ICYMI: Big Crowds on Day 3

On Friday, the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” saw a packed Hard Rock Event Center host two more flights of Event 1 and a one-day Pot Limit Omaha trophy event.

Flights E and F combined to put more than 1,200 entries into the $1,000,000 Guarantee opening event and the tournament is on the verge of pushing the prize pool into seven-digit territory. Another 163 players booked a seat in Day 2 on Sunday as the Event Center stayed busy all day long.

Riley Fuller
Justin Slavin

Former SHRP champ Riley Fuller finished with the top stack in Flight E with Glenn Menne not far behind. In Flight F, the biggest of the first six, Justin Slavin went huge and was the first person to put more than 500K away for Sunday. He will return with 535,500 and holds the overall lead with two more flights to go.

Top Ten Event 1 stacks:

  1. Justin Slavin – 535,500
  2. Peter Pacifico – 487,000
  3. Michael Rannelli – 468,000
  4. Riley Fuller – 457,500
  5. Glenn Menne – 437,000
  6. Marc Bronstein – 434,500
  7. Andrea Mastrogiovanni – 380,500
  8. Heng Zhang – 378,000
  9. David Brookman – 374,500
  10. Mark Scacewater – 370,000

Full Event 1 counts through Flight F

Igor Tretyakov wins $360 PLO

The one-day Pot Limit Omaha event continued the trend this series of topping the fields from last year. In November 2017, the PLO tournament drew 89 entries and this time around it was a huge 137 entry turnout.

As per usual with PLO tournaments, it played down quickly then slowed as they reached the final two tables. It came to an end when the last three players agreed on a deal to divide up the remaining prize pool evenly and chip leader Igor Tretyakov earned the third trophy of the series.

Event 4 results:

1st: Igor Tretyakov – $7,673
2nd: Pavel Bystrov – $7,672
3rd: Alexander Orlov – $7,672
4th: Josh Clanton – $2,589
5th: Stephanie Clayton – $2,014
6th: Edison Barrera – $1,685
7th: Michael Rosenberg – $1,459
8th: Matthew Bretzfield – $1,297
9th: Piragibe Ataide – $1,149
10th: Oleh Ferkalyuk – $1,007
11th: Hamid Kashvari – $1,007
12th: Jason Wells – $1,007
13th: Tony Tran – $873
14th: Aleksey Filatov – $873
15th: William Marsh – $873
16th: Robert Giardini – $750
17th: Aaron Kupin – $750
18th: David Moreno – $750

Pavel Bystrom (left), Igor Tretyakov (center) and Alexander Orlov (right)