$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)Prize Pool: $1,729,000 | Payouts Level 15: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante Players Remaining: 9 of 70 4h1m5t
Matt Wantman was all in preflop for 150,000 with 
, and the put him ahead of the 
tabled by Kevin Rabichow.
The board ran out 
, and Wantman doubled up to survive with a stack of 365,000. Rabichow was at just shy of a million after the hand.
Matt Wantman – 365,000 (14 bb)
Kevin Rabichow – 990,000 (39 bb)
$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $1,729,000 | Payouts
Level 15: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 70
Action at the final table has begun on the last day of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown tournament series with a talented group of poker players included in the final nine. Here is a look at their chip counts at the start of play.
Seat 1: Scott Margereson – 1,056,000 (42 bb)
Seat 2: Michael Gathy – 700,000 (28 bb)
Seat 3: Clemen Deng – 1,305,000 (52 bb)
Seat 4: Cherish Andrews – 588,000 (24 bb)
Seat 5: Frank Brannan – 527,000 (21 bb)
Seat 6: Kevin Rabichow – 1,142,000 (46 bb)
Seat 7: Matthew Wantman – 215,000 (9 bb)
Seat 8: Brock Wilson – 741,000 (30 bb)
Seat 9: Brian Battistone – 734,000 (29 bb)
With nine players remaining from the field of 70 entries, the average stack is about 778,000 (31 big blinds). The following prize money is up for grabs today.
1st: $593,700 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $347,800
3rd: $220,800
4th: $151,300
5th: $116,800
6th: $91,000
7th: $77,800
8th: $69,200
9th: $60,600
$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $1,159,000 | Payouts
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
“Even chop, last chance,” Martin Kabrhel offered to Josh Reichard. Kabrhel was down to less than two barrels of 5K chips, so our reigning Poker Showdown Champ was uninterested.
Kabrhel opened to 145,000 from his button, Reichard announced all-in, and Kabrhel called at risk for 180,000 total.
Reichard: 
Kabrhel: 
Reichard was in great shape with the tens and needed to dodge the over card or some magic on the board. It ran 
and Reichard never had a sweat to complete his comeback.
He earned $288,400 for his win while Kabrhel took home $197,000.
1st: Josh Reichard – $288,400 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: Martin Kabrhel – $197,000
$600 Savage Average NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 12: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 132
The Savage Average final table is underway with nine players remaining, each guaranteed at least $1,740 and all shooting for the $17,400 top prize.
This could last for a bit with the structure set to keep pace to keep a 50 big blind average the entire time.
Seat 1: Stuart Young – 536,000 (45 bb)
Seat 2: Srivinay Irrinki – 1,360,000 (113 bb)
Seat 3: Mica Lamar – 330,000 (28 bb)
Seat 4: Ben Boston – 1,032,000 (86 bb)
Seat 5: Seth Fsicher – 1,337,000 (111 bb)
Seat 6: John Mayo – 449,000 (37 bb)
Seat 7: Steven Glazerman – 292,000 (24 bb)
Seat 8: Ian Siegel – 760,000 (63 bb)
Seat 9: David Sathue – 421,000 (35 bb )
1st: $17,400 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $11,500
3rd: $8,600
4th: $6,400
5th: $4,840
6th: $3,700
7th: $2,840
8th: $2,200
9th: $1,740
10th: Pranav Sarda – $1,740
11th: Thomas Reynolds – $1,240
12th: Jeremy Schoenberg – $1,240
13th: Frank Schinco – $1,040
14th: Mitch Mitchell – $1,040
15th: Brent Hoover – $1,040
16th: Mike Beasley – $1,040
17th: Michael Preston – $1,040
$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $1,159,000 | Payouts
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 122
Josh Reichard began his day by picking up several smaller pots with the occasional shove with his shorter stack. He was narrowing the deficient when Martin Kabhrel opened to 60,000 from his button and Reichard called.
The flop was 
, Reichard checked, Kabhrel bet 70,000 and Reichard check-raised to 185,000. Kabhrel called, the turn was 
, and Reichard led for 155,000.
Kabhrel called and another queen showed up on the river. Reichard moved all in for 450,000 and Kabhrel thought for less than 30 seconds and called.
Reichard tabled 
for quad queens and Kabhrel’s 
were quickly tabled and mucked.
Josh Reichard – 1,730,000 (108 bb)
Martin Kabhrel – 1,320,000 (83 bb)
$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
We always like to roll out a big one-day trophy event on the final day of each series, and today’s gets underway at noon with a $5,000 buy-in Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament. It has a $250,000 guaranteed prize pool and a great way to make a lot of money late.
They’ll start with 20K stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm.
$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $1,159,000 | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 122
After a pause to late reg the $25K High Roller, Josh Reichard and Martin Kabrhel are back in the Grand Ballroom battling heads-up for the $10K Deep Stack title.
Josh Reichard – 640,000 (26 bb)
Martin Kabrhel – 2,415,000 (97 bb)
1st: $288,400 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $197,000
3rd: David Stefanski – $146,000
4th: Faraz Jaka – $109,000
5th: Grant Wang – $83,000
6th: Scott Carragher – $63,000
7th: Matthew Wantman – $48,500
8th: Jeremy Dan – $37,500
9th: Rehman Kassam – $29,500
10th: Nitis Udornpim – $29,500
11th: John Hagelgans – $22,800
12th: Brad Owen – $22,800
13th: Sameer Batra – $20,500
14th: Aaron Gao – $20,500
15th: Han Ming – $20,500
16th: Cherish Andrews – $20,500
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 100/100
The last day of the three-week Showdown series is upon us, but there’s still plenty of action, including four new one-day trophy events starting with the first at 11 am. A $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament will award one of the last trophies.
Players sit with 20K in their stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm.
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Event 71 – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
11AM: Event 64 – $10,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
12PM: Day 4 – $3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
12PM: Event 67 – $600 Savage Average NLH (Re-Entry)
12PM: Event 72 – $5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
1PM: Day 2 – $25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
2PM: Event 73 – $1,100 Deep Stack Six-Max PLO (Re-Entry)
5PM: Event 74 – $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
10AM: $550 Event 72 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 70
$1,100 Purple Chip Bounty Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries: 157
Prize Pool: $78,500
Bounty Prize Pool: $78,500
April 7, 2025
Event 70 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was the $1,100 Purple Chip Bounty Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 157 entries generated a prize pool of $78,500, with an additional $78,500 set aside for bounties.
Earning the victory was Eric Panayiotou, winning outright for $20,700.
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eracles | Panayiotou | $20,700 |
| 2 | Tyler | Montoya | $13,500 |
| 3 | Alex | Keating | $8,100 |
| 4 | Colby | Covington | $4,900 |
| 5 | Fred | Li | $3,900 |
| 6 | Kenneth | Kim | $3,300 |
| 7 | Ilyas | Muradi | $2,850 |
| 8 | Caio | De Lucca Sobral | $2,500 |
| 9 | TJ | Shulman | $2,150 |
| 10 | Jessica | Vierling | $1,850 |
| 11 | Charles | Rosenblatt | $1,850 |
| 12 | John | Jabbour | $1,850 |
| 13 | Anibal | Pabon | $1,600 |
| 14 | Robert | Noel | $1,600 |
| 15 | Dojie | Ignacio | $1,600 |
| 16 | James | Kohl | $1,350 |
| 17 | Javier | Zarco | $1,350 |
| 18 | Alon | Shahar | $1,350 |
| 19 | Grant | Wang | $1,100 |
| 20 | Yevhenii | Cherniak | $550 |
| 21 | Fernando | Romano | $550 |
