$1,100 Purple Chip Bounty Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 124

Seat 1:  Stanley Lee  –  900,000  (23 bb)
Seat 2:  Kharlin Sued  –  800,000  (20 bb)
Seat 3:  Carlos Bermudez  –  780,000  (20 bb)

1st:  $17,740 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $11,160
3rd:  $6,665

4th:  Mike Gao  –  $4,185
5th:  Levi Berger  –  $3,100
6th:  Brock Wilson  –  $2,665
7th:  Zhen Cai  –  $2,310
8th:  Grant Wang  –  $2,045
9th:  Scott Wright  –  $1,800
10th:  Dominik Bosnjak  –  $1,800
11th:  Matthew Kirkwood  –  $1,580
12th:  Tanupat Punjarojanakul  –  $1,580
13th:  Brandon Hamlet  –  $1,400
14th:  Waldir Guerra  –  $1,400
15th:  Juan Maceiras  –  $1,285
16th:  Jorge Rivera  –  $1,285

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 18
$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  1,756
Prize Pool:  $280,960
July 31-August 2, 2023

Event 18 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a multi-flight $200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). Over six starting flights, there were 1,756 entries that created a prize pool of $280,960.

A four-way deal took place at the final table and Jose Ordonez was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 18 winner for $33,354.

*denotes four-way deal

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 27
$1,100 Eight-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries:  119
Prize Pool:  $115,430
August 2, 2023

Event 27 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was the $1,100 Eight-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry). The tournament drew 119 entries, which produced a prize pool of $115,430. A three-way took place at the final table, and Anthony Zinno was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 27 winner for $25,714.

The win marked Zinno’s second SHRP major series trophy victory, having previously won a $2,200 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha event during the 2021 Showdown.

*denotes three-way deal

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 29
$25,500 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  22
Prize Pool:  $543,400
August 2, 2023

Event 29 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was the $25,500 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry). A field of 22 entries generated a prize pool of $543,400, and taking it down was Shaun Deeb, winning outright for $239,100.

The win is Deeb’s second SHRP major series trophy victory, having previously won the $25,500 Big 4 High Roller during the 2019 SHRPO.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 1,756

After the elimination of Jacques Brutus in fifth place, the remaining four players agreed to a deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Jose Ordonez  –  10,275,000  (34 bb)
Andrei Karas  –  7,150,000  (24 bb)
Trever Phelps  –  4,875,000  (16 bb)
Ginold Rendel  –  4,000,000  (13 bb)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Jose Ordonez  –  $33,354
Andrei Karas  –  $29,782
Trever Phelps  –  $26,300
Ginold Rendel  –  $24,679

As the chip lead leader, Jose Ordonez is the official Event 18 winner for $33,354.

A recap of the event will be posted later tonight.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 1,756

Jacques Brutus raised all in from under the gun for 1,325,000, and Andrei Karas isolated the action with a shove from the small blind.

Brutus: 
Karas: 

The board ran out , no help to Brutus, ending his tournament in fifth place.

Andrei Karas  –  7,150,000  (24 bb)
Jacques Brutus  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($11,900)

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,756

Jose Ordonez raised to 800,000 from the button, Axel Orellana Gomez three-bet all in for about 3,300,000 from the small blind, and Ordonez called.

Ordonez: 
Gomez: 

The board ran out , no help to Gomez, ending his tournament in sixth place.

Jose Ordonez  –  8,500,000  (28 bb)
Axel Orellana Gomez  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($9,625)

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,756

Seat 1:  Ginold Rendel  –  4,000,000  (13 bb)
Seat 2:  Jacques Brutus  –  2,775,000  (9 bb)
Seat 3:  Trever Phelps  –  5,475,000  (18 bb)
Seat 4:  Jose Ordonez  –  4,375,000  (15 bb)
Seat 5:  Axel Orellana Gomez  –  3,150,000  (11 bb)
Seat 6:  Andrei Karas  –  6,575,000  (22 bb)

1st:  $45,815 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $31,200
3rd:  $21,300
4th:  $15,800
5th:  $11,900
6th:  $9,625

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 251

After the elimination of William Wang in 10th place, the final nine players drew for random seats at the final table, which is scheduled to begin tomorrow (Thursday) at 1:00 pm.

Here is the lineup:

Seat 1.  Cherish Andrews  –  945,000  (63 bb)
Seat 2.  Daniyal Gheba  –  365,000  (24 bb)
Seat 3.  Yunkyu Song  –  395,000  (26 bb)
Seat 4.  Daniel Swartz  –  1,125,000  (75 bb)
Seat 5.  Mike Graffeo  –  500,000  (33 bb)
Seat 6.  Aaron Massey  –  255,000  (17 bb)
Seat 7.  Jeff Farnes  –  815,000  (54 bb)
Seat 8.  Mike Jozoff  –  275,000  (18 bb)
Seat 9.  Min Zhang  –  345,000  (23 bb)

Here are the remaining payouts:

1st:  $55,285 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $39,100
3rd:  $25,000
4th:  $15,180
5th:  $11,700
6th:  $9,715
7th:  $8,150
8th:  $6,815
9th:  $5,595

And here are the players who have finished in the money so far, along with their payouts:

10th:  William Wang  –  $5,595

11th:  Bin Weng  –  $4,760
12th:  Johnny Bromberg  –  $4,760

13th:  Michael McCray  –  $4,090
14th:  Mitchell Garshofsky  –  $4,090
15th:  Asher Neaman  –  $4,090

16th:  Stephen Song  –  $3,435
17th:  Joey Weissman  –  $3,435
18th:  Shane Melert  –  $3,435

19th:  Jacob Kauffman  –  $2,815
20th:  Aleksandr Gofman  –  $2,815
21st:  Nicholas Carballo  –  $2,815

22nd:  Eric Siegel  –  $2,215
23rd:  Owen Lynn  –  $2,215
24th:  Dylan Linde  –  $2,215

25th:  Andres Korn  –  $1,925
26th:  Jason Min  –  $1,925
27th:  David Kahan  –  $1,925

28th:  Kristen Foxen  –  $1,675
29th:  Phong Turbo Nguyen  –  $1,675
30th:  Michael Levin  –  $1,675
31st:  Darren Rabinowitz  –  $1,675
32nd:  Jason Wandling  –  $1,675

There is 13:29 remaining in Level 21, with blinds at 10,000-15,000 with a 15,000 ante. With nine players remaining from a field of 251, the average chip stack is around 560,000 (37 big blinds).

Return to SHRPO.com at 1:00 pm for the conclusion of Event 28, the $1,100 Deep Stack NLH.

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 251

William Wang got his short stack all in with , and needed to improve to stay alive against Yunkyu Song’s .

The board came , and Song won the pot with a pair of aces to eliminate Wang in 10th place.

Yunkyu Song  –  395,000  (26 bb)
William Wang  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($5,595)

The final nine players are now bagging their chips for the final table, which begins tomorrow (Thursday) at 1:00 pm.