$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  180 of 409

Chance Kornuth was all in from the button with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Chris Lewis in the small blind.

The board came , and Lewis won the pot with a pair of kings to eliminate Kornuth from Day 1A.

Chris Lewis  –  220,000  (147 bb)
Chance Kornuth  –  Eliminated

With about 180 players remaining, the average chip stack is around 114,000 (57 big blinds). Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm, and Day 1B begins tomorrow at 11:00 am.

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 43
$1,100 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Entries:  34
Prize Pool:  $32,810
August 9, 2024

Event 43 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $1,100 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry), drawing a field of 34 entries for a prize pool of $32,810. A five-handed deal took place and Christopher Hice was the chip leader at the time, making him the official winner of Event 43 for $9,898.

This marked Hice’s second win of the series and third SHRP major series trophy overall, having won the $600 H.O.R.S.E. earlier in the week, and a $600 Turbo PLO event during the 2023 SHRPO.

*denotes five-handed deal

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  189 of 409

Michael Wetcher was all in with from the small blind, and the button had him covered holding .

The final board read , and Wetcher doubled up to survive with 78,000 after collecting the pot.

Michael Wetcher – 78,000 (39 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  198 of 409

Wayne Harmon raised from the button to 8,000, the big blind moved all in for 57,500, and Harmon called with 61,000 in his own stack and turned over .

The big blind showed , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Harmon paired his queen on the river to win the pot and eliminate the big blind from Day 1A.

Wayne Harmon  –  121,000  (81 bb)

With 195 players remaining, the average chip stack is around 105,000 (70 big blinds). Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm, and Day 1B begins tomorrow at 11:00 am.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  198 of 409

Michael Newman was all in with pocket threes from the big blind on a board reading , and Kaly Chivukula had him covered holding pocket aces from the small blind.

The river delivered the , and Newman doubled up to survive with 76,500 after collecting the pot thanks to the set. Chivukula was at 68,000 after the hand.

Michael Newman – 76,500 (51 bb)
Kaly Chivukula – 68,000 (45 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  216 of 409

Kristen Foxen raised to 3,000 from middle position, Jesse Lonis called in the hijack, and the player in the cutoff three-bet to 10,500. Foxen four-bet all in for 40,500, Lonis folded, and the cutoff called with .

Foxen showed and needed to improve to survive.

The board came , giving Foxen jacks full of eights to double up.

Kristen Foxen  –  88,000  (59 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  216 of 409

Eric Bonin was all in with in the hole from the big blind on a board reading . That was enough to top the cards that were already in the muck from the player under the gun, so Bonin survived with 62,500 after collecting the pot.

Eric Bonin – 62,500 (41 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  409

The players returned from break to begin Level 9, with increased blinds of 1,000-1,500 with a 1,500 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up five players with at least 250K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Jake Ferro  –  393,000  (262 bb)
2.  Alex Foxen  –  343,500  (229 bb)
3.  Jesse Lonis  –  321,000  (214 bb)
4.  Elliot Smith  –  316,500  (211 bb)
5.  Justin Zaki  –  298,500  (199 bb)

Registration is now closed for Day 1A, and the tournament clock shows an unofficial field size of 409, which would put more than $1.98 million in the prizepool. Day 1B begins tomorrow at 11:00 am.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  403

Reigning WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Tamayo was all in from middle position for 25,300 with , and needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Matthew Lambrecht in the big blind.

The board came , and Tamayo won the pot with his queen to double up in chips.

Jonathan Tamayo  –  52,400  (44 bb)
Matthew Lambrecht  –  85,000  (71 bb)

Registration remains open with a single re-entry per starting flight until the beginning of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. The prizepool is already worth more than $1.95 million on its way to the $3 million guarantee.

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 45
$400 Black Chip Bounty Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  127
Prize Pool:  $29,845
Bounty Prize Pool:  $12,700
August 9, 2024

Event 45 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $400 Black Chip Bounty Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 127 entries generated a prize pool of $29,845, with an additional $12,700 set aside for bounties. The final 16 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $665.

Up top for the winner is $8,440.

1st:  $8,440 +  SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $5,375
3rd:  $3,210
4th:  $2,015
5th:  $1,500
6th:  $1,285
7th:  $1,115
8th:  $985
9th-10th:  $865
11th-12th:  $765
13th-16th:  $665