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Maxime Chilaud Wins Showdown Event 53 Outright for $49,430 693d2g

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 53 Maxime Chilaud

The $1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament drew 233 entries for the two-day tournament, more than doubling the $100,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $226,010. After a tough final table, French pro Maxime Chilaud defeated Anthon Merlo heads-up for the title and $49,430.

Congrats Maxime!

Place First Name Last Name Prize Amount
1 Maxime Chilaud $49,430
2 Anthony Merlo $33,000
3 Artem Metalidi $24,400
4 Caio De Luca Sobral $18,300
5 Josh Heinzl $13,800
6 Ryan Dougherty $10,500
7 Jorge Rivera $8,100
8 Luis Ortiz $6,300
9 Fred Li $4,940
10 Wasim Assaf $4,940
11 Shenghao Liang $3,980
12 Peter Cross $3,980
13 Tyler Culpepper $3,400
14 Byung Eun Shin $3,400
15 Vu Dang $3,400
16 Hertsel Levy Sakhai $2,820
17 Eric Firestone $2,820
18 Eldo Rodriguez $2,820
19 Tomas Szwarcberg $2,820
20 Jose Snejberg $2,320
21 Sanat Mehrotra $2,320
22 Stuart Young $2,320
23 Weizheng Zhong $2,320
24 Timothy Capretta $1,940
25 John Petro $1,940
26 Joseph Crowley $1,940
27 Richard Dubini $1,940
28 Daniel Monosson $1,940
29 Spencer Champlin $1,940
30 Nate Silver $1,940
Maxime Chilaud
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Event 53: Maxime Chilaud ($49,430) Defeats Anthony Merlo ($33,000) for the Title 2y113s

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $226,010  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante

Maxime Chilaud

1st: Maxime Chilaud – $49,430 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: Anthony Merlo – $33,000

Anthony Merlo
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Event 53: Artem Metalidi – 3rd Place ($24,400) 2us

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $226,010  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2

Artem Metalidi
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Event 53: Caio De Lucca Sobral – 4th Place ($18,300) 236g36

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $226,010  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3

Caio De Lucca Sobral

 

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Event 53: Josh Heinzl – 5th Place ($13,800) 26v3x

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $226,010  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 233

Josh Heinzl
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Event 53: Ryan Daugherty – 6th Place ($10,500) r3f2y

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $226,010  |  Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 233

Ryan Daugherty
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Event 53: Jorge Rivera – 7th Place ($8,100) 34w6o

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $226,010  |  Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 233

Jorge Rivera
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EVent 53: Luis Ortiz – 8th Place ($6,300) n443s

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $226,010  |  Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 233

Luis Ortiz
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Event 53: Fred Li – 9th Place ($4,940) 3a435i

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $226,010  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 233

Fred Li
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Event 53: $1K Final Table Underway 3d663e

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $226,010  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 233

In addition to Day 1A of the Championship, we have some business to settle in the $1,100 Deep Stack. Nine players are in their seats and playing for the title along with nearly $50,000.

Seat 1:  Caio De Lucca Sobral  –  1,495,000  (100 bb)
Seat 2:  Anthony Merlo  –  120,000  (8 bb)
Seat 3:  Fred Li  –  175,000  (12 bb)
Seat 4:  Josh Heinzl  –  145,000  (10 bb)
Seat 5:  Jorge Rivera  –  1,050,000  (70 bb)
Seat 6:  Luis Ortiz  –  330,000  (22 bb)
Seat 7:  Maxime Chilaud  –  1,070,000  (71 bb)
Seat 8:  Artem Metalidi  –  1,115,000  (74 bb)
Seat 9:  Ryan Daugherty  –  315,000  (21 bb)

1st:  $49,430 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $33,000
3rd:  $24,400
4th:  $18,300
5th:  $13,800
6th:  $10,500
7th:  $8,100
8th:  $6,300
9th:  $4,940