2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 18
$600 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Single Re-Entry)
Entries: 140
Prize Pool:  $73,500
July 31, 2021

Event 18 of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $600 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Single Re-Entry). A field of 140 entries took part and created a prize pool of $73,500.

The tournament lasted just about 16 hours and outlasting the field was Long Nguyen, winning outright for $19,605.

$600 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  30,000/60,000
Players Remaining:  1 of 140

“Miami” John Cernuto found two doubles with his decimated stack before ultimately finishing runner-up.

Cernuto raised all in from the button for 160,000 and Nguyen called from the big blind.

Cernuto:
Nguyen:

The board ran out , giving Nguyen a pair of eights with an 8-7 low to scoop the pot, winning the tournament outright for $19,605.

Cernuto finished runner-up for $13,140, his second runner-up showing of the series.

Long Nguyen – 2,100,000 (35 bb)
“Miami” John Cernuto – Eliminated in 2nd Place ($13,140)

$600 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  30,000/60,000
Players Remaining:  2 of 140

“Miami” John Cernuto raised from the button and Long Nguyen called from the big blind.

The flop was and Nguyen checked to Cernuto who bet. Nguyen check-raised the pot and Cernuto called after a few moments.

The turn was the , Nguyen shoved for roughly 480,000 and Cernuto thought for a while.

“There’s too much in there, have to call,” said Cernuto. “Do you have a ten?”

“Yeah,” said Nguyen, as he showed for trip tens with the nut low draw.

“Oh wow, you have me dead,” replied Cernuto, as he showed .

Only a deuce would chop the pot, but the river was no help to Cernuto, locking up the massive pot for Nguyen.

Long Nguyen – 2,060,000 (34 bb)
John Cernuto – 40,000 (< 1 bb)

$600 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  30,000/60,000
Players Remaining:  2 of 140

On the turn of a , Long Nguyen was all in for about 450,000 from the button with for a pair of queens with a few straight draws.

Meanwhile, “Miami” John Cernuto had for kings and fours with his own straight draw.

The river was the , giving Nguyen a king-high straight to double up.

John Cernuto – 1,080,000 (18 bb)
Lon gNguyen – 1,020,000 (17 bb)

$600 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  30,000/60,000
Players Remaining:  2 of 140

Following a flop of , Hal Rotholz was all in for 285,000 from the big blind against “Miami” John Cernuto in the small blind.

Roltholz:
Cernuto:

Cernuto had all the draws, while Rotholz had a pair of queens and needed to fade a lot to survive.

The turn was the , improving Rotholz to trip eights.

The river was the , though, giving Cernuto a flush along with the nut low, eliminating Rotholz in third place.

John Cernuto – 1,400,000 (23 bb)
Long Nguyen – 700,000 (12 bb)
Hal Rotholz – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($7,790)

$600 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  25,000/50,000
Players Remaining:  3 of 140

“Miami” John Cernuto – 855,000 (17 bb)
Hal Rotholz – 785,000 (16 bb)
Long Nguyen – 460,000 (9 bb)

1st: $19,605 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd: $13,140
3rd: $7,790

$600 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  15,000/30,000
Players Remaining:  3 of 140

Stewart Yancik was all in preflop with side action between Long Nguyen in the small blind and “Miami” John Cernuto in the big blind.

The flop was , Nguyen bet his remaining 70,000 and Cernuto called.

Yancik:
Nguyen:
Cernuto:

The turn and river completed the board, giving Nguyen trip threes along with the nut low to more than double up, while eliminating Yancik in fourth place.

Long Nguyen – 340,000 (11 bb)
John Cernuto – 1,020,000 (34 bb)
Stewart Yancik – Eliminated in 4th Place ($4,780)

$600 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  15,000/30,000
Players Remaining:  4 of 140

Stewart Yancik raised all in from under the gun for 80,000, Vadim Kostenko reraised all in from the small blind for 180,000 and “Miami” John Cernuto called from the big blind.

Yancik:
Kostenko:
Cernuto:

The flop was a beauty for Cernuto, coming down to give him a set of jacks and the nut low draw.

The turn, however, gave Yancik flush and straight outs.

The river was the , giving Yancik a jack-high straight to win half of the main pot, while Cernuto’s nut low and set of jacks scooped the side pot to eliminate Kostenko in fifth place.

John Cernuto – 1,250,000 (42 bb)
Stewart Yancik – 120,000 (4 bb)
Vadim Kostenko – Eliminated in 5th Place ($3,640)

$600 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  15,000/30,000
Players Remaining:  5 of 140

Following the turn of a board, Sun Kwak got his stack of about 350,000 from the button into the pot against “Miami” John Cernuto in the big blind.

Kwak:
Cernuto:

Cernuto had turned eights full of queens to take the lead on Kwak and held up through the river to eliminate Kwak in 6th place.

That pot gave Cernuto half of the chips in play.

John Cernuto – 1,050,000 (35 bb)
Sun Kwak – Eliminated in 6th Place ($3,085)

Earlier Final Table Eliminations
7th: Stephen Wilkins – $2,680
8th: George Linkenback – $2,280
9th: Samuel Sternfield – $1,955

$600 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  6,000/12,000
Players Remaining:  9 of 140

Seat 1: Long Nguyen – 150,000 (13 bb)
Seat 2: Sun Kwak – 320,000 (27 bb)
Seat 3: Vadim Kostenko – 175,000 (15 bb)
Seat 4: John Cernuto – 225,000 (19 bb)
Seat 5: Samuel Sternfield  – 70,000 (6 bb)
Seat 6: Stewart Yancik – 335,000 (28 bb)
Seat 7: Hal Rotholz – 355,000 (30 bb)
Seat 8: George Linkenback  – 65,000 (5 bb)
Seat 9: Stephen Wilkins – 280,000 (23 bb)

Final Table Payouts
1st: $19,605 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd: $13,140
3rd: $7,790
4th: $4,780
5th: $3,640
6th: $3,085
7th: $2,680
8th: $2,280
9th: $1,955

In-The-Money Finishers
10th: Zachary Milchman – $1,955
11th: Mike Beasley – $1,730
12th: Claudangelo Beaudouin – $1,730
13th: Brandon Berkenfeld – $1,625
14th: Yuval Bronshtein – $1,625
15th: Steven Roth – $1,520
16th: Matthew Higgins – $1,520
17th: Manny Minaya – $1,420
18th: Frankie O’Dell – $1,420