$360 Omaha 8-or-Better
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 blinds, 10,000/20,000 limits
Players Remaining: 8 of 113
Structure | Payouts

Joel Harwood raised from the cutoff and John Holley defended his big blind. The flop was and Holley checked. Harwood bet and Holley check-raised.

Harwood called and the turn was the . Holley bet and Harwood called. The river was the and Holley bet.

“I got a full house, so I got to call you,” said Harwood.

“I do too,” said Holley, tabling , good for the second nuts.

Harwood mucked his hand.

“I’d have lost an extra bet against John,” said Phil Hui after he tossed a water bottle left-handed into the trash can about 15 feet behind him.

John Holley – 200,000
Joel Harwood – 140,000

$360 Omaha 8-or-Better
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 blinds, 10,000/20,000 limits
Players Remaining: 8 of 113
Structure | Payouts

Ralph Broderick raised from under the gun and was called by John Holley on his direct left and Claudangelo Beaudoin out of the big blind.

The flop was and Beaudoin checked. Broderick bet, Holley called and Beaudoin called.

The turn was the and the same action took place. The river was the and Beaudoin checked. Broderick tossed in his last 15,000 and was called by both Holley and Beaudoin.

Beaudoin showed , giving him two pair,  Broderick tabled , good for the nut low, and Holley mucked his hand.

Ralph Broderick – 130,000
Claudangelo Beaudoin – 160,000
John Holley – 155,000

$360 Omaha 8-or-Better
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 blinds, 8,000/16,000 limits
Players Remaining: 8 of 113
Structure | Payouts

Shortly after Peter Fountoulakis busted to Joel Harwood, Arturo Morgan busted to Harwood as well. Morgan finished in ninth and took home $1,000 for his deep run.

The players are just a couple minutes away from their first break of the final table.

Joel Harwood – 185,000

$360 Omaha 8-or-Better
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 blinds, 8,000/16,000 limits
Players Remaining: 9 of 113
Structure | Payouts

George Fountoulakis moved all in for 8,000 from middle position, Pete Walsworth completed the small blind and Joel Harwood checked his option in the big blind.

Walsworth and Harwood checked to the river, declining to build a side pot as the board ran out . On the river, Walsworth checked and Harwood bet.

“You’re going to make me fold a king?” asked Walsworth before throwing his hand into the muck.

Harwood showed , giving him trip sixes and won the pot against Fountoulakis’ .

Fountoulakis hit the rail in 10th place and the final nine players were credited with making the final table.

Joel Harwood – 160,000
Pete Fountoulakis – Eliminated 

$360 Omaha 8-or-Better
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 blinds, 6,000/12,000 limits
Players Remaining: 10 of 113
Structure | Payouts

The $360 Omaha 8-or-better is down to 10 players and they have redrawn for seats at the unofficial final table. They are all guaranteed a cash of at least $881 and the eventual winner will earn $10,000.

Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts for the final 10 players:

Seat 1: Phil Hui – 141,000
Seat 2: Pete Walsworth – 155,000
Seat 3: Joel Harwood – 179,000
Seat 4: Claudangelo Beaudoin – 42,000
Seat 5: Arturo Morgan – 23,000
Seat 6: Ralph Broderick – 59,000
Seat 7: John Holley – 171,000
Seat 8: George Fountoulakis – 36,000
Seat 9: Aaron Kupin – 218,000
Seat 10: Steven Roth – 109,000

$360 Omaha 8-or-Better
Level 17: 2,000/4,000, limits of 4,000/8,000
Players Remaining: 16 of 113

With 16 players left in the second event of the series, the first bubble of the 2018 SHRPO is here.

Pete Walsworth holds the chip lead on the bubble of the $360 Omaha 8-or-Better event with about 150,000 in chips. They will play hand-for-hand until they lose one more player. At that point, the final 15 players will all be in the money and guaranteed a cash of at least $763.

Phil Hui, Joel Harwood and John Holley are also still in the field and looking to add another cash to an already long poker resume.

2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, FL
Event 2
$360 Omaha 8 or Better (Re-Entry)
Entries: 113
Prize Pool: $33,900
August 1, 2018 

Registration closed on the Omaha/8 tournament and it attracted a huge crowd of 113 entries. That is the biggest Omaha/8 field since we expanded to four major series a year in the SHRPO era and a fantastic turnout.

The 113 entries created a prize pool worth $33,900 and the tournament will payout the last 15 spots. A min-cash will earn $763 and the Omaha/8 champ will walk away with an even $10,000 along with the first 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open trophy.

1st: $10,000
2nd: $6,187
3rd: $3,695
4th: $2,373
5th: $1,797
6th: $1,492
7th: $1,288
8th: $1,136
9th: $1,000
10th – 12th: $881
13th – 15th: $763

$360 Omaha 8 or Better (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 4: 300/600 Limits
Total Entries: 83

Event 1 Flight A returned from its first break of the day a little while ago and it’s just about time to send the Omaha/8 on their breather. We are ten entries away from topping the count from this tournament from the Poker Showdown and we should get there easily.

We have a South Florida poker legend in this afternoon’s field. “Miami John” Cernuto grabbed his seat today and he’s an immediate favorite for the title. He earned his first of three WSOP bracelets in 1997 and won an Omaha/8 WSOP Circuit ring in 2012. Cernuto has nearly $6 million in career earnings and also finished second for an Omaha/8 WSOP bracelet twice.

$360 Omaha 8 or Better (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 3: 200/400 Limits
Total Entries: 67

The Omaha tournament is filling nicely in the early going and it has a chance to top the 92 entries we picked up in this tournament during the Poker Showdown.

We have a bunch of talented players among the 67 in the field so far including Robert Campbell and Joel Harwood. Campbell has a ton of Omaha wins, more than a dozen at a quick glance, so it’s no surprise he will defer his Event 1 entry until this weekend.

Harwood is no slouch at the split-pot game with a half dozen runner-up finishes and a dozen final tables in this poker variant.

$360 Omaha 8 or Better (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 100/200 Limits

The $1,000,000 Guarantee opening event isn’t the only game in town this afternoon. We are also running a one-day tournament of the four-card variety that will award the first trophy of the series.

Event 2 is a $360 Omaha/8 tournament that starts at noon and will attract a talented group of players.

Players start out with 10,000 stacks and the tournament runs 30-minute levels throughout the day. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 with re-entries available during that time if their stack hits the felt. There is a dinner break schedule around 6:15pm and they will return to play it down the Omaha/8 champion.

Cards go in the air at the top of the hour and we’ll keep one eye on them until they reach the final table.

• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 2 Structure Sheet