$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 500
Steven Steinmetz
Dan Van Dyke raised the pot to 150,000 from the small blind, Steven Steinmetz repotted to 450,000 from the big blind, Van Dyke reraised all in for 1,165,000, and Steinmetz called.
Van Dyke: Steinmetz:
The board ran out , giving Van Dyke a wheel to double up.
Down to about 10 big blinds, Steinmetz was eliminated shortly thereafter.
Dan Van Dyke – 2,330,000 (47 bb) Steven Steinmetz – 580,000 (12 bb)
$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 of 500
Carlos Guerrero
Carlos Guerrero potted to 125,000 from UTG/hijack, Duff Charette repotted to 600,000 from the cutoff, and Guerrero called all in for about 590,000.
Guerrero: Charette:
The board came , giving Charette jacks full of nines to eliminate Guerrero in fifth place.
Duff Charette – 5,600,000 (112 bb) Carlos Guerrero – Eliminated in 5th Place ($12,200)
$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 of 500
Matty Bretzfield
Duff Charette raised to 125,000 on the button, Matty Bretzfield three-bet the pot from the small blind, Charette four-bet, and Bretzfield called all in for roughly 1,100,000.
Charette: Bretzfield:
The flop came , keeping Charette ahead with aces but giving Bretzfield a pair of kings with a lot of outs.
The turn was the , giving Bretzfield the lead with kings and nines.
The river was the , giving Charette a set of aces to eliminate Bretzfield in sixth place.
Duff Charette – 5,140,000 (129 bb) Matty Bretzfield – Eliminated in 6th Place ($10,170)
$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 500
Stephen Johnson
Steven Steinmetz raised to 125,000 from the cutoff, Stephen Johnson potted to 435,000 from the button, Steinmetz reraised, and Johnson called all in for about 700,000.
Steinmetz: Johnson:
The board came down , locking up for Steinmetz on the turn with a flush to eliminate Johnson in seventh place.
Steven Steinmetz – 1,950,000 (49 bb) Stephen Johnson – Eliminated in 7th Place ($8,465)
$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 of 500
Malachi West
Matty Bretzfield raised to 140,000 from under the gun, Steven Steinmetz called in the hijack, and Malachi West called on the button.
The flop was and action checked to West who committed his remaining 360,000-ish. Bretzfield folded and Steinmetz called with , trailing West’s for a set of sevens.
The turn was the , locking it up for West with seven-high straight.
Malachi West – 1,220,000 (31 bb) Steven Steinmetz – 1,070,000 (27 bb)
$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 of 500
Seat 1: Malachi West – 830,000 (21 bb) Seat 2: Carlos Guerrero – 710,000 (18 bb) Seat 3: Duff Charette – 3,355,000 (84 bb) Seat 4: Matty Bretzfield – 1,645,000 (41 bb) Seat 5: Dan Van Dyke – 575,000 (14 bb) Seat 6: Steven Steinmetz – 1,890,000 (47 bb) Seat 7: Stephen Johnson – 990,000 (25 bb)
$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 of 500
Dan Van Dyke
Steven Steinmetz raised from under the gun and Dan Van Dyke called from the big blind.
The flop was , Van Dyke bet the pot, Steinmetz raised, and Van Dyke called all in for 255,000.
Steinmetz: Van Dyke:
Steinmetz had a pair of kings, facing Van Dyke’s pair of jacks and flush draw.
The turn and river completed the board, giving Van Dyke jacks and sixes to win the pot and double up.
Dan Van Dyke – 700,000 (23 bb) Steven Steinmetz – 1,250,000 (42 bb)
2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 19 $600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry) Entries: 86 Prize Pool: $45,150 August 1-2, 2022
Event 19 Champion Phil Hui
Phil Hui is one of the winningest players in Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood history, but when he was down 10-to-1 in chips in Event 19 ($600 H.O.R.S.E.), it looked like he wouldn’t be winning another trophy today.
“Heads-up I got down to about two bets at one point,” said Hui. “So I felt like it was over then, but I ran hot in limit hold’em right after that last hand of Stud-8.”
The Stud-8 hand that knocked Hui down (click here for details) had both of them turning over two pair at showdown, but Lazaro Rodriguez’s nines up beat Hui’s sixes up. (Neither player made a low.)
That left Hui with two big bets as the game switched to limit Hold’em. Hui flopped two pair on the first hand of Hold’em to double up to four big bets. He then won the next two pots to reach seven big bets, and suddenly he was back in contention with some chips to work with.
A few hands later, Hui was dealt pocket aces (click here for details), and they held up with betting on every street to give Hui the lead.
They went thru all five games before returning to Stud-8.
Hui had more than a 2-to-1 chip lead when they played a pot to showdown, and Hui turned over a rivered flush to win the entire pot. (Hui didn’t have a low, and Rodriguez mucked.) That hand knocked Rodriguez all the way down to 1/10th of a big bet. (Click here for details.)
Rodriguez won the next hand to double up to 2/10ths of a big bet, but the hand after that would be the final showdown.
Rodriguez got it all in on third street, and both players picked up straight draws on fourth street. Rodriguez took the lead with a pair on fifth and two pair on sixth, but on seventh street, Hui caught a ten to complete his ace-high straight to knock out Rodriguez and win the title.
This is the fifth Seminole Hard Rock trophy for Hui, and the seventh for him and his wife Loni, who has two trophies of her own. They live nearby, and are regulars here for all the big tournament series.
$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 of 500
James Calderaro
Ryan Roussel raised all in for 80,000 from the hijack, James Calderaro reraised all in for about 250,000 from the button, and chip leader Steven Steinmetz called from the big blind to put both at risk.
Steinmetz: Calderaro: Roussel:
The board came , giving Steinmetz the nut flush to eliminate Caderaro in eighth place and Roussel in ninth place.
Steven Steinmetz – 2,200,000 (88 bb) James Calderaro – Eliminated in 8th Place ($6,760) Ryan Roussel – Eliminated in 9th Place ($5,070)
With seven players remaining from a field of 500 entries, the average stack is about 1,430,000 (57 bb). Everyone is guaranteed at least $8,465.
, giving Van Dyke a wheel to double up.
, giving Charette jacks full of nines to eliminate Guerrero in fifth place.
, keeping Charette ahead with aces but giving Bretzfield a pair of kings with a lot of outs.
for a set of sevens.
