The 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open kicked off at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL July 28. Over the next three weeks, 28 new primary event champions played their way to a South Florida title with poker pro Jason Koon stealing the headline as the winner of the $5,250 SHRPO Championship.
For the second-consecutive year, the series was spotlighted by The Big 4 — a four-tournament finale including the Championship, a $2,650 Freeze-Out, a $1,100 Re-Entry and a $25,500 High Roller. The tournaments featured staggered structures that cascaded toward simultaneous final tables. The events played out in Hard Rock Live in front of the Poker Night in America cameras for a later airing on CBS Sports Network.
Below is a look at The Big 4 champions followed by a look back at each of the other 24 primary event winners.
$5,250 Championship (Event 22): Jason Koon – $1,000,000
$2,650 Freeze-Out (Event 23): Bradley Snider – $246,400
$1,100 Re-Entry (Event 24): Ruslan Dykshteyn – $151,000
$25,500 High Roller (Event 25): Marvin Rettenmaier – $787,497
Other primary event winners:
- Event 1 ($360 Deep Stack NLH): Nicholas Mahabee – $66,435
- Event 2 ($300 Omaha 8): Jordan Chizick – $5,817
- Event 3 ($300 Deep Stack Turbo NLH): William Johnson – $7,616
- Event 4 ($1,100 NLH): Barry Pevner – $29,197
- Event 5 ($150 NLH): Brian Woods – $50,987
- Event 6 ($300 HORSE): Ziya Rahim – $6,261
- Event 7 ($570 Big Stack Double Black Chip Bounty NLH Single Re-Entry): Harold Mahaffey – $6,982
- Event 8 ($200 Six-Max NLH Single Re-Entry): Dan Heimiller – $12,577
- Event 9 ($360 PLO 8 or Better): Bradley Young – $7,194
- Event 10 ($570 NLH): Travis Hart – $159,708
- Event 11 ($360 Big Black Green Chip Bounty): Alexander Haber – $10,936
- Event 12 ($1,650 Purple Chip Bounty Single Re-Entry): Colin Robinson – $34,800
- Event 13 ($300 Seniors 50+): Marc Levy – $14,048
- Event 14 ($360 Big Stack Turbo NLH Single Re-Entry): Steven Bennett – $11,000
- Event 15 ($570 NLH Single Re-Entry): Michael Newman – $17,579
- Event 16 ($1,100 Shoot-Out): Michael Aron – $23,765
- Event 17 ($1,100 Six-Max NLH Freeze-Out): Seth Davies – $41,604
- Event 18 ($360 PLO): David Prociak – $8,891
- Event 19 ($1,650 Heads Up): Ari Engel – $28,800
- Event 20 ($1,100 Turbo NLH): Jake Schwartz – $42,628
- Event 21 ($300 CSOP): Chance Kornuth – $5,000
- Event 26 ($150 NLH): Cesar Fuentes – $15,500
- Event 27 ($2,650 Deep Stack PLO): PJ Walsworth – $42,050
- Event 28 ($250 Deep Stack Turbo NLH): Francis Margaglione – $7,000
That’s a wrap on the 2016 SHRPO. Next up for the Seminole Hard Rock is the Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open slated to kick off November 16th with a $360 buy-in, $1,000,000 guarantee — the first tournament of its kind in South Florida.
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