2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 47
$5,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  168
Prize Pool:  $789,600
November 28, 2023

Registration closed for the one-day $5,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with a huge turnout of 168 entries. They more than tripled the $250,000 guarantee and created a prize pool worth $789,600.

The last 21 players will make the money with $10,250 for a min-cash and $192,150 up top for the Event 47 winner.

1st: $192,150 + RRPO Trophy
2nd: $126,300
3rd: $91,500
4th: $67,100
5th: $50,100
6th: $38,200
7th: $29,700
8th: $23,500
9th-10th: $19,100
11th-12th: $15,800
13th-14th: $13,400
15th-16th: $11,600
17th-21st: $10,250

2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 42
$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  93
Prize Pool:  $2,297,100
November 27 – 28, 2023

The 2023 RRPO High Roller drew 93 entries for the $25,500 buy-in event and they created a prize pool worth $2,297,100. The last 12 players made the money and two-time WSOP bracelet winner Aleksejs Ponakovs outlasted a tough field to take the title along with $682,238.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 1,447

The eight remaining players were sent on another break and return with Istvan Briski back in the lead. Blinds are up to 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante and the average stack is about 9,050,000 (45 bb).

Seat 1: Rayan Chamas – 5,800,000 (29 bb)
Seat 2: Matt Bond – 4,725,000 (24 bb)
Seat 3: Darryll Fish – 5,725,000 (29 bb)
Seat 4: Jason Sagle – 3,150,000 (16 bb)
Seat 5: Luke Graham – 1,775,000 (9 bb)
Seat 6: Istvan Briski – 22,125,000 (111 bb)
Seat 7: Fred Goldberg – 10,750,000 (54 bb)
Seat 8: Sandy Sanchez – 18,300,000 (92 bb)

1st: $752,500 – includes WPT World Championship seat
2nd: $494,800
3rd: $366,500
4th: $274,000
5th: $206,900
6th: $157,800
7th: $121,500
8th: $94,500

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  20,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 93

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  20,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 93

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 1,447

Rayan Chamas opened to 400,000 from the button, Rishi Makkar moved all in for 1,100,000 from the big blind and Chamas called with the bigger stack.

Chamas:
Makkar:

Makkar was in good shape to double up but had to fade two live cards to get there. Chamas picked up a gutshot straight draw on the flop that turned into a double belly buster on the turn.

The river finished the board, completed the straight for Chamas, and Makkar was eliminated in ninth place.

Rayan Chamas – 6,500,000 (43 bb)
Rishi Makkar – Eliminated in 9th place ($74,300)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,447

Cards are back in the air for the WPT RRPO Championship with nine players remaining, six advancing to the live-streamed final table, and Sandy Sanchez leads.

Seat 1: Rayan Chamas – 7,500,000 (50 bb)
Seat 2: Matt Bond – 3,875,000 (26 bb)
Seat 3: Rishi Makkar – 1,650,000 (11 bb)
Seat 4: Darryll Fish – 7,150,000 (48 bb)
Seat 5: Jason Sagle – 1,900,000 (13 bb)
Seat 6: Luke Graham – 6,175,000 (41 bb)
Seat 7: Istvan Briski – 18,000,000 (120 bb)
Seat 8: Fred Goldberg – 6,725,000 (45 bb)
Seat 9: Sandy Sanchez – 19,450,000 (130 bb)

1st: $752,500 – includes WPT World Championship seat
2nd: $494,800
3rd: $366,500
4th: $274,000
5th: $206,900
6th: $157,800
7th: $121,500
8th: $94,500
9th: $74,300

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,447

Alejandro Gonzalez Olaechea opened to 300,000 from the hijack and Luke Graham called from the cutoff. Istvan Briski three-bet to 725,000 from the button and Fred Goldberg put in a fourth bet to 2,925,000, leaving 500K behind.

Olaechea called at risk for 1,975,000 total before Graham and Briski quickly folded.

Goldberg:
Olaechea:

Olaechea was in great shape for a double but Goldberg took the lead when he hit a set of jacks on the flop. He made a boat on the turn, and Olaechea was eliminated in tenth place after the river.

Fred Goldberg  –  6,725,000  (45 bb)
Alejandro Gonzalez Olaechea  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($74,300)

Tournament staff paused the clock, and the nine remaining players redrew their seats at the final table. They will continue until six remain for the WPT live-streamed final table.

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  20,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 93

Seat 1: Anton Wigg – 3,980,000 (80 bb)
Seat 2: Aleksejs Ponakovs – 1,855,000 (37 bb)
Seat 3: Brian Altman – 1,870,000 (37 bb)
Seat 4: Timur Vardanian – 1,590,000 (32 bb)

1st: $682,238 + RRPO Trophy
2nd: $459,420
3rd: $298,623
4th: $204,442
5th: Joe McKeehen – $135,529
6th: Adam Hendrix – $101,072
7th: Ali Turkan – $82,696
8th: Ben Grise – $71,210

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 93