from the big blind, and Karp thought for about three minutes before he called with .

Sako showed and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The flop fell , keeping Sako ahead with queens and treys.

The turn was the , giving Karp aces and treys to take the lead.

The river was the , giving Sako queens full of treys to double through Karp.

Alexandre Sako  –   520,000  (35 bb)
Steve Karp  –  575,000  (38 bb)

$1,100 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 116

Seat 1: Joseph Krasner  –  400,000  (27 bb)
Seat 2:  Zachary Fischer  –  745,000  (50 bb)
Seat 3:  Clyde Maliauka  –  220,000  (15 bb)
Seat 4:  Alexandre Sako  –  205,000  (14 bb)
Seat 5:  Brian Ng  –  1,040,000  (69 bb)
Seat 6:  Steve Karp  –  865,000  (58 bb)

1st: $32,145 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $20,700
3rd: $13,755
4th: $9,450
5th: $6,720
6th: $4,950

7th:  A.J. Kelsall  –  $3,785
8th:  Bryce McVay  –  $3,785
9th:  Lowell Kim  –  $3,010
10th:  Mark Alcivar  –  $3,010
11th:  Paulo Cicero Macedo  –  $2,485
12th:  David DiBernardi  –  $2,485
13th:  Jessica Cai  –  $2,145
14th:  Mario Arribas  –  $2,145
15th:  Kevin Ordet  –  $1,950