2024 RRPO in Review

We closed out the year with our last major series in the Grand Ballroom and the 2024 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was success from start to finish. We came out of the gates with the $2,000,000 opener and wrapped things up with an exciting finish to the WPT RRPO Championship.

Events: 49
Entries: 16,844
Guarantees: $7,240,000
Prize Pools: $14,438,663

Another fantastic, successful series that saw us award more prize money than any other RRPO series in our history (for reference, this is our 13th running of the series).

2024 RRPO – $14,438,663
2023 RRPO – $14,250,170
2022 RRPO – $13,482,340
2021 RRPO – $13,434,505
2019 RRPO – $8,278,745

WPT Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Champion Dylan Smith

As with every series, we had some notable wins but extraordinary people.

Dylan Smith won the WPT RRPO Championship on the final day of the series on the live-stream stage against a tough lineup. He earned $662,200 and put his name on the Mike Sexton Champions Cup a few months after finishing fifth in the WPT Poker Showdown Championship.

Phil Hui won his ninth major SHRP title in the $600 Eight-Game Mix to move into a tie with Matt Bretzfield on the all-time wins list. Then Bretzfield won the $400 Deep Stack to move ahead of Hui with ten.

Of course, Hui did it again a few days later, winning the $600 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw, his second of the series and his tenth overall for a four-way tie that included David Shmuel.

But then Shmuel went ahead and captured the $600 Limit Omaha 8 tournament to move up into a tie for second.

A lot of words to say that we had movement on our all-time wins list:

Raminder Singh – 13 wins
Michael Newman – 11 wins
David Shmuel – 11 wins
Yuval Bronshtein – 10 wins
Matt Bretzfield – 10 wins
Phil Hui – 10 wins
John Holley – 8 wins
Brian Altman – 7 wins
David Prociak – 7 wins
Gabriel Ramos – 7 wins
Scott Baumstein – 7 wins

Scott Baumstien won his seventh trophy, while Ryan Hoenig and Zhen Cai earned their fourth. David Oshry and Edward Leonard joined Hui as players who won two titles in this series.

2024 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Event 42 Champion Brandon Wilson

Brandon Wilson extended one of the most impressive win streaks. He took the top spot in the $25K RRPO High Roller on our last day in the Grand Ballroom for his fifth Hollywood title.

This was the third High Roller win for Wilson in three consecutive series:

2024 Showdown:  $25K High Roller No-Limit Hold’em  ($601,800)
2024 SHRPO:  $50K Super High Roller NLH ($346,775)
2024 RRPO:  $25K High Roller No-Limit Hold’em  ($602,900)

Another fun two weeks in the Grand Ballroom and we appreciate all the support. None of these massive series would be possible without our incredible players, both local and those who travel into town.

Thanks again!

We look forward to seeing everyone for the upcoming Fun in the Sun series in the Poker Room to close out 2024 and the Lucky Hearts Poker Open in January to kick off the 2025 run.

2024 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open results

WPT RRPO  Championship: Dylan Smith – $662,200
Event 1 ($400 NLH): Eric Yanovsky – $261,920
Event 2 ($600 Seniors): Jaroslaw Osinski – $19,360
Event 3 ($600 Big O): Amarjit Lail – $16,080
Event 4 ($300 Bounty): David Oshry – $6,915
Event 5 ($600 8-Game): Phil Hui – $9,000
Event 6 ($1K PLO): Grant Wang – $24,602
Event 7 ($200 NLH): Yang Lu – $10,508
Event 8 ($400 Turbo PLO): Ryan Ricci – $11,735
Event 9 ($600 O8): Robert Poolos – $12,560
Event 10 ($600 Bounty NLH): Shawn Dees – $13,221
Event 11 ($600 Bounty PLO): Ethan Bennett – $13,000
Event 12 ($600 PLO8): Long Nguyen – $15,375
Event 13 ($400 NLH): Matt Bretzfield – $27,010
Event 14 ($600 6-Max PLO): Elliott Kampen – $19,595
Event 15 ($1K Multi-Flight): Luke Brereton – $78,030
Event 16 ($400 Turbo NLH): Rajesekar Govindan – $11,435
Event 17 ($600 Triple Stud): Ryan Hoenig – $9,720
Event 18 ($600 Big O): Vu Dang – $16,150
Event 19 ($200 Big Stack): Michael Horton – $32,220
Event 20 ($400 Bounty): David Yue – $8,485
Event 21 ($400 6-Max): London Lawrence – $21,055
Event 22 ($600 2-7TD): Phil Hui – $9,720
Event 23 ($1,700 Bounty PLO): Eric Kolodny – $26,020
Event 24 ($400 Turbo NLH): David Dongwoo Ko – $9,600
Event 25 ($600 HORSE): Branon Berkenfeld – $10,945
Event 26 ($400 Bounty PLO): Oleksandr Trokhymenko – $6,269
Event 27 ($300 Bounty NLH): David Uvaydov – $12,527
Event 28 ($250 Holiday Deep Stack): Ronel Juan – $11,741
Event 30 ($600 Dealer’s Choice): Tal Avivi – $5,720
Event 31 ($400 Bounty): Tamas Hartman – $9,360
Event 32 ($600 Mixed PLO): Andrew Voor – $12,075
Event 33 ($300 Quad Stack): Jacquelyn Scott – $9,505
Event 34 ($1K Bounty): Mike Gao – $11,300
Event 35 ($400 NLH): Benjamin Szwimer – $27,280
Event 36 ($600 PLO8): Zhen Cai – $14,430
Event 37 ($10K NLH): Faraz Jaka – $313,495
Event 38 ($1,700 Bounty): Edward Leonard – $29,200
Event 39 ($600 NLH): Jefferson Guerrero – $37,902
Event 40 ($1K Turbo): Scott Baumstein – $14,740
Event 41 ($1K Triple Stack): Javier Zarco – $37,570
Event 42 ($25K High Roller): Brandon Wilson – $602,900
Event 43 ($600 O8): David Shmuel – $8,245
Event 44 ($3K PLO): AJ Gillette – $49,280
Event 45 ($200 Big Stack): David Oshry – $5,306
Event 46 ($400 Seniors): George Miro – $6,692
Event 47 ($5K NLH): Daniel Neilson – $201,500
Event 48 ($1K 6-Max PLO): Edward Leonard – $30,395
Event 49 ($300 Bounty): Anthony Askey – $6,036

Dylan Smith Wins the WPT Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship for $662,200

2024 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 29
$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  1,435
Prize Pool:  $4,592,000
November 29 – December 4, 2024

WPT Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Champion Dylan Smith

The 2024 WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship began a few days ago and drew 1,435 entries, producing a prize pool of $4,592,000. Taking it down was Dylan Smith, winning outright for $662,200.

Smith, 33, is a local and has outstanding results at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood. His score today marked his fourth six-figure score inside these walls, most recently finishing fifth in the Championship event at the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown back in May. It’s also his second SHRP major series trophy victory, having previously won a $10K PLO event during the 2023 LHPO.

“Exhausted, for sure. It’s mentally taxing,” said a relieved Smith after his triumph. “I’m super excited, obviously. I’m really happy I was able to redeem myself (after Showdown).”

Smith’s path to victory in the 2024 WPT RRPO Championship was relatively lowkey throughout the tournament, starting Day 2 in the middle of the pack (140th of the returning 485 players). His smooth sailing continued on Day 2 as he finished 19th in chips of the remaining 90 players. From there he finished 5th in chips after Day 3 with 16 players remaining and entered the six-handed WPT Final Table third in chips.

Smith’s key hand at the final table came five-handed in a confrontation with Landon Tice. Smith picked up pocket aces in the big blind and three-bet Tice’s opening raise, which Tice then four-bet. Smith went all in and Tice called with ace-king. The board ran out nondescript and Smith vaulted to more than 100 big blinds, sitting comfortably while the remaining players fell around him. Only one elimination at the final table matters when all is said and done, and Smith scored it.

Smith began heads-up play down about 2-to-1 to Matthew Beinner, but still had 49 big blinds to work with. He pulled ahead after flopping an open-ended straight draw, turning top pair, and rivering a straight and closed it out about 40 minutes later. Smith moved all in with seven-six suited and Beinner made a final stand with queen-jack. Smith flopped two pair and it held up to clinch the victory.

“I felt very locked in the entire day. I was intensely focused. Matt is a phenomenal player, and I really felt like I had to be on my A-game to beat him.”

Congrats to Dylan Smith!

Dylan Smith and Seminole Hard Rock Poker Tournament Manager Jason Heidenthal
PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1DylanSmith$662,200
2MatthewBeinner$440,000
3FlorianRibouchon$325,000
4LandonTice$245,000
5FrancisAnderson$184,000
6PaulDomb$140,000
7DarryllFish$108,000
8MattWantman$84,000
9DrewO'Connell$66,000
10IulianBlebea$66,000
11ArtemMetalidi$55,000
12EugeneKotlyarevskiy$55,000
13BenJones$46,000
14AlexandreReard$46,000
15EusebiuJalba$46,000
16RomanKorenev$39,000
17AndrewVoor$39,000
18AdamHendrix$39,000
19RichardAlsup$39,000
20BenWarrington$32,500
21ShamicaLamar$32,500
22RenLin$32,500
23DavidSathue$32,500
24BrandonHamlet$27,500
25JaydenKrnyaich$27,500
26JoeMcKeehen$27,500
27DungNguyen$27,500
28Ya YunLiu$27,500
29JesseLonis$27,500
30MorganPetro$27,500
31RobertHover$27,500
32CurtisKing$23,000
33ChristianHarder$23,000
34YosephYehudai$23,000
35DavidMcGowan$23,000
36TimFaro$23,000
37BrianArbaugh$23,000
38AaronGao$23,000
39FredGoldberg$23,000
40FrankRusso$19,400
41AndrewMacDonald$19,400
42PaulSnead$19,400
43JoeyCoudon$19,400
44MathewFrankland$19,400
45StephenSong$19,400
46MatiasGabrenja$19,400
47GeorgeRakitzis$19,400
48Al-FaroukObe$16,300
49SethFischer$16,300
50SethKatish$16,300
51AlexanderKimpel$16,300
52JonathanLewis$16,300
53TarunGulati$16,300
54DeividasDaubaris$16,300
55TanupatPunjarojanakul$16,300
56DanielVranich$13,800
57AndrewBodensiek$13,800
58NitisUdornpim$13,800
59EricZheng$13,800
60RobBrown$13,800
61JasonMercier$13,800
62DavidNathaniel Jr$13,800
63JaroslawOsinski$13,800
64SterlingSavill$11,500
65JavierZarco$11,500
66CharlesJohnson$11,500
67AndyAndrejevic$11,500
68KevinSchulz$11,500
69Robert-AndreiBurlacu$11,500
70DanielNeilson$11,500
71MohamedMamouni$11,500
72HugoKahan$11,500
73SangHo$11,500
74PeterFellows$11,500
75TobyBoas$11,500
76TomFuchs$11,500
77CarlosLeiva$11,500
78DmitriiAstratov$11,500
79DavidLee$11,500
80Amarender SartajPuri$9,600
81ChadRoedersheimer$9,600
82MaxKingstone$9,600
83DavidMzareulov$9,600
84RossSantos$9,600
85MicahRaskin$9,600
86RichardRice$9,600
87JordanSparagana$9,600
88MatthiasLipp$9,600
89SamuelDarkin$9,600
90JeremyBecker$9,600
91AaronKupin$9,600
92KevinRuscitti$9,600
93JosiasSantos$9,600
94UriKadosh$9,600
95GarenZobian$9,600
96NicolasEnjamio$9,600
97DungNguyen$9,600
98TomasJozonis$8,200
99MikeVanier$8,200
100AdamDunmars$8,200
101RayanChamas$8,200
102OlegBoulchyi$8,200
103JosephLiberta$8,200
104JamesPillon$8,200
105PaulShafran$8,200
106SteveYagudaev$8,200
107ChunKwan$8,200
108FrankStepuchin$8,200
109BrettApter$8,200
110JosephMolitor$8,200
111MarcusGarza$8,200
112EricSiegel$8,200
113GregoryBack$8,200
114AlbertoTrigo$8,200
115StevenWald$8,200
116JeremyJospeh$7,000
117AaronMassey$7,000
118DavidShmuel$7,000
119BradOwen$7,000
120SergioGiha$7,000
121TylerRauh$7,000
122JessicaDawley$7,000
123ConorO'Rourke$7,000
124T.K.Miles$7,000
125JulioDelgado Reyes$7,000
126AndrewSexton$7,000
127ArkadiyTsinis$7,000
128NikolayVolper$7,000
129JulioBelluscio$7,000
130ElliotKampen$7,000
131BobBounahra$7,000
132OmerRotman$7,000
133CadenColeman$7,000
134LouOjeda$7,000
135MansoorKader$7,000
136RobertKennedy$7,000
137MosheRafaelovitz$7,000
138TonySinishtaj$7,000
139ScottLevitt$7,000
140ScottBaumstein$7,000
141MarkGrassi$7,000
142RyanRiess$7,000
143GabrielAndrade$7,000
144DanielLee$7,000
145CaseyHatmaker$6,400
146RicardoEyzaguirre$6,400
147KenO'Donnell$6,400
148NicholasCarballo$6,400
149ChristopherMoon$6,400
150JerryWong$6,400
151PhilipRigby$6,400
152YoungEum$6,400
153JoseGonzalez$6,400
154SeanPhillippi$6,400
155HarrisonGimbel$6,400
156LilyLotfy$6,400
157MiguelCapriles$6,400
158HanFeng$6,400
159ZacharyPeay$6,400
160VitalijsZavorotnijs$6,400
161DanStavila$6,400
162JarrettMullins$6,400
163YunkyuSong$6,400
164RajaiWazwaz$6,400
165RaminderSingh$6,400
166SamuelGanzfried$6,400
167PasqualeCaiazza$6,400
168RodneyTurvin$6,400
169DrazenIlich$6,400
170OliverBerens$6,400
171GuyNaimi$6,400
172JavierGomez$6,400
173CoryWood$6,400
174KyleLazzaro$6,400
175HosseinEnsan$6,400
176MitchGarshofsky$6,400
177MartinJacobson$6,400
178KennethBruno$6,400
179PingLin$6,400
180JorgeAristazabal$3,200
181NguyenLe$3,200

Championship: Dylan Smith Wins! ($662,200); Matthew Beinner Finishes Runner-Up ($440,000)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $4,592,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 37:  500,000/1,000,000 with a 1,000,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 1,435

WPT Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Champion Dylan Smith

Dylan Smith raised all in with his chip-leading stack from the button and Matthew Beinner called all in for 18,600,000 in the big blind.

Smith:  7c6c
Beinner:  QhJd

The flop came Kh7d6d, giving Smith sevens and sixes to take the lead.

The turn was the 9c, giving Beinner a straight draw.

The river was the 3s, safe for Smith to win the WPT RRPO Championship outright for $662,200. Beinner finished runner-up for $440,000.

A recap of the Championship will be posted later tonight.

Matthew Beinner

Championship: Dylan Smith Takes the Lead

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $4,592,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 35:  300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,435

Dylan Smith

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Matthew Beinner raised to 1,800,000 from the button and Dylan Smith defended his big blind.

The flop was JdTc6s, Smith checked, Beinner bet 1,600,000, and Smith called.

The turn was the Kh, Smith checked, Beinner bet 6,300,000, and Smith called.

The river was the 9h, Smith led out 600,000, and Beinner called.

Smith tabled KcQd for a king-high straight, Beinner mucked, and Smith collected the pot, taking the chip lead.

Dylan Smith  –  43,100,000  (72 bb)
Matthew Beinner  –  28,600,000  (48 bb)

1st:  $662,200 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $440,000

Championship: Florian Ribouchon – 3rd Place ($325,000)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $4,592,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 34:  300,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,435

Florian Ribouchon Eliminated in 3rd Place (Drew Amato/WPT)

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Matthew Beinner raised to 1,000,000 from the button, Florian Ribouchon three-bet all in from the big blind for about 13,050,000, and Beinner called.

Beinner:  9s9h
Ribouchon:  6d6c

The board ran to Jd9d4hThJh, further improving Beinner to nines full of jacks to eliminate Ribouchon in third place.

Matthew Beinner  –  47,100,000  (94 bb)
Dylan Smith  –  24,600,000  (49 bb)
Florian Ribouchon  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($325,000)

1st:  $662,200 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $440,000

3rd: Florian Ribouchon  –  $325,000
4th:  Landon Tice  –  $245,000
5th:  Francis Anderson  –  $184,000
6th:  Paul Domb  –  $140,000

Championship: Florian Ribouchon Doubles Through Dylan Smith

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $4,592,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 33:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 1,435

Florian Ribouchon (Drew Amato/WPT)

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Florian Ribouchon opened to 800,000 from the button, Dylan Smith moved all in from the big blind, and Ribouchon called at risk for 8,000,000.

Ribouchon: KhKd
Smith: QcJc

Ribouochon picked up a monster at the three-handed final table and his kings held on the AsJh8d2s6s board to double up.

Florian Ribouchon  –  16,600,000  (42 bb)
Dylan Smith  –  14,000,000  (35 bb)

Championship: Counts on Break

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $4,592,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 33:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 1,435

Matthew Beinner continues to lead with three remaining (Drew Amato/WPT)

Seat 1: Matthew Beinner – 39,800,000 (100 bb)
Seat 2: Dylan Smith – 22,800,000 (57 bb)
Seat 3: Florian Ribouchon – 9,100,000 (23 bb)

1st:  $662,200 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $440,000
3rd:  $325,000

Championship: Landon Tice – 4th Place ($245,000)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $4,592,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 31:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 1,435

Landon Tice (Drew Amato/WPT)

Landon Tice opened to 500,000 from the button and Florian Ribouchon three-bet all in from the small blind. Matthew Beinner folded his big and Tice called at risk for 3,900,000.

Tice: 9d9c
Ribouchon: TsTh

Tice ran his nines into a bigger pair and could not miracle a save on the Qs8h2h6hTd board to exit in fourth place.

Florian Ribouchon  –  8,700,000  (35 bb)
Landon Tice  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($245,000)

Championship: Francis Anderson – 5th Place ($184,000)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $4,592,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 31:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 1,435

Francis Anderson (Drew Amato/WPT)

Action folded to Matthew Beinner in the small blind and he raised to 625,000. Francis Anderson three-bet to 1,550,000 and Beinner announced all in. Anderson quickly called at risk for about 6,000,000 total.

Anderson: QhQc
Beinner: AhKc

They were racing and Anderson needed his queens to hold to double up. The 9h7c4c flop was safe but Beinner took the lead when he paired his king on the Ks turn. The Ts river finished the board and Anderson was eliminated in fifth place.

Matthew Beinner  –  32,000,000  (128 bb)
Francis Anderson  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($184,000)

Championship: Dylan Smith Doubles Through Landon Tice in a Cooler

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $4,592,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 31:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,435

Dylan Smith Doubles (Drew Amato/WPT)

Landon Tice opened to 550,000 from the hijack, Dylan Smith three-bet to 2,200,000 in the big blind, Tice four-bet to 3,800,000, Smith five-bet all in for 13,125,000, and Tice called instantly with AcKh.

Smith tabled AdAh and was in fantastic shape to double up.

The board ran out 9s7d4dTs2h, safe for Smith to vault to second in chips.

Dylan Smith  –  26,625,000  (107 bb)
Landon Tice  –  1,100,000  (4 bb)