$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 28 of 211
Javier Zarco – 60,000 (12 bb)
Jeremiah Williams – 45,000 (9 bb)
Byron Kaverman – 45,000 (9 bb)
Ben Farrell – 41,000 (8 bb)
Mike Leah – 40,000 (8 bb)
Justin Zaki – 36,000 (7 bb)
Tom Koral – 25,000 (5 bb)
Scott Baumstein – 18,000 (4 bb)
$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 28 of 211
Picking up the action after the turn of a 
board with about 70,000 in the pot, Daniel Strelitz checked from the big blind and Thai Ha checked from middle position.
The river was the 
, Strelitz bet 40,000, Ha raised all in for 126,500 and Strelitz called with 
for fours full of kings.
Ha, though, tabled 
for quad kings to double up.
Thai Ha – 323,000 (81 bb)
Daniel Strelitz – 248,000 (62 bb)
$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 28 of 211
Daniel Strelitz raised from under the gun, the player in the cutoff three-bet all in for roughly 55,000 and Strelitz called with , leading his opponent’s 
.
The board ran out 
, safe for Strelitz to eliminate his opponent.
Daniel Strelitz – 348,000 (116 bb)
With the elimination of Brian Yoon at another table, there are 28 players remaining and only 27 will be paid.
Hand-for-hand play has started.
2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 15
$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 211
Prize Pool: $422,000
August 7, 2019
Registration is closed in Event 15, the $2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry) tournament, and it drew 211 entries to more than double the guarantee. The top 27 places will be paid.
Up top for the champion is $97,160, a SHRPO trophy and a custom-framed winner’s photo courtesy of IMPDI.
1st: $97,160 + SHRPO trophy
2nd: $64,775
3rd: $47,290
4th: $35,020
5th: $26,310
6th: $20,055
7th: $15,515
8th: $12,185
9th-10th: $9,715
11th-12th: $7,870
13th-14th: $6,475
15th-16th: $5,410
17th-20th: $4,600
21st-24th: $3,970
25th-27th: $3,490
$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Returning to Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Entries: 207
(Preflop and flop details told to us by Byron Kaverman)
Joe McKeehen raised from the cutoff, Bryon Kaverman called from the button and John Richards three-bet from the big blind. McKeehen four-bet, Kaverman folded and Richards called.
The flop was 
and Richards check-called a bet from McKeehen. The turn was the 
, Richards checked, McKeehen shoved for effectively 72,000 and Richards tanked for several minutes before he folded.
McKeehen showed as he collected the pot.
“Ahhhhhh,” yelled Richards. “He’s so f****** good!”
McKeehen takes the chip lead into the dinner break and leads the remaining 51 players.
Joe McKeehen – 285,000 (143 bb)
John Richards – 73,000 (37 bb)
$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Entries: 207
Event 15 reached the end of Level 11 and the players were sent on their 40-minute break. Registration will close when they return at 6:30 pm.
$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries: 200
Event 15 hit the guarantee double-up point in Level 10 and the prize pool hit $400,000 with plenty of time to pile on.
Five-time SHRP champion (and WPT Champions Club member) Brian Altman, Joe McKeehen, Jake Schwartz, Melisa Singh, Chad Eveslage, and James Carroll are a few others helping to spin it up.
Along with Maria Ho and Jerry Wong, Carroll and Eveslage make it four of the six WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship final table members present today. Eveslage finished in sixth place at that final table in Las Vegas, moving him up to second place in the SHRP Player of the Year race, and Carroll won it all for $715,175.
$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Entries: 190
Event 15 is closing in on 200 entries which would double the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool and they show no signs of slowing as more top players join.
Recent additions include Olivier Busquet, Shannon Shorr, Ray Qartomy, Ronit Chamani, Victor Figueroa, Chris Hunichen, Ricky Guan, and Adam Owen.
This is Owen’s first trip to South Florida for one of our series and he started off with a bang. He hit town on Monday and promptly final tabled the $400 Pot Limit Omaha tournament later that night.
$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Entries: 153
Event 15 is shaping nicely as a Big 4 warmup and it should easily double its guarantee later this evening. This tournament drew 209 last year and beating that is easily within reach.
Anthony Zinno and Kitty Kuo are another two more players making their 2019 SHRPO debut. WPT Champions Club member Zinno put another notch on his belt this summer when he won his second WSOP bracelet in the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha 8 tournament.
Kuo is still looking for that first major title but she crossed over $2,000,000 in career earnings earlier this summer and also has a WPT runner-up finish in 2018.
$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Entries: 139
Event 15 hit the first break fo the day and Salon East emptied. The turnout continues to be consistent and players continue to push the prize pool higher.
A walk among the tables found Jeremiah Williams leading with a lot of big guns trying to chase him down. He holds 85,000 and Andrew Hawkins looks like his closest competitor with 56,000.