$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  224 of 2,221

Flight A:  497 Entries;  50 Advanced
Flight B:  467 Entries;  47 Advanced
Flight C:  665 Entries;  67 Advanced
Flight D:  592 Entries;  60 Advanced
Flight E:  Friday at 10 a.m.
Flight F:  Friday at 5 p.m.
Flight G:  Saturday at 10 a.m.
Flight H:  Saturday at 5 p.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 1 p.m.
Day 3:  Monday at 1 p.m.

The chip leader through four flights is Meir Meystel, putting him in the lead for claiming a ClubWPT Gold Passport.

The Day 2 chip leader and the nine Event 1 final tablists will be awarded a ClubWPT Gold Passport into the $5,000,000 freeroll in Las Vegas in December. More Golden Passports will be awarded throughout the series, so keep an eye out for that.

2024 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 6
$1,100 Five-Card Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  103
Prize Pool:  $99,910
November 21, 2024

Event 6 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $1,100 Five-Card Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry), drawing a field of 103 entries for a prize pool of $99,910.

A heads-up chop took place and Grant Wang was the slight chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 6 winner for $24,602.

*denotes heads-up chop

2024 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 5
$600 Eight-Game Mix (Re-Entry)
Entries:  55
Prize Pool:  $28,600
November 21, 2024

Event 5 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $600 Eight-Game Mix (Re-Entry), drawing 55 entries for a prize pool of $28,600. Taking it down was Phil Hui, winning in a three-handed deal for $9,000 and his ninth SHRP major series trophy.

Here are Hui’s nine SHRP major series trophy victories:

2016 LHPO:  $570 No-Limit Hold’em  ($24,159)
2017 RRPO:  $300 H.O.R.S.E.  ($4,782)
2019 LHPO:  $570 Omaha 8  ($6,765)
2019 Showdown:  $2,200 PLO  ($41,440)
2022 SHRPO:  $600 H.O.R.S.E  ($14,460)
2024 LHPO:  $400 Omaha 8  ($9,850)
2024 LHPO:  $600 H.O.R.S.E  ($9,395)
2024 SHRPO:  $600 Mixed PLO  ($18,495)
2024 RRPO:  $600 Eight-Game Mix  ($9,000)

*denotes three-handed deal

2024 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 8
$400 Turbo Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  117
Prize Pool:  $39,780
November 21, 2024

Event 8 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $400 Turbo Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry). A field of 117 entries produced a prize pool of $39,780, paying the final 15 players at least $895.

Up top for the winner is $11,735.

1st:  $11,735 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $7,260
3rd:  $4,336
4th:  $2,785
5th:  $2,108
6th:  $1,750
7th:  $1,512
8th:  $1,333
9th:  $1,174
10th-12th:  $1,034
13th-15th:  $895

2024 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 7
$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  299
Prize Pool:  $47,840
November 21, 2024

Event 7 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), drawing a field of 299 entries for a prize pool of $47,840. The final 38 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $280.

Up top for the winner is $10,508 and a seat into the $3,500 WPT RRPO Championship.

1st:  $10,508 + RRPO Trophy + $3,500 WPT RRPO Championship seat
2nd:  $7,374
3rd:  $4,741
4th:  $2,976
5th:  $2,296
6th:  $1,902
7th:  $1,598
8th:  $1,313
9th:  $1,051
10th-12th:  $885
13th-15th:  $753
16th-18th:  $627
19th-21st:  $512
22nd-24th:  $418
25th-27th:  $364
28th-36th:  $316
37th-38th:  $280

$600 Eight-Game Mix (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  20,000/40,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  3 of 55

Following the elimination of Brian Gelrod in fourth place, the remaining three players agreed to a deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Phil Hui  –  586,000  (16 BB)
Steve Bessette  –  502,000  (13 BB)
Adam Walter  –  286,000  (7 BB)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Phil Hui  –  $9,000
Steve Bessette  –  $6,700
Adam Walter –  $5,030

As the chip leader, Phil Hui was the official Event 5 winner for $9,000 and his ninth SHRP major series trophy.

A recap of Event 5 will be posted later tonight.

$600 Eight-Game Mix (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  20,000/40,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  3 of 55

Razz

Brian Gelrod:    / 
Phil Hui:    / 
Adam Walter:    / 

A short-stacked Brian Gelrod completed all in for 8,000 and was called by Phil Hui and Walter.

Hui bet with the best board the entire way and Walter folded on sixth street.

Hui showed , while Gelrod showed and still had a chance. Hui, however, picked up a on seventh street to make an eight-six to lock up the land, eliminating Gelrod in fourth place.

Phil Hui  –  586,000  (15 BB)
Brian Gelrod  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($2,720)

$600 Eight-Game Mix (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  20,000/40,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  4 of 55

Omaha Hi-Lo

A.J. Kelsall ran his short on the bubble to a solid 8 big bets or so, but lost much of his stack in Omaha Hi-Lo in a hand to Phil Hui when Hui went runner-runner to make a flush, leaving Kelsall with 37,000.

On his final hand, Kelsall raised all in for 37,000 under the gun and was called in three spots.

The flop came , Steve Bessette bet 20,000 from the small blind, Brian Gelrod folded in the big blind, and Hui called in the cutoff.

The turn was the , Bessette bet 40,000, and Hui folded.

Bessette tabled for trip queens and has Kelsall’s drawing dead, ending Kelsall’s comeback in fifth place.

Steve Bessette  –  330,000  (8 BB)
A.J. Kelsall  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($2,145)

$600 Eight-Game Mix (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  15,000/30,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  5 of 55

Stud

Picking things up at seventh street, Matthew Axelrod was all in and at risk against Phil Hui.

Axelrod’s (ordered from high to low) was leading Hui’s (ordered from high to low).

Hui showed his seventh street first and revealed the to make nines and fours, while Axelrod caught a non-helpful to bust in sixth place.

Phil Hui  –  600,000  (20 BB)
Matthew Axelrod  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($1,715)

With five remaining from the field of 55 entries, the average stack is 275,000 (9 Big Bets). The remaining players are guaranteed $2,145.

$600 Eight-Game Mix (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  12,000/24,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  6 of 55

2-7 Triple Draw

Brian Gelrod limped in 12,000 in the cutoff, Gabe Ramos raised to 24,000 on the button, A.J. Kelsall (who chipped up from his 9,000) reraised all in for 33,000 in the small blind, and Gelrod folded.

Both took one on the first draw, both drew one again on the second draw, and Kelsall stood pat on the final draw while Ramos drew one.

Kelsall: 
Ramos: 

Ramos squeezed a non-helpful , locking up the double for Kelsall.

Down to a few thousand, Ramos busted a few hands later in seventh place.

A.J. Kelsall  –  90,000  (4 BB)
Gabe Ramos  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($1,290)

With six players remaining from the field of 55 entries, the average stack is about 229,000  (10 Big Bets). The remaining players are guaranteed $1,715.