$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 865

The players return from dinner to begin Level 25, with increased blinds of 30,000-60,000 with a 60,000 ante. Play will continue tonight until they are down to the final seven players for tomorrow afternoon’s live-streamed final table.

With 16 players remaining from a field of 865, the average chip stack is around 2,705,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $42,500 each.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Entries:  50

Table 23
Seat 1:  Brandon Wittmeyer  –  340,000  (58 bb)
Seat 2:  Brock Wilson  –  420,000  (84 bb)
Seat 3:  Joe Serock  –  120,000  (24 bb)
Seat 4:  Erik Seidel  –  100,000  (20 bb)
Seat 5:  Chris O’Hara  –  260,000  (52 bb)
Seat 6:  Noah Schwartz  –  310,000  (62 bb)
Seat 7:
Seat 8:  Alex Foxen  –  120,000  (24 bb)

Table 24
Seat 1:  Byron Kaverman  –  355,000  (71 bb)
Seat 2:  Brock Wilson  –  350,000  (70 bb)
Seat 3:  Mark Fisher  –  180,000  (36 bb)
Seat 4:  Kristen Foxen  –   330,000  (66 bb)
Seat 5:  David Coleman  –  100,000  (20 bb)
Seat 6:  Matthew Wantman  –   85,000  (17 bb)
Seat 7:  Darren Elias  –  235,000  (47 bb)
Seat 8:  Taylor von Kriegenbergh  –  280,000  (56 bb)

Table 32
Seat 1:  Daniel Rezaei  –  100,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2:  Joe McKeehen  –  160,000  (32 bb)
Seat 3:  Jason Mercier  –  110,000  (22 bb)
Seat 4:  Manuel Fritz  –  295,000  (59 bb)
Seat 5:
Seat 6: Jonathan Jaffe  –  530,000  (106 bb)
Seat 7:
Seat 8:  Giuesppe Iadisernia  –  210,000  (42 bb)

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 323

The players are on dinner break for the next 60 minutes with play resuming a little after 7:45 pm. The field will then continue until the final nine players remain.

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 323

Ryan Jones got all in short with from the big blind, and Trace Henderson had him covered holding under the gun. The board bricked out so Jones was eliminated in 18th place for a payout worth $12,200. Henderson stacked up close to 1.3 million after collecting the pot, and he is now pacing the field with the chip lead.

Trace Henderson – 1,280,000 (213 bb)
Ryan Jones – Eliminated in 18th Place ($12,200)

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 52
$400 Black Chip Bounty 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Entries:  97
Prize Pool:  $22,310
Bounty Prize Pool:  $9,700
August 11-12, 2024

The $400 Black Chip Bounty Five-Card PLO tournament drew 97 entries for a prize pool worth $22,310 with another $9,700 in bounties. It took an extra day to finish it out and Matthew Wolfson took the top spot after a three-way deal.

This is Wolfson’s second title of the series, going along with his $1,100 Mixed PLO title last week.

* – denotes results of a three-way deal

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 865

Level 24 comes to an end, and the players take a one-hour dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 7:00 pm EDT.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

FEATURED  TABLE
Seat 1.  Jesse Lonis  –  1,605,000  (27 bb)
Seat 2.  Naing Thu  –  4,020,000  (67 bb)
Seat 3.  Tyler Montoya  –  1,750,000  (29 bb)
Seat 4.  Charles Gomez  –  775,000  (13 bb)
Seat 5.  Jeremy Becker  –  780,000  (13 bb)
Seat 6.  Spencer Champlin  –  305,000  (5 bb)
Seat 7.  Kevin Schulz  –  2,640,000  (44 bb)
Seat 8.  Loni Hui  –  3,685,000  (61 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Clemen Deng  –  11,775,000  (196 bb)
Seat 2.  Paul Snead  –  2,580,000  (43 bb)
Seat 3.  Billy Pilossoph  –  1,240,000  (21 bb)
Seat 4.  Martin Zamani  –  3,535,000  (59 bb)
Seat 5.  Brandon Kessous  –  3,710,000  (62 bb)
Seat 6.  Kevin Andriamahefa  –  1,910,000  (32 bb)
Seat 7.  Ed Holyoke  –  1,105,000  (18 bb)
Seat 8.  Sterling Savill  –  1,835,000  (31 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $626,950 + SHRPO Guitar Tower Trophy
2nd:  $415,000
3rd:  $310,000
4th:  $230,000
5th:  $175,000
6th:  $133,000
7th:  $103,000
8th:  $80,000
9th-10th:  $63,000
11th-12th:  $56,000
13th-15th:  $49,000
16th:  $42,500

With 16 players remaining from a field of 865, the average chip stack is around 2,705,000 (45 big blinds).

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 865

Brandon Kessous raised to 100,000 from the button and Ed Holyoke called in the big blind.

The flop was , Holyoke checked, Kessous bet 100,000, and Holyoke called.

The turn was the , Holyoke checked, Kessous bet 200,000, and Holyoke called.

The river was the , Holyoke checked, and Kessous checked.

Holyoke showed for a pair of jacks, but Kessous tabled for a pair of kings to win the pot.

Brandon Kessous  –  3,710,000  (74 bb)
Ed Holyoke  –  1,105,000  (22 bb)

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 323

Here is a look at the next batch of results from the $3,000 buy-in Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em event. There are currently 21 players remaining from the field of 323.

22nd: Kollin Stuart – $10,000
23rd: Artem Metaldi – $10,000
24th: Ariel Mantel – $8,100
25th: Harsheel Kothari – $8,100
26th:  Schneur Borenstein – $8,100
27th:  Paul Balzano – $8,100
28th:  Aram Organyani – $8,100
29th: Nicolas Yunis – $8,100
30th: Aleks Dimitrov – $8,100
31st: Ido Aboudi – $8,100
32nd: Amy Patel – $6,500

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 865

Martin Zamani raised to 175,000 from the button and Brandon Kessous called in the small blind.

The flop was , Kessous checked, Zamani continued for 180,000, and Kessous called.

The turn was the , Kessous checked, and Zamani checked.

The river was the and Kessous bet 320,000.

“I can beat one hand,” said Zamani, “And I’m probably calling.”

Zamani called after a few seconds and upon seeing Kessous show , Zamani tabled for king high to win the pot.

Martin Zamani  –  3,560,000  (71 bb)
Brandon Kessous  –  3,530,000  (71 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 865

Jeremy Becker raised under the gun to 100,000, Tyler Montoya moved all in from the small blind for 825,000, and Becker called with .

Montoya turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Montoya won the pot with a set of kings to double up in chips.

Tyler Montoya  –  1,750,000  (35 bb)
Jeremy Becker  –  905,000  (18 bb)

With 16 players remaining from a field of 865, the average chip stack is around 2,705,000 (54 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $42,500 each.