John Binns Wins His Fifth SHRP Major Series Trophy in Event 19 Heads-Up Deal

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 19
$400 Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  180
Prize Pool:  $42,300
Bounty Prize Pool:  $18,000
July 31, 2023

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 19 Champion John Binns

Event 19 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $400 Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 180 entries produced a prize pool of $42,300, with an additional $18,000 set aside for bounties.

A heads-up deal was reached between the final two players, and as the chip leader, it was John Binns who was the official winner for $9,810. This marked Binns’ fifth SHRP major series trophy victory.

Here are Binns’ five SHRP major series trophy victories:

2017 RRPO:  $300 Omaha 8  ($6,605)
2021 RRPO:  $400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8  ($9,000)
2022 Showdown:  $400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8  ($10,720)
2022 Showdown:  $600 Omaha 8  ($14,540)
2023 SHRPO:  $400 NLH Black Chip Bounty  ($9,810)

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1JohnBinns$9,810*
2RonFetsch$8,000*
3GrantLasseter$4,335
4YuanYu$2,640
5MinZhang$2,040
6DarrylWettlaufer$1,690
7LaurenceGoldstein$1,440
8MichaelForca$1,265
9ClydeMaliauka$1,100
10KellySlay$1,100
11MaxtonGoncalves$935
12AlexanderRoth$935
13DericWilliams$785
14MarcoLineberry$785
15PatrickSchortemeyer$785
16AndreKreutzer$660
17HuicunQiao$660
18RicardoEyzaguirre$660
19MaheshwarManthani$535
20AlfredoFernandez$535
21MichaelJohnson$535
22KalidAlabsi$535
23WilliamClay$535

*denotes heads-up deal