$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 182

The $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH tournament reached the nine-handed final table with Brian Hastings holding a big lead but some tough players still in contention.

Seat 1: Soheb Porbandarwala – 630,000 (53 bb)
Seat 2: Josh Cranfill – 285,000 (24 bb)
Seat 3: John Gorsuch – 520,000 (43 bb)
Seat 4: Antonio Serrano – 180,000 (15 bb)
Seat 5: Alex Foxen – 162,000 (14 bb)
Seat 6: Adam Adler – 525,000 (44 bb)
Seat 7: Eric Afriat – 255,000 (21 bb)
Seat 8: Brian Hastings – 905,000 (75 bb)
Seat 9: Jayme Brashears – 235,000 (20 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $46,515 + RRPO Trophy
2nd: $31,000
3rd: $18,655
4th: $11,350
5th: $8,765
6th: $7,260
7th: $6,190
8th: $5,445
9th: $4,715

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Entries:  72

The $25K High Roller is up to 72 entries for a prize pool worth $1,778,400 and we see some new faces in this crowd.

This afternoon, Jason Mercier took a seat looking for his fourth Hollywood major title, three of which came in High Roller events. James Calderaro, Giuseppe Iadisernia, Stephen Song, and Joseph Cheong also joined the tournament. Iadisernia recently cashed out of the Championship in 49th place, and Cheong finished in fourth place at the PLO High Roller final table.

Mercier is trying to match the recent accomplishments of his wife, Natasha. She returned to tournament poker with a third-place finish in the $1,100 Shootout and followed that up with a 130th place in the RRPO Championship (out of 1,541).

2022 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 36
$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  119
Prize Pool:  $115,430
November 28-29, 2022

Registration closed for the $1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em two-day event with 119 entries turning the $100,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $115,430. The last 15 spots will make the money with $2,600 for a min-cash and $33,640 plus the trophy to the winner.

1st: $33,640 + RRPO trophy
2nd: $21,065
3rd: $12,580
4th: $8,080
5th: $6,120
6th: $5,080
7th: $4,385
8th: $3,870
9th-10th: $3,405
11th-12th: $3,000
13th-15th: $2,600

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight B Entries:  280

Registration closed for Flight B of the $600 No-Limit Hold’em tournament with 280 entries putting the combined total at 469. The $200,000 guarantee was surpassed and the prize pool sits at $243,880 with the last flight starting at 5 pm.

Flight B will play down to the last 35 players and they will advance to Day 2 tomorrow at 1 pm in the money.

$5,000 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The clock is running out on the RRPO series and we have only two more Omaha tournaments on the schedule. Event 39 gets underway at 4 pm with a $5,000 buy-in Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha tournament.

Players start with 20K deep stacks and the first 12 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 minutes from Level 13 until the end. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 8:55 pm following the 40-minute dinner break.

Event 39 will play 15 levels and anyone still with chips will bag up for the night to return tomorrow at 2 pm to finish it out.

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1-12 levels last 30 minutes; Levels 13+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (8:55pm)
• Day 1 will end after Level 15
• Event 39 Structure Sheet

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Entries:  50

The $25K High Roller surpassed the $1,000,000 guarantee before the first break and the prize pool reached $1.25 million after they came back.

More familiar faces include 2022 SHRPO champ Sergio Aido, Robbi Jade Lew, Jonathan Little, and Barry Hutter.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  56 of 1,541

Another group of eight was sent to the payout desk before the first break. Among them was five-time Hollywood major champ David Shmuel, going deep in a two-card game instead of his Omaha specialty.

Everyone is now guaranteed at least $14,200.

57th: Marcos Exterkotter – $12,450
58th: Kevin Eyster – $12,450
59th: David Shmuel – $12,450
60th: Jonathan Akiba – $12,450
61st: Miguel Capriles Cannizzaro – $12,450
62nd: Joshua Reichard – $12,450
63rd: Constantinos Psallidas – $12,450
64th: Stewart Chantler – $12,450

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 182

The $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty tournament blasted its $100,000 guarantee and 20 players survived to return for Day 2 this afternoon.

Adam Adler leads but some tough players are behind him, including Alex Foxen, Brian Hastings, Josh Cranfill, Roberto Bendeck, Eric Afriat, and John Gorsuch.

Cards go back in the air at 2 pm with everyone in the money and trying to bank the $46,515 top prize.

Table 1
Seat 1:  David Vacanti  –  26,000  (5 bb)
Seat 2:  Soheb Porbandarwala  –  217,000  (43 bb)
Seat 3:  Antonio Serrao  –  230,000  (46 bb)
Seat 4:  Maksim Lebedev  –  218,000  (44 bb)
Seat 5:
Seat 6:  Frank Lagodich  –  166,000  (33 bb)
Seat 7:  George Won  –  191,000  (38 bb)
Seat 8:
Seat 9:  Stanley Lee  –  86,000  (17 bb)

Table 2
Seat 1:  Alex Foxen  –  227,000  (45 bb)
Seat 2:  Jayme Brashears  –  106,000  (21 bb)
Seat 3:
Seat 4:
Seat 5:  Brian Hastings  – 147,000  (29 bb)
Seat 6:  Roberto Bendeck  –  212,000  (42 bb)
Seat 7:  Adam Adler  –  440,000  (88 bb)
Seat 8:  Gary Gelman  –  130,000  (26 bb)
Seat 9:

Table 3
Seat 1:  Eric Afriat  –  175,000  (35 bb)
Seat 2:
Seat 3:  Joel Gossett  –  76,000  (15 bb)
Seat 4:  Orlando Maldanado  –  155,000  (31 bb)
Seat 5:  Manny Tarich  –  41,000  (8 bb)
Seat 6:
Seat 7:  Joshua Cranfill  –  352,000  (70 bb)
Seat 8:  John Gorsuch  –  376,000  (75 bb)
Seat 9:  Ian Marderness  –  110,000  (22 bb)

1st:  $46,515 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $31,000
3rd:  $18,655
4th:  $11,350
5th:  $8,765
6th:  $7,260
7th:  $6,190
8th:  $5,445
9th-10th:  $4,715
11th-12th:  $4,005
13th-15th:  $3,365
16th-18th:  $2,820
19th-20th:  $2,275

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  58 of 1,541

There are a lot of WPT Championships at Table 6, including Darren Elias (four wins) and Anthony Zinno (three) and the two played a hand against each other.

Elias opened to 95,000 from under the gun, leaving a single 5K chip behind. Zinno raised to 425,000 from the cutoff to get folds back to Elias. He used one time chip after another until he called.

Elias:
Zinno:

Elias had kicker issues against the bigger ace but that didn’t matter after the board. Both players made two pair jacks and five with an ace kicker to chop the pot.

Darren Elias – 140,000 (5 bb)
Anthony Zinno – 565,000 (19 bb)

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 32

The $10K Pot-Limit Omaha tournament is down to the last six players, all in the money and shooting for the $121,600 top prize.

Damjan Radanov leads the field but any of the other five players are capable of taking the title. Cards go back in the air at 2 pm, and we will report results once they wrap up.

Seat 1:  Lautaro Guerra  –  440,000  (37 bb)
Seat 2:  Dylan Smith  –  322,000  (27 bb)
Seat 3:  Damjan Radanov  –  1,185,000  (99 bb)
Seat 4:  Joseph Cheong  –  752,000  (63 bb)
Seat 5:  Elliott Kampen  –  211,000  (18 bb)
Seat 6:  Daniel Farris  –  296,000  (25 bb)

1st:  $121,600 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $76,000
3rd:  $48,640
4th:  $33,440
5th:  $24,320