2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 15
$600 Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  144
Prize Pool:  $75,600
November 19, 2023

Event 15 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $600 Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry). A field of 144 entries created a prize pool of $75,600, and taking it down after a heads-up deal was reached was Steven Langert for $17,495.

*denotes heads-up deal

$1,100 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 101

Flight A:  101 Entries;  13 Advanced
Flight B:  Monday at 11 a.m.
Flight C:  Monday at 4 p.m.
Day 2:  Tuesday at 2 p.m.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  34 of 7,532

Day 3 is Monday at 1 p.m.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  34 of 7,532

Day 3 is Monday at 1 p.m.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  34 of 7,532

Day 2 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open kickoff event ended with 34 players remaining from the field of 7,532 entries. Leading the way is Federico Salas with 12,225,000 (98 bb), followed closely by Courtney Rowe with 12,075,000 (97 bb).

Salas rocketed up the chip counts during the final level of the day after getting in most of his stack with top two pair against Roberto Bendeck’s set. The four-out river that Salas needed came in dramatic fashion, and Salas’ place near the top of the chip counts was secure. Rowe had chipped up earlier, finding a full double through David Jackson after the dinner break with aces full of sevens against Jackson’s trip sevens.

Day 3 is Monday at 1 p.m. and play will conclude until we have a winner.

Full chip counts and the Day 3 table and seat draw will be posted shortly.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  34 of 7,532

35th:  Ryan Estrada  –  $6,715
36th:  Eric Phan  –  $6,715

37th:  Greg Joslyn  –  $6,090
38th:  Jeremy Becker  –  $6,090
39th:  Bill Gazes  –  $6,090
40th:  Mark Poirier  –  $6,090
41st:  Keith Wagner  –  $6,090
42nd:  Gil Haim  –  $6,090
43rd:  Bradley Coultas  –  $6,090
44th:  Cleiton Junior-Barbosa  –  $6,090
45th:  Roberto Bendeck  –  $6,090

46th:  Larry Klur  –  $5,470
47th:  Kevin Ruscitti  –  $5,470
48th:  John Noonan  –  $5,470
49th:  Joseph Curcio  –  $5,470
50th:  Balakrishna Patur  –  $5,470
51st:  Nicholas Prejeant  –  $5,470
52nd:  Alejandro Arana Torres  –  $5,470
53rd:  Andrew Miller  –  $5,470
54th:  Vitaly Chaika  –  $5,470

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  38 of 7,532

Ridley Jecrois raised to 275,000 from the button, Jeremy Becker moved all in for about 1,600,000 in the big blind, and Jecrois called.

Jecrois: 
Becker: 

The board came , giving Jecrois jacks and tens to eliminate Becker in 38th place.

Ridley Jecrois  –  3,525,000  (35 bb)
Jeremy Becker  –  Eliminated in 38th Place  ($6,090)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  38 of 7,532

Bill Gazes raises all in for 295,000 from UTG+1, John Deignan called in middle position, and Richard Estep called in the big blind.

Estep and Deignan checked down a board of .

Deignan showed for a pair of queens, besting Estep’s holdings and Gazes’ to eliminate Gazes in 39th place.

John Deignan  –  2,700,000  (27 bb)
Bill Gazes  –  Eliminated in 39th Place  ($6,090)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  39 of 7,532

Richard Estep raised to 310,000 from under the gun, Bill Gazes reraised all in for about 2,000,000 from middle position, and Estep thought for about three minutes before he called all in for about 1,700,000.

Estep: 
Gazes: 

The board ran out , safe for Estep to double through Gazes.

Richard Estep  –  3,650,000  (37 bb)
Bill Gazes  –  295,000  (3 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  44 of 7,532

Federico Salas raised to 250,000 from UTG+1, Roberto Bendeck called in the hijack, and Tony Ruberto called in the cutoff.

The flop was , Salas continued for 500,000, Bendeck called, and Ruberto folded.

The turn was the , Salas went all in for about 4,550,000, and Bendeck thought for about 10 seconds before he called all in for roughly 2,950,000 with for a set of queens, leading Salas’ for aces and kings.

The river was the and the players at the table erupted, as Salas celebrated the four-outer to eliminate Bendeck in 45th place.

Federico Salas  –  9,500,000  (95 bb)
Roberto Bendeck  –  Eliminated in 45th Place  ($6,090)