$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 111

In the first hand after the break, with the blinds increased to 15,000-25,000, Stephen Song completed the small blind to 25,000, Brandon Lulov raised from the big blind to 80,000, and Song thought for a bit before moving all in for about 500,000.

Lulov called with , but Song turned over . Song needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Lulov paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Song in fifth place.

Brandon Lulov  –  1,460,000  (58 bb)
Stephen Song  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($59,675)

The final four players are guaranteed at least $77,250 each.

$1,100 Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 19:  600/1,200
Players Remaining: 5 of 139

The board read when Ira Schwartz got all in with in the hole from the button, and Jeremy Ausmus called to cover him holding on the small blind.

The turn and river were dealt , and Schwartz was eliminated in sixth place, good for $5,790. Ausmus stacked up 865,000 after collecting the pot.

Jeremy Ausmus – 865,000 (54 bb)
Ira Schwartz – Eliminated in Sixth Place ($5,790)

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 111

Brandon Lulov  –  965,000  (39 bb)
Stephen Song  –  490,000  (20 bb)
Sean Ragozzini  –  345,000  (14 bb)
Ed Sebesta  –  265,000  (11 bb)
Filipp Khavin  –  160,000  (6 bb)

1st:  $311,915 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $201,100
3rd:  $118,280
4th:  $77,250
5th:  $59,675

6th:  Ren Lin  –  $49,025
7th:  Elio Fox  –  $41,555
8th:  Darren Elias  –  $36,230
9th:  Ash Chehata  –  $32,000

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  1,110
Prize Pool:  $5,383,500
August 5-9, 2022

There were 1,110 entries in the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship, enough to smash the $3 million guarantee and create a massive prizepool worth $5,383,500.

On Monday night they got down to the seven-handed final table, with all seven players guaranteed at least $154,185 each. They then played down to a winner on Tuesday on a live-stream broadcast by Poker Night in America.

In a final table that lasted more than nine hours, Sergio Aido was the last player standing to win the title, the iconic Guitar Tower-shaped trophy, and $900,100.

“As you can expect with 90-minute levels,” said Aido, “there was plenty of play. I’m very happy with how I played.”

Justin Liberto began the day as chipleader with a whopping 136 big blinds, but the long final table had taken a toll on his chip stack, and with four players left, he got it all in with against Aido’s . Liberto failed to improve, and he was out in fourth place, earning $305,955. (Click here for more details.)

Chris Brewer started the final table second in chips with 97 big blinds, and made it all the way to the final three. Brewer got it all in preflop with , but never caught up to Jim Collopy’s . Brewer finished third to earn $412,375. (Click here for more details.)

Collopy began heads-up play with the lead over Aido, but Aido cracked Collopy’s queens on a double-paired board to double up to a nearly 3-to-1 chip lead. (Click here for more details.)

Collopy was never able to recover from that deficit, but he went out on his own terms on a board of . Collopy held the , but with action on every street, a lowly pair of fives wasn’t likely to be the best hand.

Aido had turned a flush with , but checked the river to Collopy, who tanked for a while before bluffing all in. Aido snap-called with his flush to win the trophy, the title, and the $900,100 first prize. (Click here for more details on the final hand.)

Aido is originally from Spain, and you know he must have an impressive poker resume when this $900,100 prize is only his third largest. He finished fourth last week in Event 30, the $50,000 Super High Roller, and this victory will put Aido over $14 million in career earnings.

Aido has played in some of our big events here at Seminole Hard Rock over the past two years, and we might be seeing more of him in the future.

“Now I’m living in Mexico,” said Aido. “It’s closer to Miami, and I think this stop will be in my schedule in the following months. So I will be back for sure.”

Final Results:

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 111

Brandon Lulov opened to 40,000 in the cutoff, Ren Lin three-bet all n for about 290,000 in the big blind, and Lulov called.

Lulov: 
Lin: 

The board ran out , no help to Lin, ending his second final table of the day in sixth place.

Bradon Lulov  –  740,000  (37 bb)
Ren Lin  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($49,025)

$1,100 Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 19:  600/1,200
Players Remaining: 6 of 139

Samantha Perryman was knocked out of the tournament in seventh place when her hand could not beat the held by David Moreno on a board dealt .

Perryman was eliminated in seventh place, good for $4,370, and this was her second deep PLO run this week after chopping heads-up in the $1,100 Mixed PLO event for $20,000.

Moreno stacked up 560,000 after the hand.

David Moreno – 560,000 (35 bb)
Samantha Perryman – Eliminated in Seventh Place ($4,370)

$1,100 Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 19:  600/1,200
Players Remaining: 7 of 139

Here is a look at the seat draw among the final seven players:

Seat 1: Ira Schwartz
Seat 2: Jeremy Ausmus
Seat 3: David Moreno
Seat 4: Kyle Taddei
Seat 5: Samantha Perryman
Seat 6: Abdullah Faiz
Seat 7: Josh Reichard

Remaining Prize Pool:

1st: $36,675
2nd: $23,775
3rd: $15,915
4th: $10,980
5th: $7,815
6th: $5,790
7th: $4,370

Here are the results in the money today:

8th: Eli Pollack – $4,370
9th: Artem Metaldi – $3,400
10th: Dash Dudley – $3,400
11th: Anderson Ireland – $2,800
12th: Tom Thomas – $2,800
13th: Iman Dan – $2,375
14th: Phil Hui – $2,375
15th: Jordan Miller – $2,095
16th: Javier Sanchez – $2,095
17th: Andres Rodriguez – $1,920
18th: Michael Wang – $1,920

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 111

Ed Sebesta raised to 30,000 from under the gun, Elio Fox three-bet all in for about 140,000 from the hijack, and Sebesta called with , flipping with Fox’s .

The board ran out , no help to Fox, ending his tournament in seventh place.

Ed Sebesta  –  460,000  (31 bb)
Elio Fox  – Eliminated in 7th Place  ($41,555)

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 111

Darren Elias was all in from the big blind for roughly 110,000 against Brandon Lulov on the button.

Elias: 
Lulov: 

The board ran out , further improving Lulov to a five-high straight to eliminate Elias in eighth place.

Brandon Lulov  –  655,000  (43 bb)
Darren Elias  – Eliminated in 8th Place  ($36,230)

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 42
$400 Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  153
Prize Pool:  $35,955
Bounty Prize Pool:  $15,300
August 9, 2022

Event 42 of the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $400 Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 153 entries produced a prize pool of $35,955, with an additional $15,300 set aside for bounties.

A four-handed deal took place at the final table. David Baize was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 42 champion for $6,599.

*denotes four-handed deal