2019 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 12
$400 Mixed Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  59
Prize Pool:  $20,060
November 26, 2019

Renny Barrett flies up from Kingston, Jamaica from time to time to play in the poker tournaments here at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, and on Tuesday night he won his first trophy.

“Omaha is my favorite game,” said Barrett. “All forms of Omaha.”

When Barrett saw this event on the schedule, he was immediately attracted to it. “I saw the sequence of the Omaha — the Big O, the Omaha-8, and the PLO, and I said ‘I’m gonna give this one a shot.’ I like the variety of it.”

Barrett knocked out two of the five players who were eliminated at the final table, yet he still found himself as the short stack with just 10 big blinds during three-handed play.

Three-handed play lasted for about an hour, and in that time, Barrett worked his way from short stack to chipleader, and once the three players found themselves fairly even in chips, they agreed to an even three-way chop. As chipleader, Barrett won the trophy and the title.

There were 59 entries in this one-day event, and the final eight players finished in the money.

Final Results:

1st:  Renny Barrett  –  $4,617 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  Natan Wager  –  $4,617
3rd:  Quyen Van  –  $4,616
4th:  Peter Shonk  –  $2,025
5th:  Aaron Duczak  –  $1,465
6th:  Chris Walling  –  $1,110
7th:  Leif Force  –  $880
8th:  David Meagher  –  $730

$400 Mixed Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/10,000
Players Remaining:  3 of 59

The final three players took a 10-minute break after Level 18, and these were their official chip counts:

Seat 1.  Quyen Van  –  400,000  (50 bb)
Seat 2.  Natan Wager  –  231,000  (29 bb)
Seat 3.  Renny Barrett  –  77,000  (10 bb)

During a round of PLO-8, Natan Wager raised from the button to 24,000, and Renny Barrett reraised from the small blind to 80,000, with just 1,000 behind. Wager put him all in, and Barrett called.

Natan Wager:  
Renny Barrett:  

The board came , and there were no possible lows. Barrett won the pot with two pair, tens and sevens, to double up in chips.

Renny Barrett  –  175,000  (22 bb)
Natan Wager  –  166,000  (21 bb)

About 15 minutes later, Level 19 came to an end, and Level 20 began with increased blinds of 5,000-10,000.

A little while later, during a round of Big O, Barrett had dropped down to 56,000, and he got it all in from the button against Wager in the big blind.

Natan Wager:  
Renny Barrett:  

The board came , and there were no possible lows. Barrett wins the pot with two pair, kings and nines, to double up in chips.

Renny Barrett  –  117,000  (12 bb)
Natan Wager  –  260,000  (26 bb)

A little while later, as the three players got fairly even in chips, they agreed to a straight three-way chop. These were their official chip counts at that point:

1.  Renny Barrett  –  267,000  (27 bb)
2.  Natan Wager  –  237,000  (24 bb)
3.  Quyen Van  –  204,000  (20 bb)

As chipleader, Barrett would be declared the winner, receiving the title and the trophy.

1st:  Renny Barrett  –  $4,617 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  Natan Wager  –  $4,617
3rd:  Quyen Van  –  $4,616
4th:  Peter Shonk  –  $2,025
5th:  Aaron Duczak  –  $1,465
6th:  Chris Walling  –  $1,110
7th:  Leif Force  –  $880
8th:  David Meagher  –  $730

Stay tuned for a recap, which will be posted later tonight.

$400 Mixed Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  3,000/6,000
Players Remaining:  3 of 59

During a round of Big O, Peter Shonk pot-raised UTG/cutoff to 21,000, leaving himself just 1,000 behind. Natan Wager reraised from the small blind to 40,000, and Shonk called all in for his last 1,000.

Natan Wager:  
Peter Shonk:  

The board came , and there were no possible lows. Wager won the pot with trip queens to eliminate Shonk in fourth place.

Natan Wager  –  175,000  (29 bb)
Peter Shonk  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($2,025)

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is about 236,000 (39 big blinds), and the next player to bust will receive $2,915.

$400 Mixed Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/5,000
Players Remaining:  4 of 59

During a round of Omaha-8, Aaron Duczak lost a good-sized pot against Natan Wager, who won it with a full house. Duczak mucked his cards as he dropped down to 15,000 (3 big blinds).

Two hands later, Renny Barrett raised from the cutoff to 10,000, Duczak moved all in from the big blind for 15,000, and Barrett called.

Renny Barrett:  
Aaron Duczak:  

The board came , and there were no possible lows. Barrett won the pot with two pair, sixes and threes, to eliminate Duczak in fifth place.

Renny Barrett  –  160,000  (32 bb)
Aaron Duczak  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($1,465)

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 177,000 (35 big blinds), and the next player to bust will receive $2,025.

$400 Mixed Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/5,000
Players Remaining:  5 of 59

During a round of Big O, three players saw a flop of . Two players checked to Chris Walling on the button, and he moved all in for 36,000. Renny Barrett called under the gun, and Quyen Van thought for a bit before folding in the cutoff.

Renny Barrett:    (pair of kings, king-high flush draw, 8-7 low draw)
Chris Walling:    (pair of threes, ten-high flush draw, 7-3 low draw)

The turn card was the , the river card is the , and there are no possible lows. Barrett wins the pot with a full house, jacks full of kings, to eliminate Walling in sixth place.

Renny Barrett  –  165,000  (33 bb)
Chris Walling  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($1,110)

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is about 142,000 (28 big blinds), and the next player to bust will receive $1,465.

$400 Mixed Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/5,000
Players Remaining:  6 of 59

During a round of PLO-8, after a flop of , Leif Force moved all in from the big blind for 27,000, and Quyen Van thought for a moment before he called from UTG+1.

Quyen Van:    (nut flush draw, pair of nines)
Leif Force:    (two pair, jacks and fives)

The turn card was the , the river was the , and Van turns a spade flush to win the pot and eliminate Force in seventh place.

Quyen Van  –  255,000  (51 bb)
Leif Force  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($880)

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is about 118,000 (24 big blinds), and the next player to bust will receive $1,110.

$400 Mixed Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  1,500/3,000
Players Remaining:  7 of 59

During a Big O round, David Meagher was all in from the hijack against Aaron Duczak, who was UTG+1.

Aaron Duczak:  
David Meagher:  

The board came , and there were no possible lows. Duczak won the pot with two pair, aces and sevens, to eliminate Meagher in eighth place.

Aaron Duczak  –  104,000  (35 bb)
David Meagher  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($730)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 101,000 (34 big blinds), and the next player to bust will receive $880.

$400 Mixed Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  1,500/3,000
Players Remaining:  8 of 59

The Money Bubble has just burst in Event 12, and the final eight players have combined to a single table to continue playing down to a winner.

Here are their approximate chip counts, followed by the prizepool at stake:

Seat 1.  Quyen Van  –  170,500  (57 bb)
Seat 2.  Chris Walling  –  96,000  (32 bb)
Seat 3.  Aaron Duczak  –  75,000  (25 bb)
Seat 4.  Natan Wager  –  192,500  (64 bb)
Seat 5.  David Meagher  –  34,500  (12 bb)
Seat 6.  Renny Barrett  –  87,500  (29 bb)
Seat 7.  Leif Force  –  20,500  (7 bb)
Seat 8.  Peter Shonk  –  34,000  (11 bb)

1st:  $6,560 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $4,375
3rd:  $2,915
4th:  $2,025
5th:  $1,465
6th:  $1,110
7th:  $880
8th:  $730

$400 Mixed Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 9:  400/800
Players Remaining:  29 of 59

Another Omaha game is locked in and Event 12 drew 59 entries to create a prize pool worth $20,060. The eight players at the final table will make the money with a min-cash worth $730 and the Mixed Omaha champ earns $6,650 along with the RRPO trophy and custom-framed winner’s photo courtesy of Image Masters.

2019 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 12
$400 Mixed Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  59
Prize Pool:  $20,060
November 26, 2019

1st: $6,560 + RRPO Trophy
2nd: $4,375
3rd: $2,915
4th: $2,025
5th: $1,465
6th: $1,110
7th: $880
8th: $730

$400 Mixed Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  25/50

Another day means another non-Hold’em game on the RRPO schedule. This afternoon we have a $400 buy-in tournament that will challenge the Omaha 8 skills of our players. It is a Mixed Omaha game that will switch every round between Limit Omaha 8, Pot Limit Omaha 8, and Big O (five-cards PLO8).

They’ll start with 12,000 stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm with a 40-minute dinner break scheduled at 6 pm.

This is a one-day tournament and we will have another RRPO champion later this evening.

• Players begin with 12,000 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 12 Structure Sheet