$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight D Entries:  572

Flight D of RRPO Event 1 closed with 572 entries, bringing the total field size to 2,180 entries at the halfway point. The guarantee is nearly 75% of the way there with the four biggest flights to come.

Play in Flight D will continue until 58 players remain. Players must bag a stack in order to make the money, and those who do will return for Day 2 on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Chip counts through Flight C

$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/30,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  3 of 78

Stud

David Thurston:  /
Eugene Brown:  /

Picking up the action on fifth street, David Thurston bet 30,000 and Eugene Brown called. Thurston bet again on sixth street and Brown called all in.

David Thurston:  /
Eugene Brown:  /

Thurston had a pair of fives with a straight draw, while Brown had a flush draw and his own straight draw.

Thurston pealed the on seventh street, finishing with just a pair of fives. Brown, however, failed to improve with the , busting in fourth place.

Chris Tryba  –  410,000  (14 BB)
AJ Kelsall  –  390,000  (13 BB)
David Thurston  –  370,000  (12 BB)
Eugene Brown  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($3,375)

1st:  $13,625 + RRPO trophy
2nd:  $7,985
3rd:  $5,000

2022 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 8
$600 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  37
Prize Pool:  $19,610
November 17, 2022

Registration closed for the $600 Deep Stack Turbo tournament with 37 entries creating a prize pool worth $19,610. The last five players will earn at least $1,570 while the Event 8 champ earns $8,035 plus the RRPO trophy.

1st: $8,035 + RRPO trophy
2nd: $4,900
3rd: $2,945
4th: $2,160
5th: $1,570

$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  12,000/24,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  4 of 78

Razz

Mark Dickstein got the last of his chips in during Razz and made a ten-seven, but Eugene Brown made a seven perfect to eliminate Dickstein in fifth place.

Eugene Brown  –  160,000  (7 BB)
Mark Dickstein  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($2,560)

$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  12,000/24,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  5 of 78

Razz

A short-stacked Steven Pollack was all in for his last few thousand against AJ Kelsall.

Pollack:  /
Kelsall:  /

Here were the rest of their runouts:

Pollack:  / /
Kelsall:  / /

Kelsall had it locked up on fifth street with an eight-seven, further improving to a seven-six, eliminating Pollack in sixth place.

AJ Kelsall  –  395,000  (16 BB)
Steven Pollack  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($2,050)

$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  6 of 78

Omaha 8

Steve Bellipario raised to 20,000 from the hijack, and AJ Kelsall called in the big blind.

The flop was , Kelsall led for 10,000, and Bellipario called.

The turn was the , Kelsall checked, Bellipario bet his remaining 11,000, and Kelsall called.

Bellipario: 
Kelsall: 

Bellipario had aces and fours with a live low draw, while Kelsall had straight and flush outs.

The river was the , giving Kelsall a flush to eliminate Bell in seventh place.

AJ Kelsall  –   430,000  (22 BB)
Steve Bellipario –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($1,845)

$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  7 of 78

During a round of hold’em, after a flop of , both blinds checked, and Joey Gargiulo bet 10,000 from under the gun. Chris Tryba quickly check-raised from the small blind to 20,000, and Steve Bell folded in the big blind.

The turn card was the , Tryba bet 20,000, and Gargiulo thought for a bit before moving all in for a little less than 40,000.

Tryba quickly called with for two pair, jacks and tens, and Gargiulo turned over for a pair of kings. Gargiulo needed a king or a four on the river to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Tryba won the pot with his two pair to eliminate Gargiulo in eighth place.

Chris Tryba  –  360,000  (18 BB)
Joey Gargiulo  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($1,640)

With seven players remaining from a field of 78, the average chip stack is around 167,000 (8 Big Bets). The next player to be eliminated will earn $1,845.

2022 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 7
$150 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  239
Prize Pool:  $30,000
November 17, 2022

Event 7 of the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $150 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). The tournament drew 239 entries, and in addition to the prize pool of $30,000, there is a seat into the $3,500 RRPO Championship for the winner.

The final 30 players will cash, earning at least $215. A first-place prize of $6,935 and the $3,500 RRPO championship seat are up top.

1st:  $6,935 + $3,500 RRPO Championship Seat + Trophy
2nd:  $4,855
3rd:  $3,075
4th:  $1,870
5th:  $1,445
6th:  $1,200
7th:  $1,020
8th:  $870
9th-10th:  $700
11th-12th:  $605
13th-15th:  $520
16th-18th:  $435
19th-21st:  $355
22nd-24th:  $275
25th-27th:  $240
28th-30th:  $215

$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000 Limits
Player Remaining:  8 of 78

Razz

A short-stacked Ricardo Velasco got his remaining chips in during razz, but made three pairs (in addition to running into Steve Bell’s six-five) to bust in ninth place.

Steve Bell  –  165,000  (14 BB)
Ricardo Velasco  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($1,435)

$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  9 of 78

After the elimination of Donny Rubinstein in 10th place, the final nine players have drawn for random seats at the final table.

With nine players remaining from a field of 78, the average chip stack is around 130,000 (11 Big Bets). Here is the lineup, along with their approximate chip counts:

Seat 1.  Ricardo Velasco  –  60,000  (5 BB)
Seat 2.  Chris Tryba  –  145,000  (12 BB)
Seat 3.  Steve Bellipario  –  76,000  (6 BB)
Seat 4.  Joey Gargiulo  –  238,000  (20 BB)
Seat 5.  Mark Dickstein  –  110,000  (9 BB)
Seat 6.  Steven Pollack  –  80,000  (7 BB)
Seat 7.  David Thurston  –  188,000  (16 BB)
Seat 8.  A.J. Kelsall  –  170,000  (14 BB)
Seat 9.  Eugene Brown  –  70,000  (6 BB)

And here is the prizepool they’re playing for:

1st:  $13,625 + RRPO trophy
2nd:  $7,985
3rd:  $5,000
4th:  $3,375
5th:  $2,560
6th:  $2,050
7th:  $1,845
8th:  $1,640
9th:  $1,435
10th:  Donny Rubinstein  –  $1,435