Event 16: Rosario Simone – 9th Place ($9,180)

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 478

On a flop of Ah3h3c with roughly 250,000 in the pot, John McDonald was in the big blind and check-called 300,000 from Rosario Simone in the hijack.

The turn was the 5h, McDonald checked, Simone went all in for about 410,000, and McDonald called with Jh9h for a flush.

Simone was drawing dead with Qd9s, rendering the Qc river moot.

John McDonald  –  2,340,000  (59 bb)
Rosario Simone  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($9,180)

With eight players remaining, the average stack is about 1,795,000  (45 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $12,160.

Event 16: Zhen Cai Doubles Through Rosario Simone

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 478

Michael Wang raised to 60,000 from early position, Zhen Cai reraised all in for 720,000 from the hijack, Rosario Simone called in the small blind, and Wang folded.

Cai:  AdKc
Simone:  KsKd

The board ran out AsQs2h9s7h, giving Cai a pair of aces to double through Simone.

Zhen Cai  –  1,560,000  (52 bb)
Rosario Simone  –  720,000  (24 bb)

Event 16: Final Table Lineup

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 478

Seat 1:  Michael Wang  –  5,280,000  (176 bb)
Seat 2:  John McDonald  –  1,580,000  (53 bb)
Seat 3:  Kharlin Sued  –  625,000  (21 bb)
Seat 4:  Zhen Cai  –  720,000  (24 bb)
Seat 5:  Raminder Singh  –  1,230,000  (41 bb)
Seat 6:  Daniel Frederick  –  570,000  (19 bb)
Seat 7:  Rosario Simone  –  1,560,000  (52 bb)
Seat 8:  Armando Romero  –  2,010,000  (67 bb)
Seat 9:  Eric Siegel  –  645,000  (22 bb)

1st:  $90,695  + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $62,200
3rd:  $41,300
4th:  $28,355
5th:  $21,770
6th:  $18,145
7th:  $15,150
8th:  $12,160
9th:  $9,180

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
10NadyaMagnus$9,180
11DavidMzareulov$7,575
12FrederickAttias$7,575
13RichardAlati$5,980
14GuyNaimi$5,980
15MichelBaroud$5,980
16JorgeGalarza$5,055
17KrzysztofSpisak-Spisacki$5,055
18RobertGottfried$5,055
19MichelBittan$4,265
20CorelTheuma$4,265
21JorieDamiani$4,265
22ChristopherAgnello$3,560
23MatthewZarcadoolas$3,560
24ScottWeinstein$3,560
25AlexanderStewart$3,085
26MichaelLaufer$3,085
27ChristopherHoward$3,085
28RyanEstrada$2,690
29KevinMacDonald$2,690
30CraigPollak$2,690
31FaridDridi$2,690
32JosephMcCray$2,690
33RobertLupo$2,690
34MatthewAlli$2,690
35PeterKamaras$2,690
36JulioDelgado Reyes$2,690
37NealCorcoran$2,320
38PasqualeCaiazza$2,320
39JackLieberman$2,320
40MarounAkiki$2,320
41AaronFlores$2,320
42MichaelChiappetta$2,320
43BrettBader$2,320
44NancyBirnbaum$2,320
45DavidJackson$2,320
46BarryRosenkranz$1,950
47MichaelGraffeo$1,950
48NicholasMahabee$1,950
49HuicunQiao$1,950
50Shon ShlomoPerez$1,950
51ChetSickle$1,950
52MichaelWetcher$1,950
53JamesCalderaro$1,950
54CarlosBermudez$1,950
55DimitryAgrachov$1,700
56LuisGamboa$1,700
57LouOjeda$1,700
58DavidInselberg$1,700
59AnthonyAskey$1,700
60SheddySiddiqui$1,700
61JoshDePersio$1,700

 

Event 23: Prize Pool and Payouts; $31,705 to the Winner

2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 23
$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  107
Prize Pool:  $107,000
Bounty Prize Pool:  $53,500
November 21 -22, 2023

Event 23 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry). A field of 107 entries generated a prize pool of $107,000, with an additional $53,500 set aside for bounties. Day 1 will play into the money, with 14 players earning at least $2,515.

Up top for the winner is $31,705.

1st:  $31,705 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $19,795
3rd:  $11,875
4th:  $7,760
5th:  $5,595
6th:  $4,925
7th:  $4,175
8th:  $3,640
9th-10th:  $3,210
11th-12th:  $2,840
13th-14th:  $2,515

Event 24: Triple Stack Turbo

$400 Triple Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The last tournament of the day gets underway at 8 pm with a lot of chips and snappy structure. It is a $400 Triple Stack Turbo and it will move along at a healthy pace.

Players start with huge 30K triple stacks and all level last 15 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:15 pm.

  • Players begin with 30,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 24 Structure Sheet

Event 16: Chip Counts at Dinner Break

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 478

Play resumes at about 7:35 p.m.

Table 7
Seat 1:  Zhen Cai  –  885,000  (30 bb)
Seat 2:  Kharlin Sued  –  735,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3:  Daniel Frederick  –  465,000  (16 bb)
Seat 4:  Michel Baroud  –  1,190,000  (40 bb)
Seat 5:  Jorge Galarza  –  400,000  (13 bb)
Seat 6:  Rosario Simone  –  885,000  (30 bb)
Seat 7:  Rich Alati  –  530,000  (18 bb)
Seat 8:  Michael Wang  –  2,800,000  (93 bb)
Seat 9:

Table 8
Seat 1:  Frederick Attias  –  585,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2:  Armando Romero  –  1,585,000  (53 bb)
Seat 3:  Guy Naimi  –  330,000  (11 bb)
Seat 4:  Eric Siegel  –  780,000  (26 bb)
Seat 5:
Seat 6:  Nadya Magnus  –  710,000  (24 bb)
Seat 7:  Raminder Singh  –  1,125,000  (38 bb)
Seat 8:  John McDonald  –  1,035,000  (35 bb)
Seat 9:  David Mzareulov  –  315,000  (11 bb)

1st:  $90,695  + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $62,200
3rd:  $41,300
4th:  $28,355
5th:  $21,770
6th:  $18,145
7th:  $15,150
8th:  $12,160
9th-10th:  $9,180
11th-12th:  $7,575
13th-15th:  $5,980
16th:  $5,055

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
17KrzysztofSpisak-Spisacki$5,055
18RobertGottfried$5,055
19MichelBittan$4,265
20CorelTheuma$4,265
21JorieDamiani$4,265
22ChristopherAgnello$3,560
23MatthewZarcadoolas$3,560
24ScottWeinstein$3,560
25AlexanderStewart$3,085
26MichaelLaufer$3,085
27ChristopherHoward$3,085
28RyanEstrada$2,690
29KevinMacDonald$2,690
30CraigPollak$2,690
31FaridDridi$2,690
32JosephMcCray$2,690
33RobertLupo$2,690
34MatthewAlli$2,690
35PeterKamaras$2,690
36JulioDelgado Reyes$2,690
37NealCorcoran$2,320
38PasqualeCaiazza$2,320
39JackLieberman$2,320
40MarounAkiki$2,320
41AaronFlores$2,320
42MichaelChiappetta$2,320
43BrettBader$2,320
44NancyBirnbaum$2,320
45DavidJackson$2,320
46BarryRosenkranz$1,950
47MichaelGraffeo$1,950
48NicholasMahabee$1,950
49HuicunQiao$1,950
50Shon ShlomoPerez$1,950
51ChetSickle$1,950
52MichaelWetcher$1,950
53JamesCalderaro$1,950
54CarlosBermudez$1,950
55DimitryAgrachov$1,700
56LuisGamboa$1,700
57LouOjeda$1,700
58DavidInselberg$1,700
59AnthonyAskey$1,700
60SheddySiddiqui$1,700
61JoshDePersio$1,700

Event 16: Krzysztof Spisak-Spisacki Eliminated in 17th Place by Michael Wang

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 478

Krzysztof Spisak-Spisacki was all in for 275,000 from under the gun with AcQd against Michael Wang in the big blind holding AdKs.

The board ran out JdTc5d6h6c, safe for Wang to eliminate Spisak-Spisacki in 17th place.

Michael Wang  –  2,800,000  (112 bb)
Krzysztof Spisak-Spisacki  –  Eliminated in 17th Place  ($5,055)

Event 16: Nadya Magnus Goes Big

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 478

Nadya Magnus

As Event 16 players prepare for their 40-minute dinner break in a few minutes, we heard a commotion from Table 8. It turns out Nadya Magnus is announcing her return with a splash.

As told by the table, Raminder Singh flopped a set of aces, Magnus turned a straight to take the lead and added a straight flush on the river for overkill and sent her a huge double. She sits with 995,000 with two tables left and big money on the horizon.

Event 22: Prize Pool and Payouts

2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 22
$400 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw (Re-Entry)
Entries:  61
Prize Pool:  $20,435
November 21, 2023

Registration closed for the $400 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw tournament with 61 entries creating a prize pool worth $20,435. The last eight players will earn some money with a min-cash worth $920, and the Event 22 champ will earn $7,165.

1st: $7,165 + RRPO Trophy
2nd: $4,325
3rd: $2,710
4th: $1,840
5th: $1,430
6th: $1,125
7th-8th: $920

Event 21: Prize Pool and Payouts with $14,020 to Six-Max Champ

2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 21
$400 Deep Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  162
Prize Pool:  $54,270
November 21, 2023

Registration closed for the $400 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em tournament with 162 entries, creating a prize pool worth $54,270. The last 21 players will make the money with $665 for a min-cash and $14,020 plus the RRPO trophy for the winner.

1st: $14,020 + RRPO Trophy
2nd: $9,240
3rd: $6,225
4th: $4,315
5th: $3,080
6th: $2,265
7th-8th: $1,715
9th-10th: $1,345
11th-12th: $1,085
13th-14th: $910
15th-16th: $800
17th-18th: $710
19th-21st: $665