2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 17
$1,100 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  137
Prize Pool:  $132,890
August 1 – 2, 2022

Registration closed for the two-day $1,100 Seniors 50+ tournament with 137 entries creating a prize pool worth $132,890. The last 18 players will make the money with $2,425 for a min-cash and $36,670 plus the SHRPO trophy set aside for the winner.

1st: $36,670 + SHRPO trophy
2nd: $23,390
3rd: $13,885
4th: $8,375
5th: $6,515
6th: $5,450
7th: $4,720
8th: $4,195
9th-10th: $3,715
11th-12th: $3,255
13th-15th: $2,825
16th-18th: $2,425

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36:  250,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 7,703

Raffaello Locatelli opened to 1,200,000 from the cutoff and Tommy Morgado three-bet to 2,500,000 from the small blind. Scott Livingston folded his big, Locatelli moved all in, and Morgado quickly called.

“You have aces?” Locatelli asked.

He did.

Morgado:
Locatelli:

A cooler for Locatelli and Morgado won the pot when the board ran out . Locatelli thought he was eliminated by Morgado was the player at risk for 8,550,000.

Tommy Morgado – 18,100,000 (36 bb)
Raffaello Locatelli – 1,775,000 (4 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36:  250,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 7,703

Action folded to Vinny Monteiro on the button, he raised to 1,100,000 and the blinds called. The flop came , Hossein Pezeshkan checked in the small blind, Corel Theuma checked from the big, and Monteiro continued for 1,500,000.

Pezeshka check-raised all in for 10,675,000 to get a fold from Theuma. Monteiro thought for a few minutes and called to put Pezeshka at risk.

Pezeshkan:
Monteiro:

Monteiro flopped an open-ended straight flush draw but Pezeshkan was ahead with the paired nine with a bigger flush draw. The turn and river finished the board to give Pezeshkan a huge double.

Hossein Pezeshkan – 24,150,000 (48 bb)
Vinny Monteiro – 5,250,000 (11 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36:  250,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 7,703

In a battle of the blinds and raises, Michael Jagroo called all in at risk from the small blind, and Nicholas Carballo had him at risk.

Jagroo:
Carballo:

Jagroo’s hand was dominated; he caught a gutshot on the turn, and an open-ended straight draw on the turn. He missed it all on the river to go out in 13th place.

Nicholas Carballo – 24,200,000 (48 bb)
Michael Jagroo – Eliminated in 13th Place ($13,981)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 7,703

Vinny Monteiro opened to 1,000,000 from middle position and Tony Adib moved all in for 3,200,000 from the hijack. It folded back around to Monteiro, he thought for a moment, and called with the much bigger stack.

Monteiro:
Adib:

Adib was ahead but had two suited live cards to dodge. Monteiro nailed the when he flopped the nut flush and Adib was gone after the turn and river.

Vinny Monteiro – 15,850,000 (40 bb)
Tony Abid – Eliminated in 15th Place ($13,981)

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

Flight C of the $600 Pot Limit Omaha tournament gets underway at 5 pm in the Grand Ballroom and the tournament has already smashed its $100,000 guarantee. They will build it up this evening until we have a nice big prize pool for our Omaha lover.

Players sit down to 20,000 deep stacks and Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, going up to 40 at the start of Day 2. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 9:30 pm and players may re-enter as often as needed if they bust.

Flight C will play down to the last 12.5% of the field and survivors will return tomorrow for Day 2 at 2 pm already in the money.

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 15 Structure Sheet

$1,100 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 262

With the board out to the turn and reading , Francisco Pardo and Long Nguyen checked and Yuval Bronshtein moved all in for 39,000 from the button. Pardo called and Nguyen folded.

Pardo:
Bronshtein:

Bronshtein was ahead with one card to come and needed to fade a gutshot and over card. Pardo got there with the river giving him a Broadway straight to send our seven-time champ out.

After Bronshtein was eliminated, blinds are up to 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante and the average stack is about 187,000 (31 bb).

Francisco Pardo – 210,000 (35 bb)

29th: Yuval Bronshtein – $2,100
30th: Andrew Dudley – $2,100
31st: Vadim Shlez – $1,950
32nd: Steven Karp – $1,950
33rd: Aaron Flores – $1,950

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

You can get your Big Stack action all day long with three flights running non-stop. The second of three gets underway at 3 pm with a $200 buy-in and $200,000 guarantee.

Event 18 players start with 15,000 big stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 7 at 6:30 pm with unlimited re-entries available during that time. Flight B will continue into the evening and end when 10% of the field remains. Survivors will bag their chips for a Day 2 return on Wednesday at 2 pm.

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (6:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
• Event 18 Structure Sheet

$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  150/300 Limits

We’re going big with the H.O.R.S.E. tournament this afternoon at 3 pm with a $600 buy-in and slow, deep two-day structure. You’ll have to show skills in five game varieties to walk away with this trophy.

Players start with 15,000 big stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 7:30 pm. Event 19 will continue playing this evening until only nine players remain and they return to play the final table tomorrow at 1 pm.

• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (7:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when nine players remain
• Event 19 Structure Sheet

$1,100 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  33 of 262

We anticipated a long process to get this tough field into the money, but it took only 10 minutes to get there. Jake Schwartz dropped out during one of the first hands and David Meyerson followed soon after.

While Meyerson was going out, Ryan Hogan was in a big hand against Mor Zucker. Two of the big stacks coming back.

The flop was out and reading . Zucker bet 25,000 and Hogan min-clicked back to 50,000. Zucker moved all in with the bigger stack and Hogan contemplated for approximately 150,000.

“I’ll show if you fold,” Zucker said and that seemed to seal the deal. Hogan called, flipped over , but Zucker was ahead with .

The turn and river finished the board and Hogan was a surprise elimination early on Day 2 on the bubble.

Mor Zucker – 476,000 (95 bb)