2024 RRPO Live Updates

Event 1: Chip Counts at Break

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $2,138,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 40:  800,000/1,500,000 with a 1,500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 6,480

Eric Yanovsky  –  96,300,000  (64 bb)
Omar Morillo  –  26,700,000  (18 bb)
Rafael Lopez  – 7,100,000  (5 bb)

With three players remaining from the field of 6,480 entries, the average stack is about 43,200,000 (43 big blinds).

1st:  $261,920 + RRPO Trophy
2nd: $173,000
3rd:  $129,000

4th:  Michael Tarafa  –  $96,000
5th:  Jessica Cai  –  $73,000
6th:  Bradley Grossman  –  $55,000
7th:  Maurice Hawkins  –  $42,500
8th:  Kevin Vail  –  $33,000
9th:  Caleb Powell  – $26,000

Event 1: Final Three Players

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $2,138,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 39:  500,000/1,000,000 with a 1,000,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 6,480

Eric Yanovsky  –  83,100,000  (83 bb)
Omar Morillo  –  31,900,000  (32 bb)
Rafael Lopez  – 15,100,000  (15 bb)

With three players remaining from the field of 6,480 entries, the average stack is about 43,200,000 (43 big blinds).

1st:  $261,920 + RRPO Trophy
2nd: $173,000
3rd:  $129,000

4th:  Michael Tarafa  –  $96,000
5th:  Jessica Cai  –  $73,000
6th:  Bradley Grossman  –  $55,000
7th:  Maurice Hawkins  –  $42,500
8th:  Kevin Vail  –  $33,000
9th:  Caleb Powell  – $26,000

Event 1: Michael Tarafa – 4th Place ($96,000)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $2,138,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 39:  500,000/1,000,000 with a 1,000,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 6,480

Michael Tarafa

Omar Morillo raised from the cutoff and Michael Tarafa called all in for 2,000,000 on the button.

Morillo:  QhJs
Tarafa:  Ad9h

The board ran out Td2c2s3cQs, giving Morillo queens and deuces on the river to eliminate Tarafa in fourth place.

Omar Morillo  –  31,900,000  (32 bb)
Michael Tarafa  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($96,000)

With three players remaining from the field of 6,480 entries, the average stack is about 43,200,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $129,000.

Event 1: Rafael Lopez Doubles Through Michael Tarafa

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $2,138,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 39:  500,000/1,000,000 with a 1,000,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 6,480

Rafael Lopez

Michael Tarafa raised all in for 9,300,000 in the small blind and Rafael Lopez called all in for 7,300,000 in the big blind.

Tarafa:  KhJd
Lopez:  Ah7h

The board came As6s4d4h9s, giving Lopez aces and fours to double up.

Rafael Lopez  –  15,600,000  (16 bb)
Michael Tarafa  –  2,000,000  (2 bb)

With four players remaining from the field of 6,480 entries, the average stack is about 32,400,000 (32 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $96,000.

Event 1: Jessica Cai – 5th Place ($73,000)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $2,138,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 39:  500,000/1,000,000 with a 1,000,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 6,480

Jessica Cai

Jessica Cai raised to 2,000,000 from the button, Eric Yanovsky reraised all in with his chip-leading stack in the big blind, and Cai called all in for roughly 17,000,000 with 7h7s. Yanovsky showed KcTc.

The board ran out Ad9d9sKs3h, giving Yanovsky kings and nines to eliminate Cai in fifth place.

Eric Yanovsky  –  85,000,000  (85 bb)
Jessica Cai  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($73,000)

With four players remaining from the field of 6,480 entries, the average stack is about 32,400,000 (32 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $96,000.

Event 1: Eric Yanovsky Picks off a Bluff

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $2,138,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 39:  500,000/1,000,000 with a 1,000,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 6,480

Eric Yanovsky

Eric Yanovsky raised to 3,800,000 from the small blind and Omar Morillo called in the big blind.

The flop was 8d7d7c, Yanovsky continued for 1,500,000, and Morillo called.

The turn was the Jd, Yanovsky checked, Morillo bet 4,500,000, and Yanovsky called.

The river was the 2h, Yanovsky checked, Morillo bet 7,000,000, and Yanovsky called.

Morillo showed Qc9c, while Yanovsky tabled Jh5d for jacks and sevens to win the pot.

Eric Yanovsky  –  67,000,000  (67 bb)
Omar Morillo  –  13,200,000  (13 bb)

With five players remaining from the field of 6,480 entries, the average stack is about 25,900,000 (26 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $73,000.

Matt Bretzfield Wins RRPO Event 13 for Tenth Major SHRP Title!

2024 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 13
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  686
Prize Pool:  $226,380
November 24, 2024

Matt Bretzfield

Event 13 of the 2024 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament. A field of 686 entries more than doubled the $100,000 guarantee and generated a prize pool of $226,380. After a deal was reached between the final four players, and as the chip leader, it was Matt Bretzfield who was the official Event 13 winner for $27,010.

This marked Bretzfield’s tenth SHRP major series trophy victory to put him in a tie with Yuval Bronshtein and David Shmuel for third most all-time in our history.

2019 LHPO:  $1,100 Big Stack PLO  ($15,323)
2022 Showdown:  $400 Mixed PLO  ($11,475)
2022 SHRPO:  $1,100 Mixed PLO  ($20,165)
2022 RRPO:  $600 Deep Stack Turbo  ($5,828)
2023 LHPO:  $600 Mixed PLO  ($14,963)
2023 RRPO:  $1,100 Five-Card PLO  ($21,583)
2023 RRPO:  $400 Black Chip Bounty 5-Card PLO  ($8,073)
2023 RRPO:  $600 Eight-Game Mix  ($8,481)
2024 Showdown: $300 NLH/PLO Mix ($4,656)
2024 RRPO: $400 Deep Stack NLH ($27,010)

Congrats Matty!

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1MatthewBretzfield$27,010 *
2KelvinValdez$25,005 *
3BryanCuzino$21,400 *
4EdwardGood$16,685 *
5RamiroMolina Vallejo$10,000
6MatthewLambrecht$7,600
7MatthewMonroe$5,800
8KharlinSued$4,540
9ChaoHuang$3,560
10MatthewBiljanic$3,560
11JamesSalmon$3,200
12UriTenenboim$3,200
13PhilipBoyd$2,820
14JonathanHomen$2,820
15JaydenKrnyaich$2,820
16MichaelGraffeo$2,460
17NaftaliRosenberg$2,460
18DavidUvaydov$2,460
19JuanMontoya Bernal$2,460
20MarcioDe Carvalho$2,100
21FrancoisGagne$2,100
22ZyadQasem$2,100
23DiogoGoncalves De Souza$2,100
24MelissaDoucette Trader$1,780
25Pierre-XavierLaurent$1,780
26JayKlitzner$1,780
27DavidShmuel$1,780
28SilvanBarbura$1,780
29SurenKhaimov$1,780
30RichardJackson$1,780
31HuicunQiao$1,780
32SrikanthGundela$1,480
33QasemJamhour$1,480
34CaleWynegar$1,480
35OhadMocha$1,480
36MichaelNewman$1,480
37RossFischer$1,480
38AxelOrellana Gomez$1,480
39JavierSarache$1,480
40JoseBetancur Usuga$1,260
41AdriandoSoares Alves$1,260
42RichardRice$1,260
43RichardMurnick$1,260
44DennisSaneski$1,260
45SeanHeywood$1,260
46GloriaMolina Vallejo$1,260
47JacobKauffman$1,260
48MarkPerry$1,060
49ThomasJackson$1,060
50EmilieStallings$1,060
51DorPeleg$1,060
52JosephDuchman$1,060
53EduardoMoucherek Cecchinato$1,060
54SamDelio$1,060
55JorgeEghi$1,060
56WilliamSmith$900
57ChristianAnderson$900
58HaroldPark$900
59GrahamGibson$900
60DavidCastranova$900
61ThomasBona$900
62KhariHutchings$900
63StewartYancik$900
64AnibalPabon$760
65MiguelChirino Arteaga$760
66AlejandroFunes$760
67CarlMoultrie$760
68RoniZelichonok$760
69JeremyHolliday$760
70JosePacheco Chaves$760
71JohnAboud$760
72JosephMuldoon$760
73MichaelWetcher$760
74ArthurPeacock$760
75JiexiGuo$660
76AlanWentz$660
77ZhuoxunChen$660
78DavidSathue$660
79SolangeLucas$660
80OrlandoLeon Santiago$660
81IkechukwuNlemchi$660
82JaredGable$660
83LeroyGrant$660
84IliasBarkoutsis$660
85QuentinLimido$660
86YangLucas$660

Event 1: Eric Yanovsky Shows One

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $2,138,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 38:  400,000/800,000 with an 800,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 6,480

Eric Yanovsky

Jessica Cai raised to 1,600,000 from the button and Eric Yanovsky called in the big blind.

The flop was QdTs4h, Yanovsky checked, Cai continued for 2,000,000, Yanovsky check-raised to 5,200,000, and Cai called.

The turn was the 4c, Yanovsky bet 5,200,000, and Cai folded.

Yanovsky showed the 8d as he collected the pot.

Eric Yanovsky  –  40,000,000  (50 bb)
Jessica Cai  –  27,600,000  (35 bb)

With five players remaining from the field of 6,480 entries, the average stack is about 25,900,000 (32 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $73,000.

Event 1: Omar Morillo Doubles Through Eric Yanovsky

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $2,138,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 38:  400,000/800,000 with an 800,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 6,480

Omar Morillo

Eric Yanovsky raised to 1,600,000 from the button, Omar Morillo three-bet all in for 11,900,000 in the small blind, and Yanovsky called.

Yanovsky:  KcJc
Morillo:  Ac4h

The board ran out Ts7h5h6cAd, safe for Morillo to score the double.

Omar Morillo  –  25,400,000  (32 bb)
Eric Yanovsky  –  32,000,000  (40 bb)

With five players remaining from the field of 6,480 entries, the average stack is about 25,900,000 (32 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $73,000.

Event 1: Updated Chip Counts

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $2,138,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 38:  400,000/800,000 with an 800,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 6,480

Seat 1:  Eric Yanovsky  –  44,300,000  (55 bb)
Seat 2:  Omar Morillo  –  14,300,000  (18 bb)
Seat 3:  Michael Tarafa  –  20,900,000  (26 bb)
Seat 4:  Jessica Cai  –  31,000,000  (39 bb)
Seat 5:  Rafael Lopez  – 19,600,000  (25 bb)

1st: $261,920 + RRPO Trophy
2nd: $173,000
3rd: $129,000
4th: $96,000
5th: $73,000

6th:  Bradley Grossman  –  $55,000
7th:  Maurice Hawkins  –  $42,500
8th:  Kevin Vail  –  $33,000
9th:  Caleb Powell  – $26,000