2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 9
$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries: 155
Prize Pool: $52,700
August 5, 2019

Event 9 of the 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry). A field of 155 entries generated a prize pool of $52,700.

A deal was agreed upon by the final six players and Harpreet Padda was chip leader at the time, making him the official winner.

“This was my first PLO tournament, and it was awesome,” Padda shared after the win. “I was trying to relax and just have fun. Everybody at the table was great, so we had a good time.”

Padda worked in finance and played poker recreationally, mainly back home in Canada. However, last year he started playing tournament poker on a regular basis. He has two deep WPT runs under his belt since then and now has an SHRP trophy on his mantle.

“I only started playing tournament poker regularly last September and I don’t play PLO often, but I think I played textbook today.”

Final Results
*1st: Harpreet Padda – $7,511
*2nd: Charles Simon – $7,049
*3rd: Antonio Fernández Millán – $6,951
*4th: Ben Rich – $6,673
*5th: Melisa Singh – $5,337
*6th: Stewart Yancik – $4,459
7th: Stephen Ma – $1,980
8th: Adam Owen – $1,580
9th: Zhen Cai – $1,290
10th: “Miami” John Cernuto – $1,290
11th: David Eller -$1,080
12th: Jonathan Hutson – $1,080
13th: Stu Paterson – $925
14th: Donny Rubinstein – $925
15th: Sean Christy – $815
16th: Peter Althuis – $815
17th: Michael Morton – $735
18th: Ryan Miller – $735
19th: Cheri Beatty – $735
20th: Gerardo Flores – $735

*denotes six-handed deal

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  6,000/12,000
Players Remaining: 6 of 155

The remaining six players agreed to a deal. Here were their chip counts at the time:

Harpreet Padda – 449,000 (37 bb)
Charles Simon – 383,000 (32 bb)
Antonio Fernández Millán – 370,000 (31 bb)
Ben Rich – 335,000 (28 bb)
Melisa Singh – 196,000 (16 bb)
Stewart Yancik – 126,000 (11 bb)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Harpreet Padda – $7,511
Charles Simon – $7,049
Antonio Fernández Millán – $6,951
Ben Rich – $6,673
Melisa Singh – $5,337
Stewart Yancik – $4,459

As the chip leader, Harpreet Padda is officially the winner of Event 9 of the 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  6,000/12,000
Players Remaining: 6 of 155

A short-stacked Stephen Ma committed his short stack of about 50,000 from under the gun with and got action from Antonio Fernández Millán in the big blind .

The board ran out , giving Millán aces and nines to eliminate Ma in seventh place.

Antonio Fernández Millán – 315,000 (26 bb)
Stephen Ma – Eliminated in 7th Place ($1,980)

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  6,000/12,000
Players Remaining: 7 of 155

Adam Owen raised the pot to 42,000 from the cutoff, Harpreet Padda reraised from the big blind and Owen called all in for 43,000 total.

Owen:
Padda:

The board came down , no help to Owen, ending his tournament in eighth place.

Harpreet Padda – 740,000 (62 bb)
Adam Owen – Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,580)

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/10,000
Players Remaining: 8 of 155

Following a flop of , Zhen Cai was all in from the big blind for about 55,000 against Antonio Fernández Millán in the cutoff.

Cai:
Millán:

Millán led with a set of threes and locked it up when the turn fell to give him a full house, ending Cai’s tournament in ninth place.

Antonio Fernández Millán – 250,000 (25 bb)
Zhen Cai – Eliminated in 9th Place ($1,290)

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  3,000/6,000
Players Remaining:  9 of 155

Seat 1: Stewart Yancik – 189,000 (32 bb)
Seat 2: Zhen Cai – 155,000 (26 bb)
Seat 3: Charles Simon – 182,000 (30 bb)
Seat 4: Adam Owen – 415,000 (69 bb)
Seat 5: Melisa Singh – 218,000 (36 bb)
Seat 6: Ben Rich – 111,000 (19 bb)
Seat 7: Harpreet Padda – 326,000 (54 bb)
Seat 8: Antonio Fernández Millán – 203,500 (34 bb)
Seat 9: Stephen Ma – 60,500 (10 bb)

Remaining Payouts
1st: $12,900 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd: $8,595
3rd: $6,135
4th: $4,475
5th: $3,335
6th: $2,540
7th: $1,980
8th: $1,580
9th: $1,290

Results Thus Far
10th: “Miami” John Cernuto – $1,290
11th: David Eller -$1,080
12th: Jonathan Hutson – $1,080
13th: Stu Paterson – $925
14th: Donny Rubinstein – $925
15th: Sean Christy – $815
16th: Peter Althuis – $815
17th: Michael Morton – $735
18th: Ryan Miller – $735
19th: Cheri Beatty – $735
20th: Gerardo Flores – $735

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  1,500/2,500
Players Remaining:  21 of 155

There are 21 players remaining, and they’ve just begun hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble. The final 20 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $735 each, with $12,900 waiting for the winner.

2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 9
$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries: 155
Prize Pool: $52,700
August 5, 2019

1st: $12,900 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd: $8,595
3rd: $6,135
4th: $4,475
5th: $3,335
6th: $2,540
7th: $1,980
8th: $1,580
9th-10th: $1,290
11th-12th: $1,080
13th-14th: $925
15th-16th: $815
17th-20th: $735

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 5: 200/300
Entries: 115

Event 9, the $400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry), still has a few levels left in the registration period but the field is filling out nicely.

Among those taking part include John Richards, Zach Milchman, Zhen Cai, David Shmuel, Wally Maddah, Robert Mizrachi, John Cernuto, Stuart Paterson, David Prociak, Carlos Guerrero and Brandon Shack-Harris (pictured).

Registration remains open until the beginning of Level 9, which is at about 7:30 p.m.

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

South Florida loves its Omaha tournaments and we like to make South Florida happy. So there are five various Omaha tournaments on the schedule this series (plus H.O.R.S.E.) for plenty of four-card action and the turnouts have been great.

Today at 3 pm we have Event 9 with a $400 Pot Limit Omaha game and we expect to see some of the best try to take home that trophy later this evening.

Entrants will sit down to 12,000 starting stacks and play 30-minute levels all day long. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 7:30 pm. This is a one-day tournament and we will have our next SHRPO Omaha champion later this evening.

Due to the expected crowds throughout the day, Event 9 will play out in Salon East across the hallway from the Event Center.

• 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 9 Structure Sheet