Barak Zaken Wins Event 3 of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Outright for $12,545

2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 3
$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Freeze-Out)
Entries: 153
Prize Pool: $51,255
April 16, 2021

2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 3 Champion Barak Zaken

Event 3 of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $400 H.O.R.S.E. (Freeze-Out). A field of 153 players created a prize pool of $51,255 and the biggest H.O.R.S.E. tournament in any Seminole Hard Rock Poker major series.

After more than 14 hours of play it was Barak Zaken emerging victorious, winning outright for $12,545.

For Zaken, this marked his third mixed-game final table at a Seminole Hard Rock major, having previously finished third in a PLO8 event during the 2018 RRPO and sixth in a Big O event during the 2020 LHPO.

Those results were bested by Zaken tonight, winning after a lengthy heads-up duel that last nearly two hours.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1BarakZaken$12,545
2MichaelLee$8,260
3StevenRoth$5,970
4RobertLeff$4,355
5ThomasWilliamson$3,245
6GeorgeKraynak$2,470
7MichaelWang$1,925
8DustinBryan$1,450
9JasonRivkin$1,450
10ChadGallimore$1,115
11ChrisTryba$1,115
12AleksandrDenisov$1,115
13JordanChizick$900
14DonaldMaloney$900
15MichaelRosenberg$790
16ZhenCai$790
17HaroldMahaffey$715
18GregoryGillman$715
19RichardShtrax$715
20PhilipStickles$715