Event 24: Tough PLO Field Back for Final Day

$2,650 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 13: 3,000/6,000
Players Remaining: 10 of 91

From 91 starting, just 10 remain in the $2,650 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open trophy event. Here’s how it stacks up:

Seat 1: Matt Wantman – 205,000
Seat 2: Iman Dan – 177,000
Seat 3: Phil Hui – 108,000
Seat 4: Greg Levine – 188,000
Seat 5: Charles Kapetanakos – 353,000
Seat 6: Matt Stout – 238,000
Seat 7: Raj Vohra – 141,000
Seat 8: Ben Yu – 178,000
Seat 9: David Eller – 47,000
Seat 10: Alex Condon – 190,000

1st: $70,009 + Trophy
2nd: $41,928
3rd: $26,481
4th: $17,102
5th: $13,241
6th: $10,482
7th: $8,827
8th: $7,724
9th: $7,002
10th: $6,400

11th: Bruce Rogoff – $5,958
12th: Jeff Madsen – $5,821

We will provide the final results and winner report after the event concludes.

Championship: Ryan D’Angelo Doubles Thru Brandon Eisen

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 28: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 914

Ryan D’Angelo

Hand #20  –  Everyone folded to Brandon Eisen, giving him a walk in the big blind.

Hand #21  –  Stoyan Obreshkov raised UTG+1 to 250,000, taking the blinds and ante.

Hand #22  –  Ido Ashkenazi raised from the hijack to 225,000, Brandon Eisen reraised from the button to 600,000, and Ryan D’Angelo moved all in from the big blind for 2,325,000. Ashkenazi folded, and Eisen tanked for a while before he called with 2s2d.

D’Angelo turned over QsQc, and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came KdQh4sKh4c, and D’Angelo flopped a set and turned a full house to win the pot and double up in chips.

Seat 3.  Adam Adler  –  3,925,000  (39 bb)
Seat 4.  Ryan D’Angelo  –  5,025,000  (50 bb)
Seat 5.  Stoyan Obreshkov  –  9,800,000  (98 bb)
Seat 6.  Jeremy Ausmus  –  10,025,000  (100 bb)
Seat 7.  Ido Ashkenazi  –  1,050,000  (11 bb)
Seat 8.  Jared Griener  –  1,975,000  (20 bb)
Seat 9.  Brandon Eisen  –  4,800,000  (48 bb)

High Roller: Barry Hutter – 6th Place ($148,769)

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 19: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 123

Barry Hutter

Tom Marchese opened to 100,000 from the cutoff and Barry Hutter moved all in for 1,330,000 from the button. The blinds released and Marchese quickly called.

Marchese: AsAc
Hutter: AdQh

Hutter’s big ace was in trouble against the monster and the aces never had a sweat on the Td7h5c9cQd runout to send Hutter off the High Roller final table in sixth place.

Tom Marchese – 3,080,000 (62 bb)
Barry Hutter – Eliminated in 6th place ($148,769)

Barry Hutter

$2,650: Rick Alvarado – 7th Place ($33,668)

$1,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 422

Rick Alvarado

Rick Alvarado was all in preflop for his last few hundred thousand on the big blind, and Blair Hinkle had him covered from the small blind. The two players then tabled their cards.

Hinkle: AhQc
Alvarado: Ac2s

Board: KdKh4s9c3s

Alvarado was eliminated in seventh place, good for $33,668 in prize money, and Hinkle stacked up 2.44 million after the hand.

Blair Hinkle – 2,440,000 (81 bb)
Rick Alvarado – Eliminated in Seventh Place ($33,668)

Rick Alvarado

$10K: Big Slick Does the Trick for Elio Fox

Event #25: $10,000 One-Day Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 7: 300/600/600
Entries: 76

Patrick Eskandar got his stack of roughly 9,000 all in preflop and found himself in dire straits against 2018 SHRPO Super High Roller champ Elio Fox.

Fox: AsKh
Eskandar: AdQs

Eskandar had a kicker problem and it didn’t get resolved as the board ran out 8s6h4c9d6c.

Elio Fox – 63,000 (105 bb)
Patrick Eskandar – Eliminated

$1,100: James Salmon Doubles Through Dennis Rodriguez

$1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 640

James Salmon was all in from the big blind for 1,020,000 and called by Dennis Rodriguez on the button.

Salmon was in the lead with his AdKd against Rodriguez’s QsJs.

The board came 5s2s2c10h4s and Salmon’s ace high held to avoid elimination.

James Salmon – 2,100,000 (28 bb)
Dennis Rodriguez – 1,315,000 (18 bb)

Championship: Level 28 Begins; Official Chip Counts

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 28: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 914

Here are the official chip counts from the break, followed by the final table prizepool:

Seat 3.  Adam Adler  –  4,175,000  (42 bb)
Seat 4.  Ryan D’Angelo  –  2,425,000  (24 bb)
Seat 5.  Stoyan Obreshkov  –  9,550,000  (96 bb)
Seat 6.  Jeremy Ausmus  –  10,025,000  (100 bb)
Seat 7.  Ido Ashkenazi  –  1,275,000  (13 bb)
Seat 8.  Jared Griener  –  2,025,000  (20 bb)
Seat 9.  Brandon Eisen  –  7,125,000  (71 bb)

1st:  $771,444 + Trophy
2nd:  $540,459
3rd:  $349,889
4th:  $258,615
5th:  $195,491
6th:  $156,215
7th:  $129,308
8th:  Joseph Cheong  –  $102,843
9th:  Marcos Exterkotter  –  $77,132

$1,100: Joey Couden Doubles Through Paul Balzano, Again

$1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 640

Joey Couden

Paul Balzano opened to 165,000 from under the gun and Joey Couden moved all in from the button for 550,000. Balzano called.

Couden tabled KsQc and needed to get lucky against Balzano’s As9c.

The flop came KdKh6d and Couden did indeed get lucky as he flopped trip kings. The turn Qh and river 5c changed nothing as Couden scored another double.

Joey Couden – 1,150,000 (15 bb)
Paul Balzano – 2,050,000  (27 bb)

$2,650: Matt O’Donnell – 8th Place ($27,242)

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 422

Matt O’Donnell

Matt O’Donnell moved all in from the cutoff for about 350,000 and Brandon Hall called out of the big blind.

O’Donnell tabled Js8d and was behind Hall’s AsKc.

The flop was Kd5s2s and O’Donnell was drawing very thin after Hall flopped top pair. The turn was the 3h, which left O’Donnell drawing dead to the 5h river.

O’Donnell busted in eighth place and earned $27,272.

Brandon Hall – 850,000 (28 bb)
Matt O’Donnell – Eliminated 

$1,100: Joey Couden Doubles Through Paul Balzano

$1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 640

Joey Couden moved all in for 320,000 from the cutoff and Paul Balzano called from the big blind.

Couden needed to improve with his Ks10h against Balzano’s Ad6d.

The flop came 10s9d2d, and Couden flopped a ten but needed to dodge another diamond.

The turn 2s and river 9h were clean for Couden as he scored a double.

Joey Couden – 700,000 (9 bb)
Paul Balzano – 2,700,000 (36 bb)