$2,200 Five-Card Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  15,000/30,000
Players Remaining:  2 of 115

Nicholas Nieto was all in holding under the gun, and Esther Taylor had him covered with in the hole from the small blind.

The board was dealt , and Nieto was eliminated in third place, good for $25,070. Taylor stacked up 1.7 million after collecting the pot.

Esther Taylor – 1,700,000 (56 bb)
Nicholas Nieto – Eliminated  in Third Place ($25,070) 

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 39
$1,100 Big 4 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  563
Prize Pool:  $563,000
August 8-9, 2022

Event 39 of the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was the $1,100 Big 4 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). The tournament drew 563 entries, generating a prize pool of $563,000. Taking it down was Ivan Ruban, winning outright for $107,125.

“It feels good to win this tournament,” said Ruban afterward. “I hope to do it again soon.”

Ruban finished Day 1 on top of the chip counts by a healthy margin of 35 big blinds, leading the 17 players who returned on Day 2. He coasted to the final table, and once there stayed out of the way for the most part as players began to fall.

With four players remaining, Ruban picked up pocket aces in back-to-back hands, doubling up into a commanding chip lead thanks to a set-over-set showdown. He then added to it by eliminating Gary Gelman in fourth place moments later.

Ruban began heads-up play against 2013 SHRPO champion Blair Hinkle with nearly a 4:1 chip lead and closed it out after making a full house in a limped pot, earning the outright victory.

Ruban, a native of Moscow, Russia, recently moved to South Florida and has registered several cashes at the Seminole Hard Rock in those few months. This marks his second-largest live career tournament score and pushes him past the $420,000 mark in total live earnings according to the Hendon Mob poker database.

$2,200 Five-Card Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  15,000/30,000
Players Remaining:  3 of 115

All the cards except Andrei Mitsiuk’s were out on the table, and he was all in from the big blind, and Esther Taylor had him covered holding on the cutoff.

The final board read , and Mitsiuk was eliminated in fourth place, good for $16,100. Taylor stacked up 1.48 million after collecting the pot.

Esther Taylor – 1,480,000 (39 bb)
Andrei Mitsiuk – Eliminated in Fourth Place ($16,100) 

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 105

Nolan King slowly increased his lead over Sean Winter, and these were the stack sizes heading into the final hand:

Nolan King  –  6,200,000  (62 bb)
Sean Winter  –  4,300,000  (43 bb)

Sean Winter raised to 250,000, and Nolan King called.

The flop came , King checked, Winter bet 200,000, and King check-raised to 800,000. Winter thought for a while before he moved all in for 4,050,000.

King quickly called with for a pair of sixes with a spade flush draw. Winter turned over for two pair, nines and sixes, and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and King finished with a spade flush to win the pot — and the $25,500 Big 4 High Roller — with a seven-high flush.

Sean Winter finished as the runner-up, earning $505,700.

Congratulations to Nolan King!

1st:  Nolan King  –  $713,190 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  Sean Winter  –  $505,700
3rd:  Arian Stolt  –  $319,000
4th:  James Carroll  –  $217,900
5th:  Taylor Wilson  –  $140,050
6th:  David Peters  –  $103,740
7th:  Chad Eveslage  –  $85,585
8th:  Dylan Linde  –  $72,615
9th:  Michael Duek  –  $70,025
10th:  Darren Elias  –  $67,430
11th:  Taylor Von Kriegenbergh  –  $64,840
12th:  Joseph Cheong  –  $62,255
13th:  Asher Conniff  –  $59,650
14th:  Ignacio Moron  –  $57,055
15th:  Joey Weissman  –  $54,645

Stay tuned for a recap of this final table, which will be posted later tonight.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 31:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 1,110

Raul Hernandez opened to 550,000 from under the gun and Sergio Aido defended his big blind to see the flop. Aido checked, Hernandez bet 400,000 and Aido check-raised all in. Hernandez had the shortest stack and called at risk for 1,900,000.

Aido:
Hernandez:

Hernandez was ahead preflop but Aido paired his queen to take the lead. The board finished with the turn and river to send the local favorite out in fifth place.

Sergio Aido – 12,975,000 (52 bb)
Raul Hernandez – Eliminated in 5th Place ($231,060)

$1,100 Big 4 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 563

Blair Hinkle limped on the button and Ivan Ruban checked his option in the big blind.

They checked to the turn of a board where Hinkle bet 225,000. Ruban check-raised to 675,000 and Hinkle called.

The river was the , Ruban shoved for effectively 1,700,000, and Hinkle thought for a bit before he called with for eights and fours.

Ruban tabled for a full house, fours full of eights, to win the pot and the $1,100 Big 4 No-Limit Hold’em event outright for $107,125.

Blair Hinkle, the original SHRPO champion, finished runner-up for $73,425.

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 105

Sean Winter raised, Nolan King reraised to 500,000, and Winter called.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , King bet 500,000, and Winter called.

The river card was the , and both players checked. King showed to win the pot with two pair, kings and fours, and take the lead heads-up.

Nolan King  –  5,650,000  (57 bb)
Sean Winter  –  4,850,000  (49 bb)

1st:  $713,190 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $505,700

$1,100 Big 4 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 563

After a chop and a double, George Dolofan raised all in for 225,000 from the button. Ivan Ruban called in the small blind and Blair Hinkle called in the big blind.

They checked to the river of a board where Hinkle isolated the pot with a bet and showed for sevens and deuces, besting Dolofan’s .

Dolofan finished in third place for $48,500.

Ivan Ruban  –  8,900,000  (89 bb)
Blair Hinkle  –  2,350,000  (24 bb)
George Dolofan  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($48,500)

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 105

Level 22 came to an end, and the players took a 15-minute break. When they return, the blinds will be 50,000-100,000 with a 100,000 ante.

Here are the official chip counts from the break, followed by the prizepool:

Sean Winter  –  6,050,000  (61 bb)
Nolan King  –  4,450,000  (45 bb)

1st:  $713,190 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $505,700

$2,200 Five-Card Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  15,000/25,000
Players Remaining:  4 of 115

Daniel Navarrete got all in preflop on a short stack from the big blind, and Andrei Mitsiuk had him covered from the small blind. The two players cards:

Mitsiuk:
Navarrete:

Board:

Navarrete was eliminated in fifth place, good for $12,190, and Mitsiuk stacked up 520,000 after collecting the pot thanks to the better straight.

Andrei Mitsiuk – 520,000 (32 bb)
Daniel Navarrete – Eliminated in Fifth Place ($12,190)