2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 13
$600 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  54
Prize Pool:  $28,620
November 18, 2023

Event 13 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $600 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). There were 54 entries that took part, producing a prize pool of $28,620.

Emerging victorious was Zachary Fischer, who followed up bagging the third-largest stack of Event 1 Flight G with an outright win in Event 13 for $10,560.

$600 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 54

Zachary Fischer raised all in with his sizable chip-leading stack from the button, Gilberto Solano called all in for roughly 125,000 in the small blind, and Jorge Rivera called all in for about 105,000 in the big blind.

Fischer: 
Solano: 
Rivera: 

The board ran out , giving Fischer a king-high flush to score the double elimination and win Event 13 outright for $10,560.

Solano finished runner-up for $6,300, while Rivera took third for $3,870.

A recap of the event will be posted later tonight.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight H Players Remaining:  243 of 1,417

Play reached what has usually been the final break in the Day 1 flights, and leading the way are Ryan Pathman with 434,000 (109 bb) and Joe Boulais with 422,000 (106 bb).

With 243 players remaining from the Flight H field of 1,417 entries, the average stack is about 117,000 (29 bb). Flight H will conclude once the field is down to 142 players. Players must bag chips in order to cash and advance to Day 2, which is Sunday at 1 p.m.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight H Players Remaining:  270 of 1,417

A player in early position raised all in for 44,500 and Wagner Wysotchanski called in the cutoff with , racing with his opponent’s .

The board ran out , giving Wysotchanski a set of fives to eliminate his opponent.

Wagner Wysotchanski  –  215,000  (72 bb)

With 270 players remaining from the Flight H field of 1,417 entries, the average stack is about 105,000  (35 bb). Flight H will conclude once the field is down to 142 players. Players must bag chips in order to cash and advance to Day 2, which is Sunday at 1 p.m.

2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 12
$600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries:  102
Prize Pool:  $53,550
November 18, 2023

Event 12 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry). A field of 102 entries generated a prize pool of $53,550, paying the final 13 players.

A seven-way deal was reached at the final table and the chip leader at the time was David Brookshire, making him the official Event 12 winner for $8,602. This marked Brookshire’s second SHRP major series trophy, having previously won a $400 Triple Stud last series at the 2023 SHRPO.

*denotes seven-way deal

$600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 102

The remaining seven players at the Event 12 PLO8 final table agreed to a deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

David Brookshire  –  507,000  (32 bb)
Ilya Dyment  –  440,000  (28 bb)
Brian Ng  –  360,000  (23 bb)
Daniel Blum  –  268,000  (17 bb)
Steven Gray  –  191,000  (12 bb)
Andrew Woodmancey  –  148,000  (9 bb)
Michael Bozeman  –  126,000  (8 bb)

Here were the resulting payouts:

David Brookshire  –  $8,602
Ilya Dyment  –  $8,039
Brian Ng  –  $7,289
Daniel Blum  –  $5,599
Steven Gray  –  $5,339
Andrew Woodmancey  –  $4,734
Michael Bozeman  –  $4,403

As the chip leader, David Brookshire was the official winner of Event 13 for $8,602. A recap of the event will be posted later tonight.

2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 13
$600 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  54
Prize Pool:  $28,620
November 18, 2023

Event 13 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $600 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 54 entries produced a prize pool of $28,620, with the final seven players earning a share of it.

Up top for the winner is $10,560.

1st:  $10,560 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $6,300
3rd:  $3,870
4th:  $2,720
5th:  $2,150
6th:  $1,720
7th:  $1,300

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight H Entries:  1,417

Flight G’s reign at the top of the largest non-Championship single flight in state history didn’t last very long, as Flight H surpassed it just hours later with 1,417 entries.

2023 RRPO Event 1 Flight H – 1,417 entries
2023 RRPO Event 1 Flight G – 1,358 entries
2022 SHRPO Event 1 Flight H – 1,256 entries
2023 SHRPO Event 1 Flight G – 1,256 entries
2022 SHRPO Event 1 Flight G – 1,252 entries

That brought the total field side for Event 1 to 7,532 entries, making it the second-biggest tournament field in state history, while setting the prize pool at $2,485,560.

2022 SHRPO Event 1 – 7,703 entries
2023 RRPO Event 1 – 7,532 entries
2023 SHRPO Event 1 – 6,253 entries
2021 RRPO Event 1 – 6,196 entries
2022 RRPO Event 1 – 6,134 entries

Play in Flight F will continue until 142 players remain. Players must bag a stack in order to make the money, and those who do will return for Day 2 on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Chip Counts Through Flight G

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  611 of 6,115

Flight A:  736 Entries;  73 Advanced
Flight B:  629 Entries;  63 Advanced
Flight C:  761 Entries;  77 Advanced
Flight D:  728 Entries; 72 Advanced
Flight E:  966 Entries;  97 Advanced
Flight F:  937 Entries;  94 Advanced
Flight G:  1,358 Entries; 135 Advanced
Flight H:  Underway  (Registration Open Until 9:30)
Day 2:  Sunday at 1 p.m.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Flight G Players Remaining:  135 of 1,358

As the Flight G field was approaching the money bubble, multiple bustouts before hand-for-hand play began left the field with 135 players who advanced to Day 2, which is Sunday at 1 p.m.

Full chip counts through Flight G will be posted in a little while. Here is the top of the Flight G leaderboard with eight players who bagged at least 450,000:

1.  Myles Barker  –  646,000  (81 bb)
2.  Ronald Birmingham  –  620,000  (58 bb)
3.  Zachary Fischer  –  592,000  (74 bb)
4.  Oliver Rebello  –  492,000  (62 bb)
5.  Robert Seaton  –  480,000  (60 bb)
6.  Scott Epstein  –  472,000  (59 bb)
7.  Alex Obed  –  463,000  (58 bb)
8.  Kevin Ruscitti  –  455,000  (57 bb)