$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  171 of 508

Ignacio Moron raised from under the gun, the player on the button called, and Tyler Rueger called from the big blind.

The flop was and action checked to the button who shoved for 14,500. Both Rueger and Moron called.

The turn was the , Rueger led for 25,000, and Moron called.

The river was the , Rueger bet 60,000, Moron raised all in for 204,500, and Rueger tanked for about three minutes before he called.

Moron tabled for kings full of queens, besting Rueger’s and the button’s to double into the chip lead as Day 1A concluded.

Ignacio Moron  –  514,500  (343 bb)
Tyler Rueger  –  133,000  (89 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 162 of 508

The remaining players were just informed that they will play four more hands before the end of Day 1A. Stay tuned for a summary of play and official chip counts when they are released later tonight.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  171 of 508

After a series of raises, a player in middle position was all in for roughly 100,000 holding against Joe McKeehen on the button with .

The board came down , safe for McKeehen to score the elimination.

Joe McKeehen  –  370,000  (185 bb)

With about 25 minutes remaining in Day 1A, that pot puts McKeehen in contention for the chip lead.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  171 of 508

After a series of raises, the player in the hijack was all in for about 85,000 with against Carlos Rodriguez who was under the gun with .

The board ran out , safe for Rodriguez to score the elimination.

Carlos Rodriguez  –  220,000  (110 bb)

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 30
$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Entries:  25
Prize Pool:  $1,212,500
August 4-5, 2022

David Peters started the day as the clear short stack in the $50,000 Super High Roller, with only 12 big blinds. But he pulled in a few small pots early and some key pots later to take the chip lead and win the title and the trophy in a heads-up deal with runner-up Byron Kaverman.

“It feels great, especially coming in short,” said Peters. “I was able to chip up early, and a lot of things went well today.”

The first elimination came about 90 minutes into the day, when Krishna Lawrence got it all in preflop with against the of Peters. Lawrence paired his ten on the flop, but Peters turned a club flush to knock out Lawrence. Lawrence earned $97,000 for his fifth-place finish.

Four-handed play would last for the next three hours.

“We were super deep four-handed,” said Peters, “so we were playing a lot of small pots. I was just able to pick my spots well and chip up.”

Byron Kaverman was chipleader for most of that stretch, and there was one key pot during that Peters considered a turning point.

“I got a nice big river check-raise in with the queen-high flush versus Byron,” said Peters. “We checked all the way down, and then he bet big on the river. He bet 70K, I raised to 330K, and he called. That was the big turning point, especially taking chips away from him and adding them to my stack.” (Click here for the full write-up of that hand.)

But they couldn’t play four-handed forever, and eventually, Sergio Aido shoved from the button, and Peters woke up in the big blind with . Aido never caught up, and finished fourth to earn $133,375.

The next hand, Elio Fox shoved from the button, and this time it was Kaverman who called from the big blind with . The board came nine high with no clubs, and Fox was sent home in third place with $194,000.

At that point, Peters had a small 1.3-to-1 lead over Kaverman, and the average stack was worth a whopping 98 big blinds. They agreed to an ICM deal to end the tournament right there, splitting the prizepool. Kaverman earned $380,580 for his runner-up finish, and Peters added $407,545 to his more than $40 million in career tournament earnings.

“It was a battle,” said Peters. “With this very deep structure, it could have gone all night if things went a little differently. But it was fun.”

As chipleader, Peters was awarded the title and the trophy, which is his third trophy from Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, which Peters praised in his interview.

“It’s a great environment,” said Peters, “and a lot of friends always come to this stop. There’s great weather, great food and restaurants. This is one of my favorite stops.”

Final Results:

*denotes heads-up deal

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 189 of 508

Andjelko Andredevic was all in for 8,500 with in the hole on the button, and Ugis Steinman had him covered holding UTG+1.

The final board read , and Andrejevic doubled up to survive with 23,000. Steinman was still cruising after the hand with a stack of 245,000.

Andjelko Andrejevic – 23,000 (11 bb)
Ugis Steinman – 245,000 (122 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  189 of 508

Jonathan Jaffe  –  342,000
Stanley Lee  –  320,000
Matt Affleck  –  250,000
Martin Zamani  –  240,000
Joe McKeehen  –  230,000
Andrew Moreno  –  203,000
David Miscikowski  –  180,000
Cherish Andrews  –  148,000
Ronald Sullivan  –  125,000
Aditya Prasetyo  –  110,000
Jake Schwartz  –  95,000
Bryn Kenney  –  90,000
Arian Stolt  –  85,000
Sam Soverel  –  80,000
A.J. Kelsall  –  73,000
Eric Siegel  –  55,000
Chad Eveslage  –  50,000
Brian Hastings  – 48,000
Yuval Bronshtein  –  45,000
Ian O’Hara  –  44,000
Stephen Song  –  43,000
Darryll Fish  –  31,000
Tony Sinishtaj  –  28,000
Landen Lucas  –  10,000

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  207 of 508

Cherish Andrews raised to 3,500 UTG+1 preflop, Jake Schwartz called from middle position, and the hijack reraised to 17,500. Michael Moreno reraised all in for 26,000 from the cutoff, and Andrews called. Schwartz folded, and the hijack called as well.

Both live players checked the board dealt , and then Andrews bet 15,000. The hijack called so all three players revealed their cards.

Moreno:
Hijack:
Andrews:

Moreno tripled up to survive with 82,000 after collecting the pot.

Michael Moreno – 82,000 (54 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  225 of 508

A player in middle position raised to 3,000, Carlos Guerrero called in the next seat, Bob Mather called on the button, the player in the small blind called, and defending champion Dimitri Vorbe called in the big blind.

The flop was and action checked to Guerrero who bet 8,000. Only Vorbe gave him action with a check-raise all in for 18,500. Guerrero called with for a set of sixes, but Vorbe was ahead with for a queen-high flush.

The turn and river completed the board, safe for Vorbe to double up.

Dimitri Vorbe  –  53,500  (36 bb)
Carlos Guerrero  –  110,000  (73 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  225 of 508

The Day 1A field size is set at 508 entries, meaning only 111 more entries are needed to eclipse the $3,000,000 guarantee. That will be accomplished before play begins tomorrow, and from there the prize pool will just keep increasing.

Day 1A action concludes following the completion of Level 10 at about 11:15 p.m.