2016 RRPO Live Updates

Event 6: Day 2 Ready to Roll

November 23, 2016 @ 12:55PM by AlCantHang

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 143 of 807

There’s a little more business to settle before the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” takes a break for the Thanksgiving holiday. Event 6 returns this afternoon after four starting flights and they will play until we have a new champion.

The $570 buy-in tournament drew 807 entrants in four flights over two days to easily beat the $250,000 Guarantee and putting more than $400,000 in the prize pool. Of those 807 starters, only 143 are still in the game with a chance at the title.

Two-time SHRP champion Nicholas Mahabee bagged the early lead in Flight A and no one was able to catch over the next three. He’s joined by Seminole Hard Rock Poker team members Mukul Pahuja, Darryll Fish, Jessica Dawley, and Michael Laake as well as Seminole Hard Rock Tampa ambassador Wally Maddah.

The final 81 players will earn a piece of the prize pool with a min-cash taking home $1,009 and the champ earning nearly $93,000. We expect the money bubble to hit shortly after the first break and quickly play down from there.

We will also resume our Poker Night in America live streaming schedule with featured tables from Event 6 along with the final table.

They will get back underway at 1pm and we will be here from start to finish.

Top ten returning stacks:

Nicholas Mahabee – 464,000 (155 bb)
Gaston Miculitzki – 375,000 (125 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum – 385,500 (129 bb)
David Maslowski – 304,500 (102 bb)
Raminder Singh – 282,500 (94 bb)
Derek Ecenarro – 255,500 (85 bb)
Rob Cowen – 254,500 (85 bb)
Edgar Varas – 252,000 (84 bb)
Marco Rodriguez – 249,000 (83 bb)
Tom Nguyen – 244,000 (81 bb)

Day 2 Counts | Day 2 Seats Assignments | Event 6 Payouts

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RRPO Day 8 Schedule

November 23, 2016 @ 8:00AM by AlCantHang

Main Event Schedule

1PM: Event 6 Day 2- $570 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 32 – $390 Turbo Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

2 seats guaranteed into $2 Million GTD Championship Event
Players begin with 7,500 in chips and 15-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
Satellite will be held in The Poker Room
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
Event 32 Structure Sheet

11AM: Event 33 – $390 Championship Mega Satellite (1-in-10)

20 seats guaranteed into $2 Million GTD Championship Event
Players begin with 7,500 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
Event 33 Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 34 – $390 Championship Mega Satellite (1-in-10)

10 seats guaranteed into $2 Million GTD Championship Event
Players begin with 7,500 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
Event 34 Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 35 – $390 Championship Mega Satellite (1-in-10)

5 seats guaranteed into $2 Million GTD Championship Event
Players begin with 7,500 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
Event 35 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 36 – $390 Championship Mega Satellite (1-in-10)

5 seats guaranteed into $2 Million GTD Championship Event
Players begin with 7,500 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
Event 36 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 37 – $200 Turbo Championship Satellite (1-in-20)

2 seats guaranteed into $2 Million GTD Championship Event
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 37 Structure Sheet

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Event 6: Nicholas Mahabee Leads After Day 1

November 23, 2016 @ 2:29AM by Eric Ramsey

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with 400 Ante
Players Remaining: 143 of 807

The starting flights are complete in the $570 Deep Stack, and the Day 2 field is set.

As expected, the “D” starting flight was the largest of the four, drawing a crowd of 272 entries. That brought the total field to an impressive 807 across all flights, smashing the guarantee and putting a prizepool of more than $400,000 up for grabs.

David Maslowski bagged up the biggest stack from Day 1D, finishing the night with 304,500 chips. That’s only good enough for fourth place overall, though, as he and everyone else are far in trail of Day 1A chip leader Nicholas Mahabee and his monster stack of 464,000. Mahabee is already a two-time winner in this building, with one of those victories coming in another big re-entry event earlier this year, and he’s put himself in a fine position once again this time around.

Here’s the rest of the overnight top five:

1: Nicholas Mahabee – 464,000
2: Gaston Miculitzki – 375,000
3: Evan Teitelbaum – 358,500
4: David Maslowski – 304,500
5: Raminder Singh – 282,500

Among the long list of notables who’ve punched their Day 2 tickets are five members of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Team: Wally Maddah (185,000), Darryll Fish (98,500), Jessica Dawley (78,000), Michael Laake (77,500), and Mukul Pahuja (27,500).

The full Day 2 chip counts and seat draw are available in the posts preceding this one.

A total of 143 players advanced, and they’ll return Wednesday to play for the trophy and the top prize of more than $90,000. Cards go in the air at 1:00 PM, and action will continue until a winner is determined (which will likely be early on Thanksgiving morning). Blinds will be 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante when play resumes, putting the average stack just under 40 big blinds.

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Event 6: Day 2 Seat Draw

November 23, 2016 @ 2:20AM by Eric Ramsey

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Returning to Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 143 of 807

Flight A: 157 Entries, 22 Advanced
Flight B: 158 Entries, 29 Advanced
Flight C: 220 Entries, 39 Advanced
Flight D: 272 Entries, 53 Advanced
Day 2: Wednesday at 1pm

First Name	Last Name	Chip Count	Table	Seat
Ryan	Sherman	75,000	5	1
Matthew	Frank	150,500	5	2
Rob	Cowen	254,500	5	3
Zo	Karim	97,000	5	4
Daniel	Midas	57,500	5	5
Jeff	Silverstein	54,000	5	6
G.	Huang	144,000	5	7
Ivan	Starostin	158,500	5	8
Sean	Shah	228,000	5	9
Elliott	Zaydman	72,500	6	1
Lydia	Waltonbaugh	59,500	6	2
Kenneth	Watson	187,000	6	3
Larry	Hirschfield	86,500	6	4
Ken	Bruno	52,000	6	5
Jessica	Dawley	78,000	6	6
Steven	Marcozzi	78,000	6	7
Russ	Radom	87,500	6	8
David	Maslowski	304,500	6	9
Steven	Moreno	84,000	7	1
James	Dorrance	166,500	7	2
Edgar	Varas	252,000	7	3
Honorato	Aznar	27,500	7	4
Evan	Teitelbaum	358,500	7	5
Alan	Wentz	72,000	7	6
Andrew	Leadbetter	73,000	7	7
John	Myung	36,000	7	8
Michael	Laake	77,500	7	9
Jason	Bral	39,000	8	1
Derek	Ecenarro	255,500	8	2
Abbey	Daniels	128,500	8	3
Leo	Kaplin	136,500	8	4
Daren	Stabinski	171,500	8	5
Andrew	Touchette	83,500	8	6
Ben	Sriqui	107,000	8	7
Wally	Maddah	185,000	8	8
Robert	Smith	70,500	8	9
Jesus	Cabrera	151,500	13	1
Bruce	Snell	134,500	13	2
Matthew	Smith	48,000	13	3
Tam Minh	Nguyen	125,500	13	4
Raminder	Singh	282,500	13	5
Michele	Massimo	26,500	13	6
Steven	Carswell	57,000	13	7
Stuart	Paterson	167,500	13	8
Mike	LaRocca	112,500	13	9
Prashray	Rai	45,500	14	1
Brett	Bader	79,500	14	2
Jeff	Kessler	56,000	14	3
Mohammad	Jaafar	53,000	14	4
Brandon	Schwartz	77,000	14	5
Marcus	Stein	150,000	14	6
Michael	Kopjanski	42,500	14	7
David	Diaz	146,500	14	8
Edgar	Diaz	44,000	14	9
A.J.	Kelsall	117,000	15	1
Anthony	Ruttler	67,000	15	2
Jose	Arriba	113,000	15	3
John	Palace	42,500	15	4
David	Shmuel	83,500	15	5
Jose	Dela Cruz	57,000	15	6
Spencer	Champlin	59,000	15	7
Devond	Marshall	24,000	15	8
John	Perry	84,500	15	9
Nicholas	Mahabee	464,000	16	1
Walter	Treccarichi	70,000	16	2
Mukul	Pahuja	27,500	16	3
John	Holley	35,000	16	4
Jason	Laso	114,500	16	5
Michel	DuBreuil	80,500	16	6
Nissim	Gozlaw	168,500	16	7
Haibi	Lu	28,000	16	8
Kenny	Nguyen	125,500	16	9
Ricardo	Eyzaguirre	54,000	21	1
Veerab	Zakarian	120,500	21	2
Ira	Schwartz	129,000	21	3
Carlo	Rodriguez	55,000	21	4
Andrew	Gordon	177,000	21	5
Alexander	Ziskin	39,000	21	6
Greg	Spinder	81,000	21	7
Ralph	Castaneda	158,500	21	8
John	Coffman	112,000	21	9
Jose	Chapui	85,000	22	1
Ronen	Navon	69,000	22	2
Michael	Abitbol	230,000	22	3
Steven	Richardson	164,500	22	4
Fariborz	Zojaji	76,500	22	5
Jorge	Gomez	150,500	22	6
Nader	Bahhur	51,500	22	7
Tom	Nguyen	244,000	22	8
Avery	Bass	110,500	22	9
Jake	Schwartz	62,500	23	1
Travis	Hart	91,500	23	2
Elliott	Commings	104,000	23	3
Alvaro	Jirau	58,500	23	4
Mike	Chiappetta	76,000	23	5
Joseph	Caiello	41,000	23	6
Dimitry	Agrachov	147,500	23	7
Jennifer	David	88,000	23	8
Matthew	Rizai	211,000	23	9
Jarrett	Vaughn	145,500	24	1
Sean	Small	85,500	24	2
David	Klein	98,000	24	3
Gaston	Miculitzki	375,000	24	4
Sam	Phillips	92,500	24	5
Gautam	Lillaney	100,000	24	6
Tony	Ruberto	88,000	24	7
Brandon	Ageloff	223,000	24	8
Darryll	Fish	99,500	24	9
Mark	Smith	109,000	29	1
Omar	Diaz	129,500	29	2
Marc	Sacheli	25,000	29	3
Paul	Mertens	91,000	29	5
Luis	Gonzalez	134,500	29	6
David	Ward	105,000	29	7
Howard	Mash	144,000	29	8
Alex	Funes	55,500	29	9
Ethiel	Garcia	126,500	30	1
Samuel	Sldivia	118,000	30	2
Ramon	Miguel	208,500	30	3
Toby	Boas	129,500	30	4
LaVann	Williams	157,500	30	5
Arif	Amirali	72,000	30	6
Joseph	Duchman	59,500	30	7
Sheldon	Cross	113,500	30	8
Alan	Schein	102,000	30	9
Steve	Olivier	42,000	31	1
Lawrence	Paden	89,500	31	2
Cesar	Fuentes	99,500	31	3
Orville	Arthurs Jr.	240,000	31	4
Brian	Phillis	37,500	31	5
Shmuel	Zalmanov	58,500	31	6
Zoltan	Czinkota	83,000	31	7
Marco	Rodriguez	249,000	31	8
Michael	Goldfarb	44,000	31	9
Yue	Wang	216,000	32	1
Matthew	Zarcadoolas	30,500	32	2
Charlemagne	Benjamin	50,000	32	3
Stanley	Point Du Jour	40,500	32	4
Ian	Bott	152,000	32	5
Marc	Levy	129,500	32	6
James	Oliver	96,500	32	7
Juan	Garcia	75,500	32	8
Alcides	Gomez	133,500	32	9

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Event 6: Day 2 Chip Counts

November 23, 2016 @ 2:19AM by Eric Ramsey

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Returning to Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 143 of 807

Flight A: 157 Entries, 22 Advanced
Flight B: 158 Entries, 29 Advanced
Flight C: 220 Entries, 39 Advanced
Flight D: 272 Entries, 53 Advanced
Day 2: Wednesday at 1pm

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Chip Count	Table	Seat
1	Nicholas	Mahabee	464,000	16	1
2	Gaston	Miculitzki	375,000	24	4
3	Evan	Teitelbaum	358,500	7	5
4	David	Maslowski	304,500	6	9
5	Raminder	Singh	282,500	13	5
6	Derek	Ecenarro	255,500	8	2
7	Rob	Cowen	254,500	5	3
8	Edgar	Varas	252,000	7	3
9	Marco	Rodriguez	249,000	31	8
10	Tom	Nguyen	244,000	22	8
11	Orville	Arthurs Jr.	240,000	31	4
12	Michael	Abitbol	230,000	22	3
13	Sean	Shah	228,000	5	9
14	Brandon	Ageloff	223,000	24	8
15	Yue	Wang	216,000	32	1
16	Matthew	Rizai	211,000	23	9
17	Ramon	Miguel	208,500	30	3
18	Kenneth	Watson	187,000	6	3
19	Wally	Maddah	185,000	8	8
20	Andrew	Gordon	177,000	21	5
21	Daren	Stabinski	171,500	8	5
22	Nissim	Gozlaw	168,500	16	7
23	Stuart	Paterson	167,500	13	8
24	James	Dorrance	166,500	7	2
25	Steven	Richardson	164,500	22	4
26	Ivan	Starostin	158,500	5	8
27	Ralph	Castaneda	158,500	21	8
28	LaVann	Williams	157,500	30	5
29	Ian	Bott	152,000	32	5
30	Jesus	Cabrera	151,500	13	1
31	Matthew	Frank	150,500	5	2
32	Jorge	Gomez	150,500	22	6
33	Marcus	Stein	150,000	14	6
34	Dimitry	Agrachov	147,500	23	7
35	David	Diaz	146,500	14	8
36	Jarrett	Vaughn	145,500	24	1
37	G.	Huang	144,000	5	7
38	Howard	Mash	144,000	29	8
39	Leo	Kaplin	136,500	8	4
40	Bruce	Snell	134,500	13	2
41	Luis	Gonzalez	134,500	29	6
42	Alcides	Gomez	133,500	32	9
43	Toby	Boas	129,500	30	4
44	Marc	Levy	129,500	32	6
45	Omar	Diaz	129,500	29	2
46	Ira	Schwartz	129,000	21	3
47	Abbey	Daniels	128,500	8	3
48	Ethiel	Garcia	126,500	30	1
49	Tam Minh	Nguyen	125,500	13	4
50	Kenny	Nguyen	125,500	16	9
51	Veerab	Zakarian	120,500	21	2
52	Samuel	Sldivia	118,000	30	2
53	A.J.	Kelsall	117,000	15	1
54	Jason	Laso	114,500	16	5
55	Sheldon	Cross	113,500	30	8
56	Jose	Arriba	113,000	15	3
57	Mike	LaRocca	112,500	13	9
58	John	Coffman	112,000	21	9
59	Avery	Bass	110,500	22	9
60	Mark	Smith	109,000	29	1
61	Ben	Sriqui	107,000	8	7
62	David	Ward	105,000	29	7
63	Elliott	Commings	104,000	23	3
64	Alan	Schein	102,000	30	9
65	Gautam	Lillaney	100,000	24	6
66	Darryll	Fish	99,500	24	9
67	Cesar	Fuentes	99,500	31	3
68	David	Klein	98,000	24	3
69	Zo	Karim	97,000	5	4
70	James	Oliver	96,500	32	7
71	Sam	Phillips	92,500	24	5
72	Travis	Hart	91,500	23	2
73	Paul	Mertens	91,000	29	5
74	Lawrence	Paden	89,500	31	2
75	Tony	Ruberto	88,000	24	7
76	Jennifer	David	88,000	23	8
77	Russ	Radom	87,500	6	8
78	Larry	Hirschfield	86,500	6	4
79	Sean	Small	85,500	24	2
80	Jose	Chapui	85,000	22	1
81	John	Perry	84,500	15	9
82	Steven	Moreno	84,000	7	1
83	David	Shmuel	83,500	15	5
84	Andrew	Touchette	83,500	8	6
85	Zoltan	Czinkota	83,000	31	7
86	Greg	Spinder	81,000	21	7
87	Michel	DuBreuil	80,500	16	6
88	Brett	Bader	79,500	14	2
89	Jessica	Dawley	78,000	6	6
90	Steven	Marcozzi	78,000	6	7
91	Michael	Laake	77,500	7	9
92	Brandon	Schwartz	77,000	14	5
93	Fariborz	Zojaji	76,500	22	5
94	Mike	Chiappetta	76,000	23	5
95	Juan	Garcia	75,500	32	8
96	Ryan	Sherman	75,000	5	1
97	Andrew	Leadbetter	73,000	7	7
98	Elliott	Zaydman	72,500	6	1
99	Alan	Wentz	72,000	7	6
100	Arif	Amirali	72,000	30	6
101	Robert	Smith	70,500	8	9
102	Walter	Treccarichi	70,000	16	2
103	Ronen	Navon	69,000	22	2
104	Anthony	Ruttler	67,000	15	2
105	Jake	Schwartz	62,500	23	1
106	Joseph	Duchman	59,500	30	7
107	Lydia	Waltonbaugh	59,500	6	2
108	Spencer	Champlin	59,000	15	7
109	Shmuel	Zalmanov	58,500	31	6
110	Alvaro	Jirau	58,500	23	4
111	Daniel	Midas	57,500	5	5
112	Steven	Carswell	57,000	13	7
113	Jose	Dela Cruz	57,000	15	6
114	Jeff	Kessler	56,000	14	3
115	Alex	Funes	55,500	29	9
116	Carlo	Rodriguez	55,000	21	4
117	Jeff	Silverstein	54,000	5	6
118	Ricardo	Eyzaguirre	54,000	21	1
119	Mohammad	Jaafar	53,000	14	4
120	Ken	Bruno	52,000	6	5
121	Nader	Bahhur	51,500	22	7
122	Charlemagne	Benjamin	50,000	32	3
123	Matthew	Smith	48,000	13	3
124	Prashray	Rai	45,500	14	1
125	Michael	Goldfarb	44,000	31	9
126	Edgar	Diaz	44,000	14	9
127	Michael	Kopjanski	42,500	14	7
128	John	Palace	42,500	15	4
129	Steve	Olivier	42,000	31	1
130	Joseph	Caiello	41,000	23	6
131	Stanley	Point Du Jour	40,500	32	4
132	Jason	Bral	39,000	8	1
133	Alexander	Ziskin	39,000	21	6
134	Brian	Phillis	37,500	31	5
135	John	Myung	36,000	7	8
136	John	Holley	35,000	16	4
137	Matthew	Zarcadoolas	30,500	32	2
138	Haibi	Lu	28,000	16	8
139	Honorato	Aznar	27,500	7	4
140	Mukul	Pahuja	27,500	16	3
141	Michele	Massimo	26,500	13	6
142	Marc	Sacheli	25,000	29	3
143	Devond	Marshall	24,000	15	8

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Event 6 Flight D: Five More Hands

November 23, 2016 @ 1:37AM by Eric Ramsey

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with 400 Ante
Players Remaining: 63 of 272

The clock was paused with 10 minutes left in the level, as the end of the night draws near. Each table will play five more hands, after which the survivors will bag up their chips for the overnight soak.

A recap of the day’s action will be posted shortly, along with the Day 2 seat draw and chip counts.

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Event 6 Flight D: Kyle Julius vs. Jesus Cabrera

November 23, 2016 @ 1:35AM by Eric Ramsey

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with 400 Ante
Players Remaining: 63 of 272

There are far more players remaining at this point in the night than in the previous flights, and there are therefore quite a few more short stacks left in the room. One of those is Kyle Julius, and he just got himself a bit shorter.

It was just a small pot that began with Julius opening to 5,000 under the gun. Jesus Cabrera three-bet to 12,000 on the button, and Julius counted down the 36,000 chips he had left in front of him before calling the remainder.

The flop was . Julius checked, Cabrera continued for 15,000, and Julius deliberated only briefly before surrendering his cards into the muck.

“You had an ace, didn’t you?” Cabrera asked. Julius nodded. “It was probably coming still,” Cabrera said, flashing as the dealer pushed him the pot.

Jesus Cabrera – 130,000 (65 bb)
Kyle Julius – 29,000 (15 bb)

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Event 6 Flight D: Mukul Pahuja One-Outs a Triple-Up

November 23, 2016 @ 12:40AM by Eric Ramsey

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 800/1,600 with 200 Ante
Players Remaining: 81 of 272

A player in early position moved all in for 17,100, and the player next to act re-shoved for about 75,000 total. Action froze on Mukul Pahuja in the small blind for about a minute, and he eventually called all in for 21,100 to put himself at risk. When the big blind folded, the cards were turned up.

Player 1:
Player 2:
Pahuja:

The flop gave the first shove-r the lead with a pair of tens, and the on the turn gave him a bit of extra protection with the only flush draw. The river was the , though, and Pahuja stole the pot away with a set of eights. He nearly tripled up with that one-outer, eliminating the short stack in the process.

Mukul Pahuja – 62,500 (39 bb)

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Event 6 Flight D: Omar Diaz More Than Doubles Up

November 22, 2016 @ 11:56PM by Eric Ramsey

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: 600/1,200 with 200 Ante
Players Remaining: 99 of 272

Omar Diaz limped in under the gun, as did the player next to act, and Mukul Pahuja raised to 5,200 in middle position. From the big blind, Steve Karp three-bet shoved for 15,300 total. Diaz four-bet to 33,000 total in response, and the player behind him quickly folded. Pahuja moved all in with the big stack, though, and Diaz called all in for 62,100 total, putting himself at risk along with Karp.

Diaz:
Pahuja:
Karp:

The flop left Diaz in bad shape with two to come, and the on the turn was a blank. The river was not, however, and it gave Diaz the big pot with a set of queens. Karp was eliminated, and Pahuja was left relatively short after paying off Diaz’s big double.

Omar Diaz – 143,100 (119 bb)
Mukul Pahuja – 19,000 (16 bb)
Steve Karp – Eliminated

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High Roller: Ben Tollerene Conquers Tough Field

November 22, 2016 @ 11:55PM by AlCantHang

2016 Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Hollywood, FL
$50,000 High Roller
Entries: 21
Prize Pool: $1,043,700
November 22, 2016

(Hollywood, FL) – The $50,000 High Roller event was a late edition to the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” schedule but it drew a nice group of top players. It had bracelet winners and high roller experts that all battled it out with online specialist Ben “Ben86” Tollerene outlasting them all to earn the title along with $495,228 for one day’s work.

The tournament began with two tables in action, one in the ballroom and one in front of the Poker Night in America cameras for a live stream viewed around the world. The initial feature table lineup had a tough draw that included Jason Mercier, Chance Kornuth, Jason Koon, and Isaac Haxton.

Mercier was the first player eliminated from the tournament when his nut flush draw was no good against Koon’s flopped full house. He took a short breather before jumping back into the action.

Registration closed after the dinner break and the High Roller officially drew 21 entrants to create a prize pool over $1 million with the last four getting paid. There were 12 players remaining when they returned and quickly played down to the final table nine.

It was slow going at the start of the final table but the turbo format soon forced the action for quick eliminations. Mercier dropped out in the sixth place followed by eight-time WSOP bracelet winner Erik Seidel on the money bubble.

Jason Koon followed Seidel out of the door but was able to pick up a cash worth $125,244. UK pro Stephen Chidwick, second on the all-time English cash list, made a stand but fell in third place for $187,866. Sean Winter began the final table with only three big blinds but was able to push his stack higher until he was heads-up for the title.

Tollorene was the dominant force in the late stages of the final table and went into heads-up play with better than a 5-to-1 advantage. The match lasted more than 30 minutes before Winter’s night was through in second place. This was Winter’s second big RRPO score following his $270,000 cash in the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” Championship.

Tollorene was the well-deserved High Roller champion after overcoming an incredibly tough field, taking home $495,228 plus the Seminole Hard Rock Poker trophy.

High Roller results:

1st: Ben Tollorene – $459,228 + Trophy
2nd: Sean Winter – $271,362
3rd: Stephen Chidwick – $187,866
4th: Jason Koon – $125,244