Looking forward to September The Everglades Poker Open returns to the poker room. The series features 9 trophy events over 12 days with over $500,000 in guaranteed prize pools.
We kick things off Sept 18 with the $150 Big Stack multi-flight tournament that will boast a prize pool of at least $100,000. There are plenty of options for your tournament action including a 5 Card PLO event on Friday, September 27th. Below is a full listing of events.
Event #1 – $150 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Wednesday, September 18th – Sunday, September 22nd
$100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Six Starting Flights
15,000 chips and 30-minute levels
Event #2 – $250 Quad Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Friday, September 20th
$20,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
20,000 chips and 20-minute levels
Event #3 – $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Sunday, September 22nd
$30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
20,000 chips and 30-minute levels
Event #4 – $250 Seniors Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open has been the cornerstone of our majors since that first run in 2013 when we shocked the world with a $10,000,000 guarantee Championship but also introduced them to the South Florida poker scene.
The 2024 run featured the most events in SHRPO series history and we offered up more than $8,000,000 in guaranteed prize pools and nearly doubled that amount in prize money awarded.
As we’ve done over the last few years, we headlined the series with more than one huge tournament, we rolled out the Big4 format once again.
The Big 4 consists of four scheduled so there are always multiple big events running for the last five days of the series. First up was the $3,000,000 guaranteed SHRPO Championship, followed by a $3,000 Deep Stack, a $1,100 Deep Stack, and the big-money $25K High Roller.
That started our series, but we had history throughout, including the last tournament on the last night; Event 61 bookended the SHRPO series with one final shining moment.
All-time Hollywood wins leader Raminder Singh spent most of the series with his family, his focus, until the last few days. He had a one-win lead over Michael Newman on the wins list but added to it late Tuesday evening when he captured the $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty for his 13th major Hollywood trophy.
Singh wasn’t the only one who tweaked our all-time leaderboard; David Shmuel won his tenth, Phil Hui captured his eighth, and Ari Engel joined the conversation with six.
The updated all-time wins leaderboard:
Raminder Singh – 13 wins Michael Newman – 11 wins Yuval Bronshtein – 10 wins David Shmuel – 10 wins Matt Bretzfield – 9 wins John Holley – 8 wins Phil Hui – 8 wins Brian Altman – 7 wins David Prociak – 7 wins Gabriel Ramos – 7 wins
Other notable wins include:
Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel walked into the Grand Ballroom on his first day and won the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Event 26 title.
Landon Tice, 2024 WPT Poker Showdown runner-up, won the one-day $10K Deep Stack on the last day for $246,300.
Nick Seward won the $1,100 Deep Stack preliminary on our Gorilla Gaming live stream; max late regged the $2,200 Deep Stack when he was done and won that the next day.
Christopher rode away with wins in our $600 and $1,100 H.O.R.S.E. events.
Lenard Adams won two turbos during the series, and Shahar Biniaminov and Matthew Wolfson also won two 2024 SHRPO trophies.
As always, we could not do any of this without the support of our players, our local favorites, and our traveling friends. You keep showing up and we keep trying to put on the best events possible.
We appreciate you and thank you once again.
Next up, we look forward to seeing everyone for the 2024 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open, which will be held from November 20 through December 3.
Cheers!
Complete list of updates and results below for all 61 trophy events on the 2024 SHRPO schedule
2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 61 $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry) Entries: 168 Prize Pool: $26,040 Bounty Prize Pool: $16,800 August 13, 2024
Event 61 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 168 entries generated a prize pool of $26,040, with an additional $16,800 set aside for bounties.
Taking it down was Raminder Singh, winning outright for $6,730 and his record-extending 13th SHRP major series trophy victory.
2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 59 $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Entries: 109 Prize Pool: $35,970 August 13, 2024
Event 59 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 109 produced a prize pool of $35,970 and taking it down was Steve Karp, overcoming a 13-to-1 deficit heads-up to win outright for $10,770 and his first SHRP major series trophy.
2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 60 $1,100 Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry) Entries: 106 Prize Pool: $102,820 August 13, 2024
Event 60 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $1,100 Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry), drawing a field of 106 entries for a prize pool of $102,820.
A heads-up chop between the final two players took place and Renan Maciel Menezes was the slight chip leader, making him the Event 60 winner for $24,675.