Event #25: $10,000 One-Day Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000/8,000
Players Remaining: 9 of 91

Shannon Shorr jammed the button for 95,000 and Barry Hutter called from the big blind.

Hutter:
Shorr:

It was a flip and Shorr held strong on the run out to ship the double.

Shannon Shorr – 202,000 (25 bb)
Barry Hutter – 210,000 (26 bb)

Event #25: $10,000 One-Day Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000/8,000
Players Remaining: 9 of 91

Action folded to Jerry Robinson on the button and he moved all in for 77,000, which Ray Qartomy called from the small blind.

Qartomy:
Robinson:

Robinson got it in good but Qartomy paired his kicker on the flop. Neither the turn nor river helped Robinson and he headed to the payout  desk.

Ray Qartomy – 535,000
Jerry Robinson – Eliminated in 10th place for $25,334

2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open 
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event #24
$2,650 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries: 91
Prize Pool: $220,675
August 13-14, 2018

Matthew Wantman emerged victorious Tuesday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood winning Event 24 of the 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, a $2,650 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha tournament. Wantman beat up a tough final table and earned $70,009 in addition to a Seminole Hard Rock Trophy.

Event 24 drew 91 total entries generating a prize pool in excess of $220,000. The top 12 were paid and notables Jeff Madsen, Matt Stout, Phil Hui and Ben Yu were among those to finish in the money.

Full results:

1st: Matthew Wantman –  $70,009 + Trophy
2nd: Rajesh Vohra – $41,928
3rd: Charles Kapetanakos – $26,481
4th: Greg Levine – $17,102
5th: Iman Dan – $13,241
6th: Alexander Condon – $10,482
7th: Ben Yu – $8,827
8th: Phil Hui – $7,724
9th: Matt Stout – $7,002
10th: David Eller – $6,400
11th: Bruce Rogoff – $5,958
12th: Jeff Madsen – $5,521

Event #25: $10,000 One-Day Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000/6,000
Players Remaining: 10 of 91

Barry Hutter raised to 14,000 from middle position and Ray Qartomy called from the button. Jay Kovoor then moved all in for 48,000 from the big blind and Hutter made it 90,000 to go. Qartomy got out of the way.

Hutter:
Kovoor:

The board ran out and Kovoor paired on the turn to double up.

Jay Kovoor – 153,000 (26 bb)
Barry Hutter – 320,000 (53 bb)

2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open 
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event #26
$300 Deep Stack Turbo (Re-Entry)
$25,000
Entries: 147
Prize Pool: $37,485
August 14, 2018

The 26th and final event of the 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a one-day, $300 buy-in Deep Stack Turbo re-entry. True to form, the event finished in just about eight hours and it was Gavin O’Rourke of Northern Ireland who emerged victorious in an outright win. For the performance, O’Rourke earned $10,349 along with his second career major victory.

Event 26 drew 147 entries generating a total prize pool worth $37,485. The top 19 finished in the money with Adam Levy, Vincent Cami and Matt Axelrod among the notable in-the-money finishers.

Full results:

1st: Gavin O’Rourke – $10,349
2nd: Thomas Gari – $6,560
3rd: Francis Anthony Garcia – $3,861
4th: Nashaat Antonious – $2,344
5th: Arkadiy Tsinis – $1,818
6th: Kharlin Sued – $1,501
7th: Steven Novak – $1,312
8th: Rick Kalgstein – $1,171
9th: Keith Saunders – $1,035
10th: Matt Axelrod – $900
11th: Robert Cicchelli – $900
12th: Vincent Cami – $900
13th: Adam Levy – $768
14th: Arnold Erenstoft – $768
15th: Cary Hecker – $768
16th: Unclaimed
17th: Volodymyr Tamarovych – $656
18th: Donovan Walker, Jr. – $656
19th: Lionel Johnson – $562

Event #25: $10,000 One-Day Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000/6,000
Players Remaining: 10 of 91

Seat 1: Jun Ji – 128,000 (21 bb)
Seat 2: Stephen Chidwick – 63,000 (11 bb)
Seat 3: Almedin Imsirovic – 152,000 (25 bb)
Seat 4: Jerry Robinson – 80,000 (13 bb)
Seat 5: Ray Qartomy – 447,000 (75 bb)
Seat 6: Ben Yu – 157,000 (26 bb)
Seat 7: Jay Kovoor – 69,000 (12 bb)
Seat 8: Shannon Shorr – 93,000 (16 bb)
Seat 9: Ryan Riess – 281,000 (47 bb)
Seat 10: Barry Hutter – 351,000 (59 bb)

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 28: 40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 422

Blair Hinkle limped in on the button and Alex Foxen raised to 325,000 out of the big blind. Hinkle called.

The flop was and Foxen bet 300,000. Hinkle called.

They both checked the and the came on the river. Foxen bet 750,000 and Hinkle folded.

Foxen mucked his hand, took the pot and evened out the chip counts.

Alex Foxen – 4,900,000
Blair Hinkle – 5,675,000

Event #25: $10,000 One-Day Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000/5,000
Players Remaining: 10 of 91

Jay Kovoor raised to 11,000 from early position and Barry Hutter called from middle position. Jun Ji came along from the hijack and the three of them saw a flop of .

Two checks saw Ji bet 24,000 and both his opponents called. The trio then checked the   turn and the completed the board on the river.

Kovoor checked, Hutter bet 68,000, and Ji folded. Kovoor called only to muck when Hutter rolled over the

Barry Hutter – 362,000 (72 bb)
Jay Kovoor – 136,000 (27 bb)
Jun Ji – 90,000 (18 bb)

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 27: 40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 422

Alex Foxen raised to 175,000 on the button preflop, and Blair Hinkle reraised to 580,000. Foxen moved all, and Hinkle called all in so the last two remaining players in the field revealed their cards.

Hinkle:
Foxen:

Board:

Hinkle doubled up to take the chip lead with 7.16 million, and Foxen was left with 3.45 million after the hand.

Blair Hinkle – 7,160,000 (89 bb)
Alex Foxen – 3,450,000 (43 bb)