2021 RRPO Live Updates

Championship: Pavlo Veksler Eliminated in 24th Place by Ari Dinov

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 1,566

Ari Dinov

Pavlo Veksler was all in from the button for about 700,000 against Ari Dinov who was under the gun.

Veksler:  9h9s
Dinov:  QhQd

The board ran out Kh8h6dAhJd, no help to Veksler, ending his run in 24th place.

Ari Dinov  –  2,650,000  (44 bb)
Pavlo Veksler  –  Eliminated in 24th Place ($27,645)

Event 28: Last PLO Ready to Go

$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The RRPO schedule was stocked full with Omaha games and the last one of the series goes tonight at 6 pm with a big game. Event 28 is a $2,200 Pot Limit Omaha tournament with a slow structure and two-day format.

Players start with 20,000 deep stacks and all levels last 40 minutes long. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 7 at 10:30 pm. They will continue playing through Level 12 and survivors will bag up their chips for a Day 2 return tomorrow.

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 40 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7 (10:30pm)
  • Day 1 will come to an end after Level 12
  • Event 28 Structure Sheet

High Roller: Leonard Maue Doubles Thru Barry Hutter

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Entries:  90

Leonard Maue
Leonard Maue

Leonard Maue got it all in from the small blind for 68,500 with QhQd, and needed it to hold to stay alive against the AsKc of Barry Hutter, who was under the gun.

The board came Ac8s4sKsQc — Hutter paired his ace on the flop and his king on the turn, but Maue rivered a set of queens to win the pot and double up in chips.

Leonard Maue  –  145,000  (36 bb)
Barry Hutter  –  735,000  (184 bb)

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 9 (around 6:30 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow’s final table.

The field is up to 90 entries, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the dinner break (around 8:00 pm).

Championship: Final Three Tables

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 1,566

Table 7
Seat 1:  Daniel Rezaei  –  3,990,000  (67 bb)
Seat 2:  Jakob Miegel  –  4,450,000  (74 bb)
Seat 3:  Steve Buckner  –  1,025,000  (17 bb)
Seat 4:  Harout Ghazarian  –  6,880,000  (115 bb)
Seat 5:  Selahaddin Bedir  –  3,700,000  (62 bb)
Seat 6: Tomas Soderstrom  – 350,000  (6 bb)
Seat 7:  Pasquale Caiazza  –  805,000  (14 bb)
Seat 8:  Yiannis Liperis  –  870,000  (15 bb)

Table 8
Seat 1:  Jacob Ferro  –  1,190,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2:  Clayton Maguire  –  2,050,000  (34 bb)
Seat 3:  Sterling Savill  –  2,420,000  (40 bb)
Seat 4:  Scott Levitt  –  5,050,000  (84 bb)
Seat 5:  Kenneth McAdams  –  2,355,000  (39 bb)
Seat 6:  Nicholas Davidson  –  945,000  (16 bb)
Seat 7:  Mike Shanahan  –  3,660,000  (61 bb)
Seat 8:  Arian Stolt  –  1,630,000  (27 bb)

Table 16
Seat 1:  Joseph Cheong  –  4,350,000  (73 bb)
Seat 2:  Ari Dinov  –  1,830,000  (31 bb)
Seat 3:  Willie Wiggins  –  3,200,000  (53 bb)
Seat 4:  Anshul Rai  –  1,150,000  (19 bb)
Seat 5:  Kristen Bicknell  –  1,600,000  (27 bb)
Seat 6:  Pavel Plesuv  –  3,700,000  (62 bb)
Seat 7:  Pavlo Veksler  -700,000  (12 bb)
Seat 8:  Gediminas Uselis  –  4,850,000  (81 bb)

Championship: Duff Charette Eliminated by Jakob Miegel

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 1,566

Duff Charette

Duff Charette found himself down to 50K, a single big blind, and took a shot with 9c6s. Unfortunately for the WPTDeepStacks champ, Jakob Miegel was waiting with KdKc.

The board ran out Qh6h2sQc5s to send Charette out in 25th place and trigger a three-table redraw.

Jakob Miegel – 4,225,000 (84 bb)
Duff Charette – Eliminated in 25th Place ($22,500)

High Roller: Barry Hutter Leads with ~600K, Prizepool Has Doubled the Guarantee

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Entries:  89

Barry Hutter
Barry Hutter

The players returned from break to begin Level 7, with increased blinds of 2,000-3,000 with a big blind ante of 3,000.

The chipleader at this point is Barry Hutter, who has 598,500, more than 200K more than anyone else in the field.

Barry Hutter  –  598,500  (200 bb)

With 89 entries and counting, the total prizepool is worth nearly $2.2 million, more than doubling the $1 million guarantee. Registration remains with unlimited re-entries until the end of the dinner break (around 8:00 pm).

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 9 (around 6:30 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow’s final table.

Event 24: Prize Pool and Payouts with $68,840 Up Top

2021 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 24
$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  337
Prize Pool:  $326,890
November 29, 2021

Registration closed for the one-day $1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em tournament and it drew another great group of players. The 337 entries more than tripled the $100,000 guarantee and put $326,890 in the prize pool

The last 43 spots will be paid with $1,875 for a min-cash and $68,840 awaiting the Event 24 champion.

1st: $68,840 + RRPO trophy
2nd: $47,135
3rd: $30,465
4th: $20,265
5th: $15,625
6th: $13,000
7th: $10,850
8th: $8,905
9th-10th: $7,125
11th-12th: $5,885
13th-15th: $5,015
16th-18th: $4,150
19th-21st: $3,435
22nd-24th: $2,795
25th-27th: $2,420
28th-36th: $2,135
37th-43rd: $1,875

High Roller: Erik Seidel Eliminated by John Spadavecchia

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Entries:  80

John Spadavecchia
John Spadavecchia

Erik Seidel got it all in preflop from the button for 14,000 with Ad10d, but he was dominated and facing elimination against the AsJh of John Spadavecchia, who was UTG+1.

The board came Qd6c3d5h3h, and Spadavecchia won the pot with his jack to eliminate Seidel.

John Spadavecchia  –  150,000  (50 bb)
Erik Seidel  –  Eliminated

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 9 (around 6:30 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow’s final table.

The field is up to 80 entries, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the dinner break (around 8:00 pm).

Championship: Sonia Shashikhina Eliminated by Harout Ghazarian

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 1,566

Sonia Shashikhina

Harout Ghazarian opened the action from the cutoff and Sonia Shashikhina three-bet shipped for 775,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Ghazarian called.

Shashikhina: AcTs
Ghazarian: Ad9s

Shashikhina had a dominating bigger ace but the As8s7c6h5c run out gave Ghazarian a nine-high straight to send her out in 27th place.

Harout Ghazarian – 6,500,000 (150 bb)
Sonia Shashikhina – Eliminated in 27th Place ($22,500)

Sonia Shashikhina

Event 25 Flight B: Second Big Stack Flight

$150 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The second flight of the $150 Big Stack Event 25 gets underway at 5 pm and it will build on the great turnout for Flight A. We had 212 entries in the morning flight with more expected this evening for the $100,000 guarantee tournament.

Players start with 15,000 big stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 9:30 pm. Play will continue into the evening until 6% of the starting field remains and they will advance to Day 2 on Wednesday in the money.

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when 6% of field remains
  • Event 25 Structure Sheet