$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 101

Farhad Jamasi raised all in for 445,000 from the button and Sam Soverel called.

Jamasi:
Soverel:

The flop came , giving Soverel sevens full of aces. The turn river completed the board, officially locking up the outright victory for Soverel, earning $293,205.

Jamasi finished as runner-up for $181,800.

2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open 
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 35
$2,650 No-Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry) 
Entries: 490 
Prize Pool: $1,188,250
August 8-10, 2021

The last time Shannon Shorr made his way to South Florida for a poker tournament was last April when he came down for the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.

The Alabama native and longtime poker pro took down the $5,000 no-limit hold’em deep stack event for $296,535. His next trip to the Hard Rock also produced a title.

Shorr bested a 490-entry and Aditya Prasetyo heads-up to earn $186,261 after the final three players agreed to a chop and a save. Shorr was guaranteed to take home $155,606 after the deal was made between the two finalists and Mukul Pahuja, but earned an additional $30,655 for the victory.

Prasetyo earned $170,243 for his runner-up finish and Pahuja netted $141,966.

“I actually bought into this tournament after busting the main [event] about 30 shy of the money. And immediately busted a bullet,” said Shorr after the win. “You get a single re-entry and from there it just went really smoothly.”

After the re-entry, Shorr had problems losing pots. He finished both Day 1 and 2 near the top of the chip counts and had one of the smoother rides to a title of any champion this series.

Outside of being seated on the direct right of Aditya Prasetyo, the only player who could bust him at the outset of the final table, Shorr’s path to victory saw very few speed bumps.

“On Day 1, I just ran really good in preflop all ins. And then yesterday I went on a super heater. Sometimes you just go on these rushes. Poker is so crazy because sometimes you just don’t have a clue how to play and sometimes everything just works out,” said Shorr. “I came into the final table with probably the worst seat at the table. I got off to a slow start, but I rallied and it was fun.”

While the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on most of the world, it did wonders for Shorr’s poker game.

“Since the pandemic, I’ve been working really hard on my game. I’ve been studying a lot and playing a lot of online poker during the break,” he said.

Aside from the increased studying, Shorr is expecting his first child in the coming months. With fatherhood looming, Shorr is becoming more efficient with his time and making the most of his time on the road.

“It’s actually sort of tunneled me into this mindset where I’m actually super motivated to bring my best self and sort of do all the right things on these trips, as opposed to party and waste time,” said Shorr.  “I’m living much more intentionally knowing that I’m going to be a dad.”

*Reflects chop and save

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 101

Farhad Jamasi raised all in for 225,000 from the button and Sam Soverel called.

Jamasi:
Soverel:

The board ran out ,safe for Jamasi to double up.

Farhad Jamasi – 465,000 (31 bb)
Sam Soverel – 1,555,000 (104 bb)

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 101

Tomas Soderstom raised all in from the button for about 160,000 and Sam Soverel isolated from the small blind.

Soderstrom:
Soverel:

The board ran out , no help to Soderstrom, ending his tournament in third place.

Sam Soverel – 1,795,000 (120 bb)
Farhad Jamasi – 225,000 (15 bb)
Tomas Soderstrom –  Eliminated in 3rd Place ($111,505)

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 101

Sam Soverel raised all in from the small blind with his chip-leading stack and Anthony Hu called all in for about 120,000 from the big blind.

Soverel:
Hu:

The board came down , giving Soverel sevens and deuces to eliminate Hu in fourth place.

Sam Soverel – 1,550,000 (103 bb)
Anthony Hu – Eliminated in 4th Place ($72,720)

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 101

Brock Wilson raised to 30,000 from the cutoff, Farhad Jamasi reraised all in from the big blind and Wilson called all in for another 5,000.

Wilson:
Jamasi:

The board ran out , giving Jamasi queens and tens to eliminate Wilson in fifth place.

Farhad Jamasi – 275,000 (19 bb)
Brock Wilson – Eliminated in 5th Place ($56,720)

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 101

James Calderaro raised all in for about 65,000 from under the gun and Sam Soverel gave him action from the cutoff.

Calderaro:
Soverel:

The flop came , giving Calderaro the lead with a pair of queens.

However, the turn and river completed the board, giving Soverel a king-high straight to eliminate Calderaro in sixth place.

Sam Soverel – 1,300,000 (87 bb)
James Calderaro – Eliminated in 6th Place ($45,375)

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 101

Ray Qartomy raised to 125,000 from middle position, Sam Soverel reraised all in from the big blind with a covering stack and Qartomy called all in for 370,000.

Qartomy:
Soverel:

The board ran out , giving Soverel kings full of sixes to eliminate Qartomy in eighth place.

Shortly thereafter, Soverel eliminated Matthew Sabia in seventh place.

Sam Soverel – 1,100,000 (73 bb)
Ray Qartomy – Eliminated in 8th Place ($33,450)

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 101

Seat 1:  Farhad Jamasi  –  335,000 (34 bb)
Seat 2:  Ray Qartomy  –  345,000 (35 bb)
Seat 3:  Tomas Soderstrom  –  210,000 (21 bb)
Seat 4:  James Calderaro  –  100,000 (10 bb)
Seat 5:  Brock Wilson  –  180,000 (18 bb)
Seat 6:  Matthew Sabia  –  160,000 (16 bb)
Seat 7:  Sam Soverel  –  535,000 (54 bb)
Seat 8:  Anthony Hu  –  155,000 (16 bb)

Final Table Payouts
1st:  $293,205 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $181,800
3rd: $111,505
4th:  $72,720
5th:  $56,720
6th:  $45,375
7th:  $38,590
8th:  $33,450

In-The-Money Finishers
9th:  Scott Ball  –  $28,120
10th:  Sean Perry  –  $28,120
11th:  Chad Eveslage  –  $26,665
12th:  Conrad De Armas  –  $26,665
13th:  Katie Wier  –  $26,665

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 1,180

AP Louis Garza raised all in for about 2,700,000 from the button and Dimitri Vorbe called with . Garza turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Vorbe won the pot — and the 2021 SHRPO Championship — with two pair, jacks and eights.

AP Louis Garza finishes as the runner-up, earning $674,285.

Congratulations to Dimitri Vorbe!

1st:  Dimitri Vorbe  –  $929,365 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  AP Louis Garza  –  $674,285
3rd:  Ian O’Hara  –  $437,350
4th:  Mark Dube  –  $324,035
5th:  Matt Affleck  –  $244,775
6th:  Darren Rabinowitz  –  $197,850
7th:  Jeff Trudeau  –  $163,390
8th:  Harrison Brown  –  $130,455
9th:  Michael Wang  –  $100,215