Event 8: Early Adopters

$360 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 2: 50/100
Total Entries: 53

Sheddy Siddiqui (Pembroke Pines, FL)
Sheddy Siddiqui (Pembroke Pines, FL)

Event 8 moved over 50 entrants early in play and one table was playing a shorter version of short-handed poker. Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Sheddy Siddiqui and 8-time WSOP Circuit winner Ari Engel were two players at a three-handed time to start the day.

We expect the number to steadily climb until registration closes at 4:30pm.

Ari Engel
Ari Engel

Event 8: Short-Handed Action

$360 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

2016 SHRPO Event 1B chips

It will be a busy day in the ballroom with three tournaments giving out three new trophies plus a few satellites thrown into the mix. First up on the Wednesday schedule is a popular short-handed format.

Event 8 is a $360 buy-in Six-Max tournament with only a single re-entry option if a player busts out. It is scheduled to play out in one day and we’ll have another champion later this evening.

Players sit down to 10,000 starting stacks and levels are 30 minutes a piece from start to finish.  Late registration is open until the start of Level 9 at 4:30pm but players can only re-enter once during that time. There is a 40-minute dinner break schedule for 6:30 this evening.

The short-handed format will keep things moving along quickly and they’ll get underway in a few minutes.

  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/single re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 8 Structure Sheet

SHRPO Day 7 Schedule

Main Event Schedule

12PM: Event 8 – $360 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/single re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 8 Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 5 Day 2 – $150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

3PM: Event 9 – $360 Pot Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 9 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

5PM: Event 44 – $140 Mega Satellite into Event 10 (1-in-5)

  • 5 seats guaranteed into $570 buy-in/$1M Guarantee Event 10
  • Players begin with 7,500 chips and 20-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 44 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 45 – $570 Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • 2 seats guaranteed into $5M Guarantee SHRPO Championship
  • Players begin with 7,500 in chips and 15-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 45 Structure Sheet

Event 5: Day 2 Returning Chip Counts

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 186 of 1,841

Flight A: 205 Entries, 17 Advanced
Flight B: 321 Entries, 34 Advanced
Flight C: 252 Entries, 24 Advanced
Flight D: 237 Entries, 23 Advanced
Flight E: 401 Entries, 41 Advanced
Flight F: 425 Entries, 47 Advanced
Day 2: Wednesday at 1pm

RankFirst NameLast NameChip CountTableSeat
1RicardoEyzaguirre330,000299
2BruceSnell292,500237
3GreggFund273,500286
4MarcKropf241,00085
5ArieBenmayor240,500302
6CarlitoCajuste240,000325
7SteveLegautt234,000303
8AsherConniff230,500168
9DejanPetkovic226,000284
10KiranRaina225,000159
11JamesSalmon220,000169
12DavidLestock211,500291
13LandonSauter205,00087
14PerryShiao203,000328
15MichaelGoldfarb196,500248
16AndrewBlake193,500208
17DanKilli193,500326
18SamuelKunin191,000295
19CamiloManrique184,500217
20JoseGarcia182,500296
21ZoKarim176,50044
22DanielKnapp174,000318
23DanielFernandez169,500218
24JonathanOwjian165,000305
25IrynaOstapchuk162,000292
26JamesSebastian161,500207
27DarenStabinski157,50075
28ManuelSolteno157,500123
29GaryLevinger157,500234
30GastonMiculitzki154,000215
31MichaelOrtiz153,000155
32SebastianGallego150,000238
33DustinTragethon148,50036
34RobertRunchy144,500151
35SeanIrvin144,200315
36PatrickBiancone143,000154
37AlanPhillips139,50057
38LuisSoriano138,000298
39JohnMagnetta135,00042
40JaeliMoron135,000288
41ChrisDucsay133,50045
42JeffBurdeen131,500204
43FrankGil130,00072
44JeremyGoureau129,500214
45IraHorowitz124,00034
46IsaoKishiyama124,000222
47EvanYoung124,000249
48LeonardClavel123,00039
49HectorFlecha123,000231
50HectorMartinez123,000301
51DavidPoces122,50071
52NaguiYassa122,500131
53FedericoMoreno121,500164
54MarianoSlaifer121,00035
55AdamBrody120,500128
56ZacharyMilman120,000125
57SpencerChamplin120,000139
58JahsonSpence117,500235
59ElliotZaydman117,000242
60CangirElcin116,500311
61EnosSmith115,500137
62JohannHueck115,00073
63GlennTupica114,000241
64RobertLay111,500212
65BeynelHernandez110,500324
66JesusCabrera108,000135
67CarlosCruz107,500229
68ShawnVrenna105,500136
69WaiNgas104,00032
70MartinOttaviano104,00043
71MarkSmith103,500201
72GreggSilverstein103,500327
73TheodorePrystal103,000141
74CamiloIrizarry102,500316
75RandyPfeifer101,000307
76CourtlandTwyman100,000158
77MarkNahama100,000297
78DeannaWilliams98,500246
79ChristopherSims98,00054
80DavidMoreno96,00081
81EzekeilShelton94,50055
82HaimToorgeman94,00033
83DavidLithgow94,00064
84ArturoGarcia93,50078
85MarioJames89,50047
86BrianWoods88,000321
87JavierSarache86,00051
88JohnTobias86,00069
89YigalHen85,000206
90DavidAdams84,50049
91RafaelOropesa84,500216
92TaimurAl-Said84,500226
93CarlosCubillos84,000247
94KenBruno84,000308
95MichaelJagroo83,00058
96PhilipGeisler82,500211
97AngeloSorrentino82,500227
98RoyPaulena82,000314
99DanHeimiller81,500126
100JohnMarguel81,500223
101AbrahamAburman81,000312
102DanChristie80,500146
103LaVannWilliams80,500148
104MiguelMarrero80,500232
105BriyHeath80,00076
106BrianGreen78,500293
107SheaSmith77,000167
108ElmerDormido77,000289
109JosephMarzilli76,80067
110RafaelRamos76,500285
111RichardLopez76,000134
112AndrewTouchette76,000209
113AlexMatus75,000203
114CarlosGuerrero74,000202
115SimonPhilip73,50079
116JamesSutherland73,50088
117JameelHarris73,000162
118JohnHealey73,000236
119OsvaldoLegrand73,000317
120RomeoPalndo72,50061
121JarrettVaughn72,000282
122IrwinBlock71,00048
123LesleyCutler70,00037
124AlexCohen69,000205
125GregorioCorrea67,500243
126MatthewWilkins65,50083
127AbrahamYehuda65,500121
128NormanGuigui65,00059
129RemyBougeois65,00086
130CraigLevine65,000319
131WesLasher64,000144
132AlexOliveira63,500157
133RonnyMirel63,00089
134SamuelMann62,500143
135JamesJones62,500313
136ShaundraSeay60,500161
137JoeRuggiano60,000133
138JuanDiaz59,50082
139LoganBaker58,500287
140EricRiley58,000149
141BrettTrevillian57,000228
142ScottCowan56,000156
143AdamTeasdale55,000225
144JeffreyNemes54,50046
145RandallFernandez53,500323
146YunierRodriguez53,000224
147JohnPalace52,00052
148MaxItkin52,00056
149WillGivens51,500322
150JeffreyMilman51,000142
151IanFeller51,000152
152EdwardFilfillan50,00068
153JasonJohnson50,000233
154GustavoVazquez49,00066
155PiedraBuena48,50053
156BernhardSchmidt48,500145
157RandallCohen48,500281
158EthielGarcia45,00065
159ScottHart45,000122
160NicholasMahabee45,000147
161PatrickPadovan45,000309
162LeroyJones43,00077
163RotemHalbani42,500132
164DavidLight42,500163
165RobertWilliams42,500221
166RobBrown41,50062
167JanineGelb40,000219
168TonyClose39,500239
169BrianGanon36,000244
170ReginaCassab35,000213
171LuisHernandez31,000245
172LisaAlbrecht29,500294
173PierreRodriguez29,00041
174HariSukhu29,000127
175MitchellSmith28,00074
176MichaelDotson28,000153
177JohnPaul Ode26,500329
178AnthonyRemotta25,000124
179DamianSimon25,000166
180RobertChusin21,500304
181JeramCapinpin21,00063
182XuanDang20,50031
183BobbyVan Gilder20,50084
184JamesQuiles17,500306
185EdwardMandel13,000165
186EricMartin12,000283

Event 5: Day 2 Returning Table/Seat Assignments

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 188 of 1,841

Flight A: 205 Entries, 17 Advanced
Flight B: 321 Entries, 34 Advanced
Flight C: 252 Entries, 24 Advanced
Flight D: 237 Entries, 23 Advanced
Flight E: 401 Entries, 41 Advanced
Flight F: 425 Entries, 47 Advanced
Day 2: Wednesday at 1pm

First NameLast NameChip CountTableSeat
XuanDang20,50031
WaiNgas104,00032
HaimToorgeman94,00033
IraHorowitz124,00034
MarianoSlaifer121,00035
DustinTragethon148,50036
LesleyCutler70,00037
LeonardClavel123,00039
PierreRodriguez29,00041
JohnMagnetta135,00042
MartinOttaviano104,00043
ZoKarim176,50044
ChrisDucsay133,50045
JeffreyNemes54,50046
MarioJames89,50047
IrwinBlock71,00048
DavidAdams84,50049
JavierSarache86,00051
JohnPalace52,00052
PiedraBuena48,50053
ChristopherSims98,00054
EzekeilShelton94,50055
MaxItkin52,00056
AlanPhillips139,50057
MichaelJagroo83,00058
NormanGuigui65,00059
RomeoPalndo72,50061
RobBrown41,50062
JeramCapinpin21,00063
DavidLithgow94,00064
EthielGarcia45,00065
GustavoVazquez49,00066
JosephMarzilli76,80067
EdwardFilfillan50,00068
JohnTobias86,00069
DavidPoces122,50071
FrankGil130,00072
JohannHueck115,00073
MitchellSmith28,00074
DarenStabinski157,50075
BriyHeath80,00076
LeroyJones43,00077
ArturoGarcia93,50078
SimonPhilip73,50079
DavidMoreno96,00081
JuanDiaz59,50082
MatthewWilkins65,50083
BobbyVan Gilder20,50084
MarcKropf241,00085
RemyBougeois65,00086
LandonSauter205,00087
JamesSutherland73,50088
RonnyMirel63,00089
AbrahamYehuda65,500121
ScottHart45,000122
ManuelSolteno157,500123
AnthonyRemotta25,000124
ZacharyMilman120,000125
DanHeimiller81,500126
HariSukhu29,000127
AdamBrody120,500128
NaguiYassa122,500131
RotemHalbani42,500132
JoeRuggiano60,000133
RichardLopez76,000134
JesusCabrera108,000135
ShawnVrenna105,500136
EnosSmith115,500137
SpencerChamplin120,000139
TheodorePrystal103,000141
JeffreyMilman51,000142
SamuelMann62,500143
WesLasher64,000144
BernhardSchmidt48,500145
DanChristie80,500146
NicholasMahabee45,000147
LaVannWilliams80,500148
EricRiley58,000149
RobertRunchy144,500151
IanFeller51,000152
MichaelDotson28,000153
PatrickBiancone143,000154
MichaelOrtiz153,000155
ScottCowan56,000156
AlexOliveira63,500157
CourtlandTwyman100,000158
KiranRaina225,000159
ShaundraSeay60,500161
JameelHarris73,000162
DavidLight42,500163
FedericoMoreno121,500164
EdwardMandel13,000165
DamianSimon25,000166
SheaSmith77,000167
AsherConniff230,500168
JamesSalmon220,000169
MarkSmith103,500201
CarlosGuerrero74,000202
AlexMatus75,000203
JeffBurdeen131,500204
AlexCohen69,000205
YigalHen85,000206
JamesSebastian161,500207
AndrewBlake193,500208
AndrewTouchette76,000209
PhilipGeisler82,500211
RobertLay111,500212
ReginaCassab35,000213
JeremyGoureau129,500214
GastonMiculitzki154,000215
RafaelOropesa84,500216
CamiloManrique184,500217
DanielFernandez169,500218
JanineGelb40,000219
RobertWilliams42,500221
IsaoKishiyama124,000222
JohnMarguel81,500223
YunierRodriguez53,000224
AdamTeasdale55,000225
TaimurAl-Said84,500226
AngeloSorrentino82,500227
BrettTrevillian57,000228
CarlosCruz107,500229
HectorFlecha123,000231
MiguelMarrero80,500232
JasonJohnson50,000233
GaryLevinger157,500234
JahsonSpence117,500235
JohnHealey73,000236
BruceSnell292,500237
SebastianGallego150,000238
TonyClose39,500239
GlennTupica114,000241
ElliotZaydman117,000242
GregorioCorrea67,500243
BrianGanon36,000244
LuisHernandez31,000245
DeannaWilliams98,500246
CarlosCubillos84,000247
MichaelGoldfarb196,500248
EvanYoung124,000249
RandallCohen48,500281
JarrettVaughn72,000282
EricMartin12,000283
DejanPetkovic226,000284
RafaelRamos76,500285
GreggFund273,500286
LoganBaker58,500287
JaeliMoron135,000288
ElmerDormido77,000289
DavidLestock211,500291
IrynaOstapchuk162,000292
BrianGreen78,500293
LisaAlbrecht29,500294
SamuelKunin191,000295
JoseGarcia182,500296
MarkNahama100,000297
LuisSoriano138,000298
RicardoEyzaguirre330,000299
HectorMartinez123,000301
ArieBenmayor240,500302
SteveLegautt234,000303
RobertChusin21,500304
JonathanOwjian165,000305
JamesQuiles17,500306
RandyPfeifer101,000307
KenBruno84,000308
PatrickPadovan45,000309
CangirElcin116,500311
AbrahamAburman81,000312
JamesJones62,500313
RoyPaulena82,000314
SeanIrvin144,200315
CamiloIrizarry102,500316
OsvaldoLegrand73,000317
DanielKnapp174,000318
CraigLevine65,000319
BrianWoods88,000321
WillGivens51,500322
RandallFernandez53,500323
BeynelHernandez110,500324
CarlitoCajuste240,000325
DanKilli193,500326
GreggSilverstein103,500327
PerryShiao203,000328
JohnPaul Ode26,500329

SHRPO Day 6 Wraps Up

The 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open is just shy of hitting the one week mark.

Day 6 of the series watched Harold Mahaffey take home the only trophy awarded on Tuesday. Mahaffey won the $570 No Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha event in a three-way chop.

Mahaffey wins the event a day after coming in fourth in the $300 HORSE event on Monday evening.

While Mahaffey was winning a trophy, one of the bigger fields of the series wrapped up all of its starting flights. There were three more starting flights in the $150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry event.

When all was said and done in the $150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry, there were 1,841 entries in the event and 187 survived their starting flight.

Those 187 will return for Day 2 on Wednesday afternoon and the top 108 will take home a cash. It is scheduled to play down to a winner on Wednesday.

Here is a look at the schedule for Wednesday’s action:

  • 12 p.m. – $360 No Limit Hold’em Six Max (Single Re-Entry) – Single Day Event
  • 1 p.m. – Day 2 – $150,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) – $150,000 GTD Prizepool
  • 3 p.m.- $360 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo (Re-Entry) – Single Day Event

Event 5 Day 1F: Bruce Snell Leads Survivors

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 47 of 425

The scheduled 14 levels of play are in the books for the sixth and final flight of the $150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry. When late registration closed, there was 425 players in the final starting flight of the tournament.

But by the end of the day, there were only 47 remaining and it was Bruce Snell who bagged the biggest stack, finishing the day with 292,500 in chips.

The 425 entrants brings the entire field size to 1,841 entrants, which smashed the $150,000 guaranteed prize pool.

The survivors of Day 1F will combine with the survivors of the first five flights on Wednesday afternoon for Day 2. Cards get in the air at 1 p.m. and they are scheduled to play down to a winner.

Event 7: Harold Mahaffey Takes Lion’s Share of Three-Way Chop in $570 NLH/PLO

2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood
Event #7
$570 No Limit Hold’em / Pot Limit Omaha (Single Re-Entry)
Total Entries: 94
Total Prize Pool: $28,200

Harold Mahaffey Earns The Trophy and $6,981 Event 7
Harold Mahaffey Earns The Trophy and $6,981 Event 7

Harold Mahaffey made his way down to South Florida specifically for two tournaments – the $300 HORSE and the $570 No Limit Hold’em / Pot Limit Omaha.

The 53-year-old business owner from South Carolina made the most of those two tournaments. After a fourth place finish in the HORSE on Monday evening, Mahaffey came back on Tuesday for the only other event he planned on playing.

More than 12 hours of poker, Mahaffey took $6,981 and a trophy back to his hometown of Anderson, South Carolina after besting a field of 94 players and earning the win in a three-way chop.

“It feels wonderful,” said Mahaffey of the win. “I got lucky with one hand with quad tens and got paid off for it. I pretty much kept the chip lead from then on.”

Mahaffey flopped quad tens in Pot Limit Omaha with two tables remaining. He got all in on the turn against both opponents and had one players full house and the other’s flush drawing dead.

He never relinquished the chip lead and was able to outlast the rest of the field all the way down to a chop with Bradley Young and Cesar Fuentes.

“The structure was fairly good,” said Mahaffey. “I was able to keep around 700,000 the whole time and I was never really below that number. I was able to have chips to play and just be patient.

“I’m leaving in the morning and to be lucky enough to final table both of them and to win one of them is wonderful.”

Mahaffey’s entrepreneurial ventures have allowed both him and his wife Renea the freedom to travel around playing poker tournaments.

“We own our own businesses and have been our own bosses for about 22 years,” said Mahaffey. “We travel around a good bit playing poker.”

Having a poker playing wife has been good for Mahaffey. He even owes her a bit of the credit for his win at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

“She’s actually the one who taught me how to play Pot Limit Omaha,” said Mahaffey with a laugh.

Here is a look at the results:

1st: Harold Mahaffey – $6,981
2nd: Bradley Young – $6,821
3rd: Cesar Fuentes – $4,809
4th: Schneur Borenstein – $2,538
5th: Jon Brody – $1,974
6th: Marc Levy – $1,692
7th: Mark Gaudino – $1,410
8th: Asher Conniff – $1,128
9th: Barry Gallaher – $846

Download Final Results (PDF)

Event 7: Harold Mahaffey Wins in Three-Way Chop ($6,981)

$570 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH/PLO
Level 22: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 94

Harold Mahaffey
Harold Mahaffey

After several minutes of discussing a deal, the final three players have decided to chop up the remaining prize money.

Harold Mahaffey has the chip lead and will get credit for the win. He takes home $6,981 for the win. Bradley Young finishes in second place and earns $6,821, while Cesar Fuentes takes home $4,809 for a third place finish.

A complete recap will be posted later tonight.

Bradley Young
Bradley Young
Cesar Fuentes
Cesar Fuentes

Event 7: Schneur Borenstein Eliminated in 4th Place ($2,538)

$570 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH/PLO
Level 21: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 94

Schneur Borenstein
Schneur Borenstein

Pot Limit Omaha 

Harold Mahaffey limped in on the button and Schneur Borenstein potted it to 40,000 out of the small blind. Cesar Fuentes folded his big blind and Mahaffey called.

The flop was KhQs4h and Borenstein moved all in for about 60,000. Mahaffey called.

Borenstein showed AdKs9c5c and was up against Mahaffey’s JdTc6s5s.

The turn was the was the Ac, giving Mahaffey Broadway. The river was the 3h and Mahaffey’s straight bests Borenstein’s two pair.

Borenstein was eliminated in fourth place and took home $2,538 for his final table appearance, while Mahaffey gets back some of what he lost in Fuentes’ double up.

Harold Mahaffey – 800,000
Schneur Borenstein – Eliminated