Poker Open

2024 SHRPO in Review

The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open has been the cornerstone of our majors since that first run in 2013 when we shocked the world with a $10,000,000 guarantee Championship but also introduced them to the South Florida poker scene.

The 2024 run featured the most events in SHRPO series history and we offered up more than $8,000,000 in guaranteed prize pools and nearly doubled that amount in prize money awarded.

Events: 61
Entries: 16,636
Guarantees: $8,090,000
Prize Pools: $15,636,775

In historical numbers, this is the 15th consecutive major series where we awarded at least $10,000,000 in prize money.

We had a packed Grand Ballroom, and the Meeting Room was often filled. We threw one of our biggest single-day Deep Stacks ever, with 612 entries in $400 buy-in Event 13 and more than $200K up for grabs.

Top one-day Deep Stack fields:

2023 RRPO – 731 entries
2024 SHRPO – 612 Entries
2024 Showdown – 572 entries
2024 Showdown – 548 entries
2022 LHPO – 527 entries

As we’ve done over the last few years, we headlined the series with more than one huge tournament, we rolled out the Big4 format once again.

The Big 4 consists of four scheduled so there are always multiple big events running for the last five days of the series. First up was the $3,000,000 guaranteed SHRPO Championship, followed by a $3,000 Deep Stack, a $1,100 Deep Stack, and the big-money $25K High Roller.

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Champion Paul Snead

Paul Snead took the top spot in the SHRPO Championship, earning $529,428 after a heads-up deal. Bryn Kenney won the $25K High Roller after dominating the final table as it went from nine players to a winner in less than 90 minutes.

Kevin Ordet won the $3,000 Deep Stack and Benjamin Moschel took the $1,100 Deep Stack title, both after long, tough heads-up battles.

SHRPO Championship: Paul Snead – $529,428
Big 4 $25K High Roller: Bryn Kenney – $487,990
Big 4 $3,000 Deep Stack: Kevin Ordet – $190,800
Big 4 $1,100 Deep Stack: Ben Moschel – $89,800

Karl Creazzo
Karl Creazzo

We opened the series with a multi-flight $400 Deep Stack with a $1,000,000 guarantee, and an incredible 5,870 entries showed up, nearly doubling the mark. 19-year-old Karl Creazzo capped off the weekend with his first win in his first live tournament.

That started our series, but we had history throughout, including the last tournament on the last night; Event 61 bookended the SHRPO series with one final shining moment.

All-time Hollywood wins leader Raminder Singh spent most of the series with his family, his focus, until the last few days. He had a one-win lead over Michael Newman on the wins list but added to it late Tuesday evening when he captured the $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty for his 13th major Hollywood trophy.

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 61 Champion Raminder Singh

Singh wasn’t the only one who tweaked our all-time leaderboard; David Shmuel won his tenth, Phil Hui captured his eighth, and Ari Engel joined the conversation with six.

The updated all-time wins leaderboard:

Raminder Singh  –  13 wins
Michael Newman  –  11 wins
Yuval Bronshtein  –  10 wins
David Shmuel  –  10 wins
Matt Bretzfield  –  9 wins
John Holley  –  8 wins
Phil Hui  –  8 wins
Brian Altman  –  7 wins
David Prociak  –  7 wins
Gabriel Ramos  –  7 wins

Other notable wins include:

  • Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel walked into the Grand Ballroom on his first day and won the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Event 26 title.
  • Landon Tice, 2024 WPT Poker Showdown runner-up, won the one-day $10K Deep Stack on the last day for $246,300.
  • Nick Seward won the $1,100 Deep Stack preliminary on our Gorilla Gaming live stream; max late regged the $2,200 Deep Stack when he was done and won that the next day.
  • Christopher rode away with wins in our $600 and $1,100 H.O.R.S.E. events.
  • Lenard Adams won two turbos during the series, and Shahar Biniaminov and Matthew Wolfson also won two 2024 SHRPO trophies.
2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 26 Champion Erik Seidel
2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 58 Champion Landon Tice

As always, we could not do any of this without the support of our players, our local favorites, and our traveling friends. You keep showing up and we keep trying to put on the best events possible.

We appreciate you and thank you once again.

Next up, we look forward to seeing everyone for the 2024 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open, which will be held from November 20 through December 3.

Cheers!

Complete list of updates and results below for all 61 trophy events on the 2024 SHRPO schedule

SHRPO Championship: Paul Snead – $529,428
Big 4 $25K High Roller: Bryn Kenney – $487,990
Big 4 $3,000 Deep Stack: Kevin Ordet – $190,800
Big 4 $1,100 Deep Stack: Ben Moschel – $89,800

Event 1 ($400 Deep Stack): Karl Creazzo – $146,829
Event 2 ($400 Seniors): Patrick Capozziello – $14,632
Event 3 ($600 Big O): Darryll Fish – $16,830
Event 4 ($200 Bounty): Emiliano Guido – $5,090
Event 5 ($600 O8): Brian Smith – $14,700
Event 6 ($600 6-Max PLO): Kamel Mokhammad – $14,603
Event 7 ($200 NLH): Brunno Aquarone – $7,310
Event 8 ($600 8-Game): Ari Engel – $12,875
Event 9 ($600 Bounty): Greg Buonocore – $8,420
Event 10 ($600 Bounty PLO): Daniel Kroh – $15,575
Event 11 ($600 Turbo): Lenard Adams – $9,610
Event 12 ($600 Mixed PLO): Phil Hui – $18,495
Event 13 ($400 NLH): Justin Molis – $15,664
Event 14 ($600 Dealer’s Choice): Matthew Mullins – $13,240
Event 15 ($1K NLH): Peter Hsu – $36,970
Event 16 ($600 PLO): Juan Maceiras – $37,080
Event 17 ($300 Bounty): Alena Karunets – $8,880
Event 18 ($400 Turbo): Manuel Amaro Alvarez – $6,290
Event 19 ($1K Seniors): Peter Fellows – $23,545
Event 20 ($200 Big Stack): Jose Ruiz – $31,829
Event 21 ($400 Savage Average): Sean Astwood – $8,870
Event 22 ($600 2-7 TD): Scott Blackman – $10,700
Event 23 ($300 NLH/PLO): Timothy Butler – $6,440
Event 24 ($600 HORSE): Christopher Hice – $12,970
Event 25 ($600 6-Max): Javier Zarco – $19,740
Event 26 ($10K NLH): Erik Seidel – $179,953
Event 27 ($600 Bounty PLO): Michael Rudolf – $9,805
Event 28 ($300 Bounty): Riley Price – $6,900
Event 29 ($1K Turbo): Nick Yunis – $15,580
Event 30 ($600 PLO8): Vu Dang – $15,235
Event 31 ($1K NLH): Nicholas Seward – $39,000
Event 32 ($10K PLO): Sam Sternfield – $157,046
Event 33 ($300 Bounty): James Bernard – $6,014
Event 34 ($200 Bounty): Jesse Oler – $4,897
Event 35 ($1K Bounty): Joseph Rossi – $10,938
Event 36 ($1K O8): Neal Corcoran – $43,425
Event 37 ($2K NLH): Nicholas Seward – $91,500
Super High Roller: Brandon Wilson – $346,775
Event 39 ($600 Bounty): Rick Kalgstein – $9,704
Event 40 ($200 Big Stack): Scott Sommer – $7,208
Event 41 ($1K Turbo): Lenard Adams – $16,770
Event 43 ($1K HORSE): Christopher Hice – $9,898
Event 44 ($1K Mixed PLO): Matthew Wolfson – $11,721
Event 45 ($400 Bounty): Austin Morin – $7,000
Event 46 ($400 NLH): Ian Cohen – $14,470
Event 47 ($600 8-Game): David Shmuel – $9,490
Event 48 ($300 NLH): Shahar Biniaminov – $5,666
Event 49 ($400 OE): Scott Wyler – $6,885
Event 51 ($200 NLH): Butch Jumalon – $8,774
Event 52 ($400 Bounty PLO): Matthew Wolfson – $5,000
Event 55 ($1K Big O): Lee Horton – $13,535
Event 56 ($600 Turbo NLH/PLO): Shahar Biniaminov – $12,420
Event 57 ($400 PLO8): Jay Kerbel – $4,536
Event 58 ($10K NLH): Landon Tice – $246,300
Event 59 ($400 NLH): Steve Karp – $10,770
Event 60 ($1K 6-Max PLO): Renan Maciel – $24,675
Event 61 ($300 Bounty NLH): Raminder Singh – $6,730

Raminder Singh Extends his SHRP Major Series Trophy Lead with Lucky #13 in Event 61 Outright Win for $6,730

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 61
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  168
Prize Pool:  $26,040
Bounty Prize Pool:  $16,800
August 13, 2024

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 61 Champion Raminder Singh

Event 61 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 168 entries generated a prize pool of $26,040, with an additional $16,800 set aside for bounties.

Taking it down was Raminder Singh, winning outright for $6,730 and his record-extending 13th SHRP major series trophy victory.

Here are Singh’s 13 SHRP major series victories:

1.  2015 SHRPO – $250 No-Limit Hold’em – ($6,716)
2.  2015 RRPO – $350 NLHE Black Chip Bounty – ($11,400)
3.  2015 RRPO – $350 No-Limit Hold’em – ($15,298)
4.  2018 RRPO – $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em – ($37,706)
5.  2019 SHRPO – $600 No-Limit Hold’em – ($200,000)
6.  2020 LHPO – $600 No-Limit Hold’em Six Max – ($22,520)
7.  2021 SHRPO – $200 Double Green Chip Bounty NLH – ($6,256)
8.  2022 Showdown – $150 No-Limit Hold’em – ($5,008)
9.  2022 RRPO – $600 Turbo No-Limit Hold’em – ($7,897)
10.  2023 Showdown – $400 No-Limit Hold’em – ($12,230)
11.  2024 LHPO – $3,500 No-Limit Hold’em Championship – ($486,353)
12.  2024 Showdown – $600 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em – ($18,400)
13.  2024 SHRPO – $300 Quad Stack Bounty NLHE – ($6,730)

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1RaminderSingh$6,730
2RichardEstep$4,435
3AlejandroFunes$2,675
4JuanMaceiras$1,625
5JosephChase$1,255
6MurrayGreene$1,040
7DavidVacanti$900
8JuanPineda Florez$800
9VetonKastrati$700
10AnthonySepe$600
11JulioFernandez$600
12ConnorRussell$600
13CharlesJohnson$510
14NolanJacobson$510
15DanielRestrepo Buitrago$510
16NoelAvila Mendez$425
17AntonioColon$425
18HenryEisenstein$425
19ScottSommer$425
20DanielLlewellyn$425
21DavidMoreno$425

Steve Karp Wins Event 59 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Open Outright for $10,770

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 59
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  109
Prize Pool:  $35,970
August 13, 2024

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 59 Champion Steve Karp

Event 59 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 109 produced a prize pool of $35,970 and taking it down was Steve Karp, overcoming a 13-to-1 deficit heads-up to win outright for $10,770 and his first SHRP major series trophy.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1SteveKarp$10,770
2JoshuaNicholson$6,665
3JonathanMoschel$4,000
4JTAnderson$2,610
5PeterHorenstein$2,015
6JorgeConfesor$1,655
7AshamAmir$1,405
8BruceRussell$1,225
9SenhaoCao$1,080
10SantanaNoronha$955
11FayeHall$955
12AndrewKeeney$955
13IraHorowitz$845
14BrandonNavarrete$845

Renan Maciel Menezes Wins Event 60 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open is Heads-Up Chop for $24,675

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 60
$1,100 Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  106
Prize Pool:  $102,820
August 13, 2024

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 60 Champion Renan Maciel Menezes

Event 60 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $1,100 Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry), drawing a field of 106 entries for a prize pool of $102,820.

A heads-up chop between the final two players took place and Renan Maciel Menezes was the slight chip leader, making him the Event 60 winner for $24,675.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1RenanMaciel Menezes$24,675*
2JoshuaCummings$24,675*
3MichaelWang$12,900
4ChristianHarder$8,875
5LouOjeda$6,295
6GregLevine$4,620
7MiguelPorras$3,500
8OleksandrTrokhymenko$3,500
9TylerBrown$2,750
10GeorgeParublev$2,750
11JosephVillatico$2,240
12IdoAboudi$2,240
13AftabShakoor$1,900
14SteveYagudaev$1,900

*denotes heads-up chop

Landon Tice Wins Event 58 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in Three-Way Deal for $246,300

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 58
$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  115
Prize Pool:  $1,104,000
August 13, 2024

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 58 Champion Landon Tice

Event 58 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 115 entries generated a prize pool of $1,104,000, more than doubling the guarantee.

A three-handed deal was reached and Landon Tice was the chip leader, making him the official Event 58 winner for $246,300.

The score is Tice’s second-largest career live score, with the first being his runner-up result in the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown this past May.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1LandonTice$246,300*
2DavidColeman$198,900*
3MatthewSabia$169,200*
4AlekseiDonets$105,000
5ZachBruch$80,000
6ByronKaverman$61,000
7JakeFerro$46,500
8MichaelPhillips$36,500
9TimothyCapretta$28,500
10NitisUdornpim$28,500
11TaylorWilson$23,000
12PedroIdrovo$23,000
13RenLin$19,200
14MartinZamani$19,200
15DarrenElias$19,200

*denotes three-handed deal

Event 58: Landon Tice Wins in Three-Way Deal

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,104,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 115

Landon Tice

After playing a few more hands three-handed, the remaining three players agreed to a deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Landon Tice  –  1,395,000  (47 bb)
David Coleman  –  615,000  (21 bb)
Matthew Sabia  –  290,000  (10 bb)

Here were the adjusted payouts:

Landon Tice  –  $246,300
David Coleman  –  $198,900
Matthew Sabia  –  $169,200

As the chip leader, Landon Tice is the official Event 58 winner for $246,300.

A recap of Event 58 will be posted shortly.

David Coleman
Matthew Sabia

Event 58: Chip Counts at Break

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,104,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 115

Seat 3:  David Coleman  –  690,000  (23 bb)
Seat 4:  Matt Sabia  –  155,000  (5 bb)
Seat 7:  Landon Tice  –  1,465,000  (49 bb)

1st:  $283,400 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $190,000
3rd:  $141,000

4th:  Aleksei Donets  –  $105,000
5th:  Zach Bruch  –  $80,000
6th:  Byron Kaverman  –  $61,000
7th:  Jake Ferro  –  $46,500
8th:  Michael Phillips  –  $36,500
9th:  Timothy Capretta  –  $28,500

10th:  Nitis Udornpim  –  $28,500
11th:  Taylor Wilson  –  $23,000
12th:  Pedro Idrovo  –  $23,000
13th:  Ren Lin  –  $19,200
14th:  Martin Zamani  –  $19,200
15th:  Darren Elias  –  $19,200

Event 58: Aleksei Donets – 4th Place ($105,000)

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,104,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 115

Landon Tice raised all in with his chip-leading stack from the small blind and Aleksei Donets called all in for about 240,000 in the big blind with AhQs, leading Tice’ 5s4s.

The board came down KsQd6d7d8s, giving Tice an eight-high straight on the river to eliminate Donets in fourth place.

Landon Tice  –  1,400,000  (56 bb)
David Coleman  –  700,000  (28 bb)
Matt Sabia –  200,000  (8 bb)
Aleksei Donets  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($105,000)

With three players remaining from a field of 115 entries, the average stack is about 765,000 (31 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $141,000.

Event 58: Zach Bruch – 5th Place ($81,000)

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,104,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 115

Landon Tice raised to 55,000 from UTG/hijack, Zach Bruch three-bet all in for 320,000 in the cutoff, and Tice called.

Tice:  AdKs
Bruch:  KcQh

The board ran out 8c5d3c6d8h, no help to Bruch, ending his tournament in fifth place.

Landon Tice  –  1,080,000  (43 bb)
Zach Bruch  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($80,000)

With four players remaining from a field of 115 entries, the average stack is 575,000 (23 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $105,000.

Event 58: Byron Kaverman – 6th Place ($61,000)

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,104,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 115

Byron Kaverman raised to about 80,000 from the small blind, Landon Tice reraised in the big blind, and Kaverman called all in for another 5,000.

Kaverman:  Kd7d
Tice:  As2d

The board ran out Qh8c3h4d9d, no help to Kaverman, ending his tournament in sixth place.

Landon Tice  –  645,000  (24 bb)
Byron Kaverman  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($61,000)

With five players remaining from a field of 115 entries, the average stack is 460,000 (18 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $80,000.