The 2017 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open in Review

The 2017 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open began Wednesday, November 15 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida and ran through Wednesday, November 29. With a total of 17 primary events, it was local grind Michael Newman who stole the headline. Newman won the series Championship, defeating 585 entries in the $3,500 buy-in and winning $374,240 in the process.

Michael Newman celebrates after winning the RRPO Championship

Others joining Newman in the RRPO winner’s circle include 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year, Ory Hen, David Peters, Phil Hui and David Shmuel, the latter of which won two events during the 15-day series.

Here’s a look at all of the series winners along with links to their events:

2017 RRPO Champion Michael Newman

Next up for the Seminole Hard Rock is the Fun in the Sun Poker Open December 26-30. From there, it’s the Lucky Hearts Poker Open which kicks off January 11 with a $1,100 buy-in, $1,000,000 guaranteed WPTDeepStacks event and is headlined by a $3,500 buy-in, $2,000,000 guarantee WPT Main Tour event.

Congratulations again to all the RRPO champions and thank you to everyone who played!