$2,650 SHRPO Big 4 Event 21 (Single Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Live Stream | Payouts Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 385
Jessica Dawley limped in on the button and Faraz Jaka raised to 200,000 out of the big blind. Dawley called.
The flop was . Jaka bet 175,000 and Dawley called. The turn was the and Jaka bet 450,000. Dawley called.
The river was the and both players checked. Jaka tabled and Dawley mucked her hand. Prior to this hand, Jaka won many smaller pots without showdown and has cut Dawley’s chip lead nearly in half.
$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry) $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream Level 30: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 809
Jordan Fisch
HAND #149 – Shalom Elharrar limped under the gun for 150,000, Jerry Robinson limped from the button, and Jordan Fisch moved all in from the small blind for 2,000,000. Sean Winter moved all in over the top bb for 18,625,000, and Elharrar and Robinson quickly fold.
Fisch turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Winter’s .
The board came — Fisch paired his eight on the flop, but improved no further. Winter won the pot with his pocket tens to eliminate Fisch in fourth place.
Seat 1. Jordan Fisch – Eliminated in 4th Place ($232,065) Seat 2. Sean Winter – 21,075,000 (141 bb) Seat 3. Shalom Elharrar – 4,950,000 (33 bb) Seat 4. Jerry Robinson – 6,350,000 (42 bb)
$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry) $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream Level 30: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 of 809
HAND #145 – Jerry Robinson raised from the button to 300,000, Jordan Fisch moved all in from the small blind for 1,325,000, and Robinson folded. Fisch took the pot.
HAND #146 – Jordan Fisch raised from the button, taking the blinds and ante.
HAND #147 – Shalom Elharrar completed the small blind to 150,000, and Jerry Robinson checked his option in the big blind. Both players checked to the river on a board of . Elharrar checked, Robinson bet 350,000, and Elharrar called. Robinson showed , but Elharrar turned over to win the pot with two pair, aces and threes.
HAND #148 – Sean Winter raised UTG/Cutoff to 300,000, and Jerry Robinson called from the small blind. Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Robinson checked, Winter bet 600,000, and Robinson folded. Winter took the pot.
$25,500 SHRPO Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry) $2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream Level 21: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante Player Remaining: 2 of 115
Shaun Deeb (left) versus Olivier Busquet (right)
Shaun Deeb limped his small blind, Olivier Busquet checked his big blind option, and the flop was . Deeb checked, Busquet bet 125,000 and Deeb check-raised to 400,000.
Busquet called, the turn was and Deeb announced all in. Busquet had 925,000 behind, thought about it for three minutes, and then called at risk.
Busquet: (pair of eights) Deeb: (pair of eights, better kicker)
Deeb was ahead and Busquet was sent out in third place after the .
Shaun Deeb – 7,390,000 (123 bb) Olivier Busquet – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($340,860)
$10,000 SHRPO NLH (Re-Entry) $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 13: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante Remaining Players: 26 of 117
Jeremy Ausmus
Familiar faces in the field that are still in the hunt to make the money include Noah Schwartz, James Carroll, Farid Jattin, Rainer Kempe, James Romero, Jeremy Ausmus, and Jim Collopy.
2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 22 $1,100 SHRPO Big 4 Event (Re-Entry) $500,000 Guaranteed Entries: 537 Prize Pool: $537,000 August 12-13, 2019
Keith Brennan
After a speedy final table, under five hours of play, Keith Brennan took down the Event 22 $1,100 SHRPO Big 4 No Limit Hold’em title. Brennan secured took the biggest piece of the $537,000 prize pool with his first place finish earning $104,035 as well as a prestigious guitar pick trophy.
Event 22 boasted a field of 537 entries surpassing the $500,000 guarantee. The top 68 took home at least $1,480 for their efforts. The starting field contained the usual suspects such as Benjamin Zamani, Marvin Rettenmaier, Mohsin Charania, Tony Miles, Mukul Pahuja, Jerry Wong, Steve Karp, Loni Harwood, and Mark Dube, all of whom finished in the money.
Day 1 moved fast playing to the final table. Here’s a look at how they stacked up overnight heading to Tuesday’s Big 4 finale:
Seat 1: Jack Duong – 2,395,000 (79 bb) Seat 2: Cangir Elcin – 3,040,000 (101 bb) Seat 3: David Castranova – 835,000 (27 bb) Seat 4: Keith Brennan – 865,000 (27 bb) Seat 5: Gary Leibovitz – 910,000 (30 bb) Seat 6: Corey Hochman – 670,000 (22 bb) Seat 7: John Michalak – 865,000 (27 bb) Seat 8: Mario De La Puente – 795,000 (26 bb) Seat 9: Brock Wilson – 365,000 (12 bb)
Brennan came into the final table in the middle of the pack with Turkey native Cangir Elcin leading the way. Poker pro Brock Wilson was the shortest stack, but quickly doubled through Jack Duong when he spiked a set with pocket nines to crack pocket jacks.
First to be eliminated was David Castranova ($10,350) when his top pair got defeated by Jack Duong’s two-pair on the river. Next to go was Corey Hochman ($13,545), when his pocket aces were cracked by Cangir Elicin who made a straight on the turn with queen-nine. Elicin added to his chip lead stacking over 4,600,000.
Brock Wilson, turned his short stack into a seventh place score worth $17,030. Wilson got it in good with Ace Jack versus John Michalak’s King Seven. Wilson flopped a Jack but Michalak ran out a straight to eliminate Wilson.
Cangir Elcin took out the sixth place finisher Mario De La Puente ($20,540) with two-pair when De La Puente missed his straight draw. Elcin extended his chip lead to over 5,700,000 with that hand.
It was the eventual champion’s turn to do some dirty work when Brennan’s pocket tens held against WSOP Bracelet Winner Jack Duong’s pocket fours. Brennan had over 2,300,000 and was gaining ground on Elcin. Duong took home $24,935.
After a few double ups Gary Leibovitz became the fourth place finisher, earning a $32,550 pay day. Chip leader Elcin’s king high held against Leibovitz’s queen high to send it to three-handed play.
Brennan scored a big double up through Elcin when his pocket three’s held against Elcin’s Ace King. Elcin still had a decent lead, but it was short lived. Brennan shoved over a big bet of Elcin a few hands later to take the lead for the first time.
Brennan went on a roll after that and at one point the three-handed counts looked like this:
Seat 2: Cangir Elcin – 1,350,000 Seat 4: Keith Brennan – 8,215,000 Seat 7: John Michalak – 2,355,000
John Michalak wound up being the third place finisher at the hands of Elcin when his Ace Queen fell to Elcin’s Jack Five. Michalak’s third place finish was good for $46,400.
Cangir Elcin (left) versus Keith Brennan (right)
Heads up play started with Brennan holding an over 4 to 1 lead:
It didn’t take long for Brennan to come out on top. He found Ace Jack against Elcin’s pocket nines. In typical crazy poker fashion there was a jack in the window followed by the nine, giving Elcin a set. The turn, an ace, made things interesting. The river was just what Brennan was looking for, another ace. He ended up with a higher full house to eliminate Elcin in second place and become the $1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em Champion.
The Irish poker pro, hailing from Ashbourne, said he made the trip over seas to play here at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino at the recommendation of a few friends.
Final Table Results:
1st Place: Keith Brennan – $104,035 + Trophy 2nd Place: Cangir Elcin – $72,285 3rd Place: John Michalak – $46,400 4th Place: Gary Leibovitz – $32,550 5th Place: Jack Duong – $24,935 6th Place: Mario De La Puente – $20,540 7th Place: Brock Wilson – $17,030 8th Place: Corey Hochman – $13,545 9th Place: David Castranova – $10,350
$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry) $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream Level 30: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 of 809
Giuliano Lentini (standing right) waits to see his fate
HAND #144 – Sean Winter raised under the gun to 300,000, Giuliano Lentini moved all in from the button for 1,350,000, and Jerry Robinson reraised from the small blind to 2,500,000. Winter folded.
Lentini turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive against Robinson’s .
The board came , and Robinson wins the pot with his ace to eliminate Lentini in fifth place.
Seat 1. Jordan Fisch – 1,325,000 (9 bb) Seat 2. Sean Winter – 18,550,000 (124 bb) Seat 3. Shalom Elharrar – 5,550,000 (37 bb) Seat 4. Giuliano Lentini – Eliminated in 5th Place ($139,705) Seat 5. Jerry Robinson – 6,950,000 (46 bb)
$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry) $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream Level 30: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 of 809
Level 29 comes to an end, and Level 30 begins with increased blinds of 75,000-150,000 with a big blind ante of 150,000. Here are the updated chip counts:
$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry) $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream Level 29: 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 of 809
HAND #140 – Everyone folded to Sean Winter, giving a walk in the big blind.
HAND #141 – Sean Winter completed the small blind to 125,000, Shalom Elharrar raised from the big blind to 375,000, and Winter called. Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Winter checked, Elharrar bet 400,000, and Winter called.
The river card was the , and both players checked. Elharrar showed to win the pot with two pair, queens and nines.
HAND #142 – Jerry Robinson raised under the gun to 250,000, and Sean Winter called from the button.
Both players checked to the river on a board of . Robinson bet 325,000, and Winter called. Robinson showed , but Winter turned over to win the pot with two pair, aces and fives.
HAND #143 – Jordan Fisch raised under the gun to 300,000, Shalom Elharrar called from the button, Giuliano Lentini called from the small blind, and Jerry Robinson called from the big blind. The flop came , and it checked to Fisch, who bet 425,000. Elharrar called, Lentini folded, and Robinson folded. The turn card was the , and both players checked.
The river card was the , Fisch checked, Elharrar bet 375,000, and Fisch folded. Elharrar took the pot.
. Jaka bet 175,000 and Dawley called. The turn was the 
and Jaka bet 450,000. Dawley called.
and both players checked. Jaka tabled 
and Dawley mucked her hand. Prior to this hand, Jaka won many smaller pots without showdown and has cut Dawley’s chip lead nearly in half.
, and he needed to improve to stay alive against Winter’s 
.
— Fisch paired his eight on the flop, but improved no further. Winter won the pot with his pocket tens to eliminate Fisch in fourth place.
. Elharrar checked, Robinson bet 350,000, and Elharrar called. Robinson showed 
to win the pot with two pair, aces and threes.
, Robinson checked, Winter bet 600,000, and Robinson folded. Winter took the pot.
.
, and Robinson wins the pot with his ace to eliminate Lentini in fifth place.
, Winter checked, Elharrar bet 400,000, and Winter called.
to win the pot with two pair, aces and fives.