$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
Level 21: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 126

Raffaello Locatelli limped in under the gun, and Patrick Eskandar completed the small blind before Brian Hastings moved all in for 147,000 in the big blind. Locatelli called, Eskandar folded, and Hastings was heads-up and at risk.

Locatelli:
Hastings:

The board ran out , and Hastings’ ace-high was good enough to earn him a double-up.

Brian Hastings – 306,000 (38 bb)
Raffaello Locatelli – 360,000 (45 bb)

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship 
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 760

John Racener made a few doubles late in the level and tried again with a three-bet shove for 236,000 after Billy Pilossoph opened. Neal Corcoran called and Pilossoph took his time before folding his hand.

Corcoran:
Racener:

Racener was in trouble for another double and missed as it ran to send the former November Niner out in 20th place.

Neal Corcoran – 850,000 (35 bb)
John Racener – Eliminated in 20th place ($12,890)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
Level 21: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 126

Tom Nguyen opened the button to 20,000, Patrick Eskandar called in the small blind, and Brian Hastings defended his big blind to create three-way action.

The flop was , and all three players checked. The turn was the . Eskandar led for 25,000, Hastings raised to 80,000, and Nguyen moved all in for 170,000 total. Eskandar and Hastings folded, and Nguyen won the pot to nearly double-up with no showdown.

Tom Nguyen – 339,000 (42 bb)
Patrick Eskandar – 390,000 (49 bb)
Brian Hastings – 230,000 (29 bb)

2016 Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Hollywood, FL
Event 13: $1,100 No Limit Hold’em Turbo (Re-Entry)
Entries: 81
Prize Pool: $81,000
November 28, 2016

(Hollywood, FL) — Event 13 of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open concluded Monday night in Hollywood, Florida. The $1,100 buy-in turbo tournament drew 81 hopefuls looking for a quick score to go along with the token SHRP guitar trophy. It took Sweden’s Peter Eichhardt less than seven hours to maneuver his way through tough competition and nab the event’s $28,350 top prize — a payday that translated into a $4,200 hourly rate.

The event narrowed to the final table just a few hours after play began. World Series of Poker November Niner Jerry Wong, bracelet winner Jean “Prince” Gaspard, WPT champion Chris Moorman and 2015 WPTDeepStacks-Immokalee winner Filipp Khavin were among those standing between Eichhardt and a title. Thanks to swift levels and a hot run of cards, Eichhardt dusted them off without much resistance. It was Khavin who lasted the longest, finishing just shy of another title and earning $15,390 for his runner-up placements.

Eichhardt was born in Sweden but now resides in Ireland. In addition to a WSOP victory he claimed this summer, Eichhardt has eight other major tournament wins on his resume. Despite career earnings of nearly $1,400,000, he says his primary profession is that of a writer.

With the conclusion of Event 13, just two tournaments remain on the 2016 RRPO schedule. Event 12 is a six-flight, $150 buy-in, $100,000 guarantee. The last three flights take place tomorrow at 11am, 3pm and 7pm. Event 14 gets cards in the air at noon tomorrow and is one-day $300 HORSE event.

Event 13 final results:

1st: Peter Eichhardt – $28,350
2nd: Filipp Khavin – $15,390
3rd: Rajesh Vohra – $9,720
4th: Philip Wojtuniecki – $7,290
5th: Chris Moorman – $5,670
6th: Ryan Sherman – $4,860
7th: Eli Levy – $4,050
8th: Jean “Prince” Gaspard – $3,240
9th: Jerry Wong – $2,430

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
Level 21: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 126

Brian Hastings opened the button to 20,000, and Stephen Chidwick three-bet shoved for just about 100,000 in the small blind. Hastings called to put Chidwick at risk.

Hastings:
Chidwick:

The board ran out , and Hastings won the pot with kings up. Chidwick was eliminated in fifth place.

Brian Hastings – 410,000 (51 bb)
Stephen Chidwick – Eliminated in 5th place ($8,190)

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship 
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 760

Matt Glantz three-bet to 130,000 after Upeshka De Silva opened under the gun. De Silva four-bet to 329,000 from the big blind, Glantz moved all-in for ~800,000 and De Silva quickly called.

De Silva:
Glantz:

Glantz was in trouble and De Silva took away one of his outs on the flop. The turn was no help and Glantz was gone in 21st place after the river.

Upeshka De Silva – 6,100,000 (254 bb)
Matt Glantz – Eliminated in 21st place ($12,890)

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship 
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 21 of 760

John Racener moved all in for 103,000 in middle position, and Upeshka De Silva called to put Racener at risk.

Racener:
De Silva:

The board ran out , and Racener doubled up with aces up.

John Racener – 270,000 (11 bb)
Upeshka De Silva – 4,325,000 (180 bb)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 126

Derek Bowers moved all in for 54,000 in the cutoff, and Brian Hastings called from the big blind to put Bowers at risk.

Bowers:
Hastings:

The flop was fun for everyone, giving Bowers a pair and Hastings a combo draw with two to come. The on the turn filled Hastings’ flush, but Bowers still had a few outs to make a full house or better. He could not; the river was the , and Hastings won the knockout pot with an ace-high flush.

Brian Hastings – 210,000 (35 bb)
Derek Bowers – Eliminated in 6th place ($6,300)

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship 
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 21 of 760

Robert Campbell was all-in for his final ~500,000 with and chip leader Upeshka De Silva quickly called with from the small blind.

Campbell was dominated and never picked up a sweat as the board ran to send the former SHRP champ out in 22nd place.

Upeshka De Silva – 4,500,000 (188 bb)
Robert Campbell – Eliminated in 22nd place ($12,890)

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship 
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 760

It took a cooler to get Michael Dwyer out of the Championship. He was all-in against massive leader Upeshka De Silva with his in deep trouble against .

Dwyer flopped a backdoor flush draw on the board, picked up the real deal flush draw on the turn, but blanked the river to go out in 23rd place.

Meanwhile on the feature table, (spoiler alert) was eliminated in 24th place.

Upeshka De Silva – 3,850,000 (160 bb)
Michael Dwyer – Eliminated in 23rd place ($12,890)