Three weeks of non-stop tournament poker action at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in Hollywood, Florida finally came to an end this past week in a series defined by huge turnouts and massive prize pools.
The historic series, which kicked off on March 24 and wrapped up on Wednesday, generated $20.8 million in prize money across 50 events — ranging from 5-Card Pot-Limit Omaha to H.O.R.S.E. to Omaha 8 or Better — and attracted a total of 20,359 entries.
The series culminated with the $3,500 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Main Event, which ended up being the second-largest WPT Main Event in history with 2,010 entrants, second only to last year's Main Event at the same venue that had 2,482 entries.