$600 Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 2: 100/100 with a 100 ante Entries: 96
Kevin Blewitt
Kevin Blewitt is back in the Event Center less than 24 hours after picking up a nice little payday. He is a regular at our sister property in Tampa but yesterday in Hollywood is where he earned his biggest single cash when he finished second out of 3,229 entries in the opening event of the series. Blewitt took home $176,335 in a six-way deal, a great result as we get closer to Big 4 weekend.
He is among the 96 early entries today and Event 11 is more than halfway towards its $100,000 guaranteed prize pool.
It will be another busy day in the Event Center with four new tournaments, each awarding a trophy later this evening. We are kicking things off with a $600 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament with a six-max format and $100,000 guaranteed prize pool.
The short-handed players will sit down 15,000 stacks and 30-minute levels all day long. Late registration is open until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm but players are limited to a single re-entry if they bust the first. Since this is a one-day tournament, we will crown our six-max champion before too long.
Cards fly at 11 am and we will bring you all the action.
$100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/single re-entry available until start of Level 9
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 6 $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed Entries: 106 Prize Pool: $108,650 Bounty Prize Pool: $53,000 August 4-5, 2019
A.J. Gambino, Purple Chip Bounty Champion
The $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty had the biggest buy-in of the series to date and the 106-entry field easily surpassed its $100,000 Guarantee. The two-day tournament was dominated by A.J. Gambino and he walked away with the title along with $32,605.
Event 6 had a regular prize pool worth $108,650 while the bounty prize pool was $53,000. The last 14 spots were paid out and they burst the money bubble late on Day 1.
During that time, Gambino ran up a big stack with little trouble.
“Day 1 was very smooth,” Gambino commented. “One small hiccup for a big stack then I got it right back.”
“I just ran really well and got a lot of bounties,” he continued. “Had the best of it a lot.”
Day 1 came to an end after Level 16 and Gambino had a huge lead over the other six players advancing to Day 2. His stack had a three-to-one lead on second place Carlos Guerrero and he wielded it well.
Adam Zeltser and Guerrero were two quick eliminations and they were followed by Event 1 winner David Levi. Arthur Gavrilov went out in fourth place to leave them three-handed on the first break and that is as far as the tournament progressed.
Gambino had extended his lead and held 72% of the chips, enough information to prompt a chop discussion between Scott Zakheim and Paul Domb (the other two remaining players) during the break. They decided to evenly split second and third place money leaving the full first place amount for Gambino plus the eight bounties he collected. It was an easy decision for the chip leader and he locked up the win right there. All three players agreed to each keep their $500 bounty and the tournament was complete.
“That’s a first for me,” Gambino laughed when asked about the deal.
It was a dominant performance that saw the South Florida player add a major SHRP title to his two $1,100 Big Slick wins from 2017 and this past May.
Gambino is a 12-year poker professional and briefly moved to Canada to play online poker after Black Friday. He returned to Florida and calls the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood Poker Room his home.
Event 6 results:
1st: A.J. Gambino – $32,605 + SHRPO trophy * 2nd: Scott Zakheim – $16,080 * 3rd: Paul Domb – $16,080 * 4th: Arthur Gavrilov – $7,875 5th: David Levi – $6,085 6th: Carlos Guerrero – $4,995 7th: Adam Zeltser – $4,235 8th: Alexander Gofman – $3,695 9th: Scott Robbins – $3,260 10th: Ci Zhou – $2,880 11th: Ronit Chamani – $2,880 12th: Haim Toorgeman – $2,880 13th: Hans Taylor – $2,550 14th: Tyler Brown – $2,550 * – denotes results of a three-way deal
The busy Monday schedule wraps things up this evening with a small buy-in tournament that will pay out some big money and prizes. Event 10 is a $150 buy-in one-day Big Stack NLH tournament with a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool and a bonus at the end.
In addition to the prize pool money, we are adding a $5,250 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship seat to first place. A lot of value for not a lot of cash.
Players will start with 15K stacks and all levels will last 20 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 9:10 pm and they will begin playing down from that point.
Someone is going to be very happy when they walk away with the trophy, title, and SHRPO Championship seat in the early morning hours.
$30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
$5,250 SHRPO Championship seat ADDED to 1st place
Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
$400 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 10: 500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante Players Remaining: 72 of 256
The great turnout this series continued with the Black Chip Bounty. The tournament drew 256 entries to put $61,440 in the regular prize pool and $25,600 in the bounty prize pool. A clear jump over the $50,000 Guarantee.
The last 32 places will get paid, a min-cash will take home $425 but they all want the $13,910 first-place money.
2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 8 $400 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed Entries: 256 Prize Pool: $61,440 Bounty Prize Pool: $25,600 August 5, 2019
$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with 1,500 ante Players Remaining: 36 of 184
Registration closed on the Seniors Event with 184 entries, a significant increase in turnout from last summer’s 147. They created a prize pool worth $62,560 and the last 23 spots will be paid out.
A min-cash will earn $595 while the Seniors Event champion will cash out $15,985 and take home the SHRPO trophy.
2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 7 $400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry) Entries: 184 Prize Pool: $62,560 August 5, 2019
$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 106
A.J. Gambino
The three remaining players went on break after Arthur Gavrilov was eliminated and no more hands were dealt.
Scott Zakheim and Paul Domb looked at the counts before deciding to split second and third place money straight down the middle while giving A.J. Gambino full first-place money. Here are the counts at the time and the final payouts with each keeping their $500 bounty:
A.J. Gambino – 1,530,000 (153 bb) Scott Zakheim – 310,000 (31 bb) Paul Domb – 280,000 (28 bb)
1st: A.J. Gambino – $32,605 + SHRPO trophy 2nd: Scott Zakheim – $16,080 3rd: Paul Domb – $16,080
Gambino picked up the win, SHRPO trophy, and $32,605 for his two days of work.
$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 106
Arthur Gavrilov
Arthur Gavrilov open-shoved for 116,000 in the small blind and Scott Zakheim called from the big blind with the bigger stack.
Zakheim: Gavrilov:
Gavrilov had two live cards to double but missed the board. Zakheim’s ace played and Garvilov was sent out in third place shortly before the first break. It was a spinup for Gavrilov who spent most of the tournament in the 10 big blind range.
Scott Zakheim – 310,000 (39 bb) Arthur Gavrilov – Eliminated in 4th Place ($7,875)
$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry) Structure Level 1: 25/50
South Florida loves its Omaha tournaments and we like to make South Florida happy. So there are five various Omaha tournaments on the schedule this series (plus H.O.R.S.E.) for plenty of four-card action and the turnouts have been great.
Today at 3 pm we have Event 9 with a $400 Pot Limit Omaha game and we expect to see some of the best try to take home that trophy later this evening.
Entrants will sit down to 12,000 starting stacks and play 30-minute levels all day long. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 7:30 pm. This is a one-day tournament and we will have our next SHRPO Omaha champion later this evening.
Due to the expected crowds throughout the day, Event 9 will play out in Salon East across the hallway from the Event Center.
Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
board. Zakheim’s ace played and Garvilov was sent out in third place shortly before the first break. It was a spinup for Gavrilov who spent most of the tournament in the 10 big blind range.