Showdown Event 36 was the big $1,100 buy-in Triple Stack tournament that drew 940 entries and turned the $500,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $911,800. It took an extra day to settle the title, and it was Fred Paradis taking the top spot along with $131.300.

Congrats Fred!

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Fred	Paradis	$131,300
2	Maxwell	Young	$100,000
3	Luis	Ortiz	$69,000
4	Farid	Dridl	$51,000
5	Michael	Morton	$39,000
6	Scott	Baumstein	$29,500
7	Ira	Friedman	$22,800
8	David	Nathaniel	$17,700
9	Maxime	Chilaud	$13,900
10	Paul	Snead	$13,900
11	Valentin	Bezik	$12,000
12	Sheldon	Gross	$12,000
13	Dapreesch	Scates	$10,300
14	Christopher	Da Silva Oduntan	$10,300
15	Nicola	Davimos	$10,300
16	Alexander	Ziskin	$8,700
17	Michael	Newman	$8,700
18	Alejandro	Jaureguireynoso	$8,700
19	Aaron	Mermelstein	$8,700
20	Changliang	Deng	$7,400
21	Gary	Gelman	$7,400
22	Tanupat	Punjarojanakul	$7,400
23	Benjamin	Zamani	$7,400
24	Rafael	Rodriguez Arang	$6,300
25	Dario	Dussan Guzman	$6,300
26	Spencer	Champlin	$6,300
27	Kevin	Gomez	$6,300
28	Han	Ming Feng	$6,300
29	Michael	Forca	$6,300
30	Matthew	McEwan	$6,300
31	Ernesto	Rasse Gonzalez	$6,300
32	Dylan	Kahn	$5,200
33	Tuan	Nguyen	$5,200
34	Dien	Le	$5,200
35	Jason	Rocha	$5,200
36	Alan	Shulman	$5,200
37	Chad	Roedersheimer	$5,200
38	Kaifan	Wang	$5,200
39	Florian	Ribouchon	$5,200
40	David	Finkelstein	$4,360
41	Eusebiu	Jalba	$4,360
42	Thomas	Puccio	$4,360
43	Darren	Rabinowitz	$4,360
44	Michael	Hunsucker	$4,360
45	Kharlin	Sued	$4,360
46	Stuart	Young	$4,360
47	Eugene	Golubchik	$4,360
48	Jose	Snejberg	$3,680
49	Robert	Lebeau	$3,680
50	Philipe	Pizzari Pinto	$3,680
51	Samuel	Ganzfried	$3,680
52	Yunkyu	Song	$3,680
53	Benjamin	Moschel	$3,680
54	Calais	Campbell	$3,680
55	Haim	Toorgeman	$3,680
56	David	Jackson	$3,100
57	David	Sathue	$3,100
58	Michael	Bills	$3,100
59	Gustavo	Moscon	$3,100
60	Lanny	Vaysman	$3,100
61	Nicholas	Yunis	$3,100
62	Aaron	Thivyanathan	$3,100
63	Mukul	Pahuja	$3,100
64	David	Moses	$2,620
65	Donald	Manns	$2,620
66	Justin	Green	$2,620
67	Richard	Dubini	$2,620
68	Richard	Davis	$2,620
69	Rafael	Lima	$2,620
70	Alejandro	Herrera Gonzalez	$2,620
71	Joey	Weissman	$2,620
72	Zachary	Fischer	$2,620
73	Julian	Pineda Lozano	$2,620
74	Shenghao	Liang	$2,620
75	Caleb	Piderit	$2,620
76	Dale	Roesel	$2,620
77	Caleb	Powell	$2,620
78	Ernest	Bush	$2,620
79	Taylor	Hart	$2,620
80	Harrison	Gimbel	$2,240
81	Paul	Domb	$2,240
82	Carlos	Saturno Garcia	$2,240
83	Dean	Lyall	$2,240
84	Artem	Metalidi	$2,240
85	Adam	Agaev	$2,240
86	Pasquale	Caiazza	$2,240
87	Jeremy	Becker	$2,240
88	Aaron	Pinson	$2,240
89	Jessica	Cai	$2,240
90	Stephen	Ma	$2,240
91	Ory	Hen	$2,240
92	Jose	Reyes	$2,240
93	Daniel	Heimiller	$2,240
94	Jason	Prest	$2,240
95	Eldo	Rodriguez	$2,240
96	Dorian	Rios Pavon	$2,240
97	Gabriel	Fuller	$2,240
98	Haim	Nagar	$2,240
99	Richard	Rice	$1,940
100	Tarun	Gulati	$1,940
101	Demetrius	Campbell	$1,940
102	Joseph	Brum Pacheco	$1,940
103	Matthew	Lambrecht	$1,940
104	Juan	Marquez	$1,940
105	Joseph	Duchman	$1,940
106	Wai	Ngai	$1,940
107	Shmuel	Zalmanov	$1,940
108	Mitchell	Hynam	$1,940
109	Igor	Tretyakov	$1,940
110	Saber	Salum Penayo	$1,940
111	Ankit	Ahuja	$1,940
112	David	Dibernardi	$1,940
113	Craig	Bagon	$1,940
114	Joshua	Stewart	$1,940
115	Ryan	Dougherty	$1,940
116	Tsolmon	Jargalsaikhan	$1,940
117	Anthony	Merlo Jr	$1,940
118	Daniel	Palau Vicente	$1,940

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante

Fred Paradis opened to 400,000 from his button and Maxwell Young raised to 1,400,000. Paradis clicked it up to 4,000,000 and Young announced all in to get a snap call from Paradis.

Paradis:
Young:

A big heads-up cooler for Young and Paradis’s queens held on the board to give him the pot and the Triple Stack title.

1st: Fred Paradis – $131,300 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: Maxwell Young – $100,000

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 940

Luis Ortiz was all in from the big blind for 1,550,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Fred Paradis in the small blind.

The board came , and Paradis paired his four on the flop and rivered a five-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Ortiz in third place.

Luis Ortiz  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($69,000)

Here are the approximate chip counts for the start of heads-up play:

Fred Paradis  –  15,125,000  (76 bb)
Maxwell Young  –  13,100,000  (66 bb)

And here are today’s payouts:

1st:  $131,300 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $100,000

3rd:  Luis Ortiz  –  $69,000
4th:  Farid Dridi  –  $51,000
5th:  Michael Morton  –  $39,000

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 940

Farid Dridi moved all in from the button for 2,625,000, and Fred Paradis moved all in over the top from the small blind with .

Dridi turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Paradis won the pot with his jack kicker to eliminate Dridi in fourth place.

Fred Paradis  –  12,800,000  (64 bb)
Farid Dridi  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($51,000)

With three players remaining from a field of 940, the average chip stack is around 9,400,000 (47 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $69,000 each.

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 940

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 940

Eight starting flights and a long Day 2 weren’t enough to find our $1,100 Triple Stack champ so the five remaining players return at 1 pm with an eye on the title and the $138,300 top prize.

Seat 1:  Farid Dridi  –  5,100,000  (34 bb)
Seat 2:  Fred Paradis  –  7,275,000  (49 bb)
Seat 3:  Luis Ortiz  –  6,500,000  (43 bb)
Seat 4:  Michael Morton  –  2,125,000  (14 bb)
Seat 5:  Maxwell Young  –  7,175,000  (48 bb)

1st:  $138,300 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $93,000
3rd:  $69,000
4th:  $51,000
5th:  $39,000

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 940

The final table will resume Thursday at 1 p.m.

Seat 1:  Farid Dridi  –  5,100,000  (34 bb)
Seat 2:  Fred Paradis  –  7,275,000  (49 bb)
Seat 3:  Luis Ortiz  –  6,500,000  (43 bb)
Seat 4:  Michael Morton  –  2,125,000  (14 bb)
Seat 5:  Maxwell Young  –  7,175,000  (48 bb)

1st:  $138,300 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $93,000
3rd:  $69,000
4th:  $51,000
5th:  $39,000

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
6	Scott	Baumstein	$29,500
7	Ira	Friedman	$22,800
8	David	Nathaniel	$17,700
9	Maxime	Chilaud	$13,900
10	Paul	Snead	$13,900
11	Valentin	Bezik	$12,000
12	Sheldon	Gross	$12,000
13	Dapreesch	Scates	$10,300
14	Christopher	Da Silva Oduntan	$10,300
15	Nicola	Davimos	$10,300
16	Alexander	Ziskin	$8,700
17	Michael	Newman	$8,700
18	Alejandro	Jaureguireynoso	$8,700
19	Aaron	Mermelstein	$8,700
20	Changliang	Deng	$7,400
21	Gary	Gelman	$7,400
22	Tanupat	Punjarojanakul	$7,400
23	Benjamin	Zamani	$7,400
24	Rafael	Rodriguez Arang	$6,300
25	Dario	Dussan Guzman	$6,300
26	Spencer	Champlin	$6,300
27	Kevin	Gomez	$6,300
28	Han	Ming Feng	$6,300
29	Michael	Forca	$6,300
30	Matthew	McEwan	$6,300
31	Ernesto	Rasse Gonzalez	$6,300
32	Dylan	Kahn	$5,200
33	Tuan	Nguyen	$5,200
34	Dien	Le	$5,200
35	Jason	Rocha	$5,200
36	Alan	Shulman	$5,200
37	Chad	Roedersheimer	$5,200
38	Kaifan	Wang	$5,200
39	Florian	Ribouchon	$5,200
40	David	Finkelstein	$4,360
41	Eusebiu	Jalba	$4,360
42	Thomas	Puccio	$4,360
43	Darren	Rabinowitz	$4,360
44	Michael	Hunsucker	$4,360
45	Kharlin	Sued	$4,360
46	Stuart	Young	$4,360
47	Eugene	Golubchik	$4,360
48	Jose	Snejberg	$3,680
49	Robert	Lebeau	$3,680
50	Philipe	Pizzari Pinto	$3,680
51	Samuel	Ganzfried	$3,680
52	Yunkyu	Song	$3,680
53	Benjamin	Moschel	$3,680
54	Calais	Campbell	$3,680
55	Haim	Toorgeman	$3,680
56	David	Jackson	$3,100
57	David	Sathue	$3,100
58	Michael	Bills	$3,100
59	Gustavo	Moscon	$3,100
60	Lanny	Vaysman	$3,100
61	Nicholas	Yunis	$3,100
62	Aaron	Thivyanathan	$3,100
63	Mukul	Pahuja	$3,100
64	David	Moses	$2,620
65	Donald	Manns	$2,620
66	Justin	Green	$2,620
67	Richard	Dubini	$2,620
68	Richard	Davis	$2,620
69	Rafael	Lima	$2,620
70	Alejandro	Herrera Gonzalez	$2,620
71	Joey	Weissman	$2,620
72	Zachary	Fischer	$2,620
73	Julian	Pineda Lozano	$2,620
74	Shenghao	Liang	$2,620
75	Caleb	Piderit	$2,620
76	Dale	Roesel	$2,620
77	Caleb	Powell	$2,620
78	Ernest	Bush	$2,620
79	Taylor	Hart	$2,620
80	Harrison	Gimbel	$2,240
81	Paul	Domb	$2,240
82	Carlos	Saturno Garcia	$2,240
83	Dean	Lyall	$2,240
84	Artem	Metalidi	$2,240
85	Adam	Agaev	$2,240
86	Pasquale	Caiazza	$2,240
87	Jeremy	Becker	$2,240
88	Aaron	Pinson	$2,240
89	Jessica	Cai	$2,240
90	Stephen	Ma	$2,240
91	Ory	Hen	$2,240
92	Jose	Reyes	$2,240
93	Daniel	Heimiller	$2,240
94	Jason	Prest	$2,240
95	Eldo	Rodriguez	$2,240
96	Dorian	Rios Pavon	$2,240
97	Gabriel	Fuller	$2,240
98	Haim	Nagar	$2,240
99	Richard	Rice	$1,940
100	Tarun	Gulati	$1,940
101	Demetrius	Campbell	$1,940
102	Joseph	Brum Pacheco	$1,940
103	Matthew	Lambrecht	$1,940
104	Juan	Marquez	$1,940
105	Joseph	Duchman	$1,940
106	Wai	Ngai	$1,940
107	Shmuel	Zalmanov	$1,940
108	Mitchell	Hynam	$1,940
109	Igor	Tretyakov	$1,940
110	Saber	Salum Penayo	$1,940
111	Ankit	Ahuja	$1,940
112	David	Dibernardi	$1,940
113	Craig	Bagon	$1,940
114	Joshua	Stewart	$1,940
115	Ryan	Dougherty	$1,940
116	Tsolmon	Jargalsaikhan	$1,940
117	Anthony	Merlo Jr	$1,940
118	Daniel	Palau Vicente	$1,940

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 940

Luis Ortiz raises to 275,000 from the button, Scott Baumstein three-bet to 1,700,000 in the small blind (leaving 150,000 behind), Ortiz four-bet, and Baumstein called all in for 1,850,000 total.

Ortiz: 
Baumstein: 

The board ran out , not enough help to Baumstein, ending his tournament in sixth place.

Luis Ortiz  –  6,500,000  (52 bb)
Scott Baumstein  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($29,500)

With five players remaining from a field of 940 entries, the average chip stack is around 5,640,000 (45 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $39,000 each.

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 940

Maxwell Young raised to 200,000 from under the gun, Luis Ortiz called in the cutoff, Michael Morton called in the small blind, and Ira Friedman was already forced all in from the big blind.

The flop was and Young isolated the pot with for a set of sixes, leading Friedman’s .

The turn and river completed the board, no help to Friedman, ending his tournament in seventh place.

Maxwell Young  –  6,350,000  (64 bb)
Ira Friedman  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($22,800)

With six players remaining from a field of 940 entries, the average chip stack is around 4,700,000 (47 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $29,500 each.

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 940

Luis Ortiz opened to 225,000 in early position, Maxwell Young three-bet to 750,000 out of the small blind, Farid Dridi four-bet all in for 1,625,000 in the big blind, Ortiz folded, and Young called.

Young: 
Dridi: 

The board came , safe for Dridi to double up.

Farid Dridi  –  3,575,000  (36 bb)
Maxwell Young  –  4,800,000  (48 bb)

With seven players remaining from a field of 940 entries, the average chip stack is around 4,030,000 (40 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $22,800 each.