$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 2,056

Steve Raeman raised to 225,000 from the button, Guillermo Reyes called from the small blind and David Shmuel called from the big blind.

The flop was and Reyes checked to Shmuel who shoved for 575,000. Raeman called, Reyes check-raised all in with a covering stack and Raeman called all in for another 1,575,000.

Raeman:
Reyes:
Shmuel:

Raeman flopped the nut straight, Reyes had outs to a better straight and Shmuel had middle pair and a flush draw.

The turn was the , giving Shmuel the lead with a flush.

The river was the , safe for Shmuel to triple up to win the main spot, while Raeman won a side pot against Reyes.

David Shmuel – 2,475,000 (33 bb)
Steve Raemon – 3,150,000 (42 bb)
Guillermo Reyes – 2,600,000 (35 bb)

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 2,056

The players return from break to begin Level 28, with increased blinds of 50,000-75,000 and a big blind ante of 75,000.

With 17 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,825,000 (24 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $2,410 each. The next pay jump is $3,040 for 15th place.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  T.K. Miles  –  5,525,000  (74 bb)
Seat 2.  Steve Raeman  –  2,375,000  (32 bb)
Seat 3.  Guillermo Reyes  –  5,150,000  (69 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  David Shmuel  –  875,000  (12 bb)
Seat 6.  Aaron Pinson  –  4,700,000  (63 bb)
Seat 7.  Sergio Perez  –  1,300,000  (17 bb)
Seat 8.  Jose Silva  –  875,000  (12 bb)
Seat 9.  Chris Perry  –  650,000  (9 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Harjinder Chawla  –  1,150,000  (15 bb)
Seat 2.  George Evgenis  –  600,000  (8 bb)
Seat 3.  Lucas Tae  –  2,275,000  (30 bb)
Seat 4.  Andre Bryan  –  950,000  (13 bb)
Seat 5.  John Nguyen  –  425,000  (6 bb)
Seat 6.  James Nadolski, Jr.  –  625,000  (8 bb)
Seat 7.  Alex Morgovsky  –  2,375,000  (32 bb)
Seat 8.  Jose Nigaglioni  –  600,000  (8 bb)
Seat 9.  Cornelius Rogers  –  400,000  (5 bb)

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 2,056

Level 27 came to an end, and the players left for their 15-minute break. Here are the most recent eliminations, along with their payouts:

18th:  Victor Carrera  –  $2,410
19th:  Nicholas Rascona  –  $1,900
20th:  Tamara Goldshteyn  –  $1,900
21st:  Isiah James  –  $1,900
22nd:  Sean Shah  –  $1,550
23rd:  Benjamin Boston  –  $1,550
24th:  Petersen Allen  –  $1,550
25th:  Dalis Gomez  –  $1,300

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 2,056

Sergio Perez raised UTG+1 to 130,000, Tamara Goldshteyn called from the hijack, and Isiah James moved all in from the small blind for 460,000. Perez moved all in over the top for 935,000, and Goldshteyn thought for a while before folding face up.

James turned over , but he needed to improve to stay alive against Perez’s .

The board came , and the pocket kings held up for Perez to win the pot and eliminate James in 21st place.

Goldshteyn would have made a flush if she had stayed in the pot, and she told Perez she would have called James’s shove if Perez hadn’t.

Sergio Perez  –  1,645,000  (27 bb)
Tamara Goldshteyn  –  725,000  (12 bb)
Isiah James  –  Eliminated in 21st Place  ($1,900)

With 20 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,540,000 (26 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $1,900 each. The next pay jump is $2,410 for 18th place.

$400 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 10:  500/1,000
Players Remaining:  36 of 128

Registration closed on the $400 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry) and the tournament drew 128 entries, generating a prize pool of $43,520.

The last 22 players will cash, with $11,145 and an SHRPO Trophy up top for the champion.

The turnout makes this the second-biggest Six-Max PLO tournament in our history only behind the same tournament during the 2021 Lucky Hearts Poker Open.

2021 LHPO – 139 entries
2021 SHRPO – 128 entries
2018 SHRPO – 114 entries
2019 SHRPO – 87 entries
2020 LHPO – 67 entries

2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 13
$400 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  128
Prize Pool:  $43,520
July 28, 2021

1st:  $11,145 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $7,340
3rd:  $4,960
4th:  $3,445
5th:  $2,460
6th:  $1,810
7th-8th:  $1,370
9th-10th:  $1,065
11th-12th:  $860
13th-14th:  $715
15th-16th:  $615
17th-18th:  $545
19th-22nd:  $505

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  25 of 2,056

Here are the most recent eliminations, along with their payouts:

26th:  Chaim Appel  –  $1,300
27th:  Joseph York  –  $1,300

28th:  Bassel Harmouche  –  $1,090
29th:  Lawrence Whyte  –  $1,090
30th:  Rafael Lima  –  $1,090
31st:  Jeffrey Bohanek  –  $1,090
32nd:  Piyush Mittal  –  $1,090
33rd:  Patrick Michaud  –  $1,090
34th:  Ilias Barkoutsis  –  $1,090
35th:  Thomas Curtis  –  $1,090
36th:  David Albertson  –  $1,090

37th:  David Halimi  –  $920
38th:  Martin Belous  –  $920
39th:  Anton Kutsenko  –  $920
40th:  Devond Marshall  –  $920
41st:  Fabian Henao Ariasm  –  $920

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 2,056

Patrick Michaud was all in from the small blind for 840,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Alex Morgovsky, who was under the gun with 875,000.

The board came , and Morgovsky paired his king on the river to win the pot and eliminate Michaud in 33rd place.

Alex Morgovsky  –  1,795,000  (45 bb)
Patrick Michaud  –  Eliminated in 33rd Place  ($1,090)

With 32 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 965,000 (24 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $1,090 each. The next pay jump is $1,300 for 27th place.

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  33 of 2,056

Ilias Barkoutsis got it all in from late position for about 160,000 with , and he was facing a likely chop against the of Steve Raeman, who was UTG+1.

But the board came , and Raeman turned a spade flush to win the pot and eliminate Barkoutsis in 34th place.

Steve Raeman  –  1,350,000  (34 bb)
Ilias Barkoutsis  –  Eliminated in 34th Place  ($1,090)

With 33 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 935,000 (23 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $1,090 each. The next pay jump is $1,300 for 27th place.

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  35 of 2,056

David Albertson limped under the gun, Alex Morgovsky moved all in from middle position, and Albertson called all in with a slightly smaller stack with .

Morgovsky turned over , and Albertson needed his queens to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Morgovsky paired his king on the flop and rivered trips to win the pot and eliminate Albertson in 36th place.

Alex Morgovsky  –  875,000  (22 bb)
David Albertson  –  Eliminated in 36th Place  ($1,090)

With 35 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 880,000 (22 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $1,090 each. The next pay jump is $1,300 for 27th place.

$200 Double Green Chip Bounty NLH (Freeze-Out)
$20,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  153 of 333

Registration closed on the $200 Double Green Chip Bounty, and there were 333 players to more than double the $20,000 guarantee, creating a total prizepool worth $53,280.

Of course, $16,650 of that prizepool will be awarded as bounties, and the remaining $36,630 will be awarded to the final 42 players, who will finish in the money with a min-cash of $210 and a first prize of $7,425.

2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 14
$200 Double Green Chip Bounty NLH (Freeze-Out)
$20,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 333
Prize Pool:  $53,280
July 28, 2021

1st:  $7,425 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $5,550
3rd:  $3,570
4th:  $2,290
5th:  $1,765
6th:  $1,460
7th:  $1,220
8th:  $995
9th-10th:  $780
11th-12th:  $665
13th-15th:  $570
16th-18th:  $475
19th-21st:  $390
22nd-24th:  $320
25th-27th:  $275
28th-36th:  $235
37th-42nd:  $210