$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining.  11 of 85

Scott Margereson raised to 60,000 from under the gun, Chance Kornuth three-bet to 300,000 (leaving 5,000 behind) from the button, Margereson four-bet, and Kornuth called all in with , ahead of Margereson’s .

The board came , giving Kornuth a pair of tens to double up.

Chance Kornuth  –  685,000  (23 bb)
Scott Margereson  –  850,000  (28 bb)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining.  11 of 85

Michael Rossitto raised all in from the button for 385,000 and Ray Qartomy called in the big blind.

Rossitto: 
Qartomy: 

The board ran out , giving Qartomy a pair of aces to eliminate Rossitto in 12th place.

Ray Qartomy  –  1,020,000  (34 bb)
Michael Rossitto  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($56,690)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 85

In the last hand of Level 18, and Hand #26 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Giuseppe Iadisernia moved all in from the button for 240,000, and Francis Anderson called all in from the small blind for 200,000 with .

Iadisernia turned over , and Anderson needed his tens to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Iadisernia spiked a nine on the river to win the pot with a set of nines and eliminate Anderson on the bubble of a $56,690 payday.

Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  490,000  (16 bb)
Francis Anderson  –  Eliminated

The remaining 12 players are in the money, guaranteed at least $56,690 each. The average chip stack is around 710,000 (24 big blinds).

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 85

Ray Qartomy raised to 55,000 from under the gun and Scott Margereson defended his big blind.

They checked to the turn of a board where Margereson bet 100,000. Qartomy called.

The river was the , Margereson checked after a few moments, an Qartomy checked behind.

“Jack-high,” said Margereson.

Qartomy showed for a pair of fives, Margereson mucked, and Qartomy collected the pot.

Ray Qartomy  –  570,000  (23 bb)
Scott Margereson  –  1,150,000  (46 bb)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 85

On the 22nd hand of the money bubble, Ray Qartomy limped from the small blind and Chance Kornuth checked his option in the big blind.

They checked to the turn of an board where Qartomy bet 25,000. Kornuth called.

The river was the , Qartomy bet 25,000 again, Kornuth raised to 115,000, and Qartomy folded.

Kornuth showed the as he collected the pot.

Chance Kornuth  –  400,000  (16 bb)
Ray Qartomy  –  335,000  (13 bb)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 85

Scott Margereson raised to 40,000 from middle position, Deividas Daubaris three-bet all in for 135,000 from the big blind, and Margerson called.

Margereson: 
Daubaris: 

The board came , giving Margereson a pair of tens to eliminate Daubaris.

Scott Margereson  –  990,000  (50 bb)
Deividas Daubaris  –  Eliminated

Coupled with the elimination of MIke Jozoff shortly beforehand, play is now hand-for-hand on the money bubble.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 85

Table 24
Seat 1:   Deividas Daubaris  –  155,000  (8 bb)
Seat 2:   Michael Rossitto  –  335,000  (17 bb)
Seat 3:   Scott Margereson  –  940,000  (47 bb)
Seat 4:   Ray Qartomy  –  630,000  (32 bb)
Seat 5:
Seat 6:   Stan Jablonski  –  400,000  (20 bb)
Seat 7:   Mike Jozoff  –  160,000  (8 bb)
Seat 8:   Sergio Aido  –  230,000  (12 bb)

Table 32
Seat 1:  Francis Anderson  –  445,000  (22 bb)
Seat 2:  Chance Kornuth  –  580,000  (29 bb)
Seat 3:  Justin Saliba  –  740,000  (37 bb)
Seat 4:  Gytis Lazauninkas  –  970,000  (49 bb)
Seat 5:  Joe McKeehen  –  1,050,000  (53 bb)
Seat 6:  Alex Livingston  –   940,000 (47 bb)
Seat 7:  Justin Zaki  –  470,000  (24 bb)
Seat 8:  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  530,000  (27 bb)

1st:  $602,550 + RRPO trophy
2nd:  $440,895
3rd:  $272,935
4th:  $186,855
5th:  $123,870
6th:  $92,380
7th:  $75,580
8th:  $65,085
9th:  $62,985
10th:  $60,885
11th:  $58,790
12th:  $56,690

2022 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 33
$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  182
Prize Pool:  $182,000
Bounty Prize Pool:  $91,000
November 27-28, 2022

Event 33 was a two-day $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em event, and it attracted a field of 182 entries. The total prizepool was worth $273,000 ($182,000 in payouts plus another $91,000 in bounties), easily surpassing the $100,000 guarantee.

Eric Afriat defeated Soheb Porbandarwala heads-up with ace-king winning a race against pocket jacks to win both of their $500 bounties, along with the title, the trophy, and the top prize of $46,515.

It’s the second Seminole Hard Rock trophy for Afriat, who also won the televised 2014 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, earning $1,081,184. This victory here today gives Afriat a total of more than $4.5 million in career tournament earnings worldwide.

Final Results:

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  59 of 838

Flight A:  189 Entries;  24 Advanced
Flight B:  280 Entries;  35 Advanced
Flight C:  369 Entries;  TBD Advanced
Day 2:  Tuesday at 1 p.m.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 1,541

Anthony Zinno opened to 275,000 from the cutoff, Ted McNamara three-bet shoved with a covering stack from the big blind, and Zinno called all in for roughly 2,700,000.

Zinno: 
McNamara: 

The board ran out , no help to Zinno, ending his tournament in 17th place.

Ted McNamara  –  8,825,000  (70 bb)
Anthony Zinno  –  Eliminated in 17th Place  ($33,100)