2021 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 11
$400 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  144
Prize Pool:  $48,240
November 22, 2021

On Monday night, Long Nguyen outlasted a field of 144 entries to win $12,040 and his second Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood trophy in four months. (Nguyen won a Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo event back in July during SHRPO.)

“It feels really good,” said Nguyen.

“I came in as the shortest stack,” said Nguyen about the final table. “I folded for a while, and then I just ran good at the end, honestly. About four handed I started catching cards, and it worked out for me.”

“Kevin [Ruscitti] and Matt [Bretzfield] were my only two worries,” said Nguyen. “If I could fade them, I thought I was going to win.”

As it turned out, Bretzfield and Ruscitti were the final two hurdles Nguyen needed to cross, with Bretzfield busting third and Ruscitti finishing as the runner-up.

Nguyen is a regular here at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood for the big tournament series, so what keeps him coming back?

“The staff is great,” said Nguyen. “They run a good tournament, with big fields.”

Final Results:

$400 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/40,000
Players Remaining:  1 of 144

Heads-up play lasted about half an hour before they saw a flop of .

Kevin Ruscitti bet 150,000, Long Nguyen pot-raised to 570,000, and Ruscitti tanked for a long time before he called.

The turn card was the , Ruscitti checked, Nguyen moved all in, and Ruscitti called.

Long Nguyen:    (jack-high straight)
Kevin Ruscitti:    (set of tens, gutshot straight draw)

The river card was the , and Nguyen won the pot — and his second Seminole Hard Rock trophy — with a jack-high straight.

Congratulations to Long Nguyen!

1st:  Long Nguyen  –  $12,040
2nd:  Kevin Ruscitti  –  $8,010
3rd:  Matty Bretzfield  –  $4,945
4th:  Jason Campbell  –  $3,005
5th:  Jon Dupee  –  $2,325
6th:  Nikolay Grigorov  –  $1,925
7th:  Joel Reiss  –  $1,530

$400 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000
Players Remaining:  2 of 144

Matty Bretzfield has been chipleader for most of the final table, but things took a bad turn for him once it got down to three players.

Kevin Ruscitti doubled thru him about 15 minutes into three-handed play, which put a big dent in Bretzfield’s stack.

A few minutes later, Bretzfield lost another pot when Ruscitti made a jack-high flush against Bretzfield’s set.

Kevin Ruscitti  –  1,190,000  (48 bb)
Matty Bretzfield  –  680,000  (27 bb)

About 12 minutes later, after a flop of , Bretzfield got it all in form the big blind for 260,000 against Long Nguyen in the small blind.

Long Nguyen:    (two pair, seven-high flush draw)
Matty Bretzfield:    (pair of deuces, jack-high flush draw, gutshot straight draw)

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Bretzfield turned a jack-high club flush to win the pot and double up in chips.

Matty Bretzfield  –  600,000  (24 bb)
Long Nguyen  –  1,100,000  (44 bb)

The next hand, as the blinds increased to 15,000-30,000, Bretzfield got it all in preflop from the small blind for about 600,000 against Nguyen.

Long Nguyen:  
Matty Bretzfield:  

The board came — Bretzfield flopped a full house, deuces full of jacks, but Nguyen spiked an ace on the river to win the pot with a higher full house, aces full of deuces, eliminating Bretzfield in third place.

Matty Bretzfield  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($4,945)

Here are the approximate chip counts for the start of heads-up play, followed by the remaining payouts:

Long Nguyen  –  1,700,000  (57 bb)
Kevin Ruscitti  –  1,200,000  (40 bb)

1st:  $12,040
2nd:  $8,010

$400 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/25,000
Players Remaining:  3 of 144

The players returned from break to begin Level 21, with increased blinds of 10,000-20,000. These were the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1.  Long Nguyen  –  355,000  (18 bb)
Seat 2.  Jason Campbell  –  340,000  (17 bb)
Seat 3.  Matty Bretzfield  –  1,235,000  (62 bb)
Seat 4.  Kevin Ruscitti  –  955,000  (48 bb)

Level 21 passed by without much incident, and Level 22 began with increased blinds of 15,000-25,000.

A few minutes later, Matty Bretzfield raised from UTG/cutoff to 65,000, Jason Campbell tanked for a while in the big blind before moving all in for 145,000, and Bretzfield called.

Matty Bretzfield:  
Jason Campbell:  

The board came — both players flopped trip tens, but Bretzfield won the pot with his ace kicker to eliminate Campbell in fourth place.

Matty Bretzfield  –  1,450,000  (58 bb)
Jason Campbell  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($3,005)

With three players remaining from a field of 144, the average chip stack is about 960,000 (38 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $4,945 each.

$400 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  8,000/16,000
Players Remaining:  4 of 144

Jon Dupee moved all in from the button for 55,000, Matty Bretzfield called from the small blind, and Kevin Ruscitti pot-raised from the big blind. Bretzfield quickly folded.

Kevin Ruscitti:  
Jon Dupee:  

The board came — Dupee paired his queen on the flop and picked up a heart flush draw and a gutshot straight draw, but he missed all of his outs. Ruscitti won the pot with two pair, aces and fours, to eliminate Dupee in fifth place.

Kevin Ruscitti  –  955,000  (60 bb)
Jon Dupee  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($2,325)

With four players remaining from a field of 144, the average chip stack is about 720,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $3,005 each.

$400 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  8,000/16,000
Players Remaining:  5 of 144

After a flop of , Nikolay Grigorov checked the small blind, Long Nguyen bet 96,000 from the big blind, and Kevin Ruscitti tanked for a while before raising from the button to 192,000.

Grigorov folded, and Nguyen called all in for 133,000.

Kevin Ruscitt:    (double gutshot straight draw)
Long Nguyen:    (pair of aces)

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Nguyen won the pot with a full house, aces full of kings, to double up in chips.

Long Nguyen  –  335,000  (21 bb)
Kevin Ruscitti  –  745,000  (47 bb)

A few minutes later, after a flop of , Nikolay Grigorov got his short stack all in from the cutoff against Matty Bretzfield, who was under the gun.

Matty Bretzfield:    (pair of sevens, gutshot straight draw)
Nikolay Grigorov:    (ace high)

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Bretzfield won the pot with two pair, sevens and sixes, to eliminate Grigorov in sixth place.

Matt Bretzfield  –  1,450,000  (91 bb)
Nikolay Grigorov  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($1,925)

With five players remaining from a field of 144, the average chip stack is about 576,000 (36 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $2,325 each.

$400 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  6,000/12,000
Players Remaining:  6 of 144

Here is the lineup for the final six players, followed by the final table payouts:

Seat 1.  Nikolay Grigorov  –  185,000  (15 bb)
Seat 2.  Long Nguyen  –  130,000  (11 bb)
Seat 3.  Jason Campbell  –  385,000  (32 bb)
Seat 4.  Jon Dupee  –  295,000  (25 bb)
Seat 5.  Matty Bretzfield  –  1,220,000  (102 bb)
Seat 6.  Kevin Ruscitti  –  855,000  (71 bb)

1st:  $12,040
2nd:  $8,010
3rd:  $4,945
4th:  $3,005
5th:  $2,325
6th:  $1,925
7th:  Joel Reiss  –  $1,530

$400 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  6,000/12,000
Players Remaining:  6 of 144

After a flop of , Joel Reiss got it all in from the small blind for about 73,000 against Matty Bretzfield in the hijack.

Matty Bretzfield:    (pocket threes, spade flush draw)
Joel Reiss:    (pair of deuces, wrap straight draw)

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Bretzfield won the pot with a rivered straight to eliminate Reiss in seventh place.

Matty Bretzfield  –  1,125,000  (94 bb)
Joel Reiss  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($1,530)

With six players remaining from a field of 144, the average chip stack is about 480,000 (40 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $1,925 each.

2021 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 11
$400 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  144
Prize Pool:  $48,240
November 22, 2021

The $400 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha one-day tournament drew 144 entries to create a prize pool worth $48,240. The last 24 spots will be paid with $550 for a min-cash and $12,040 set aside for the RRPO Event 11 champion.

The turnout created the biggest Six-Max PLO tournament in our history, topping the 139 we had during the 2021 LHPO series.

2021 RRPO – 144 entries
2021 LHPO – 139 entries
2021 SHRPO – 128 entries
2018 SHRPO – 114 entries
2019 SHRPO – 87 entries

1st: $12,040
2nd: $8,010
3rd: $4,945
4th: $3,005
5th: $2,325
6th: $1,925
7th-8th: $1,530
9th-10th: $1,225
11th-12th: $1,055
13th-15th: $890
16th-18th: $740
19th-21st: $610
22nd-24th: $550

$400 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The new week brings more non-hold’em games to the schedule with a $400 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha tournament at noon in the Grand Ballroom. We expect to see a lot of our Omaha specialists out this afternoon trying to win another RRPO trophy.

Players start with 20,000 deep 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. They will take a 40-minute dinner break at 6:30 pm and return to play it down to a winner.

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 11 Structure Sheet