Rafael Lima Wins Event 21 of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown After Three-Handed Deal e5x6s

2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 21 Champion Rafael Lima

Event 21 of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry). The field of 385 entries and the prize pool of $385,000 were record highs for this event, with about $192,500 set aside for bounties.

A deal between the final three players took place and as the chip leader, Rafael Lima was officially the winner for $61,267.

The win for Lima comes on the heels of his Event 1 victory in the 2021 Escalator V Series in February.

Place First Name Last Name Prize Amount
1 Rafael Lima $61,267*
2 Blake Napierala $60,415*
3 Heitor Saraiva $46,338*
4 Thomas Dean $28,335
5 Maxx Dansky $21,335
6 Joseph Hebert $16,265
7 Dennis Rodriguez $12,355
8 Jeremie Bilodeau $8,805
9 Benjamin Moon $8,805
10 Jared Griener $6,760
11 Egerton Bullock $6,760
12 Stephen Song $6,760
13 Michael Cooper $5,090
14 Devond Marshall $5,090
15 Jason Johnson $4,200
16 Atanas Pavlov $4,200
17 Anthony Conte $3,510
18 Kilo Krahn $3,510
19 Ryan Depaulo $3,510
20 Moshe Tarich $3,510
21 David Gonzalez $2,980
22 Hamid Feiz $2,980
23 Almog Biton $2,980
24 Matthew Davis $2,980
25 Caleb Piderit $2,565
26 Anthony Auer $2,565
27 Mihai Manole $2,565
28 Ashburn Bywaters $2,565
29 Jeff Fielder $2,565
30 Neal Liptak $2,565
31 Peter Lockwood $2,565
32 David Parkus $2,565
33 Mark Rakoff $2,240
34 Neal Corcoran $2,240
35 Niko Coop $2,240
36 Adam Burriss $2,240
37 Shaun Gillian $2,240
38 Mark Nimirovsky $2,240
39 Raed Kurdi $2,240
40 Carlos Dorca $2,240
41 Jeffrey Rodriguez $1,980
42 Edgardo Rosario Figueroa $1,980
43 Ralph Massey $1,980
44 Aaron Klausman $1,980
45 Tai Cao $1,980
46 Marquis Paschal $1,980
47 Kevin Garosshen $1,980
48 Tom Gottlieb $1,980
49 Anderson Ireland $1,980

*denotes three-handed deal

Event 21: Day 2 Ready 1e1d65

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 49 of 385

Day 2 of the Purple Chip Bounty is set to go in the back of the Ballroom with 49 remaining of the starting 385 entries. Thomas Dean returns with the chip lead with everyone in the money guaranteed at least $1,980 plus their bounties collected.

Blinds are 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante and the average stack is 157,000 (39 bb). Cards go in the air at 2 pm and we will hit the highlights along the way.

Top 10 returning stacks:

  1. Thomas Dean – 458,500 (115 bb)
  2. Hamid Feiz – 397,500 (99 bb)
  3. Maxx Dansky – 397,000 (99 bb)
  4. Joseph Hebert – 386,500 (97 bb)
  5. Rafael Lima – 294,000 (74 bb)
  6. Atanas Pavlov – 288,000 (72 bb)
  7. Ryan Depaulo – 281,000 (70 bb)
  8. Michael Cooper – 272,000 (68 bb)
  9. Jeffrey Fielder – 252,000 (63 bb)
  10. Stephen Song – 252,000 (63 bb)

Day 2 Chips | Day 2 Seats | Payouts

Showdown Day 12 Schedule 18285q

Primary Event Schedule

12PM: Day 3 – $3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship

12PM: Event 23 – $600 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 23 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 24 – $25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 100,000 in chips and 40-minute levels
  • Late registration until start of Level 10 (8pm)
  • Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
  • High Roller Structure Sheet

2PM: Event 21 – $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

3PM: Event 25 – $400 Pot Limit Omaha (Single Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/single re-entry until start of Level 9 (7:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 24 Structure Sheet

5PM: Day 1A Event 26 – $150 Big Stack NLH (Double Re-Entry per Day)

  • $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • 296 player cap per day
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration until start of Level 90 (9:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when 6% of the field remains
  • Event 26 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 75 – $130 Multi-Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • 1 package guaranteed; includes $600 Event 23 seat plus $500 in cash
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 5
  • Satellite will be held in the Poker Room
  • Structure Sheet

11AM: Event 76 – $2,625 High Roller Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Structure Sheet

2PM: Event 77 – $550 Event 28 Satellite (1-in-10)

  • 2 seats guaranteed into $5,000/$200K GTD Event 28
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 78 – $550 Event 28 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • 1 seat guaranteed into $5,000/$200K GTD Event 28
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 5
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Structure Sheet

10:30PM: Event 79 – $530 Event 28 Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Structure Sheet

Complete 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Schedule

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Event 21: Day 2 Table and Seat Assignments 4i1413

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Return to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 49 of 385

Day 2 begins at 2 p.m.

Table Seat First Name Last Name Chip Count
34 1 Niko Koop 49,000
34 2 Hamid Feiz 397,500
34 3 Raed Kurdi 72,000
34 4 Marquis Paschal 144,000
34 5 Moshe Tarich 100,000
34 6 Ryan Depaulo 281,000
34 7 Jason Johnson 200,000
35 1 Mark Nimirovsky 214,500
35 2 Tai Cao 13,500
35 3 Adam Burriss 20,000
35 4 Dennis Rodriguez 176,000
35 5 Edgardo Rosario Figueroa 63,500
35 6 David Gonzalez 151,500
35 7 Jeff Rodriguez 20,000
36 1 Kevin Garosshen 34,000
36 2 David Parkus 52,500
36 3 Thomas Dean 458,500
36 4 Caleb Piderit 72,000
36 5 Anthony Auer 83,000
36 6 Ralph Massey 90,500
36 7 Kilo Krahn 71,500
37 1 Atanas Pavlov 288,000
37 2 Jeffrey Fielder 252,000
37 3 Anthony Conte 236,500
37 4 Rafael Lima 294,000
37 5 Heitor Saraiva 221,000
37 6 Mihai Manole 72,000
37 7 Jared Griener 65,000
38 1 Egerton Bullock 45,000
38 2 Almog Biton 206,000
38 3 Joseph Hebert 386,500
38 4 Carlos Dorca 77,000
38 5 Benjamin Moon 224,500
38 6 Devond Marshall 226,000
38 7 Stephen Song 252,000
39 1 Matthew Davis 245,000
39 2 Neal Liptak 143,000
39 3 Mark Rakoff 95,000
39 4 Aaron Klausman 8,500
39 5 Tom Gottlieb 118,500
39 6 Neal Corcoran 167,500
39 7 Maxx Dansky 397,000
40 1 Anderson Ireland 44,000
40 2 Peter Lockwood 38,500
40 3 Jeremie Bilodeau 120,000
40 4 Michael Cooper 272,000
40 5 Ashburn Bywaters 161,000
40 6 Shaun Gillian 141,000
40 7 Blake Napierala 88,000

 

Event 21: Day 2 Chip Counts 2v392r

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Return to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 49 of 385

Day 2 begins at 2 p.m.

Rank First Name Last Name Chip Count
1 Thomas Dean 458,500
2 Hamid Feiz 397,500
3 Maxx Dansky 397,000
4 Joseph Hebert 386,500
5 Rafael Lima 294,000
6 Atanas Pavlov 288,000
7 Ryan Depaulo 281,000
8 Michael Cooper 272,000
9 Jeffrey Fielder 252,000
10 Stephen Song 252,000
11 Matthew Davis 245,000
12 Anthony Conte 236,500
13 Devond Marshall 226,000
14 Benjamin Moon 224,500
15 Heitor Saraiva 221,000
16 Mark Nimirovsky 214,500
17 Almog Biton 206,000
18 Jason Johnson 200,000
19 Dennis Rodriguez 176,000
20 Neal Corcoran 167,500
21 Ashburn Bywaters 161,000
22 David Gonzalez 151,500
23 Marquis Paschal 144,000
24 Neal Liptak 143,000
25 Shaun Gillian 141,000
26 Jeremie Bilodeau 120,000
27 Tom Gottlieb 118,500
28 Moshe Tarich 100,000
29 Mark Rakoff 95,000
30 Ralph Massey 90,500
31 Blake Napierala 88,000
32 Anthony Auer 83,000
33 Carlos Dorca 77,000
34 Raed Kurdi 72,000
35 Mihai Manole 72,000
36 Caleb Piderit 72,000
37 Kilo Krahn 71,500
38 Jared Griener 65,000
39 Edgardo Rosario Figueroa 63,500
40 David Parkus 52,500
41 Niko Koop 49,000
42 Egerton Bullock 45,000
43 Anderson Ireland 44,000
44 Peter Lockwood 38,500
45 Kevin Garosshen 34,000
46 Adam Burriss 20,000
47 Jeff Rodriguez 20,000
48 Tai Cao 13,500
49 Aaron Klausman 8,500

Event 21: Payouts 1o1y3j

2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 21
$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 385
Prize Pool: $385,000
Bounty Prize Pool: $192,500
April 25-26, 2021

The $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty drew a lot of players still in town for the Championship and put up another big number. The 385 entries were good enough to make this the biggest Purple Chip Bounty in our history and they combined to put $385,000 in the regular prize pool along with $192.500  in the bounty prize pool.

2021 Showdown (April) – 385 entries
2021 LHPO (January) – 229 entries
2016 LHPO (January) – 165 entries
2015 RRPO (November) – 162 entries
2018 RRPO (November) – 153 entries
2013 SHRPO (August) – 153 entries

1st: $77,820 + Trophy
2nd: $51,890
3rd: $38,310
4th: $28,335
5th: $21,335
6th: $16,265
7th: $12,355
8th-9th: $8,805
10th-12th: $6,760
13th-14th: $5,090
15th-16th: $4,200
17th-20th: $3,510
21st-24th: $2,980
25th-32nd: $2,565
33rd-40th: $2,240
41st-49th: $1,980

Event 21: Purple Chip Bounty 36l9

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Today’s schedule of new games continues with the $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH tournament at 5 pm (adjusted from 4 pm due to the huge Championship field). The tournament has a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool and $500 bounties on every player.

They’ll start with 20,000 deep stacks and the first 12 levels will last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 from Level 13 until the final table. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:10 pm after the 40-minute dinner break.

Day 1 will come to an end after Level 15 and survivors will return tomorrow to play it out.

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-12 last 30 minutes; Level 13+ last 40 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:10pm)
  • Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
  • Event 21 Structure Sheet

Showdown Day 11 Schedule 6h712n

Primary Event Schedule

12PM: Day 2 – $3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship

1PM: Event 20 – $400 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)

  • $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/single re-entry until start of Level 9 (5:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 20 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 21 – $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Start time adjusted from 4 pm

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-12 last 30 minutes; Level 13+ last 40 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:10pm)
  • Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
  • Event 21 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 22 – $600 Turbo NLH/PLO (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 22 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

7PM: Event 73 – $2,650 High Roller Satellite (1-in-10)

  • 1 seat guaranteed into $25,500 High Roller
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
  • Structure Sheet

10:30PM: Event 74 – $2,625 High Roller Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Structure Sheet

Complete 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Schedule

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