2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open 
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Hollywood, FL
$25,500 High Roller
$2 Million Guaranteed
Entries: 117
Prizepool: $2,925,000

1st: $801,450
2nd: $561,600
3rd: $351,000
4th: $242,775
5th: $155,025
6th: $114,075
7th: $93,600
8th: $78,975
9th: $76,050
10th: $73,125
11th: $70,200
12th: $67,275
13th: $64,350
14th: $61,425
15th: $58,500
16th: $55,575

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 10: 3,000/6,000  with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining 56 of 117

Chance Kornuth – 710,000 (118 bb)
Mike Leah – 365,000 (61 bb)
Kathy Lehne – 321,000 (54 bb)
Ian O’Hara – 289,000 (48 bb)
Ajay Chabra – 281,000 (47 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe – 259,000 (43 bb)
Grayson Ramage – 237,000 (40 bb)
Isaac Haxton – 229,000 (38 bb)
Erik Seidel – 214,000 (36 bb)
Nick Schulman – 213,000 (36 bb)
Joe McKeehen – 208,000 (35 bb)
Dan Shak – 175,000 (29 bb)
Anthony Spinella – 163,000 (27 bb)
Alan Schein – 156,000 (26 bb)
Shaun Deeb – 151,000 (25 bb)
Scott Wright – 121,000 (20 bb)
Bryn Kenney – 120,000 (20 bb)
Cate Hall – 120,000 (20 bb)
Dan Smith – 117,000 (20 bb)
John Racener – 113,000 (19 bb)
Alexandru Papaziann – 91,000 (15 bb)
Seth Davies – 87,000 (15 bb)
Omar Zazay – 49,000 (8 bb)

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 8: 2,000/4,000  with a 500 ante
Entries: 110

The first 8 levels are complete, and the field is on a 60-minute dinner break. Action resumes right around 7:35 p.m. local time, and registration will close once the new level begins.

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 3,000/6,000  with a 500 ante
Entries: 110

Nick Petrangelo moved all in under the gun for 56,000 and action folded to reigning champ Marvin Rettenmaier, who called from the big blind.

Petrangelo:
Rettenmaier:

Petrangelo had the better kicker and shipped the double after the board ran out .

Nick Petrangelo – 115,000 (19 bb)
Marvin Rettenmaier – 300,000 (50 bb)

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 2,000/4,000  with a 500 ante
Entries: 110

Earlier in the day, Jonathan Little was the victim of a cooler in which his opponent flopped quads and he ran out a useless full house. In the most recent pot, quads found Little once again, but he was on the good side this time.

Little opened the cutoff to 12,000, and Ray Qartomy three-bet shoved for 124,500 in the small blind. Little had just slightly more than that, and he was ready to play.

“Okay, buddy,” he said, calling to put Qartomy at risk.

Little:
Qartomy:

There was a nine in the window and another one right behind it as the flop came .

“Okay!” Little was pleased with the result. The meaningless and completed the board and Qartomy’s elimination gave Little a near-double.

Jonathan Little – 261,500 (65 bb)
Ray Qartomy – Eliminated

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 3,000/6,000  with a 500 ante
Entries: 108

Gil Morgensztern got his stack of 55,000 all in preflop and found himself at risk against Chance Kornuth, who has been on quite a roll here in the past two levels.

Kornuth:
Morgensztern:

Morgensztern’s best shot at a double was to catch an ace, but that didn’t happen as the flop instead  improved Kornuth to a set. The turn left Morgensztern drawing dead, and he headed for the exit after the was run out on the river.

Chance Kornuth – 900,000 (150 bb)
Gil Morgensztern – Eliminated

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 2,000/4,000  with a 500 ante
Entries: 104

In the last hand of the level, Isaac Haxton limped the small blind only to see Chance Kornuth exercise his option with a raise to 15,000. Haxton responded with a three-bet to 70,000 and Kornuth thought for a bit before moving all in for 278,000. Haxton wasted little time in making the call.

Kornuth:
Haxton:

Haxton was way out in front and stayed there on both the flop and turn. That is when the dealer drove a dagger through his heart by putting the on the river.

“Yes,” Kornuth let slip as he began to break down his stack. When all was said and done, Haxton was left with 20,000, which disappeared a couple of hands later.

Chance Kornuth – 560,000 (140 bb)
Isaac Haxton – Eliminated

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 2,000/4,000  with a 500 ante
Entries: 99

Tom Marchese and Grayson Ramage just flipped for a pot of close to 100 big blinds. Ramage was the one at risk for 182,500, and he had the overcards.

Ramage:
Marchese:

The board ran out , and Ramage won the race to double up in a big way.

Grayson Ramage – 375,000 (94 bb)
Tom Marchese – 60,000 (15 bb)

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 2,000/4,000  with a 500 ante
Entries: 99

Harry Cullen got his last 70,000 or so into the middle preflop against Sam Panzica, and both men showed down premium hands.

Cullen:
Panzica:

The first four cards were clean for Cullen on the run-out, but the river stole the pot away on the last card. Cullen slammed an open palm down on the table in frustration, and Panzica quietly stacked the pot as his opponent exited.

Sam Panzica – 230,000 (58 bb)
Harry Cullen – Eliminated

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 2,000/4,000  with a 500 ante
Entries: 99

Jason Mercier raised to 8,000 from the cutoff and Nick Schulman, who earlier in the series won the 2017 SHRPO $50K Super High Roller, three-bet all in for 85,000 from the button. Both blinds folded and Mercier made the call.

Mercier:
Schulman:

Schulman was looking for a seven to stay alive, and he picked up some outs when the flop gave him a gutshot to an eight. Unfortunately for him, neither the turn nor river helped him and he hit the rail.

Jason Mercier – 265,000 (66 bb)
Nick Schulman – Eliminated