2019 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 7
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 263
Prize Pool: $89,420
November 24, 2019

Sheldon Gross defeated Anthony Barbera in a heads-up battle to win the $400 Deep Stack NLH event, earning $20,370.

There were 263 entries in this one-day event, which played out alongside Day 2 of the massive field for Event 1. The cards got in the air at 11:00 am, and it was after 3:30 am (16+ hours later) when the final hand was dealt.

This is the first trophy for Gross at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood.

Final Results:

1st:  Sheldon Gross  –  $20,370
2nd:  Anthony Barbera  –  $14,328
3rd:  Alexandru Ivan  –  $9,166
4th:  Ginold Rendel  –  $5,575
5th:  Stephen Vecchio  –  $4,306
6th:  Adam George  –  $3,568
7th:  Wanlop Phonphornwithoon  –  $2,996
8th:  Angelo Miele  –  $2,504
9th:  James Kirvin III  –  $2,037
10th:  Lachezar Petkov  –  $1,721
11th:  Elias Nassif  –  $1,721
12th:  Zachary Vuong  –  $1,721
13th:  Luis Rivera Lugo  –  $1,477
14th:  Nino Jabbes  –  $1,477
15th:  Tim Shane  –  $1,477
16th:  Jose Rodriguez  –  $1,243
17th:  Gary Brown  –  $1,243
18th:  Sean Thomson  –  $1,243
19th:  Aroon Maharad  –  $1,019
20th:  Jacob Wojtuniecki  –  $1,019
21st:  Alex Pines  –  $1,019
22nd:  Emil Soffer  –  $805
23rd:  Neil Blumenfield  –  $805
24th:  Ruben Delgado  –  $805
25th:  Walter Bravo  –  $697
26th:  Sai-Swaroop Mudduluru  –  $697
27th:  Chandan Mathur  –  $697
28th:  Leroy Grant  –  $614
29th:  Manuel Soltero Luna  –  $614
30th:  Montgomery Cole  –  $614
31st:  Zoltan Czinkota  –  $614
32nd:  Luis Vasquez Diaz  –  $614
33rd:  Sue Sanders  –  $614

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75K/125K with a 125K ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 263

After a flop of , Anthony Barbera bets 200,000, Sheldon Gross raises to 400,000, and Barbera moved all in.

Gross called with for two pair, sixes and threes, and Barbera turned over for a pair of sixes. Barbera needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card paired the board with a , the river card was a , and Gross won the pot — and Event 7 — with his higher two pair.

1st:  Sheldon Gross  –  $20,370
2nd:  Anthony Barbera  –  $14,328
3rd:  Alexandru Ivan  –  $9,166
4th:  Ginold Rendel  –  $5,575
5th:  Stephen Vecchio  –  $4,306
6th:  Adam George  –  $3,568
7th:  Wanlop Phonphornwithoon  –  $2,996
8th:  Angelo Miele  –  $2,504
9th:  James Kirvin III  –  $2,037

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 4,699

Day 2 started with 721 players, and 470 of them would finish in the money. After a full day of poker, the field got down to the final 13 players before hitting the hard stop shortly before 3:00 am.

The chipleader is Pedro Catinchi, who bagged up 15,825,000 (53 big blinds) after being down to a single chip before the dinner break — just 1/4 of a big blind. He has already had an amazing comeback, guaranteeing himself at least $9,145, but if he can go on to win, it would be an epic achievement.

The remaining 13 players will return to their same seats tomorrow, and here are their official seating assignments and chip counts, followed by the remaining prizepool:

TABLE 10
Seat 1.  Ben Boston  –  7,000,000  (23 bb)
Seat 2.  Traci Myhrum  –  3,800,000  (13 bb)
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Pedro Catinchi  –  15,825,000  (53 bb)
Seat 6.  Ronald Campillo  –  7,400,000  (25 bb)
Seat 7.  Song O.  –  5,800,000  (19 bb)
Seat 8.  
Seat 9.  John Two-Bears  –  14,300,000  (48 bb)

TABLE 9
Seat 1.  
Seat 2.  Stuart Hankin  –  2,700,000  (9 bb)
Seat 3.  Gilles Dalco  –  8,125,000  (27 bb)
Seat 4.  Richard Leger  –  6,200,000  (21 bb)
Seat 5.  Shane Gosline  –  5,675,000  (19 bb)
Seat 6.  Brian Mancilla  –  4,950,000  (17 bb)
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  Leif Force  –  6,000,000  (20 bb)
Seat 9.  Joel Gossett  –  5,925,000  (20 bb)

1st:  $253,410 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $164,230
3rd:  $110,720
4th:  $90,730
5th:  $72,360
6th:  $55,585
7th:  $39,605
8th:  $27,625
9th-10th:  $16,440
11th-12th:  $12,340
13th:  $9,145

Day 3 will begin tomorrow (Monday) at 2:00 pm EST, and they will play down to a winner. Return to SHRPO.com for continuing coverage from the Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 111

Day 1 of the Purple Chip Bounty event came to an end with eight players remaining at the final table. They bagged up for tonight, and they’ll resume tomorrow (Monday) at 2:00 pm EST.

Here are their official chip counts and seating positions, followed by the prizepool:

Seat 1.  Albert Daher  –  299,000  (37 bb)
Seat 2.  Schahin Ghiai  –  407,000  (51 bb)
Seat 3.  Ronny Beda  –  215,000  (27 bb)
Seat 4.  Moshe Shabat  –  356,000  (45 bb)
Seat 5.  Zhi Cheng Wu  –  518,000  (65 bb)
Seat 6.  Padraig O’Neill  –  83,000  (10 bb)
Seat 7.  Tomas Soderstrom  –  292,000  (37 bb)
Seat 8.  Carlos Guerrero  –  50,000  (6 bb)

1st:  $34,105 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $21,015
3rd:  $12,595
4th:  $8,215
5th:  $6,335
6th:  $5,200
7th:  $4,405
8th:  $3,835

9th:  Rami Hahitti  –  $3,415
10th:  Scott Zakheim  –  $3,415
11th:  Mark Amaral  –  $2,980
12th:  Jack Salter  –  $2,980
13th:  Thi Dao  –  $2,640
14th:  Peter Walsworth  –  $2,640

Return to SHRPO.com for continuing coverage from the Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 33:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 4,699

Gilles Dalco raised from the button to 600,000, and Shane Gosline called from the big blind. The flop came , Gosline bet 600,000, and Dalco called.

The turn card was the , Gosline checked, Dalco bet 600,000, and Gosline called.

The river card was the , Gosline checked, and Dalco bet 2,000,000. Gosline thought for a bit before he folded, and Dalco said, “Good fold,” as he showed for a flopped set of aces as he took the pot.

Gilles Dalco  –  8,700,000  (35 bb)
Shane Gosline  –  6,000,000  (24 bb)

The field is down to 13 players, with an average chip stack around 7,225,000 (29 big blinds) near the end of the last level of the night.

Here is a list of the most recently eliminated players, along with how much they earned:

14th:  Shane Scorza  –  $9,145
15th:  Antonio Rey  –  $9,145
16th:  Phillip Stuttman  –  $7,110

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 33:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 4,699

Kharlin Sued moved all in UTG+1 for 800,000, Pedro Catinchi called from the hijack, John Two-Bears called from the small blind, and Ben Boston called from the big blind.

“You’re about to quadruple up,” said Boston.

The flop came , Boston checked, and Catinchi bet 1,000,000. Two-Bears folded, and Boston called.

Boston checked in the dark, and Catinchi quickly dark-checked behind him just before the fell on the turn.

The dealer put out the on the river, both players checked again, and all three players showed their cards.

Pedro Catinchi:    (overpair)
Ben Boston:    (nine high)
Kharlin Sued:    (ace high)

Catinchi won the entire pot with his pocket queens to eliminate Sued in 17th place.

Back during the 10K-20K level, Catinchi was knocked down to a single 5K chip, and he was forced all in from the small blind on the next hand. Catinchi has made an incredible chip-and-a-chair comeback, and he now leads the field with 16 players remaining.

Pedro Catinchi  –  12,900,000  (52 bb)
John Two-Bears  –  7,000,000  (28 bb)
Ben Boston  –  6,900,000  (28 bb)
Kharlin Sued  –  Eliminated in 17th Place  ($7,110)

Here is a list of the most recently eliminated players, along with how much they earned:

17th:  Kharlin Sued  –  $7,110
18th:  Gerard Sukhram  –  $7,110
19th:  Kevin Ho  –  $5,590
20th:  James Salmon  –  $5,590
21st:  David Clark  –  $5,590

With 16 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 5,875,000 (24 big blinds).

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 111

Event 8 is down to the final nine players, and they’ve drawn for random seats at the final table. Here are their approximate chip counts (their stacks are surprisingly deep), followed by the remaining prizepool:

Seat 1.  Albert Daher  –  350,000  (88 bb)
Seat 2.  Schahin Ghiai  –  495,000  (124 bb)
Seat 3.  Ronny Beda  –  256,000  (64 bb)
Seat 4.  Rami Hahitti  –  316,000  (79 bb)
Seat 5.  Moshe Shabat  –  199,000  (50 bb)
Seat 6.  Zhi Cheng Wu  –  319,000  (80 bb)
Seat 7.  Padraig O’Neill  –  169,000  (42 bb)
Seat 8.  Tomas Soderstrom  –  57,000  (14 bb)
Seat 9.  Carlos Guerrero  –  62,000  (16 bb)

1st:  $34,105 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $21,015
3rd:  $12,595
4th:  $8,215
5th:  $6,335
6th:  $5,200
7th:  $4,405
8th:  $3,835
9th:  $3,415

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 4,699

With the blinds at 75K-150K, John Two-Bears raised to 375,000, his opponent reraised to 975K, and Two-Bears called.

The flop came , Two-Bears bet 800,000, his opponent moved all in, and Two-Bears called all in for 4,200,000 with for an overpair,

His opponent turned over for top pair, and Two-Bears needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card paired the board with the , the river card was the , and the pocket queens held up for Two-Bears to win the pot and double up into the chip lead.

John Two-Bears  –  10,725,000  (72 bb)

A short while later, the level ended and the players took a 15-minute break. There were four players with at least 7.5 million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  John Two-Bears  –  11,000,000  (55 bb)
2.  Ben Boston  –  9,125,000  (46 bb)
3.  Gilles Dalco  –  8,825,000  (44 bb)
4.  Joel Gossett  –  7,950,000  (40 bb)

With 19 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 4.95 million (25 big blinds).

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 4,699

Dorde Radisavljevic is a restaurant manager at YOLO in nearby downtown Fort Lauderdale, and while he plays cash games, this was his first poker tournament.

Radisavljevic was just eliminated in 26th place, and he seemed quite pleased with the result. That’s always nice to see.

Here is a list of the most recently eliminated players:

22nd:  Pavlos Kasselouris  –  $5,590
23rd:  Sergio Perez  –  $5,590
24th:  Kimberly Jones  –  $5,590
25th:  Ricky Stinson  –  $5,590
26th:  Dorde Radisavljevic  –  $5,590
27th:  Jordan Bialek  –  $5,590

With 21 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 4,475,000 (30 big blinds).

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 4,699

James Salmon entered the pot from the middle position, Sergio Perez moved all in from the big blind for about 2,000,000, and Salmon snap-called with .

Perez turned over , needing to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Salmon paired his ace on the turn to clinch the pot and eliminate Perez in 23rd place.

James Salmon  –  6,650,000  (44 bb)
Sergio Perez  –  Eliminated in 23rd Place  ($5,590)