$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  25,000/50,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  4 of 100

After playing four-handed for a little while, the remaining four players agreed to a deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Yuval Bronshtein – 412,000 (8 big bets)
Howard Luckman – 351,000 (7 big bets)
Philippe Goureau – 245,000 (5 big bets)
Sandy Sanchez – 192,000 (4 big bets)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Yuval Bronshtein – $6,673
Howard Luckman – $6,261
Philippe Goureau – $5,404
Sandy Sanchez – $4,867

As the chip leader, Yuval Bronshtein is the official winner of Event 2 of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open!

A recap of the event will be posted later tonight.

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  20,000/40,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  4 of 100

After a series of raises, Ricardo Quintero was all in from the cutoff for about 80,000 against Howard Luckman in the small blind.

Quintero:
Luckman:

The board ran out , giving Luckman the nut low along with his aces.

Quintero couldn’t beat either with his kings and a live ace, ending his run in fifth place.

Howard Luckman – 570,000 (14 big bets)
Ricardo Quintero – Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,990)

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  20,000/40,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  5 of 100

Sandy Sanchez raised from the cutoff, Jordan Diamond three-bet all in for 55,000 from the small blind and Sanchez called.

Sanchez:
Diamond:

The board ran out , giving Sanchez tens and deuces along with a 6-5 low.

Diamond couldn’t beat it with sevens and a 7-5 low, ending his tournament in sixth place.

Sandy Sanchez – 160,000 (4 big bets)
Jordan Diamond – Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,590)

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  16,000/32,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  6 of 100

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  12,000/24,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  7 of 100

Stewart Yancik raised from the button, Howard Luckman called from the small blind and Scott Hecker called from the big blind.

The flop came down and Luckman checked to Hecker who bet. Yancik called all in for 2,000 and Luckman called.

The turn was the and Luckman check-called another bet from Hecker.

The river was the and Luckman check-called one last bet from Hecker.

Hecker tabled for the nut low, while Luckman showed for trip queens.

Yancik couldn’t beat either with , ending his run in eighth place.

Howard Luckman – 480,000 (20 big bets)
Scott Hecker – 94,000 (4 big bets)
Stewart Yancik – Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,175)

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  12,000/24,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  8 of 100

Ricardo Quintero raised from the hijack, Howard Luckman called from the small blind and Robert Diantonio reraised all in for 25,000 total from the big blind. Both Quintero and Luckman called the extra 1,000.

The flop was and Luckman check-called a bet from Quintero. Both then checked the turn and river.

Luckman:
Quintero:
Diantonio:

Luckman took the high with kings and eights, while Quintero had the nut low.

Diantonio was chopped up and eliminated in ninth place.

Howard Luckman – 331,000 (14 big bets)
Ricardo Quintero – 201,000 (8 big bets)
Robert Diantonio – Eliminated in 9th Place ($985)

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  12,000/24,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  9 of 100

Seat 1: Ricardo Quintero –  189,000 (8 big bets)
Seat 2: Jordan Diamond – 121,000 (5 big bets)
Seat 3: Stewart Yancik – 62,000  (3 big bets)
Seat 4: Howard Luckman – 318,000 (13 big bets)
Seat 5: Robert Diantonio – 25,000 (1 big bet)
Seat 6: Scott Hecker – 134,000 (6 big bets)
Seat 7: Philippe Goureau – 137,000 (6 big bets)
Seat 8: Yuval Bronshtein – 88,000 (4 big bets)
Seat 9: Sandy Sanchez – 127,000 (5 big bets)

Remaining Payouts
1st: $10,370 +  SHRPO Trophy
2nd: $6,375
3rd: $3,910
4th: $2,550
5th: $1,990
6th: $1,590
7th: $1,350
8th: $1,175
9th: $985

In-The-Money Finishers
10th: Jeremy Goureau – $985
11th: Dominic Granteed – $935
12th: Jason Phamolivo – $935
13th: Joanne Granteed – $850

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight B Entries:  547

Registration has closed for the second flight of Event 1. With another 547 entries, the total field size is at 1,064 entries and the prize pool is more than 70% to the guarantee through two flights.

Tonight’s action will continue until only 69 players remain. Players must bag a stack in order to make the money and advance to Day 2, which is Sunday at 1 p.m.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight B Entries:  498

A player was all in from the big blind for about 15,000 with , and needed to improve to stay alive against the of Chad Varnas in middle position.

The board came , and Varnas flopped a set of sevens and turned quads to win the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Chad Varnas  –  40,000  (67 bb)

A few minutes later at the same table, Howard Mash got it all in from middle position with , and he needed them to hold to stay alive against his opponent’s .

The board came , and Mash’s pocket queens held up for him to win the pot and double up in chips.

Howard Mash  –  35,000  (58 bb)

This flight is up to 498 entries (1,015 overall), and registration remains open with a single re-entry option until 10:30 pm.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight B Entries:  514

Jim Sullivan – 85,000 (170 bb)
Mark Dube – 78,000 (156 bb)
Herbert Nairn – 68,000 (136 bb)
Ido Ashkenazi – 68,000 (136 bb)
Mike Chiappetta – 65,000 (130 bb)
Gabe Ramos – 63,000 (126 bb)
Sean Shah – 44,000 (88 bb)
Steve Karp – 38,000 (76 bb)
Mike Beasley – 37,000 (74 bb)
Howard Mash – 35,000 (70 bb)
Chris Conrad – 32,000 (64 bb)
Joseph Duchman- 29,000 (58 bb)
Steven McKoy – 28,000 (56 bb)
Michael Johnson – 26,000 (52 bb)
Neil Blumenfield – 25,000 (50 bb)
Jorie Damiani – 23,000 (46 bb)
Jerry Wong – 21,000 (42 bb)
Robert Transue – 20,000 (40 bb)
Victor Figueroa – 19,000 (38 bb)
Marcus Stein – 18,000 (36 bb)
Nancy Birnbaum – 14,500 (29 bb)
Raminder Singh – 13,000 (26 bb)