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Alexander Perez Wins August Big Stack Special In A Five-Way Deal

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2021 Aug Big Stack Special
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
$150 Aug Big Stack Special
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  1,572
Prize Pool:  $188,640
August 18-22, 2021

Alexander Perez

1ALEXANDERPEREZ$23,232*
2MATTHEWZARCADOOLAS$23,191*
3JOHNNYBROMBERG$21,589*
4DAVIDPOCES$19,389*
5CHARLEMAGNEBENJAMIN JR$16,894*
6DEVINBATISTA$6,600
7ROBERTCHUSID$4,785
8RUDYVAZQUEZ$3,565
9MICHAELNEWMAN$2,765
10JOHNDOMEY$2,765
11JAMESTOMBLIN$2,110
12JAVIERSARACHE$2,110
13ERROLMASSEY$1,765
14EDSONINALIEN$1,765
15ALEPHFRANZIN$1,510
16ALICIAGOLDSTEIN$1,510
17WADEHINDS$1,275
18JASONBARRY$1,275
19FENGLU$1,275
20REFAELKRAUT$1,275
21MICHAELLAUFER$1,100
22SEDARRIENCOLEY$1,100
23ENGJELLRROSHI$1,100
24JOHNHUNT$1,100
25ANDREBRYAN$950
26MICHAELJOHNSON$950
27JORGERAMIREZ CHACIN$950
28SAMUELKIM$950
29GARRICKYOUNG$950
30DARRENGOLDSTEIN$950
31PAULPRAGER$950
32ANGELBRACHO$950
33SHAWNVRENNA$815
34SERGIOPEREZ$815
35DAVIDFEIGENBAUM$815
36DAVIDKAHAN$815
37GREGORYSPINDER$815
38JOSEPHMETCALFE$815
39JEANDELPLAN$815
40DENNISRODRIGUEZ$815
41MANUELAMARO ALVAREZ$705
42ANDRESREYES RODRIGUEZ$705
43DAVIDKLINGELSMITH$705
44DARIOPISTALO$705
45MICHAELSCHEINBERG$705
46DIANEDEVEREAUX$705
47RAMEZDAKDOUK$705
48MICHAELWADLOW$705
49MATTHEWYORRA$620
50NIGELMURRAY$620
51JESSEFUJARCZYK$620
52SHAWNNEIFELD$620
53JOSEPHLEVITT$620
54STEVENMCKOY$620
55ORYHEN$620
56RAFFAELLOLOCATELLI$620
57YIGALHEN$555
58SOLANGELUCAS$555
59FRANCOISGAGNE$555
60JOSEPHKEARNS$555
61RODOLFOGUAIGUA VILLARROEL$555
62LUISMANTILLA$555
63ROBERTTRANSUE$555
64JIMMYCORRALES$555
65MICHAELCASEY$505
66JOSEPHTEIXEIRA$505
67JOSEPARRA$505
68ELIASNASSIF$505
69HENRYTRAN$505
70LERONESTERLING$505
71PEDROPALACIO$505
72RICHARDWHITEBROOK$505
73TRENTSMITH$465
74GABRIELFERNANDEZ$465
75CHRISTOPHERZITO$465
76JOHNFREIDKES$465
77JAIMEWIEGREFE$465
78MOHAMMEDTARKMAN$465
79MICHAELINGBER$465
80KEITHWAGNER$465
81ANDERSONJURADO$445
82IFTIKHARMEMON$445
83FRANKRUSSO$445
84ENRIQUEPEREZ$445
85RICKKALGSTEIN$445
86CLAUDIOBERNAL$445
87GUSTAVOOLIVEROS$445
88ALFREDOMORAN$445
89MARKFRED WILKES$445
90GREGORYHEAD$445
91JOSHUATEITELBAUM$445
92NATHANIELGALLIFORD$445
93DANIELQUESADA$445
94KEITHLOFTUS$445
95JACKABSHER$445

* – denotes results of a five-way deal

  • All nine final table players also received a $600 ticket into the CoCo Casino Run Good Main Event for Aug 26-28, 2021
2021 SHRPO Live Updates

2021 SHRPO in Review

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Dimitri Vorbe
2021 SHRPO Champion Dimitri Vorbe

The 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open featured 43 primary events with more than $9.5 million in guaranteed prize pools. The series concluded when it awarded a very excited Dimitri Vorbe the SHRPO Championship trophy on Tuesday evening along with $929,365.

With the big schedule, there is a lot to unpack so we will start with the raw numbers. 2021 SHRPO combined to draw 19,881 entries over the three-week run for the biggest series we’ve ever hosted by topping the massive inaugural 2013 SHRPO fields.

For the second time in our history, we awarded more than $20,000,000 in prize money during a single series with only the 2021 Poker Showdown topping the $21,014,260 paid out during the 2021 SHRPO run (and that one did it with 15 fewer tournaments)

Series numbers
Trophy Events:  43
Total Entries:  19,881
Guarantees:  $9,560,000
Total Prize Pool:  $21,014,260

2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 14 Champion Raminder Singh

On the player side, we had two historic wins during the series to alter our all-time win list. Raminder Singh captured the $200 Double Green Chip Bounty title during the first week to earn his seventh major SHRP Hollywood title. That moved him into a tie with David Prociak for most in our history.

Keeping pace was Michael Newman. He had five victories coming into the series and picked up another on the last day in the $400 Turbo NLH tournament. Newman’s sixth title put him into a tie with Brian Altman for second all-time.

Michael Newman

We had an incredible 34 players cash out $100,000 or better for a single tournament with 10 of those coming from the Championship alone. Jeff Trudeau is on that list twice; he earned $352,200 for his Event 15 win and another $163,390 in the Championship.

Top payouts
Dimitri Vorbe – $929,365 (Championship)
AP Louis Garza – $674,285 (Championship)
Zhuang Ruan – $562,600 ($50K Super High Roller)
Joe McKeenen – $550,990 ($25K High Roller)
Darren Elias – $539,135 ($25K High Roller)

Shannon Shorr added another trophy in his second straight series, Rebekkah Emmons won a tournament ($400 PLO) hours after finishing fifth in another ($1,100 NLH), Yuval Bronshtein won two of the first four tournaments of the series, and YouTube/social media star Masato Yokosawa flew in from Japan then won the first tournament he entered ($1,700 Purple Chip Bounty).

Overall, it was an incredible series where we met many new friends and watched some of our regulars do big things on a big stage. Thanks to everyone who came out to support and we look forward to seeing everyone in November for the Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open.

You can find links below for every event on the schedule with updates and results.

Full 2021 SHRPO Schedule and Results

SHRPO Championship: Dimitri Vorbe – $929,365
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
Event 15 ($600 NLH): Jeff Trudeau – $352,200
Event 16 ($600 OE): Scott Matejka – $15,180
Event 17 ($600 H.O.R.S.E.): Andy Woodmancey – $13,121
Event 18 ($600 PLO8): Long Nguyen – $19,605
Event 19 ($400 NLH): Frank Russo – $19,205
Event 20 ($1,700 Bounty) – Masato Yokosawa – $44,925
Event 21 ($400 Seniors): Benjamin Robinson – $18,030
Event 22 ($600 Bounty): Ducarmel Beaubien – $20,860
Event 23 ($600 PLO): Tom Guedj – $18,238
Event 24 ($150 NLH): Pasquale Caiazza – $7,182
Event 25 ($1,100 O8): Donny Rubinstein – $27,220
Event 26 ($600 6-Max NLH): Victor Choupeaux – $25,328
Event 27 ($600 6-Max PLO): Logan Hewett – $18,055
Event 28 ($1,100 NLH): Neal Corcoran – $76,020
Event 29 ($50K Super High Roller): Chris Brewer – $420,670
Event 30 ($200 Bounty): Roberto Bendeck – $5,836
Event 31 ($1,100 H.O.R.S.E.): Sam Panzica – $23,185
Event 32 ($2,200 NLH): Bin Weng – $99,142
Event 33 ($50K Super High Roller): Zhuang Ruan – $562,600
Event 35 ($2,650 NLH): Shannon Shorr – $186,261
Event 36 ($15,000 NLH): Matthew Sabia – $155,515
Event 37 ($600 Turbo): David Nowling – $7,227
Event 38 ($1,100 NLH): Scott Baumstein – $81,220
Event 39 ($25K High Roller): Joe McKeehen – $550,990
Event 40 ($150 Big Stack): Gonzalo Garcia – $21,970
Event 41 ($2,650 PLO): Ari Oxman – $38,795
Event 42 ($400 Turbo): Michael Newman – $7,573
Event 43 ($10K NLH): Sam Soverel – $293,205

The brand new SHRPO Championship trophy
2021 SHRPO Live Updates

Gonzalo Garcia Wins the Final Trophy of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open

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2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 40
$150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  873
Prize Pool:  $104,760
August 9-11, 2021

Gonzalo Garcia
Gonzalo Garcia

The final trophy of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was awarded on Wednesday night to Gonzalo Garcia of Uruguay, who defeated Andre Bryan heads-up to win $21,970.

There were 873 entries in this event, and 53 players survived the two starting flights to reach Day 2, where they were in the money. By the time they reached the nine-handed final table, Garcia had the chip lead.

“I was the chipleader, so I had an advantage,” said Garcia. “But I got lucky, and I won a big hand, so everything went well.”

The big hand that Garcia was referring to was likely his double up against Steven Langert with six players remaining. Langert shoved bottom pair on the turn, and ran right into Garcia’s top two pair.

That pot gave Garcia 52.7% of all the chips in play, and he held onto the lead all the way to the finish line.

The final hand was a cooler, with Bryan shoving 8h8d into Garcia’s AsKh, and Garcia flopped a king for the victory.

This brings the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open to a close, but our next big series is only three months away — the Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open (RRPO) begins on November 18th. See you there!

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1GonzaloGarcia$21,970
2AndreBryan$14,925
3JoseParra$10,375
4VictorNassif$7,470
5AntonKutsenko$5,730
6StevenLangert$4,435
7KevinBuldo$3,595
8RonaldKatz$2,825
9BradleyYoung$2,105
10BarrySisselman$2,105
11LiesKara Mostefa$1,540
12GeorgeRovero Spyropoulos$1,540
13CorneliusRogers$990
14LuisEspitia Diaz$990
15DavidClark$990
16BrianBaris$785
17DavidEhresman$785
18MichaelMcKiernan$785
19FrancoisZayas$690
20JorgeGomez$690
21NancyBirnbaum$690
22JillRukeyser$690
23VetonBalidemaj$690
24CharlesOdenz$690
25JonathanOunjian$690
26TuanPhan$690
27KeldCurtis$690
28SergioRuiz Grajales$615
29CurtisMcKinney$615
30MarceloJo$615
31GuyCaudill$615
32EricSiegel$615
33MarkMiller$615
34VineetChanhok$615
35BrandonMiller$615
36WilmerChavira$615
37RobertoBendeck$555
38EricMorales$555
39ShawnMohamed$555
40FrancoZamboli$555
41WongduanNannong$555
42MichaelCasson$555
43LuisMantilla$555
44CarlosFernandez$555
45NormanZapczynski$555
46AnuragGonela$510
47AlainCandales Falcon$510
48DakotaCommanda Boissoneau$510
49AntonioColon$510
50JuanGarcia$510
51JuanSanchez$510
52BryanHunter$510
53DamenGooljar$510
2021 SHRPO Live Updates

Event 40: Gonzalo Garcia Wins! ($21,970); Andre Bryan Finishes as Runner-Up ($14,925)

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$150 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 873

Gonzalo Garcia
Gonzalo Garcia

About 15 minutes after heads-up play began, Gonzalo Garcia limped from the button for 125,000, Andre Bryan moved all in for about 5,100,000, and Garcia quickly called with AsKh.

Bryan turned over 8h8d, and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came Kd10s10c9c6s, and Garcia paired his king on the flop to win the pot — and the final trophy of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open — with two pair, kings and tens.

Andre Bryan finished as the runner-up, earning $14,925.

Andre Bryan
Andre Bryan

Congratulations to Gonzalo Garcia!

1st:  Gonzalo Garcia  –  $21,970 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  Andre Bryan  –  $14,925
3rd:  Jose Parra  –  $10,375
4th:  Victor Nassif  –  $7,470
5th:  Anton Kutsenko  –  $5,730
6th:  Steven Langert  –  $4,435
7th:  Kevin Buldo  –  $3,595
8th:  Ronald Katz  –  $2,825
9th:  Bradley Young  –  $2,105

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Event 40: Jose Parra – 3rd Place ($10,375)

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$150 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 873

Jose Parra
Jose Parra

Jose Parra was all in from the big blind for about 750,000 with 10c9c, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the JsJh of Gonzalo Garcia on the button.

The board came 7s7h2h4h2s, and the pocket jacks held up for Garcia to win the pot and eliminate Parra in third place.

Jose Parra  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($10,375)

Here are the approximate chip counts for the start of heads-up play:

Gonzalo Garcia  –  8,300,000  (66 bb)
Andre Bryan  –  4,800,000  (38 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $21,970 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $14,925

3rd:  Jose Parra  –  $10,375
4th:  Victor Nassif  –  $7,470
5th:  Anton Kutsenko  –  $5,730
6th:  Steven Langert  –  $4,435
7th:  Kevin Buldo  –  $3,595
8th:  Ronald Katz  –  $2,825
9th:  Bradley Young  –  $2,105