Rock ‘N’ Roll

Championship: Final Table Ready to Go

$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:  6 of 1,447

The 2023 WPT Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship is down to six players, and they return this afternoon at 2 pm to play down to a winner. Istvan Briski holds a big lead, but it won’t be easy with five tough players behind him, including WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open champ Darryll Fish.

31 minutes remain in Level 30, and levels will last 60 minutes when the blinds go up. They will play in front of the WPT live-stream cameras with a 30-minute delay and hole cards.

Seat 1:  Rayan Chamas  –  11,000,000  (55 bb)
Seat 2:  Matt Bond  –  4,350,000  (22 bb)
Seat 3:  Darryll Fish  –  4,625,000  (23 bb)
Seat 4:  Istvan Briski  –  23,975,000  (120 bb)
Seat 5:  Fred Goldberg  –  13,325,000  (67 bb)
Seat 6:  Sandy Sanchez  –  15,050,000  (75 bb)

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

Championship: WPT RRPO Final Table Set

$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:  6 of 1,447

Matt Bond, Darryll Fish, Rayan Chamas, Istvan Briski, Sandy Sanchez, and Fred Goldberg

The 2023 WPT Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open final table is set. The final table begins at 2 p.m. on Wednesday with the WPT Live Stream beginning at 2:30. Updates will be on the same 30-minute delay to coincide with the Live Stream.

Seat 1:  Rayan Chamas  –  11,000,000  (55 bb)
Seat 2:  Matt Bond  –  4,350,000  (22 bb)
Seat 3:  Darryll Fish  –  4,625,000  (23 bb)
Seat 4:  Istvan Briski  –  23,925,000  (120 bb)
Seat 5:  Fred Goldberg  –  13,325,000  (67 bb)
Seat 6:  Sandy Sanchez  –  15,050,000  (75 bb)

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

Photo by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com / Courtesy of World Poker Tour

Chris Lewis Wins His Third SHRP Major Series Trophy With RRPO Event 49 Outright Win for $9,695

2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 49
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  294
Prize Pool:  $45,670
Bounty Prize Pool:  $29,300
November 28, 2023

2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Event 49 Champion Chris Lewis

Event 49 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 294 entries generated a prize pool of $45,670, with an additional $29,300 set aside for bounties.

Taking it down was Chris Lewis, winning outright for $9,695.

This marked Lewis’ third SHRP major series trophy, having previously won a multi-flight $200 No-Limit Hold’em event at the 2022 RRPO and a WPT Regional Hollywood series event in 2011.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1ChristopherLewis$9,695
2AlexanderOrlov$6,950
3DavidInselberg$4,545
4NicholasRichards$2,840
5BenjaminBoston$2,190
6StephaneFoster$1,820
7GeraldCunniff$1,525
8BoshuangGao$1,255
9AndreBryan$1,005
10SpencerChamplin$1,005
11DavidPhong$850
12IgorKorkhin$850
13SteveKarp$725
14FurkanBeg$725
15DavidO'Connor$725
16CraigKuhlmeier$605
17TerrenceDoyle$605
18JuanDiaz$605
19RichardSaunders$500
20CarlosTorres Vasquez$500
21TomGottlieb$500
22DavidBrookshire$425
23StevenJoudry$425
24KhariHutchings$425
25FrederickAttias$375
26AndreasAthanasopoulos$375
27ClaudelJoseph$375
28SerbanTomuta$325
29EmmanuelIgnacio$325
30MichaelVela$325
31JuanMontoya Bernal$325
32RandyHernandez$325
33VictorAfonso$325
34GeorgesBoyadjian$325
35AaronThivyanathan$325
36EllyPony$325
37RafaelLima$325

Pawel Andrzejewski Wins His Second SHRP Major Series Trophy With RRPO Event 48 Outright Win for $28,305

2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 48
$1,100 Deep Stack Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  98
Prize Pool:  $95,060
November 28, 2023

2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Event 48 Champion Pawel Andrzejewski

Event 48 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $1,100 Deep Stack Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry), drawing 98 entries for a prize pool of $95,060.

Earning the victory was Pawel Andrzejewski, taking it down outright for $28,305.

This marked Andrzejewski’s second SHRP major series trophy, having previously won a $1,100 5-Card PLO event during the 2023 Showdown.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1PawelAndrzejewski$28,305
2AnthonyZinno$18,160
3JorgeUfano Pardo$12,035
4OleksandrTrokhymenko$8,250
5TomaszKozub$5,860
6RobertLupo$4,320
7KamelMokhammad$3,305
8JerryWong$3,305
9AndreiMitsiuk$2,630
10TylerBrown$2,630
11JanCollado Fernandez$2,180
12StephenKehoe$2,180
13OswinZiegelbecker$1,900

Adam Hendrix Wins His Second SHRP Major Series Trophy With RRPO Event 47 Outright Win for $192,150

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

2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Event 47 Champion Adam Hendrix

Event 47 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $5,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 168 entries generated a prize pool of $789,600, more than tripling the guarantee.

Emerging victorious was Adam Hendrix, winning outright for $192,150.

This marked Hendrix’s second SHRP major series trophy, having previously won a $600 No-Limit Holdem event at the 2021 Lucky Hearts Poker Open. 

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1AdamHendrix$192,150
2JoeSerock$126,300
3MeirMeystel$91,500
4ArunasSapitavicius$67,100
5KrasimirYankov$50,100
6GrantWang$38,200
7NikitaKalinin$29,700
8SamLaskowitz$23,500
9GediminasUselis$19,100
10JeremyDan$19,100
11VitalijsZavorotnijs$15,800
12DavidDiBernardi$15,800
13JohnDepersio$13,400
14JamesCalderaro$13,400
15NikolaiMamut$11,600
16ArtemMetalidi$11,600
17KorayAldemir$10,250
18NorbertSzecsi$10,250
19CarlosBermudez$10,250
20AsherConniff$10,250
21JustinZaki$10,250

Nathan Thrush Wins Event 39 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open in Three-Way Deal for $48,961

2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 39
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  640
Prize Pool:  $332,800
November 26 – 28, 2023

2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Event 39 Champion Nathan Thrush

Event 39 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a multi-flight $600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). There were 640 entries, producing a prize pool of $332,800.

A three-handed deal took place at the final table and Nathan Thrush was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 39 winner for $48,961.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1NathanThrush$48,961*
2StewartYancik$45,569*
3FranklinRojas$37,495*
4RajeskarGovindan$20,280
5ChadVetstein$15,560
6AlNorman$12,475
7OrlandoMaldonado Jr.$10,355
8RyanBrown$8,250
9DavidLaufer$6,200
10ArthurPeacock$6,200
11AxelOrellana Gomez$5,130
12WilliamHicks$5,130
13ChetSickle$4,090
14JakeSchwartz$4,090
15KevinBlewitt$4,090
16MichaelMerisier$3,405
17ClaudioPiedrabuena$3,405
18CarlosSaturno Garcia$3,405
19StanleyLee$2,790
20YanirHahitti$2,790
21EugeneKotlyarevskiy$2,790
22T.K.Miles$2,360
23GregoryJoslyn$2,360
24SaberSalum Penayo$2,360
25DavidKozma$1,995
26HowardMash$1,995
27CorelTheuma$1,995
28NicholasVelentzas$1,640
29MichaelPhillips$1,640
30RobertGrossman$1,640
31JoshuaZur$1,640
32FarhadJamasi$1,640
33MustafaLobut$1,640
34OlgaIermolcheva$1,640
35MarkShulla$1,640
36RudyCadenas$1,640
37LuisRamos$1,440
38AyedShweihat$1,440
39DimitryAgrachov$1,440
40DanielClifford$1,440
41DavidHoag$1,440
42SangHo$1,440
43JordanKasimow$1,440
44BrockWilson$1,440
45JaspalBrar$1,440
46LuisGonzalez Gomez$1,270
47SantanaNoronha$1,270
48GabrielCroteau$1,270
49RogerLamia$1,270
50DiomigDelgado$1,270
51BrettMurray$1,270
52RobBrown$1,270
53JuanEndara$1,270
54SatishSurapaneni$1,270
55DavidDiBernardi$1,140
56RichardWhitebrook$1,140
57FlorianRibouchon$1,140
58TeddyTavares Correa$1,140
59StevenHaynes$1,140
60YangLu$1,140
61BrianNg$1,140
62JoelGola$1,140
63JosiasSantos$1,140
64LebertGrinan$1,030
65FrederickAttias$1,030
66StephenKehoe$1,030
67JuniorAntoine$1,030
68AaronMassey$1,030
69StuartGreenbaum$1,030
70TuanNguyen$1,030
71RamiHahitti$1,030
72CarlMoultrie$1,030
73AlexanderYen$955
74JohnPetro$955
75BoshuangGao$955
76PeterShapiro$955
77ChaimAppel$955
78HarrisonShockley$955
79JohnDeignan$955
80MichaelVela$955
81EvanPantano$955

*denotes three-handed deal

Peter Fellows Wins Event 46 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Outright for $14,350

2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 46
$400 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  164
Prize Pool:  $54,940
November 28, 2023

2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Event 46 Champion Peter Fellows

Event 46 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $400 Seniors 50+ N0-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 164 entries created a prize pool of $54,940.

Taking it down was Peter Fellows, winning outright for $14,350.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1PeterFellows$14,350
2NeilBlumenfield$9,520
3DavidShmuel$5,640
4JudithBielan$3,430
5JosephVillacci$2,650
6PhilipConsolo$2,195
7StephenRoselius$1,900
8GiuseppeGalluzzo$1,675
9StevenBennett$1,460
10NancyThomas$1,460
11MarceloJo$1,265
12ArieBen-Mayor$1,265
13JeffreyKessler$1,070
14JosiasSantos$1,070
15YuriyKozinskiy$1,070
16JeffreyMiller$890
17IgorHot$890
18ClintonFromal$890
19AlexanderBorukhovich$750
20ScottZakheim$750
21RonaldKatz$750

Event 47: Adam Hendrix Wins! ($192,150); Joe Serock Finishes Runner-Up ($126,300)

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 168

Adam Hendrix

Joe Serock raised all in for 265,000 from the button and Adam Hendrix called in the big blind.

Serock:  9h8s
Hendrix:  Ac2s

The board came Td6c3dKcQc, safe for Hendrix to win Event 47 outright for $192,150. Serock finished runner-up for $126,300.

A recap of Event 47 will be posted later tonight.

Joe Serock

Event 47: Meir Meystel – 3rd Place ($91,500)

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 168

Meir Meystel

Adam Hendrix raised all in with his chip-leading stack from the button, Joe Serock folded his small blind, and Meir Meystel called all in for about 915,000 in the big blind.

Hendrix:  5h5d
Meystel:  Ac8c

The board ran out KcJhTd4dTh, no help to Meystel, ending his tournament in third place.

Adam Hendrix  –  3,095,000  (77 bb)
Joe Serock  –  265,000  (7 bb)
Meir Meystel  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($91,500)

1st:  $192,150 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $126,300

Event 47: Adam Hendrix Retakes the Lead

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 168

Adam Hendrix raised to 80,000 from the button and Meir Meystel called in the big blind.

The flop was Kd3h2s, Meystel checked, Hendrix continued for 50,000, and Meystel called.

The turn was the Kh, Meystel checked, Hendrix bet 215,000, and Meystel called.

The river was the 6s, Meystel checked, Hendrix bet 425,000, and Meystel used a time-extension before he called.

Hendrix tabled Ks8h for trip kings, Meystel mucked, and Hendrix won the pot to retake the chip lead.

Adam Hendrix  –  2,200,000  (55 bb)
Meir Meystel  –  775,000  (19 bb)
Joe Serock  –  385,000  (10 bb)

1st:  $192,150 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $126,300
3rd:  $91,500