2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 38
$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  124
Prize Pool:  $124,000
Bounty Prize Pool:  $62,000
November 26 – 27, 2023

Event 38 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 124 entries produced a prize pool of $124,000, with an additional $62,000 set aside for bounties.

A three-way deal took place at the final table and Eddy Mroczkowski was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 38 winner for $25,469.

*denotes three-handed deal

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  81 of 640

Flight A:  155 Entries;  20 Advanced
Flight B:  228 Entries;  28 Advanced
Flight C:  237 Entries;  33 Advanced
Day 2:  Tuesday at 1 p.m.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  81 of 640

Flight A:  155 Entries;  20 Advanced
Flight B:  228 Entries;  28 Advanced
Flight C:  237 Entries;  33 Advanced
Day 2:  Tuesday at 1 p.m.

2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 39
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  640
Prize Pool:  $332,800
November 26 – 28, 2023

Event 39 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). Across three starting flights, a field of 640 entries produced a prize pool of $332,800. The 81 players that advanced to Day 2 are in the money, having locked up a min-cash of $955.

Up top for the winner is $61,610.

1st:  $61,610 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $42,440
3rd:  $27,975
4th:  $20,280
5th:  $15,560
6th:  $12,475
7th:  $10,355
8th:  $8,250
9th-10th:  $6,200
11th-12th:  $5,130
13th-15th:  $4,090
16th-18th:  $3,405
19th-21st:  $2,790
22nd-24th:  $2,360
25th-27th:  $1,995
28th-36th:  $1,640
37th-45th:  $1,440
46th-54th:  $1,270
55th-63rd:  $1,140
64th-72nd:  $1,030
73rd-81st:  $955

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 93

The final table begins Tuesday at 1 p.m. with 28:47 remaining in Level 16 and 90-minute levels the rest of the way.

Seat 1:  Anton Wigg  –  440,000  (15 bb)
Seat 2:  Adam Hendrix  –  740,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3:  –empty–
Seat 4:  Ali Turkan  –  780,000  (26 bb)
Seat 5:  Joe McKeehen  –  1,405,000  (47 bb)
Seat 6:  Aleksejs Ponakovs  –  1,500,000  (50 bb)
Seat 7:  Brian Altman  –  1,535,000  (51 bb)
Seat 8:  Timur Vardanian  –  1,155,000  (39 bb)
Seat 9:  Ben Grise  –  1,735,000  (58 bb)

1st:  $682,238 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $459,420
3rd:  $298,623
4th:  $204,442
5th:  $135,529
6th:  $101,072
7th:  $82,696
8th:  $71,210

9th:  Justin Zaki  –  $68,913
10th:  Shashi Ramakrishna  –  $66,616
11th:  Frank Lagodich  –  $64,319
12th:  Ethan Yau  –  $62,022

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 93

Joe McKeehen raised to 60,000 from the cutoff, Justin Zaki three-bet all in from the button for about 580,000, Brian Altman four-bet all in from the small blind, and McKeehen folded.

Zaki: 
Altman: 

The board came , no help to Zaki, ending his tournament in ninth place.

Brian Altman  –  1,535,000  (51 bb)
Justin Zaki  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($68,913)

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 93

Anton Wigg opened to 60,000 from under the gun, Shashi Ramakrishna reraised all in for 460,000 from the button, Aleksejs Ponakovs reraised with a covering stack from the big blind, and Wigg folded.

Ramakrishna: 
Ponakovs: 

The board came , no help to Ramakrishna, ending his tournament in 10th place.

Aleksejs Ponakovs  –  1,500,000  (50 bb)
Sashi Ramakrishna  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($66,616)

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 93

Frank Lagodich raised all in for about 180,000 from the hijack and got action from Aleksejs Ponakovs on the button with , leading Lagodich’s .

The board ran out , giving Ponakovs a set of nines and ending Lagodich’s tournament in 11th place.

Aleksejs Ponakovs  –  1,070,000  (43 bb)
Frank Lagodich  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($64,319)

Recent Eliminations
12th:  Ethan Yau  –  $62,022

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 93

Ali Turkan raised all in with a covering stack in the small blind and Martin Stausholm called all in for about 350,000 in the big blind.

Stausholm: 
Turkan: 

The board ran out , no help to Stausholm after flopping a flush draw and turning a straight draw, ending his tournament on the money bubble.

Ali Turkan  –  880,000  (35 bb)
Martin Stausholm  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

With 12 players remaining, the average stack is 775,000 (31 bb). The remaining players have locked up $62,022.

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 93

Aleksejs Ponakovs raised to 62,000 from the hijack, Shashi Ramakrishna called in the small blind, and Frank Lagodich reraised all in with a covering stack in the big blind, Ponakovs called all in for 369,000, and Ramakrishna folded.

Ponakovs: 
Lagodich: 

The board ran out , safe for Ponakovs to doubleup.

Aleksejs Ponakovs  –  825,000  (33 bb)
Frank Lagodich  –  550,000  (22 bb)