$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)

1st:  $50,715 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $34,500
3rd:  $22,860
4th:  $15,900
5th:  $12,200
6th:  $10,170
7th:  $8,465

8th:  James Calderaro  –  $6,760
9th:  Ryan Roussel  –  $5,070

$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

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

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.

“I love playing here,” said Hui. “It’s the best.”

Final Results:

$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

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.

$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: 9 of 500

Seat 1:  Malachi West  –  900,000  (36 bb)
Seat 2:  Carlos Guerrero  –  1,750,000  (70 bb)
Seat 3:  Duff Charette  –  1,650,000  (66 bb)
Seat 4:  Ryan Roussel  –  95,000  (4 bb)
Seat 5:  Matty Bretzfield  –  1,200,000  (48 bb)
Seat 6:  James Calderaro  –  295,000  (12 bb)
Seat 7:  Dan Van Dyke  –  1,130,000  (45 bb)
Seat 8:  Steven Steinmetz  –  1,900,000  (76 bb)
Seat 9:  Stephen Johnson  –  880,000  (35 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 500 entries, the average stack is about 1,110,000  (44 bb).

1st:  $50,715 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $34,500
3rd:  $22,860
4th:  $15,900
5th:  $12,200
6th:  $10,170
7th:  $8,465
8th:  $6,760
9th:  $5,070

Results Thus Far

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 22
$1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Single Re-Entry)
Entries:  84
Prize Pool:  $81,480
August 2-3, 2022

Registration closed for the $1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Single Re-Entry) tournament with 84 entries, creating a prize pool of $81,480. The final 11 players make the money, with a min-cash set at $2,400.

Up top for the winner is $25,875 plus the SHRPO trophy.

1st:  $25,875 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $15,890
3rd:  $9,985
4th:  $6,680
5th:  $5,095
6th:  $4,075
7th:  $3,380
8th:  $2,850
9th-10th:  $2,625
11th:  $2,400

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Players Remaining:  151 of 1,500

Flight A:  337 Entries;  34 Advanced
Flight B:  420 Entries;  42 Advanced
Flight C:  354 Entries;  36 Advanced
Flight D:  389 Entries;  39 Advanced
Flight E:  In Progress
Flight F:  In Progress
Day 2:  Wednesday at 2 p.m.

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 500

After a series of raises, Steven Steinmetz was all in from early position for 1,245,000 with against Melad Marji in late position with .

The flop came , keeping Marji in the lead. However, the turn and river completed the board, giving Steinmetz a jack-high straight to score the massive double through Marji.

Steven Steinmetz  –  2,520,000  (168 bb)
Melad Marji  –  250,000  (17 bb)

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 17
$1,100 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  137
Prize Pool:  $132,890
August 1 – 2, 2022

The 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open series put two Seniors 50+ Events on the schedule and the $1,100 buy-in edition drew 137 entries for a huge turnout. Neil Blumenfield entered Day 2 with the chip lead and never let it go, finishing the tournament at the top spot and earning $31,670 after a heads-up deal.

“I just got hit by the deck,” Blumenfield said of his run. “I can’t believe how many big pairs I had in the first four hours and they all held.”

The players created a prize pool worth $32,890 with the last 18 players getting paid. They extended play at the end of Day 1 to burst the money to make sure everyone returning for Day 2 was in the money.

Blumenfield chipped up early in the tournament and came in the last day with the chip lead. Players dropped around him throughout Day 2, some with his assistance, until former WSOP Ladies Champ was eliminated in 10th place to send the remaining players to the final table.

Blumenfield rolled through the final table, with only one minor blip, and never relinquished the lead. When Mark Dickstein was eliminated in third place, Blumenfield and Emerson Ward quickly agreed to divide the remaining prize pool.

Ward earned $28,390 for his runner-up finish while Blumenfield took home $31,670 and his very first Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood trophy.

“I’ve been playing at the Hard Rock non-stop for seven years,” Blumenfield said. “And this is my first trophy. That’s pretty cool.”

“It’s the coolest win I’ve ever had. Not the coolest poker experience I’ve ever had though,” he laughed and the former WSOP November Niner did not have to explain.

“This place is home. It’s nice to win here,” Blumenfield said later. “This is the best place to play tournament poker, four big series a year and a ton of stuff in between. I love it.”

Results:

* – denotes results of a heads-up deal

$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  40,000/80,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 86

Phil Hui and Lazaro Rodriguez continued to battle, going back-and-forth a while, but with neither player catching much momentum.

Then Hui opened up a more than 2-to-1 chip lead during Stud Hi-Lo.

Phil Hui:  ()    ()
Lazaro Rodriguez:  ()    ()

3rd Street:  Both players put in 10,000 each.

4th Street:  Both players checked.

5th Street:  Hui checked, Rodriguez bet 80,000, and Hui check-raised to 160,000. Rodriguez called.

6th Street:  Hui bet 80,000, and Rodriguez tanked for a while before he called.

7th Street:  Hui bet 80,000, and Rodriguez tanked for a long time before he called, leaving himself just 9,000 behind.

Phil Hui:  ()  

Hui turned over three spades in the hole for a queen-high flush with no qualifying low. Rodriguez mucked, and Hui won the pot.

Phil Hui  –  1,277,000  (16 BB)
Lazaro Rodriguez  –  9,000  (0.1 BB)

Rodriguez was all in for the ante on the next hand, and won the pot to double up to 19,000. (Even though Rodriguez couldn’t complete the ante, Hui had to put in the full 10K.)

The next hand after that, Rodriguez was all in on 3rd street for what would be the final hand.

Phil Hui:  ()    ()
Lazaro Rodriguez:  ()    ()

Both players had straight draws on 4th street, and Rodriguez picked up a pair on 5th street and two pair on 6th street.

But Hui rivered a ten to win the pot for an ace-high straight, and Rodriguez finished with two pair, jacks and nines. Hui won the pot, the title, and the trophy.

Congratulations to Phil Hui!

1st:  Phil Hui  –  $14,460 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  Lazaro Rodriguez  –  $8,805
3rd:  Christina Hill  –  $5,475
4th:  Aaron Kupin  –  $3,700
5th:  Harrison Luba  –  $2,825
6th:  Scott Baumstein  –  $2,255
7th:  Michael Dreese  –  $1,875