2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 12
$600 Big Stack Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 570
Prize Pool:  $299,250
April 20, 2021

Event 12 of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $600 Big Stack Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry) with a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool. A field of 570 entries crushed that, almost sextupling that number en route to the $299,250 prize pool. It is the largest six-max event when in SHRP major history.

After more than 16 hours of play, it was Venezuelan professional Joseph Di Rosa Rojas emerging victorious, winning the tournament outright for $50,920.

Di Rosa Rojas has more than $1.3 million in career tournament earnings according to the Hendon Mob database. In 2017, Di Rosa Rojas won a World Series of Poker bracelet when he took down The Marathon event, besting a field of 1,759 for nearly $700,000. In 2019, Di Rosa Rojas took third place in the World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open event for $359,555.

At the final table tonight, several players had support on the rail. Di Rosa Rojas had friend and fellow Venezuelan Dorian Rios in his corner rooting him on, not long after winning Event 14. Rios had said how nice it would be for both to capture trophies on the same night, shortly after they arrived at the Seminole Hard Rock together.

Mission accomplished.

$600 Big Stack Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 570

Joseph Di Rosa Rojas limped from the button and Patrick Quinn checked in the big blind.

They checked to the turn of a board where Quinn shoved for about 1,500,000. Di Rosa Rojas called instantly with for trip tens, well ahead of Quinn’s .

The river was the , locking up the victory for Di Rosa Rojas for $50,920.

Patrick Quinn finished runner-up for $35,930.

A recap will be published in a little while.

$600 Big Stack Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 570

Within the first 15 minutes of playing heads up, Patrick Quinn and Joseph Di Rosa Rojas have had three all-in and calls, with the shorter stack surviving each time.

First, following a flop of , Di Rosa Rojas ended up all in for 2,330,000 with for a pair of jacks against Quinn’s for a flush draw.

The turn and river completed the board, safe for Di Rosa Rojas to take the chip lead.

Not long after, the chip were in preflop and this time it was Quinn at risk for 3,375,000 with against Di Rosa Rojas’ .

The board ran out , giving Quinn a diamond flush to double back into the lead.

It was short-lived, however, as a few minutes later Di Rosa Rojas picked up and got it in against Quinn’s .

The runout was dramatic, but the board came , giving Di Rosa Rojas the river win after getting outflopped.

Joseph Di Rosa Rojas – 6,000,000 (60 bb)
Patrick Quinn – 2,550,000 (26 bb)

$600 Big Stack Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 570

Patrick Quinn – 6,150,000 (82 bb)
Joseph Di Rosa Rojas – 2,400,000 (32 bb)

1st: $50,920 + Trophy
2nd: $35,930

$600 Big Stack Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 570

John Dollinger limped on the button, Joseph Di Rosa Rojas completed from the small blind and Patrick Quinn checked his option in the big blind.

The flop was and action checked to Dollinger who bet 150,000. Rojas folded, Quinn check-raised to 500,000, Dollinger shoved for about 900,000 and Quinn called.

Dollinger:
Quinn:

The turn locked it up for Quinn with a jack-high straight, rendering the river moot.

Patrick Quinn – 6,150,000 (82 bb)
John Dollinger – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($25,785)

$600 Big Stack Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 570

Dustin Colwell raised to 225,000 from the button, Patrick Quinn three-bet to 750,000 from the small blind, Colwell four-bet shoved for 2,025,000 and Quinn confirmed the count before he called.

Colwell:
Quinn:

The board ran out , no help to Colwell, ending his run in fourth place.

Patrick Quinn – 5,300,000 (71 bb)
Dustin Colwell – Eliminated in 4th Place ($18,760)

$600 Big Stack Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 570

David Shmuel raised to 135,000 from the cutoff, John Dollinger three-bet to 710,000 from the small blind (leaving 20,000 behind) and Shmuel tanked for a bit before he called.

The flop was , Dollinger checked, Shmuel bet and Dollinger called all in for his remaining 20,000.

Shmuel:
Dollinger:

Dollinger was ahead, but the turn gave Shmuel a few extra outs. However, the river fell, locking up the double for Dollinger.

On the following hand, Shmuel shoved from under the gun for 355,000 and Dollinger isolated with a shove of his own.

Shmuel:
Dollinger:

The board ran out , not enough help to Shmuel, ending his tournament in fifth place.

John Dollinger – 2,085,000 (52 bb)
David Shmuel – Eliminated in 5th Place ($13,840)

$600 Big Stack Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 570

Jesse Kertland raised to 120,000 from under the gun, Joseph Di Rosa Rojas three-bet shoved all in from the button for about 1,100,000 and Kertland called all in for about 900,000.

Kertland:
Rojas:

The board came down , no help to Kertland, ending his run in sixth place.

Joseph Di Rosa Rojas – 2,100,000 (42 bb)
Jesse Kertland – Eliminated in 6th Place ($10,355)

$600 Big Stack Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 570

Following the turn of an board, Rodrigo Sardi was all in for about 360,000 with from the cutoff for a pair of tens with some draws. He trailed Dustin Colwell in the big blind with for jacks and deuces.

The river was the , no help to Sardi, ending his tournament in seventh place.

Dustin Colwell – 2,180,000 (55 bb)
Rodrigo Sardi – Eliminated in 7th Place ($7,860)

$600 Big Stack Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 570

Seat 1: Rodrigo Sardi – 575,000 (14 bb)
Seat 2: John “Jake” Dollinger – 1,340,000 (34 bb)
Seat 3: Joseph Di Rosa Rojas – 1,075,000 (27 bb)
Seat 4: Dustin Colwell – 1,685,000 (42 bb)
Seat 5: David Shmuel – 1,455,000 (36 bb)
Seat 6: Jesse Kertland – 770,000 (19 bb)
Seat 7: Patrick Quinn – 1,680,000 (42 bb)

1st: $50,920 + Trophy
2nd: $35,930
3rd: $25,785
4th: $18,760
5th: $13,840
6th: $10,355
7th: $7,860