$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry) $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream Level 30: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 809
HAND #179 – Shalom Elharrar limped for 150,000, and Sean Winter checked his option in the big blind. The flop came , Winter bet 150,000, Elharrar raised to 375,000, and Winter called. The turn card was the , and both players checked.
The river card was the , Winter bet 200,000, and Elharrar called. Winter showed to win the pot with two pair, tens and deuces, and Elharrar mucked.
HAND #180 – Sean Winter completed the small blind to 150,000, and Shalom Elharrar checked his option in the big blind. The flop came , Elharrar bet 175,000, and Winter called. The turn card was the , Elharrar checked, Winter bet 575,000, and Elharrar quickly called.
The river card was the , and both payers checked. Elharrar showed to win the pot, and Winter mucked.
HAND #181 – Shalom Elharrar folded, giving Sean Winter a walk in the big blind.
HAND #182 – Sean Winter limped for 150,000, and Shalom Elharrar checked his option in the big blind. The flop came , Elharrar bet 250,000, and Winter folded. Elharrar took the pot.
HAND #183 – Shalom Elharrar raised to 350,000, and Sean Winter folded.
2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 23 $25,500 SHRPO Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry) $2,000,000 Guaranteed Entries: 115 Prize Pool: $2,840,500 August 12-13, 2019
The 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open finished off the series with The Big 4 tournaments and final tables. The $25,500 High Roller attracted some of the best players in the world and it was four-time WSOP bracelet winner Shaun Deeb taking the title along with $778,300 after defeating Albert Daher heads-up.
“Winning these fields is so tough,” Deeb said after. “There are a lot of soft spots at the start of the tournament, but you look at these final tables and everyone played great.”
“I got a lot of chips early, I ran perfect, won every key all in — Won like three flips.”
Shaun Deeb
The High Roller is always popular and this year was no different. It drew 115 entries to easily surpass the $2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and put $2,840,500 up for grabs. The field was packed with top pros competing for the trophy and a lot of money.
Defending champion Jake Schindler tried to repeat but fell short of the money with 16 getting paid. SHRPO $50,000 Super High Roller champion Jason Mercier was in contention for another win, but he went out in ninth place to set the Big 4 High Roller live-stream final table.
Andy Andrejevic returned for the last day with the chip lead and Deeb not far behind. Day 2 of the tournament did not go well for Andrejevic,though, and he had to settle for a fourth-place finish.
Deeb continued to dominate the final table and only trailed for a short time when the last three players went into a long grind with very deep stacks.
“It was just crazy. I got very lucky,” Deeb said. “I just made the nuts every hand. In an edited broadcast, you don’t see how often I had it, but these guys were great players who were so frustrated because I only had to bluff like twice all day.”
“It’s crazy to have the best hand that often. I know how unlikely that is, so I’m just so happy.”
WPT Champions Club member Olivier Busquet was eliminated in third place when he made the same pair as Deeb but was outkicked. Deeb’s heads-up match with Daher did not last long and ended when Deeb won an all-in preflop race with a timely river.
Albert Daher
Daher earned $545,375 for his runner-up finish which goes nicely with his seventh-place finish in the $50,000 Super High Roller.
Deeb finished off the win a year after he was in the same position as Daher. He made second-place money in the 2018 SHRPO Big 4 High Roller but closed it out this time around.
Deeb is a regular in all of our big tournaments, loves our property, rooms, and games.
“Honestly, the staff — They have the best dealers. They pay their staff right, they take care of the players,” Deeb said about the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood staff. “It’s everyone’s favorite stop, and that’s saying something.”
“They put on the greatest customer experience, they take care of the staff from top to bottom, it’s just perfect.”
Deeb earned the High Roller title not long after his close friend Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy won our $2,650 Pot Limit Omaha trophy. They posed in each the other’s winner photo and plan to have a nice celebration this evening.
Cliff Josephy (right) and railbird Shaun Deeb pose for Josephy’s $2,650 PLO win
“We are going to go back (to Kuro),” Deeb laughed. “Cliff Josephy just won one of the side events, so there’s going to be a picture floating online of me sitting in his lap, so I’m excited to return the favor now.”
“He said he was going first and now it’s my turn.”
Congratulations to Shaun Deeb on the High Roller win and thanks, as always, to our very loyal players.
High Roller results:
1st: Shaun Deeb – $778,300 + SHRPO Trophy 2nd: Albert Daher – $545,375 3rd: Olivier Busquet – $340,860 4th: Andy Andrejevic – $235,760 5th: TK Miles – $150,545 6th: Josh Ray – $110,780 7th: Jake Schwartz – $90,895 8th: Matthew Wantman – $76,695 9th: Jason Mercier – $73,855 10th: Ali Imsirovic – $71,015 11th: Jim Collopy – $68,170 12th: Chris Johnson – $65,330 13th: Sam Soverel – $62,490 14th: Mark Eddleman – $59,650 15th: Richard Lee – $56,810 16th: Daniel Strelitz – $53,970
$2,650 SHRPO Big 4 Event 21 (Single Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Live Stream | Payouts Level 29: 40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 385
Faraz Jaka raised on the button and Jessica Dawley defended her big blind.
The flop was and Dawley checked. Jaka bet about 200,000 and Dawley called.
The turn was the and both players checked to the river. Dawley bet 200,000 and Jaka called.
Dawley showed and chopped the pot with Jaka’s . Both players played the straight on the board, but Dawley turned it with the six in her hand.
$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry) $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream Level 30: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 809
HAND #177 – Sean Winter completed the small blind to 150,000, and Shalom Elharrar checked his option in the big blind. Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Winter checked, Elharrar bet about 225,000, and Winter folded. Elharrar took the pot.
HAND #178 – Sean Winter raised from the button to 300,000, Jerry Robinson moved all in from the big blind for 2,475,000, and Winter called with .
Robinson turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.
The board came , and the pocket tens hold up for Winter to win the pot and eliminate Robinson in third place.
Seat 1. Sean Winter – 29,325,000 (196 bb) Seat 2. Shalom Elharrar – 4,700,000 (31 bb) Seat 3. Jerry Robinson – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($314,230)
$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry) $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream Level 30: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 809
HAND #173 – Unknown action, no flop. Jerry Robinson wasn’t in his seat and missed this hand.
HAND #174 – Jerry Robinson was still away from his seat this hand. Everyone folded to Sean Winter, giving him a walk in the big blind.
HAND #175 – Jerry Robinson was still away form his seat and missed this hand. Sean Winter raised from the button to 300,000, and Shalom Elharrar called from the small blind.
Both players checked to the river on a board of . Elharrar showed , but Winter turned over to win the pot with a pair of tens.
Jerry Robinson returned to his seat during Hand #175.
HAND #176 – Shalom Elharrar limped from the button for 150,000, Jerry Robinson completed the small blind, and Sean Winter raised from the big blind to 525,000. Elharrar and Robinson both folded, and Winter took the pot.
$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry) $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream Level 30: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 809
HAND #170 – Everyone folded to Sean Winter, giving him a walk in the big blind.
HAND #171 – Sean Winter completed the small blind to 75,000, Shalom Elharrar raised from the big blind to 350,000, and Winter limp-raised to 1,000,000. Elharrar folded, and Winter took the pot.
HAND #172 – Sean Winter raised from the button to 300,000, Shalom Elharrar called from the small blind, and Jerry Robinson called from the big blind. The flop came , and it checked to Winter, who bet 225,000. Elharrar and Robinson both called.
The turn card was the , and all three players checked.
The river card was the , and Elharrar bet 475,000. Robinson moved all in for 950,000, and Winter folded.
Robinson thought action was complete and turned over his for a flopped two pair, sixes and threes. Elharrar took advantage of the information and folded, and Robinson took the pot.
$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry) $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream Level 30: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 809
HAND #166 – Sean Winter raised from the button to 300,000, Shalom Elharrar called from the small blind, and Jerry Robinson called from the big blind. All three players checked to the turn on a board of , and it checked to Winter, who bet 600,000. Elharrar and Robinson quickly folded, and Winter took the pot.
HAND #167 – Jerry Robinson completed the small blind to 150,000, and Sean Winter checked his option in the big blind. Both players checked to the river on a board of . Robinson bet 500,000, and Winter quickly folded. Robinson took the pot.
HAND #168 – Jerry Robinson limped from the button for 150,000, and Shalom Elharrar called from the big blind. Both players checked to the river on a board of . Elharrar checked, Robinson bet 400,000, and Elharrar folded. Robinson took the pot.
HAND #169 – Shalom Elharrar completed the small blind to 150,000, and Jerry Robinson checked his option in the big blind. The flop came , Elharrar bet 200,000, and Robinson called.
The turn card was the , Elharrar checked, Robinson bet 400,000, and Elharrar called. Robinson showed for a pair of eights, but Elharrar turned over to win the pot with a pair of jacks.
, Winter bet 150,000, Elharrar raised to 375,000, and Winter called. The turn card was the 
, and both players checked.
, Winter bet 200,000, and Elharrar called. Winter showed 
to win the pot with two pair, tens and deuces, and Elharrar mucked.
, Elharrar bet 175,000, and Winter called. The turn card was the 
, Elharrar checked, Winter bet 575,000, and Elharrar quickly called.
, and both payers checked. Elharrar showed 
to win the pot, and Winter mucked.
, Elharrar bet 250,000, and Winter folded. Elharrar took the pot.
, Caroll checked and Cimbolas went into the tank. Someone called the clock and at the last second Cimbolas bet 50,000.
but was no good against Dollinger’s 
and Dawley checked. Jaka bet about 200,000 and Dawley called.
and both players checked to the 
river. Dawley bet 200,000 and Jaka called.
, and the pocket tens hold up for Winter to win the pot and eliminate Robinson in third place.
, and it checked to Winter, who bet 225,000. Elharrar and Robinson both called.
for a flopped two pair, sixes and threes. Elharrar took advantage of the information and folded, and Robinson took the pot.
. Robinson bet 500,000, and Winter quickly folded. Robinson took the pot.
to win the hand and grow his stack to 580,000.