$150 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  77 of 1,258

Flight A: 212 Entries; 13 Advanced
Flight B: 294 Entries; 18 Advanced
Flight C: 338 Entries;  21 Advanced
Flight D: 414 Entries; 25 Advanced
Day 2: Wednesday at 5 p.m. (In the Poker Room)

2021 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 25
$150 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  1,258
Prize Pool:  $150,960
November 29 – December 1, 2021

1st: $27,770
2nd: $18,960
3rd: $12,835
4th: $9,205
5th: $7,065
6th: $5,785
7th: $4,760
8th: $3,795
9th-10th: $2,845
11th-12th: $2,375
13th-15th: $1,895
16th-18th: $1,580
19th-21st: $1,335
22nd-24th: $1,110
25th-27th: $945
28th-36th: $780
37th-45th: $675
46th-54th: $605
55th-63rd: $530
64th-77th: $460

$5,000 Eight-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 167

Heads-up play between Duff Charette and Martin Stausholm lasted two hands thanks to a pair of premium heads-up hands for each.

On the first hand, Charette raised to 130,000 from the button and Stausholm three-bet shoved with his chip-leading stack. Charette called all in for 1,320,000.

Charette: 
Stausholm: 

The board came down , pairing Charette’s ten on the turn and giving hin an ace-high straight on the river to double into the chip lead.

Duff Charette  –  2,700,000 (45 bb)
Martin Stausholm  –  640,000  (11 bb)

On the following hand, Stausholm limped on the button. Charette shoved with his chip-leading stack from the big blind and Stausholm called all in for 640,000.

Charette: 
Stausholm: 

The flop came an ordinary , keeping Charette in the lead with his kings, however, the turn brought the to vault Stausholm back ahead with tens full.

Charette was down to two outs, needing a king on the river.

River:

The two outer on the turn was followed by a two outer on the river, locking up the outright victory for Charette for $206,345.

Stausholm finished runner-up for $138,145.

A recap of the event will be posted in a little while.

$5,000 Eight-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 167

Duff Charette raised all in for 770,000 from the button and Anthony Hu thought for a few moments before he called from the big blind.

Charette: 
Hu: 

The board ran out , giving Charette eights and fours to double through Hu.

Duff Charette  –  1,630,000  (27 bb)
Anthony Hu  –  150,000 (2.5 bb)

The next hand, Martin Stausholm raised to 125,000 from the button, Hu committed his remaining 150,000 from the small blind, Charette called from the big blind and Stausholm called.

They checked to the turn of an board where Charette check-called 100,000 from Stausholm.

The river was the , Charette checked, Stausholm bet 150,000 and Charette folded.

Stausholm tabled for an ace-high straight, besting Hu’s to eliminate Hu in third place.

Martin Stausholm  –  2,020,000  (34 bb)
Duff Charette  –  1,320,000  (22 bb)
Anthony Hu  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place ($81,390)

1st: $206,345
2nd: $138,145

3rd:  Anthony Hu  –  $81,390
4th:  Richard Zipes  –  $49,540
5th:  Gergely Kulcsar  –  $38,235
6th:  Justin Zaki  –  $31,690
7th:  James Peters  –  $27,450
8th:  William Buerosse Jr.  –  $24,195
9th:  Steve Karp  –  $21,085

$5,000 Eight-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 167

Duff Charette raised all in for about 325,000 from the button and Martin Stausholm isolated the pot with a shove from the small blind.

Charette:
Stausholm: 

The baord ran out , giving Charette an eight-high straight to double up.

Duff Charette  –  770,000  (12 bb)
Martin Stausholm  –  2,000,000  (33 bb)

$5,000 Eight-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 167

Ricard Zipes raised to 100,000 from the small blind, Duff Charette three-bet all in from the big blind for 230,000 and Zipes folded after a few moments.

A few hands later, Martin Stausholm raised to 100,000 from the button and Zipes three-bet to 250,000 from the big blind. Stausholm four-bet shoved with a covering stack and Zipes called all in for about 830,000.

Stausholm: 
Zipes: 

The board ran out , no help to Zipes, ending his run in fourth place.

Martin Stausholm  –  2,230,000  (45 bb)
Anthony Hu  –  850,000  (17 bb)
Duff Charette  –  260,000  (5 bb)
Richard Zipes  –  Eliminated in 4th Place ($49,540)

1st: $206,345
2nd: $138,145
3rd: $81,390

4th:  Richard Zipes  –  $49,540
5th:  Gergely Kulcsar  –  $38,235
6th:  Justin Zaki  –  $31,690
7th:  James Peters  –  $27,450
8th:  William Buerosse Jr.  –  $24,195
9th:  Steve Karp  –  $21,085

$5,000 Eight-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 167

Gergely Kulcsar raised all in from the small blind for about 275,000 and Duff Charette called from the big blind.

Kulcsar:
Charette:

The board ran out , not enough help to Kulcsar after flopping a flush draw and turning a pair, ending his run in fith place.

Duff Charette  –  750,000  (19 bb)
Gergely Kulcsar – Eliminated in 5th Place ($38,235)

1st: $206,345
2nd: $138,145
3rd: $81,390
4th: $49,540

5th:  Gergely Kulcsar  –  $38,235
6th:  Justin Zaki  –  $31,690
7th:  James Peters  –  $27,450
8th:  William Buerosse Jr.  –  $24,195
9th:  Steve Karp  –  $21,085

2021 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 31
$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  132
Prize Pool:  $132,000
November 30, 2021

Event 31 of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $1,100 Deep Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). The tournament drew 132 entries, generating a prize pool of $132,000.

Taking the tournament down was Lewe Thiesen, winning outright for $35,130.

2021 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 26
$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1 Million Guaranteed
Entries:  102
Prize Pool:  $2,519,400
November 29-30, 2021

In a massive field of 102 entries, Ali Imsirovic cruised his way thru most of the $25,500 High Roller final table before defeating defending champion Bryn Kenney heads-up to win $695,355.

Remarkably, this was the 14th victory of the year for Imsirovic in high roller events (with buy-ins of $10,000+).

“It feels great,” said Imsirovic. “I was in for four bullets in this thing and it was looking grim. To come out on top feels amazing.”

Imsirovic busted three times before the dinner break on Day 1, but he made that fourth bullet count, finishing the day with the biggest stack heading into Tuesday’s final table.

Martin Zamani was second in chips to start the final table, and for the first three hours or so, Imsirovic and Zamani were the two big stacks compared to the rest of the table, but didn’t play any particularly big pots against each other.

“Martin plays a very unique style and puts a lot of pressure on,” said Imsirovic, “so I didn’t really want to get into many pots with him. Then Bryn [Kenney] just took all of his chips and made it easy.”

The hand where Kenney took Zamani’s chips (in a pot worth more than 4.9 million) was arguably the turning point for the entire final table, and it didn’t even involve eventual champion Imsirovic. (Click here to read the full details of that hand, which includes a lot of in-hand commentary from Zamani.)

That pot effectively ended Zamani’s final table, and catapulted Kenney into the chip lead. Zamani busted in fifth place, quickly followed by Vikenty Shegal in fourth and Anton Wigg in third, leaving Kenney and Imsirovic to battle for the trophy.

Kenney began heads-up play with more than a 2-to-1 chip lead over Imsirovic, though both players had more than 100 big blinds in their stacks.

Shortly after heads-up play began, they got it all in preflop in a cooler situation, with Imsirovic’s holding up against Kenney’s to give Imsirovic a 3-to-2 chip lead.

Not long after that, they got it all in on the turn with Kenney’s top pair, top kicker against Imsirovic’s flush draw with a straight draw. Imsirovic missed his outs on the river, and Kenney doubled up to a 4-to-1 chip lead.

That’s when Imsirovic literally pulled out a magic wand.

It was one of the wands sold at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Orlando, where Imsirovic and his friends spent the day before the Seminole Hard Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open Championship. (You can see the wand in Imsirovic’s hand in his victory photos.)

“I showed up just in time for Day 1A of the main,” said Imsirovic. “I was wearing Gryffindor stuff and I bagged, and then on Day 2 I was wearing a [wizard’s] robe and I cashed, so I felt like when we got heads-up here, a wand should come out.”

It wasn’t long before they got it all in again, this time after the flop with Kenney’s two pair against Imsirovic’s multiple draws. Imsirovic rivered a straight to double into the chip lead, which he held for the rest of the tournament.

“I needed something to run better,” said Imsirovic, “so the wand worked out.”

Kenney didn’t go down without a fight, even when he got as low as five big blinds. Both players showed patience, but Kenney won their next five all-in situations.

Unfortunately for Kenney, it wasn’t enough to climb out of the hole he had been in. On the final hand, Imsirovic’s flopped a six against Kenney’s to give Imsirovic his 14th high roller victory of the year — and his biggest payday of 2021 with a first prize of $695,355.

With high roller tournaments all over the world, what does Imsirovic like about Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood?

“The field sizes are incredible here,” said Imsirovic. “It’s a lot of fun, the structures are really good, and I just really enjoy playing here.”

Final Results:

$5,000 Eight-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 167

10th:  Tim Reilly  – $21,085
11th:  Gytis Lazauninkas  –  $18,245
12th:  Sonia Shashikhina  –  $18,245
13th:  Samuel Ganzfried  –  $15,470
14th:  Ian O’Hara  –  $15,470
15th:  Erik Seidel  –  $15,470
16th:  Adam Zeltser  –  $12,800
17th:  Chad Eveslage  –  $12,800
18th:  Vincent Huang  –  $12,800
19th:  Luke Martinelli  –  $10,930
20th:  Tobias Schwecht  –  $10,930
21st:  Ankit Ahuja  –  $10,930