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2024 SHRPO in Review

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.

Events: 61
Entries: 16,636
Guarantees: $8,090,000
Prize Pools: $15,636,775

In historical numbers, this is the 15th consecutive major series where we awarded at least $10,000,000 in prize money.

We had a packed Grand Ballroom, and the Meeting Room was often filled. We threw one of our biggest single-day Deep Stacks ever, with 612 entries in $400 buy-in Event 13 and more than $200K up for grabs.

Top one-day Deep Stack fields:

2023 RRPO – 731 entries
2024 SHRPO – 612 Entries
2024 Showdown – 572 entries
2024 Showdown – 548 entries
2022 LHPO – 527 entries

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.

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Champion Paul Snead

Paul Snead took the top spot in the SHRPO Championship, earning $529,428 after a heads-up deal. Bryn Kenney won the $25K High Roller after dominating the final table as it went from nine players to a winner in less than 90 minutes.

Kevin Ordet won the $3,000 Deep Stack and Benjamin Moschel took the $1,100 Deep Stack title, both after long, tough heads-up battles.

SHRPO Championship: Paul Snead – $529,428
Big 4 $25K High Roller: Bryn Kenney – $487,990
Big 4 $3,000 Deep Stack: Kevin Ordet – $190,800
Big 4 $1,100 Deep Stack: Ben Moschel – $89,800

Karl Creazzo
Karl Creazzo

We opened the series with a multi-flight $400 Deep Stack with a $1,000,000 guarantee, and an incredible 5,870 entries showed up, nearly doubling the mark. 19-year-old Karl Creazzo capped off the weekend with his first win in his first live tournament.

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.

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 61 Champion Raminder Singh

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.
2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 26 Champion Erik Seidel
2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 58 Champion Landon Tice

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

SHRPO Championship: Paul Snead – $529,428
Big 4 $25K High Roller: Bryn Kenney – $487,990
Big 4 $3,000 Deep Stack: Kevin Ordet – $190,800
Big 4 $1,100 Deep Stack: Ben Moschel – $89,800

Event 1 ($400 Deep Stack): Karl Creazzo – $146,829
Event 2 ($400 Seniors): Patrick Capozziello – $14,632
Event 3 ($600 Big O): Darryll Fish – $16,830
Event 4 ($200 Bounty): Emiliano Guido – $5,090
Event 5 ($600 O8): Brian Smith – $14,700
Event 6 ($600 6-Max PLO): Kamel Mokhammad – $14,603
Event 7 ($200 NLH): Brunno Aquarone – $7,310
Event 8 ($600 8-Game): Ari Engel – $12,875
Event 9 ($600 Bounty): Greg Buonocore – $8,420
Event 10 ($600 Bounty PLO): Daniel Kroh – $15,575
Event 11 ($600 Turbo): Lenard Adams – $9,610
Event 12 ($600 Mixed PLO): Phil Hui – $18,495
Event 13 ($400 NLH): Justin Molis – $15,664
Event 14 ($600 Dealer’s Choice): Matthew Mullins – $13,240
Event 15 ($1K NLH): Peter Hsu – $36,970
Event 16 ($600 PLO): Juan Maceiras – $37,080
Event 17 ($300 Bounty): Alena Karunets – $8,880
Event 18 ($400 Turbo): Manuel Amaro Alvarez – $6,290
Event 19 ($1K Seniors): Peter Fellows – $23,545
Event 20 ($200 Big Stack): Jose Ruiz – $31,829
Event 21 ($400 Savage Average): Sean Astwood – $8,870
Event 22 ($600 2-7 TD): Scott Blackman – $10,700
Event 23 ($300 NLH/PLO): Timothy Butler – $6,440
Event 24 ($600 HORSE): Christopher Hice – $12,970
Event 25 ($600 6-Max): Javier Zarco – $19,740
Event 26 ($10K NLH): Erik Seidel – $179,953
Event 27 ($600 Bounty PLO): Michael Rudolf – $9,805
Event 28 ($300 Bounty): Riley Price – $6,900
Event 29 ($1K Turbo): Nick Yunis – $15,580
Event 30 ($600 PLO8): Vu Dang – $15,235
Event 31 ($1K NLH): Nicholas Seward – $39,000
Event 32 ($10K PLO): Sam Sternfield – $157,046
Event 33 ($300 Bounty): James Bernard – $6,014
Event 34 ($200 Bounty): Jesse Oler – $4,897
Event 35 ($1K Bounty): Joseph Rossi – $10,938
Event 36 ($1K O8): Neal Corcoran – $43,425
Event 37 ($2K NLH): Nicholas Seward – $91,500
Super High Roller: Brandon Wilson – $346,775
Event 39 ($600 Bounty): Rick Kalgstein – $9,704
Event 40 ($200 Big Stack): Scott Sommer – $7,208
Event 41 ($1K Turbo): Lenard Adams – $16,770
Event 43 ($1K HORSE): Christopher Hice – $9,898
Event 44 ($1K Mixed PLO): Matthew Wolfson – $11,721
Event 45 ($400 Bounty): Austin Morin – $7,000
Event 46 ($400 NLH): Ian Cohen – $14,470
Event 47 ($600 8-Game): David Shmuel – $9,490
Event 48 ($300 NLH): Shahar Biniaminov – $5,666
Event 49 ($400 OE): Scott Wyler – $6,885
Event 51 ($200 NLH): Butch Jumalon – $8,774
Event 52 ($400 Bounty PLO): Matthew Wolfson – $5,000
Event 55 ($1K Big O): Lee Horton – $13,535
Event 56 ($600 Turbo NLH/PLO): Shahar Biniaminov – $12,420
Event 57 ($400 PLO8): Jay Kerbel – $4,536
Event 58 ($10K NLH): Landon Tice – $246,300
Event 59 ($400 NLH): Steve Karp – $10,770
Event 60 ($1K 6-Max PLO): Renan Maciel – $24,675
Event 61 ($300 Bounty NLH): Raminder Singh – $6,730

Event 61: Last Trophy

$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

We are closing out the 2024 SHRPO schedule with a fun tournament at 5p. It is a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty tournament that will juice the action all day long.

They’ll start with huge 40K stacks and the first eight levels last 15 minutes, increasing to 20 minutes after that for the duration. Late registration is available until the start of Level 12 at 8:30 pm and they may re-enter as often as they wish during that time.

  • Players begin with 40,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-8 last 15 minutes; Levels 9+ last 20 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 12 (8:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 61 Structure Sheet

Event 57: Prize Pool and Payouts with $5,970 to PLO8 Champ

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 57
$400 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries:  49
Prize Pool:  $16,170
August 13, 2024

Registration closed for the $400 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha 8 tournament with 49 entries creating a prize pool worth $16,170. The last seven spots will be paid with $730 for a min-cash and $5,970 up top for the Event 57 champ.

1st: $5,970 + SHRPO trophy
2nd: $3,560
3rd: $2,185
4th: $1,540
5th: $1,215
6th: $970
7th: $730

Event 58: Guarantee Long Gone

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Entries:  73

Filipp Khavin

The popular $10K one-day trophy event is cruising along with a big crowd of tough players having a lot of fun. Plenty of laughs and jokes and smiles.

With 73 entries, the $500,000 is in the rearview mirror and the prize pool is nearly $700,000 with registration open until 6:15 pm.

A few friends in the group include Filipp Khavin, Jake Ferro, Alex Foxen, Darren Elias, Jeremy Becker, Erik Seidel, Jonathan Tamayo, Kristen Foxen, Joe Serock, and Nitis Udornpim (doing his share of the laughs).

Jake Ferro (left) and Alex Foxen (right)
Darren Elias (left) and Jeremy Becker (right)

Championship: Tyler Montoya – 6th Place ($133,000)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 865

Tyler Montoya

Action folded to Tyler Montoya in the cutoff and he moved all in for 1,275,000. Clemen Deng called on the button and the blinds folded.

Deng: KsKd
Montoya: 8s8h

Montoya ran into a monster and could not find a save on the AcJc2h6c7c board to exit in sixth place.

Clemen Deng – 8,850,000 (59 bb)
Tyler Montoya – Eliminated in 6th Place ($133,000)

With five players remaining from a field of 865, the average chip stack is around 8,650,000 (58 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $175,000 each.

Event 50 ($3K NLHE): Counts on Break

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,654,900  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 16:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 67

The six remaining players return to action and Jim Collopy has more than half of the chips in play.

Seat 1: Steven Miller – 570,000 (19 bb)
Seat 2: Christian Harder – 480,000 (16 bb)
Seat 3: Jim Collopy – 4,440,000 (148 bb)
Seat 4: Kevin Ordet – 510,000 (17 bb)
Seat 5: Trace Henderson – 1,450,000 (48 bb)
Seat 6: Nicholas Seward – 625,000 (21 bb)

1st: $190,800 + SHRPO trophy
2nd: $128,000
3rd: $95,000
4th: $71,000
5th: $54,000
6th: $41,000

7th: Bruce Russell – $31,500
8th: Myles Murray – $24,400
9th: Manny Amaro – $19,200

Event 60: One Last Omaha

$1,100 Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante

We have one, last Omaha tournament on the SHRPO schedule and it kicks off at 2 pm. $1,100 Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha to keep the action moving.

Players start with 20,000 deep stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and re-entries available until the start of Level 9 at 6:30 pm.

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 60 Structure Sheet

Event 59: Bankroll-Friendly Deep Stack

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

If you’d rather not put $10,000 up for a Deep Stack tournament, we have something lower for other bankrolls. Starting at 1 pm, SHRPO Event 59 is a $400 Deep Stack with tons of value and a trophy at the end.

Players sits with 20K deep stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 5:30 pm.

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (5:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 59 Structure Sheet

Event 58: One Day $10K

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Poker Cards and Chips

As tradition requires, we always throw one last big buy-in tournament on the final day of the series. Serious money awarded for one day’s work. Event 58 is the one for this series with a $10,000 buy-in Deep Stack with a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Players start with 20,000 in their stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 11 at 6:15 pm following the 45-minute dinner break.

  • $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 11 (6:15pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 58 Structure Sheet

Big 4 Lineups

We have a busy day on deck in the Grand Ballroom. The last ten trophies of the series, including those awarded in the Big 4 events, are going home with some talented players.

The SHRPO Championship returns at noon to play its final table on the Gorilla Gaming live-stream table while the Big 4 High Roller, $3,000 Deep Stack, and $1,100 Deep Stack restart at 1 pm.

The High Roller and $3K are down to their final tables, while the $1,100 returns with 26 players.

Here’s a look at all four lineups coming back. We will provide as much coverage as physically (and mentally) possible.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 865

Seat 1.  Clemen Deng  –  14,700,000  (118 bb)
Seat 2.  Paul Snead  –  7,325,000  (59 bb)
Seat 3.  Brandon Kessous  –  4,425,000  (35 bb)
Seat 4.  Sterling Savill  –  2,300,000  (18 bb)
Seat 5.  Jack Thu  –  4,975,000  (40 bb)
Seat 6.  Loni Hui  –  4,450,000  (36 bb)
Seat 7.  Billy Pilossoph  –  2,850,000  (23 bb)
Seat 8.  Tyler Montoya  –  2,200,000  (18 bb)

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,654,900  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 15:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 67

Seat 1:  Brandon Wittmeyer  –  228,000  (9 bb)
Seat 2:  Brandon Wilson  –  956,000  (38 bb)
Seat 3:  Bryn Kenney  –  894,000  (36 bb)
Seat 4:  Jonathan Jaffe  –  550,000  (22 bb)
Seat 5:  Darren Elias  –  381,000  (15 bb)
Seat 6:  Alex Foxen  –  2,946,000  (118 bb)
Seat 7:  Dan Sepiol  –  368,000  (15 bb)
Seat 8:  Brock Wilson  –  171,000  (7 bb)
Seat 9:  Daniel Rezaei  –  202,000  (8 bb)

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 323

Seat 1: Manny Amaro – 485,000 (19 bb)
Seat 2: Myles Mullaly – 770,000 (30 bb)
Seat 3: Steven Miller – 855,000 (34 bb)
Seat 4: Christian Harder – 585,000 (23 bb)
Seat 5: Jim Collopy – 2,105,000 (84 bb)
Seat 6: Kevin Ordet – 550,000 (22 bb)
Seat 7: Bruce Russell – 1,000,000 (40 bb)
Seat 8: Trace Henderson – 805,000 (32 bb)
Seat 9: Nicholas Seward – 930,000 (37 bb)

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 504

Table 1
Seat 1:  Carl Pipitone  –  75,000  (5 bb)
Seat 2:  Jason Hickey  –  525,000  (35 bb)
Seat 3:  Paul Balzano  –  560,000  (37 bb)
Seat 4:  David Jackson  –  330,000  (22 bb)
Seat 5:  Mark Pukhov  –  280,000  (19 bb)
Seat 6:  Aaron Massey  –  195,000  (13 bb)
Seat 7:  Rasta Mansour  –  880,000  (59 bb)
Seat 8:  Caleb Powell  –  690,000  (46 bb)
Seat 9:  Harrison Ashdown  –  310,000  (21 bb)

Table 2
Seat 1:  T.K. Miles  –  440,000  (29 bb)
Seat 2:  Paul Fisher  –  125,000  (8 bb)
Seat 3:  Adam Levy  –  490,000  (33 bb)
Seat 4:  Jean Gaspard  –  510,000  (34 bb)
Seat 5:  Cameron Storto  –  420,000  (28 bb)
Seat 6:  Salim Joseph Salem  –  530,000  (35 bb)
Seat 7:  Earl Bernard  –  345,000  (23 bb)
Seat 8:  Joseph Chase  –  100,000  (7 bb)
Seat 9:  Juan Mubarak –  230,000  (15 bb)

Table 3
Seat 1:
Seat 2:  Jose Andres Fernandez  –  610,000  (41 bb)
Seat 3:  Benjamin Moschel  –  395,000  (26 bb)
Seat 4:  John Conkright  –  220,000  (15 bb)
Seat 5:  Shannon Shorr  –  575,000  (38 bb)
Seat 6:  Gabriel Casals  –  500,000  (33 bb)
Seat 7:  Saber Salum Penayo  –  560,000  (37 bb)
Seat 8:  Claudio Piedrabuena  –  65,000  (4 bb)
Seat 9:  Maria Lampropoulou  –  130,000  (9 bb)