We are one week into the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open and it was a great start to the series. We ran 14 tournaments over seven days with 13 winners and some great accomplishments.
We only had 13 winners in 14 tournaments because Yuval Bronshtein came storming out of the gates. The WSOP bracelet winner won the first trophy of the series in the $400 Limit Omaha 8 tournament then followed that up two days later by taking the $400 Pot Limit Omaha title.
Joseph Rossi won the $400 Deep Stack NLH opener over a field of 3,730 entries to earn a top prize of $138,887. Well-accomplished poker pro T.K. Miles broke through in the huge $200 Big Stack tournament to win his first SHRP Hollywood title and Rebekah Emmons finished sixth in the $1,100 NLH tournament a few hours before she won $400 Pot Limit Omaha Event 9.
But the historic moment came late Wednesday night when Raminder Singh captured the $200 Double Green Chip Bounty. The win was his seventh major SHRP Hollywood title to tie him with David Prociak for the most in our history.
In total, the first 14 tournaments of the series combined to draw 7,777 entries and award nearly $2.275 million in prize money. That is a fantastic way to start the three-week series and we look forward to the next two.
Trophy Events: 14
Total Entries: 7,777
Guarantees: $880,000
Total Prize Pool: $2,274,890
Thanks to everyone who came out early, you are making the series a success. You can find tournament updates and results with the links below.
Event 1 ($400 Multi-Flight): Joseph Rossi – $138,887
Event 2 ($400 O8): Yuval Bronshtein – $6,673
Event 3 ($400 H.O.R.S.E.): Avery Bloom – $6,903
Event 4 ($400 PLO): Yuval Bronshtein – $10,423
Event 5 ($400 NLH): Clifford Conners – $22,750
Event 6 ($1,100 NLH): Richard Menjura – $35,355
Event 7 ($200 Multi-Flight): T.K. Miles – $51,560
Event 8 ($400 Black Chip): Eric Piderit – $10,730
Event 9 ($400 PLO): Rebekah Emmons – $12,475
Event 10 ($400 6-Max NLH): Lunique Petiote – $13,000
Event 11 ($400 OE): Ziya Rahim – $9,065
Event 12 ($400 NLH): Michael Rosen – $11,095
Event 13 ($400 6-Max PLO): Colbert Silva – $7,136
Event 14 ($200 Dbl Green Chip): Raminder Singh – $6,256