2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 15 $2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed Entries: 211 Prize Pool: $422,000 August 7, 2019
Event 15 Payouts
Registration is closed in Event 15, the $2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry) tournament, and it drew 211 entries to more than double the guarantee. The top 27 places will be paid.
Up top for the champion is $97,160, a SHRPO trophy and a custom-framed winner’s photo courtesy of IMPDI.
$300 Jeff Conine Celebrity Charity Event Structure
VIP Reception – Silent Auction
There is a VIP reception here before the Jeff Conine Celebrity Charity Event begins, with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and a silent auction with donated packages featuring sports memorabilia, travel packages, and more.
Maria Ho is recording some interviews at the entrance, while Mr. Marlin himself, Jeff Conine, is posing with fans on the red carpet.
Jeff Conine and Fans
The charity tournament is scheduled to begin at 7:30 pm, and it’ll be a turbo format (as most charity events are) with 15-minute levels.
$300 Jeff Conine Celebrity Charity Event Structure
UPDATE: The starting time for the Jeff Conine Celebrity Charity event has been pushed back thirty minutes to 7:30 pm.
Prizes for the Final 10 Players
The $300 annual Jeff Conine Celebrity Charity event is scheduled to begin at 7:30 pm, with registration open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the first break (around 9:00 pm).
As a charity event, the prizepool consists of donated prizes that will be awarded to the final ten players:
1st PLACE: $5,000 cash plus a $5,250 seat into the SHRPO Championship, plus a three-night stay at Hard Rock Vallarta, Mexico in a Hard Rock Deluxe Room.
2nd PLACE: $2,500 cash plus a two-night stay at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa and a $1,650 seat into the December Winter Poker Open.
3rd PLACE: $1,750 cash plus an authentic electric guitar, deluxe accommodations for a two-night stay in the new Guitar Tower at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, dinner for two at Council Oak Steaks and Seafood, dinner for two at Kuro, a $200 gift card to Rock Spa, and assorted logo items.
4th PLACE: $1,250 cash plus a $1,700 seat into the WSOP Circuit Main Event at Coconut Creek in September, 2019.
5th PLACE: $950 cash plus an $1,100 seat into the SHRPO Big 4.
6th PLACE: $850 cash plus an authentic acoustic guitar autographed by Huey Lewis, deluxe accommodations for a one-night stay at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, dinner for two at Council Oaks Steaks and Seafood or Kuro, and assorted logo items.
7th PLACE: $750 cash plus a Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino black leather duffle bag, deluxe accommodations for a one-night stay at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, dinner for two at Council Oaks Steaks and Seafood, and assorted logo items.
8th PLACE: $700 cash plus a Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino black leather duffle bag, deluxe accommodations for a one-night stay at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, dinner for two at Council Oaks Steaks and Seafood, and assorted logo items.
9th PLACE: $650 cash plus a $150 gift certificate to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Rock Spa, Hard Rock logo deck of cards, three premium cigars, a bottle of Glenlivet, a Scotch & Soda Candle, Dior Sauvage Cologne for men, a Cross silver pen, a Tumi Wallet, a Mulco watch, and red poker chips.
10th PLACE: $600 cash plus a $150 gift certificate to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Rock Spa, a Bottle of Grey Goose, a martini set, a pocket mirror, a Soy Delicious candle, Lady Mont Blanc Emblem perfume, a Pure Fiji spa package, a Tiffany Twisted Knot Pendant Silver Necklace, and a Michael Kors brown belt bag.
It’s going to be an exciting night here at the Seminole Hard Rock, so if you’re in the area, come on down and join the fun!
$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Returning to Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante Entries: 207
(Preflop and flop details told to us by Byron Kaverman)
Joe McKeehen raised from the cutoff, Bryon Kaverman called from the button and John Richards three-bet from the big blind. McKeehen four-bet, Kaverman folded and Richards called.
The flop was and Richards check-called a bet from McKeehen. The turn was the , Richards checked, McKeehen shoved for effectively 72,000 and Richards tanked for several minutes before he folded.
McKeehen showed as he collected the pot.
“Ahhhhhh,” yelled Richards. “He’s so f****** good!”
McKeehen takes the chip lead into the dinner break and leads the remaining 51 players.
Joe McKeehen – 285,000 (143 bb) John Richards – 73,000 (37 bb)
$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante Entries: 200
Brian Altman
Event 15 hit the guarantee double-up point in Level 10 and the prize pool hit $400,000 with plenty of time to pile on.
Five-time SHRP champion (and WPT Champions Club member) Brian Altman, Joe McKeehen, Jake Schwartz, Melisa Singh, Chad Eveslage, and James Carroll are a few others helping to spin it up.
Along with Maria Ho and Jerry Wong, Carroll and Eveslage make it four of the six WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship final table members present today. Eveslage finished in sixth place at that final table in Las Vegas, moving him up to second place in the SHRP Player of the Year race, and Carroll won it all for $715,175.
$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante Entries: 190
Olivier Busquet
Event 15 is closing in on 200 entries which would double the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool and they show no signs of slowing as more top players join.
Recent additions include Olivier Busquet, Shannon Shorr, Ray Qartomy, Ronit Chamani, Victor Figueroa, Chris Hunichen, Ricky Guan, and Adam Owen.
This is Owen’s first trip to South Florida for one of our series and he started off with a bang. He hit town on Monday and promptly final tabled the $400 Pot Limit Omaha tournament later that night.
On Tuesday, we had four more tournaments on the SHRPO schedule and they all played down to a winner. There was a game for everyone with a Six-Max NLH, Big O, Omaha 8/Stud 8, and Eight-Handed Turbo.
There were three big headlines during the day with Gabriel Ramos winning his fifth SHRP title, Georgii Belianin winning his second of the series, and the Six-Max set a record.
Event 11 Champion Aleksey Shaburov
The day kicked off with the Six-Max tournament and it drew 349 entries with only a single re-entry allowed during registration. That number was good enough to make Event 11 the single biggest Six-Max tournament in our history regardless of buy-in size.
After a long final table, Aleksey Shaburov won the title after a heads-up deal with Aidan Hynes at 3 am. Shaburov earned $30,890 and took home his first career SHRP title.
Event 12 saw the return of the popular Big O tournament and it drew 75 entries to the Five-Card PLO8 game. The tournament quickly played down to the money but action slowed once they got there.
Georgii Belianin hit the final table with the lead and finished with all of the chips. The Russian pro continued a good week; two SHRPO title in three days, Event 4 on Sunday and Event 12 last night. This is his first visit to the property but we’re betting it won’t be his last.
1st: Georgii Belianin – $7,815 2nd: Charles Simon – $5,210 3rd: Ed Turner – $3,475 4th: John Holley – $2,415 5th: Amy Patel – $1,750 6th: Andrew Blum – $1,330 7th: Phil Sokolov – $1,060 8th: Craig Kessinger – $885 9th: Jason Reep – $780 10th: Anne Amato – $780
Gabriel Ramos
The third headline of the night involved Gabriel Ramos rising up the leaderboard for most SHRP major series wins. He picked up number five last night when he finished off the Omaha 8/Stud 8 tournament in a heads-up deal with “Miami” John Cernuto.
It was the fifth SHRP title for Ramos and puts him in a five-way tie for second overall with Brian Altman, Julio Fernandez, Michael Laake, and Michael Newman. David Prociak still leads that list with seven career SHRP wins and that will be a tough number to match during SHRPO.
1st: Gabriel Ramos – $6,090 + SHRPO Trophy * 2nd: “Miami” John Cernuto – $6,090 * 3rd: Carey Pickus – $3,250 4th: Matt Axelrod – $2,255 5th: John Holley – $1,640 6th: Joel Harwood – $1,245 7th: Lazaro Rodriguez – $990 8th: Sergio Braga – $830 9th: Brandon Duvdivani – $730 * – denotes results of heads-up deal
Event 14 Champion Sam Panzica
The last tournament of the day was the fastest to finish. Event 14 was a $1,100 Eight-Handed Turbo Freeze-Out and it played like a turbo. The tournament drew 94 entries and they were done within six hours of the start.
After several close calls in the past, Sam Panzica captured his first SHRP title after a heads-up deal. The bigger buy-in tournament produced a great final table that also included Jake Schwartz, Raj Vohra, Chris Hunichen, and Purple Chip Bounty sixth place finisher Carlos Guerrero.
$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante Entries: 153
Anthony Zinno
Event 15 is shaping nicely as a Big 4 warmup and it should easily double its guarantee later this evening. This tournament drew 209 last year and beating that is easily within reach.
Anthony Zinno and Kitty Kuo are another two more players making their 2019 SHRPO debut. WPT Champions Club member Zinno put another notch on his belt this summer when he won his second WSOP bracelet in the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha 8 tournament.
Kuo is still looking for that first major title but she crossed over $2,000,000 in career earnings earlier this summer and also has a WPT runner-up finish in 2018.
and Richards check-called a bet from McKeehen. The turn was the 
, Richards checked, McKeehen shoved for effectively 72,000 and Richards tanked for several minutes before he folded.
as he collected the pot.
