2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event #16
$360 HORSE (Re-Entry) 
Entries: 60
Prize Pool: $18,000
August 15, 2017

The 2017 SHRPO $360 HORSE event saw a familiar face rise to the top in AJ Kelsall. If you recall, in December 2014, Kelsall won the Winter Poker Open Championship at Hard Rock Tampa for $124,731, his first and only six-figure score. Still, he has nearly $1 million in lifetime tournament earnings.

Other highlights on his poker résumé include finishing third in this summer’s World Series of Poker Event #14: $1,500 HORSE for $88,221, sixth in Event #48: $10,000 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo for $54,748, and third in Event #59: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet. That’s three WSOP final tables in one summer!

Clearly someone is playing and running well.

Final Results
1st: AJ Kelsall – $6,480
2nd: Gary Flur – $3,807
3rd: Allen Green – $2,385
4th: Maurico Rodriguez Duenas – $1,620
5th: Cory Zeidman – $1,260
6th: Daniel Pearlman – $990
7th: Sergio Perez – $810
8th: Kirk Morrison – $648

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 4,000/8,000/1,000
Players Remaining: 4 of 118

David Stamm limped the button, Gal Yifrach moved all in for 104,000 from the small blind and Alex Turyansky called from the big blind. Stamm folded.

Yifrach turned over and was racing against Turyansky’s . The board came and Turyansky hit two-pair to eliminate Yifrach in 5th place.

Alex Turyansky  –  360,000  (45 bb)
Gal Yifrach  –  Eliminated in 5th Place ($60,038)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 31: 100,000/200,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 887

Hand #223: Dylan Drazen limped on the button, and Martin Kozlov checked his option.

The flop was , Kozlov checked, Drazen bet 200,000, and Kozlov called. The turn was the , and Kozlov check-folded to Drazen’s bet of 600,000.

Hand #224: Martin Kozlov raised to 450,000 from the button and Dylan Drazen folded his big blind.

Hand #225: Dylan Drazen raised to 450,000 from the button, and Martin Kozlov called from the big blind.

The flop came down and Kozlov check-called 400,000 from Drazen. Both checked the turn and river. Kozlov won the pot with for a pair of tens.

Hand #225: Martin Kozlov limped the button, and Dylan Drazen checked his option.

The flop came down and Drazen check-called 300,000 from Kozlov. Both checked the turn and river.

Kozlov won the pot with .

Hand #227: Dylan Drazen raised to 400,000 from the button, and Martin Kozlov called from the big blind.

The flop was, Kozlov checked, Drazen bet 500,000, and Kozlov folded.

Hand #228: Martin Kozlov limped on the button, Dylan Drazen raised to 600,000, and Kozlov called.

The flop was , Drazen bet 600,000, and Kozlov called. The turn was the , Drazen bet 600,000, and Kozlov called. The river was the , and both players checked.

Drazen showed and Kozlov mucked.

Dylan Drazen – 9,500,000
Martin Kozlov – 17,150,000

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 4,000/8,000/1,000
Players Remaining: 6 of 118

In the very next hand after Noah Schwartz hit the rail, Mike Simkins  followed him out the door.

It happened when Kenney raised to 18,000 under the gun and Simkins moved all in for 113,000 from the button. After the blinds both folded, Simkins motioned as if he was folding his cards.

Kenney speculated that his opponent hadn’t seen the initial raise, and indeed that appeared to be the case after Kenney called.

Kenney:
Simkins:

Simkins was drawing to two live cards, but neither came as the board ran out a dry .

Bryn Kenney – 775,000 (97 bb)
Mike Simkins – Eliminated in 6th Place ($49,843)

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 4,000/8,000/1,000
Players Remaining: 6 of 118

Action folded to Noah Schwartz on the button and he raised all in for 103,000. Alexander Turyansky, who had exactly the same amount, called from the big blind.

Turyansky:
Schwartz:

Schwartz was ahead but not after the flop came down . He was looking for a three to stay alive, but it wasn’t in the cards as the bricked the turn followed by the on the river.

Alexander Turyansky – 217,000 (27 bb)
Noah Schwartz – Eliminated in 7th Place ($43,046)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 31: 100,000/200,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 887

Hand #217: Dylan Drazen raised to 400,000 preflop on the button, and Martin Kozlov called. Both players checked the on the flop, and the followed on the turn. Kozlov bet 1.05 million, and Drazen folded.

Hand #218: Martin Kozlov raised to 400,000 preflop on the button, and Dylan Drazen called. Both players checked the on the flop, and the followed on the turn. Kozlov bet 650,000, and Drazen folded.

Hand #219: Dylan Drazen raised to 400,000 on the button, and Martin Kozlov called. The flop was dealt , Drazen bet 300,000, and Kozlov called. Both players checked the on the turn, and the on the river. Kozlov flipped over , and Drazen folded.

Hand #220: Martin Kozlov raised to 450,000 preflop on the button, and Dylan Drazen reraised to 1,225,000. Kozlov folded his cards.

Hand #221: Dylan Drazen raised to 500,000 preflop on the button, and Martin Kozlov called. The flop was dealt , Drazen bet 300,000, and Kozlov folded.

Hand #222: Martin Kozlov raised to 450,000 preflop on the button, and Dylan Drazen reraised to 1,225,000. Kozlov called, and the flop was dealt . Drazen bet 1.5 million, and Kozlov called. The turn fell , Drazen checked, and Kozlov moved all in. Drazen folded, and his stack was down to 8 million after the hand. Kozlov stacked up 18.65 million after collecting the pot.

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 3,000/6,000/1,000
Players Remaining: 7 of 118

Darren Elias moved all in from early position for 89,000, Bryn Kenney put out a 100,000 stack as a call, and Noah Schwartz called all in for 71,500. They all turned up their hands.

Bryn Kenney : win 2.54% tie 67.1%
Noah Schwartz: win 6.10% tie 67.1%
Darren Elias: win 24.2% tie 4.95%

The board came Bryn Kenney won the small side pot and then he and Schwartz chopped the rest, as Elias was eliminated in eighth place.

Bryn Kenney  –  645,000  (108 bb)
Noah Schwartz:  –  120,000  (20 bb)
Darren Elias  –  Eliminated in 8th Place ($37,949)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream754,083
Level 31: 100,000/200,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 887

Hand #213: Dylan Drazen raised to 500,000 from the button, and Martin Kozlov called from the big blind.

The flop came down , and Kozlov check-folded to a bet of 500,000 from Drazen.

Hand #214: Martin Kozlov raised to 450,000 from the button, Dylan Drazen three-bet to 1,100,000 from the small blind, and Kozlov called.

The flop came down , Drazen bet 1,400,000, Kozlov raised to 3,400,000, and Drazen folded.

Martin Kozlov – 17,950,000
Dylan Drazen – 8,700,000

Hand #215: Dylan Drazen limped from the button, and Martin Kozlov checked his option.

The flop fell , Kozlov checked, Drazen bet 200,000, and Kozlov called. The turn was the , Kozlov checked, Drazen bet 500,000, and Kozlov folded.

Hand #216: Martin Kozlov raised to 450,000 from the button, and Dylan Drazen called from the big blind.

They checked to the turn of a board where Kozlov bet 650,000. Drazen check-raised to 1,850,000, Kozlov called, and the river completed the board. Drazen bet 4,250,000, and Kozlov tanked for several minutes before he folded.

Dylan Drazen – 11,500,000
Martin Kozlov – 15,150,000

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 3,000/6,000/1,000
Players Remaining: 8 of 118

Sam Soverel opened to 18,000 from the hijack, David Stamm moved all in from the small blind having Soverel well covered and Soverel called all in for his last 84,000.

Soverel turned over and appeared to be in good shape against Stamm’s .

The board came and Stamm hit a pair of eights to eliminate Soverel in ninth place.

David Stamm  –  450,000 (75 bb)
Sam Soverel  –  Eliminated in 9th Place ($33,418)

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 3,000/6,000/1,000
Players Remaining: 9 of 11

Valentin Vornicu raised to 12,000 from early position and Shannon Shorr defended his big blind to see a flop. Shorr checked, Vornicu bet 13,000, and Shorr check-raised all in for around 75,000. Vornicu snap-called.

Vornicu:
Shorr:

Shorr was looking to make his flush, but that didn’t happen as the turn and river both blanked.

Valentin Vornicu – 220,000 (37 bb)
Shannon Shorr – Eliminated in 10th Place ($29,453)