2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open 
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
$2,650 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries: 91
Prize Pool: $220,675
August 13-14, 2018

1st: $70,009 + Trophy
2nd: $41,928
3rd: $26,481
4th: $17,102
5th: $13,241
6th: $10,482
7th: $8,827
8th: $7,724
9th: $7,002
10th: $6,400
11th: $5,958
12th: $5,521

$1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 29 of 640

Filipp Khavin moved all in for 75,000 from the cutoff and Jerry Humphrey called from the big blind.

Khavin:
Humphrey:

The [2h10c9c] flop gave Humphrey the lead and he held it on the turn. Khavin had one pull at it on the river and got there when the peeled off to give him a straight.

Filipp Khavin – 160,000 (11 bb)
Jerry Humphrey – 535,000 (36 bb)

$1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 29 of 640

After coming back from a break, Mike Newman moved all in for 100,000 under the gun and Chance Kornuth called from the hijack.

“I don’t have anything but I don’t have a choice,” said Newman.

Kornuth:
Newman:

The flop pair Newman’s eight but he needed more help to stay alive. Unfortunately for him, he didn’t get it as the bricked on the turn followed by the on the river.

Chance Kornuth – 1,300,000 (87 bb)
Mike Newman – Eliminated in 30th for $3,155

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 422

Matt O’Donnell raised to 50,000 from the under the gun and Tom Nguyen called from the big blind.

They checked to the river of a board where Nguyen bet 80,000. O’Donnell raised to 265,000 and Nguyen called.

O’Donnell tabled for a set of queens, Nguyen mucked and O’Donnell won the pot.

Matt O’Donnell – 1,275,000 (51 bb)
Tom Nguyen – 1,730,000 (69 bb)

$25,000 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 14: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 123

Jonathan Jaffe found himself all in from the cutoff for about 400,000 against Shaun Deeb from under the gun.

Deeb showed and was in a great spot against Jaffe’s .

The board ran out clean for Deeb as it came and Jaffe was drawing dead on the turn. Deeb won the pot, eliminated Jaffe and the field is only two eliminations away from hand-for-hand play.

He extended his already big chip lead over the field.

Shaun Deeb – 1,750,000
Jonathan Jaffe – Eliminated 

2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open 
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  610
Prize Pool:  $73,200
August 12-14, 2018

1st: $19,760 + Trophy
2nd: $11,712
3rd: $7,686
4th: $5,307
5th: $3,916
6th: $3,111
7th: $2,379
8th: $1,720
9th: $1,244
10th-12th: $952
13th-15th: $769
16th-18th: $659
19th-27th: $549
28th-36th: $476

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 27: 40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 914

After the elimination of Matt Bretzfield in 10th place, the final nine players verified their chip stacks and filled out their bio sheets for tomorrow afternoon’s televised and live-streamed final table.

Here are the official chip counts, followed by the remaining prizepool:

Seat 1.  Joseph Cheong  –  1,265,000  (16 bb)
Seat 2.  Marcos Exterkotter  –  4,370,000  (55 bb)
Seat 3.  Adam Adler  –  3,745,000  (47 bb)
Seat 4.  Ryan D’Angelo  –  3,810,000  (48 bb)
Seat 5.  Stoyan Obreshkov  –  6,540,000  (82 bb)
Seat 6.  Jeremy Ausmus  –  4,090,000  (51 bb)
Seat 7.  Ido Ashkenazi  –  1,470,000  (18 bb)
Seat 8.  Jared Griener  –  3,975,000  (50 bb)
Seat 9.  Brandon Eisen  –  7,330,000  (92 bb)

1st:  $771,444 + Trophy
2nd:  $540,459
3rd:  $349,889
4th:  $258,615
5th:  $195,491
6th:  $156,215
7th:  $129,308
8th:  $102,843
9th:  $77,132

Championship Results – 10th through 115th

$1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 30 of 640

31st – Michael Johnson – $3,155
32nd – Jeff Rodriguez – $3,155
33rd – Lumni Zhuta – $3,155
34th – Stanley Lee – $3,155
35th – Kevin Saul – $3,155
36th – Kevin Blewitt – $3,155
37th – Francis Garcia – $2,711
38th – James Manis – $2,771
39th – Eracles Panayiotou – $2,711
40th – Cord Garcia – $2,771
41st – John Spadavecchia – $2,771
42nd – Brian Hastings – $2,771
43rd – Suk Wan – $2,771

$25,000 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 13: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 123

Sergi Reixach moved all in from the small blind for 80,000 and Tom Marchese called out of the big blind.

Reixach showed and was dominated by Marchese’s .

The board ran out and Marchese won the pot with queen-high. Reixach was eliminated on the final hand of the level and the remaining 20 players are taking a 10-minute break.

Tom Marchese – 570,000
Sergi Reixach – Eliminated 

$25,000 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 13: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 21 of 123

Dan Shak got all in preflop from the cutoff for his last 235,000 against David Peters from under the gun.

Shak showed and was in trouble against Peters’ .

The flop was and Shak hit a two-outer to take the lead. The turn was the and the river was the . Shak’s set held up and he doubled up.

Dan Shak – 500,000
David Peters – 510,000