2021 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 27
$400 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  150
Prize Pool:  $35,230
Bounty Prize Pool:  $15,000
November 29, 2021

Event 27 of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $400 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). The tournament attracted 150 entries, generating a prize pool of $35,230 with another $15,000 set aside for bounties.

Six-time SHRP trophy winner Brian Altman held the chip lead during parts of the final table, but he ultimately came up short in his bid for a record-tying seventh SHRP major series trophy with a third-place finish.

In the end, it was Dutchman Micha Hoedemaker who was the official winner after a heads-up chop with Patrick Wall.

*denotes heads-up chop

$400 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 150

After playing one hand of heads-up play, Patrick Wall and Micha Hoedemaker agreed to an even chop.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Micha Hoedemaker  –  1,510,000  (75 bb)
Patrick Wall  –  1,490,000  (75 bb)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Micha Hoedemaker  –  $7,685
Patrick Wall  – $7,685

Since Hoedemaker was the slight chip leader, he was the official winner of Event 27.

A recap of the event will be posted in a little while.

$400 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 150

Brian Altman raised all in for about 320,000 from the small blind and Micha Hoedemaker called from the big blind.

Altman: 
Hoedemaker: 

The board ran out , no help to Altman after flopping an open-ender, ending his bid for a record-tying seventh SHRP major series trophy with a third-place finish.

Micha Hoedemaker  –  1,500,000  (75 bb)
Patrick Wall  –  1,500,000  (75 bb)
Brian Altman  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place ($3,630)

$400 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 150

Patrick Wall (center)  –  1,400,000  (70 bb)
Micha Hoedemaker (left) –  980,000  (49 bb)
Brian Altman (right) –  620,000  (31 bb)

1st:  $9,300
2nd: $6,070
3rd: $3,630

$400 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 150

In a battle of the blind, Robert Bendeck was all in for about 250,000 in the small blind against Brian Altman (who had fallen to below 400,000) in the big blind.

Bendeck:
Altman:

The board came down , no help to Bendeck, ending his run in fouth place.

Brian Altman  –  620,000 (31 bb)
Roberto Bendeck  –  Eliminated in 4th Place ($2,405)

$400 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 150

Jamie Maas was all in from the cutoff for about 85,000 against Brian Altman in the big blind.

Maas:
Altman:

The board came down , safe for Altman to eliminate Maas and win his bounty.

Brian Altman  –  975,000  (65 bb)
Jamie Maas  –  Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,710)

$400 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 150

Pasquale Caiazza raised all in for about 215,000 from the cutoff and Micha Hoedemaker called from the big blind with , leading Caiazza’s .

The board ran out , giving Hoedemaker tens full of deuces to eliminate Caiazza and win his bounty.

Micha Hoedemaker  –  540,000 (36 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza  –  Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,415)

$400 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 150

Patrick Wall raised to 20,000 from the hijack, Pasquale Caiazza called from the cutoff and David Fisher three-bet all in for 115,000 from the small blind.

Both Wall and Caiazza called and then checked down a board of .

Wall:
Caiazza:
Fisher:

Wall took it down with aces and queens, eliminating Fisher in seventh place.

Patrick Wall  –  1,100,000 (73 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza  –  250,000 (17 bb)
David Fisher – Eliminated in 7th Place ($1,325)

$400 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 150

Carlos Gomez raised all in for about 180,000 from the middle position and Brian Altman called from the small blind.

Gomez:
Altman:

The board ran out , no help to Gomez, ending his tournament in eighth place.

Brian Altman  –  930,000 (93 bb)
Carlos Gomez  –  Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,100)

$400 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 150

Peter Shapiro in the cutoff and Patrick Wall in the big blind exchanged a bet and a few raises before Shapiro was all in for about 300,000.

Shapiro: 
Wall: 

The board ran out , no help to Shapiro, ending his tournament in ninth place and giving Wall the bounty.

Patrick Wall  –  800,000  (80 bb)
Peter Shapiro  –  Eliminated in 9th Place ($975)