2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 4
$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries:  82
Prize Pool:  $43,050
April 14, 2023 

Event 4 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry), and a field of 82 entries created a prize pool of $43,050. A five-way deal was reached at the final table, and as the chip leader, Donald Maloney was the official winner for $8,505.

This marked Maloney’s second SHRP major series trophy victory. His first came at the 2021 Showdown, where he won a $400 Omaha 8 for $9,236. His result today puts him above the $1.45 million mark in career live tournament winnings per the Hendon Mob poker database.

*denotes five-way deal

$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  12,000/24,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  5 of 82

Following the elimination of Cat Mon in sixth place, the remaining five players looked at the numbers and eventually reached a deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Donald Maloney  –  389,000  (16 BB)
Shan Meruga  –  385,000  (16 BB)
Hossein Ghodosi Fard  –  225,000  (9 BB)
Steven Roth  –  159,000  (7 BB)
Robert Poolos  –  73,000  (3 BB)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Donald Maloney  –  $8,505
Shan Meruga  –  $8,469
Hossein Ghodosi Fard  –  $6,728
Steven Roth  –  $5,781
Robert Poolos  –  $4,227

As the chip leader, Donald Maloney was the official Event 4 winner for $8,505.

A recap of the event will be posted later tonight.

$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  12,000/24,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  5 of 82

Shan Meruga raised to 24,000 from under the gun, Cat Mon called all in for less in the small blind, and Donald Maloney called in the big blind.

Maloney and Meruga checked to the turn of a board where Meruga bet 24,000. Maloney called.

The river was the , Maloney checked, Meruga bet 24,000, and Maloney called.

Here were their hands:

Meruga: 
Maloney: 
Mon: 

Maloney had an ace-high flush, Meruga had an 8-6-5-4-A low, and Mon couldn’t beat either, ending his tournament in sixth place.

Donald Maloney  –  389,000  (16 BB)
Shan Meruga  –  385,000  (16 BB)
Cat Mon  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($2,155)

$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  6 of 82

Yuval Bronshtein raised to 20,000 from under the gun, Donald Maloney three-bet to 30,000 from the big blind, and Bronshtein called all in for 27,000.

Bronshtein: 
Maloney: 

The board ran out , giving Maloney flush along with an 8-5-4-3-2 low to scoop the pot and eliminate Bronshtein in sixth place.

Donald Maloney  –  360,000  (18 BB)
Yuval Bronshtein  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($1,790)

With six players remaining, the average stack is around 205,000 (10 Big Bets). The remaining players are guaranteed $2,155.

$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  8,000/16,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  7 of 82

With the final board reading , Brett Skolnick committed his final chips with for the second-best low, but Hossein Ghodosi Fard had him beat with for a pair of queens with the nut low to eliminate Skolnick in eighth place.

Hossein Ghodosi Fard  –  310,000  (19 BB)
Brett Skolnick  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($1,510)

With seven players remaining, the average stack is around 175,000 (11 Big Bets). The remaining players are guaranteed $1,790.