Event 7: Back From Dinner

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  41 of 2,056

The players return from dinner to begin Level 24, with increased blinds of 15,000-30,000 with a big blind ante of 30,000.

With 41 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 750,000 (25 big blinds). Here are the remaining payouts:

1st:  $51,560 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $37,055
3rd:  $24,645
4th:  $18,335
5th:  $13,910
6th:  $11,215
7th:  $8,700
8th:  $6,285
9th-10th:  $4,640
11th-12th:  $3,805
13th-15th:  $3,040
16th-18th:  $2,410
19th-21st:  $1,900
22nd-24th:  $1,550
25th-27th:  $1,300
28th-36th:  $1,090
37th-41st:  $920

Event 7: Recent Eliminations, 42nd-99th Places

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  41 of 2,056

Scott Zakheim
51st-Place Finisher Scott Zakheim

Here are the most recent eliminations leading into the dinner break, along with their payouts:

42nd:  George Hortelano  –  $920
43rd:  Brandon Miller  –  $920
44th:  Kenny Han  –  $920
45th:  Donald Williams  –  $920

46th:  Vu Thach  –  $785
47th:  Manuel Jo  –  $785
48th:  Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  $785
49th:  Daryl Boatwright  –  $785
50th:  Robert Souaid, Jr.  –  $785
51st:  Scott Zakheim  –  $785
52nd:  Jorge Soto  –  $785
53rd:  Arturo Rodriguez  –  $785
54th:  Daniel Saffer  –  $785

55th:  Veselin Katrandzhiev  –  $685
56th:  Juan Gomez  –  $685
57th:  Juan Marin Jaramillo  –  $685
58th:  Robert Cicchelli  –  $685
59th:  Robert Brandl  –  $685
60th:  Simon Hamer  –  $685
61st:  Al Gomez  –  $685
62nd:  Jesse Gujarczyk  –  $685
63rd:  Laurence Goldstein  –  $685

64th:  Javier Rios Gomez  –  $615
65th:  Justin Gentile  –  $615
66th:  Zachary Harrell  –  $615
67th:  Raffaello Locatelli  –  $615
68th:  Roberto Bendeck  –  $615
69th:  Timothy Gilliam  –  $615
70th:  Sergio Alvez Sandoval  –  $615
71st:  Courtney Rowe  –  $615
72nd:  James Rovezzi  –  $615

73rd:  Casey Campbell  –  $565
74th:  Daniel Rose  –  $565
75th:  Antonio Colon  –  $565
76th:  Julian Kasky  –  $565
77th:  Joel Piekarski  –  $565
78th:  Eric Siegel  –  $565
79th:  Craig Bateman  –  $565
80th:  Sean Swedman  –  $565
81st:  Jill Rukeyser  –  $565

82nd:  Andrew Cooper  –  $535
83rd:  Nicholas Visconti  –  $535
84th:  Chris Tryba  –  $535
85th:  Charlemagne Benjamin, Jr.  –  $535
86th:  Michael Scheinberg  –  $535
87th:  Sedarrien Coley  –  $535
88th:  Joseph Sylvester  –  $535
89th:  Anatoly Zharnitsky  –  $535
90th:  Troy Singh  –  $535

91st:  Cesar Mendoza Gomez  –  $510
93rd:  James Tomblin II  –  $510
94th:  Lex Ozias  –  $510
95th:  Pedro Palacio  –  $510
96th:  Jacque Doucette  –  $510
97th:  Bernhard Schmidt  –  $510
98th:  Lawrence Broome  –  $510
99th:  Mark Fred Wilkes  –  $510

Event 7: Dinner Break Until 7:54 pm

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  41 of 2,056

Level 23 came to an end, and the players left for their 40-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume at 7:54 pm EDT.

With 41 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 750,000 (25 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $920 each. The next pay jump is $1,090 for 36th place.

Event 7: Recent Eliminations, 100th-135th Places

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  42 of 2,056

Aaron Massey (left) and 107th-Place Finisher Perry Shiao (right)

Here is the next batch of money finishers, along with their payouts:

100th:  Raminder Singh  –  $485
101st:  Elisha Greenwood  –  $485
102nd:  Ronel Juan  –  $485
103rd:  Jamar Brown  –  $485
104th:  Alfredo Guevara  –  $485
105th:  Nan Min  –  $485
106th:  Philip Toister  –  $485
107th:  Perry Shiao  –  $485
108th:  Tommy Nguyen  –  $485

110th:  Alex Ortiz Vazquez  –  $460
111th:  Shawn Mohamed  –  $460
112th:  Hany Ayoub  –  $460
113th:  Evan Beard  –  $460
114th:  Stuart Newmark  –  $460
115th:  Noam Ben-Arie  –  $460
116th:  Eduardo Moucherek Cecchinato  –  $460
117th:  James Quiles  –  $460

118th:  Thomas Carnes  –  $440
119th:  Mark Henry  –  $440
120th:  Robert Miller  –  $440
121st:  Trevan Hansen  –  $440
122nd:  James Jones  –  $440
123rd:  Jose Parra  –  $440
124th:  Soukha Kachittavong  –  $440
125th:  She Lok Wong  –  $440
126th:  Rick Kalgstein  –  $440

127th:  Kenneth Bruno  –  $420
128th:  Jeremy Becker  –  $420
129th:  Harvey Freedman  –  $420
130th:  Raymond Millard  –  $420
131st:  Peter DeGirolarmo, Jr.  –  $420
132nd:  Michael Forca  –  $420
133rd:  Antonio Germani  –  $420
134th:  Christopher Miranda  –  $420
135th:  Carlos Vazquez  –  $420

Event 7: Juan Gomez Eliminated in 56th Place by George Evgenis

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  55 of 2,056

George Evgenis
George Evgenis

George Evgenis raised under the gun to 50,000, Juan Gomez moved all in from the small blind for 255,000, and Evgenis quickly called with AsAc.

Gomez turned over 8d8c, and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came QhQd7s6c3c, and the pocket aces held up for Evgenis to win the pot and eliminate Gomez in 56th place.

George Evgenis  –  750,000  (30 bb)
Juan Gomez  –  Eliminated in 56th Place  ($685)

With 55 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 560,000 (22 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $685 each. The next pay jump is $785 for 54th place.

Event 7: Nick Rascona Doubles Thru Victor Carrera

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  65 of 2,056

Nick Rascona
Nick Rascona

With the board showing 7s3s2dAc on the turn and more than 200K already in the pot, Victor Carrera checked the big blind, Nick Rascona bet 85,000 from under the gun, and Carrera called.

The river card was the Jc, and Carrera moved all in. Rascona was covered, and he tanked for a while before he called all in for 160,000.

Carrera immediately said, “Good call,” and showed 10s9s for a ten-high bluff. Rascona turned over AdKc to win the pot with a pair of aces, and he stood up and breathed a deep sigh of relief.

Carrera said, “I was going to go all in on the flop.”

Rascona said, “I might have called.”

Nick Rascona  –  710,000  (36 bb)
Victor Carrera  –  760,000  (38 bb)

With 65 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 475,000 (24 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $615 each. The next pay jump is $685 for 63rd place.

Event 7: Zachary Harrell Eliminated in 66th Place by Victor Carrera

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  65 of 2,056

Victor Carrera
Victor Carrera

Zachary Harrell was all in under the gun for 195,000 against three other players as they went to the flop. Harrell had an opportunity to quadruple up if he could win this pot.

The flop came Ks7h4h, Juan Marin checked the small blind, Javier Rios checked the big blind, and Victor Carrera moved all in for about 350,000. Marin tanked for a while before he folded, and Rios quickly folded behind.

Harrell showed JsJc, but Carrera turned over AsKh for a pair of kings. Harrell needed to improve to stay alive. (Marin said he folded pocket queens.)

The turn card was the 7c, the river card was the 9h, and Carrera won the pot with his pair of kings to eliminate Harrell in 66th place.

Victor Carrera  –  1,150,000  (58 bb)
Javier Rios  –  365,000  (18 bb)
Juan Marin  –  325,000  (16 bb)
Zachary Harrell  –  Eliminated in 66th Place  ($615)

With 65 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 475,000 (24 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $615 each. The next pay jump is $685 for 63rd place.

Event 7: Tom Curtis Doubles Thru Javier Rios

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  74 of 2,056

Tom Curtis
Tom Curtis

After a flop of 10c9d5d, Javier Rios bet 40,000 from UTG+1, Tom Curtis moved all in from the button for 195,000, and Rios tanked for a long time before he called with 6d6c.

Curtis turned over Js9s for a pair of nines, and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the Jd, giving Rios a diamond flush draw, but the river card was the 7s. Curtis won the pot with two pair, jacks and nines, to double up in chips.

Tom Curtis  –  540,000  (36 bb)
Javier Rios  –  700,000  (47 bb)

With 74 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 415,000 (28 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $565 each. The next pay jump is $615 for 72nd place.

Event 12: Prize Pool and Payouts with $16K Up Top

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Players Remaining:  72 of 184

Registration closed on the $400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em Freeze-out and the tournament drew 184 players to more than double its $30,000 guarantee up to a $62,560 prize pool.

The last 23 players will earn some money with $595 for a min-cash and $16,005 to the Event 12 champ.

2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 12
$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$30,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 184
Prize Pool:  $62,560
July 28, 2021

1st: $16,005 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd: $10,870
3rd: $6,410
4th: $3,900
5th: $3,010
6th: $2,500
7th: $2,125
8th: $1,870
9th-10th: $1,600
11th-12th: $1,375
13th-15th: $1,160
16th-18th: $970
19th-21st: $780
22nd-23rd: $595

Event 7: Troy Singh Eliminated in 90th Place by Scott Zakheim

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  89 of 2,056

Scott Zakheim
Scott Zakheim

Scott Zakheim raised from middle position to 40,000, Troy Singh moved all in from the big blind for 60,000, and Zakheim called with AhQc.

Singh turned over QdJh, and he was dominated, needing to improve to stay alive.

The board came Ad7d5c6s7s, and Zakheim won the pot with two pair, aces and sevens, to eliminate Singh in 90th place.

Scott Zakheim  –  340,000  (23 bb)
Troy Singh  –  Eliminated in 90th Place  ($535)

With 89 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 345,000 (23 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $535 each. The next pay jump is $565 for 81st place.