2022 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 13
$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  193
Prize Pool:  $187,210
November 20 – 21, 2022

Registration closed for the $1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em tournament with 193 entries smashing the $100,000 guarantee and creating a prize pool worth $187,210. The last 25 players will make the money with a min-cash worth $1,905 and the winner will receive $46,170 plus the RRPO trophy.

1st: $46,170 + RRPO trophy
2nd: $30,900
3rd: $21,030
4th: $14,695
5th: $10,525
6th: $7,725
7th-8th: $5,820
9th-10th: $4,500
11th-12th: $3,580
13th-14th: $2,925
15th-16th: $2,460
17th-18th: $2,130
19th-25th: $1,905

$600 Deep Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

We are closing out the busy day’s schedule with a fast one at 8 pm in the Grand Ballroom. Event 15 is a $600 buy-in Turbo that will award some nice money for a short amount of play.

Players will start with 20K deep stacks and all levels last 15 minutes for this one-day tournament. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:15 pm.

The tournament will move right along at a snappy pace and we’ll have another RRPO champ before too long.

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 15 Structure Sheet

2022 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 12
$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  515
Prize Pool:  $172,525
November 20, 2022

Registration closed for the $400 Deep Stack one-day tournament, and its 515 entries created a prize pool worth $172,525. More than three times the $50,000 plus some.

The last 65 players will make the money with a min-cash worth $625 and the top spot taking home $33,030 plus the RRPO trophy.

1st: $33,030 + RRPO trophy
2nd: $22,900
3rd: $15,115
4th: $10,545
5th: $8,100
6th: $6,735
7th: $5,600
8th: $4,470
9th-10th: $3,350
11th-12th: $2,790
13th-15th: $2,220
16th-18th: $1,870
19th-21st: $1,575
22nd-24th: $1,315
25th-27th: $1,130
28th-36th: $970
37th-45th: $830
46th-54th: $705
55th-65th: $625

$600 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Multi-flight tournaments are just for no-limit hold’em anymore. Today we kick off Event 14 at 5 pm with the first of three flights for a $600 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha tournament with a big $200,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Players start with 20,000 deep stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 minutes at the start of Day 2. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 9:30 pm.

Each of the three starting flights will play down to 12.5% of the field and those who survive will return on Tuesday at 2 pm for Day 2 in the money.

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Levels last 60 minutes when 27 players remain
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 14 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  227 of 6,134

After a middle position limp, Diego Fernandez moved all in for 295,000 from the button. Eddy Gibbs thought for a minute and shoved over the top from the small blind with his big stack to get folds from the big blind and the OG raiser.

Gibbs tabled and Fernandez wasn’t in a hurry to show his dominated . The dealer ran out the board to send Fernandez out and Gibbs up to 2,000,000 on the dot.

Eddy Gibbs – 2,000,000 (133 bb)
Diego Fernandez – Eliminated in 228th Place ($1,165)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  260 of 6,134

The second break came to an end and we have a new leader in the room. Lydia Waltonbaugh sits at the top with 1,595,000 to set the pace as we get deeper in the day. Boris Kravets is also moving up the charts with 1,325,000 followed by another big group just over one million.

Blinds are up to 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante and the average stack is about 470,000 (31 bb).

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Going a little bigger at 4 pm in the Grand Ballroom with a $1,100 Six-Max tournament that features a $100,000 guarantee and two-day structure.

Players sit down to 20K deep stacks and the first 12 levels last 30 minutes each, increasing to 40 minutes with Level 13. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 9 pm following a 45-minute dinner break.

Day 1 will end after Level 15, and survivors will return on Monday at 2 pm to find our champ.

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-12 last 30 minutes. Levels 13+ last 40 minutes each
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:00pm)
• Day 1 will end after Level 15
• Event 13 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  270 of 6,134

Tournament staff are sending the remaining Event 1 players on a 15-minute break after Level 20 to pull the 1K chips out of play and introduce the 100K chip into action.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  324 of 6,134

David Vurgait opened the action from the cutoff and Oniel McCalla moved all in for 141,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Vurgait called with the bigger stack.

Vurgait:
McCalla:

McCalla needed to catch an ace or some magic but missed the board to exit in 325th place.

David Vurgait – 480,000 (40 bb)
Oniel McCalla – Eliminated in 325th Place ($1,065)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  350 of 6,134

Back out among the tables, we noticed that David Dowdy was no longer over a million and down quite a bit to 260,000. It looks like most of the damage was done by Jerry Wong (who doubled his short stack earlier) and now leads with 1,130,000.

James Calderaro is also having a good time as players drop around him and up to 897,000 as the pay jumps increase.