$1,100 Limit Omaha 8 Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  5,000/10,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  16 of 87

Hol Roltholz was all in from early position by the river of a board against Jeter Brock in the small blind.

Rotholz showed , obviously hating that river card, and was scooped by Brock’s for an ace-high flush and a rivered 6-5-low.

Jeter Brock – 130,000 (13 big bets)
Hal Rotholz – Eliminated

Also recently eliminated was Amnon Filippi.

The final 11 players will cash, and Day 1 will conclude when the final table of nine players is reached.

$1,100 Limit Omaha 8 Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  5,000/10,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  18 of 87

Table 8
Seat 1:  James Gunter  –   160,000 (16 big bets)
Seat 2:  Nicholas Marsico  –  35,000 (3.5 big bets)
Seat 3:  Yuval Bronshtein  –  145,000 (14.5 big bets)
Seat 4:  Ricardo Quintero  –   75,000 (7.5 big bets)
Seat 5:  Matthew Zazaian  –  120,000 (12 big bets)
Seat 6:  Brian Hastings  –  55,000 (5.5 big bets)
Seat 7:  David Scarpetta  –  120,000 (12 big bets)
Seat 8:  Adam Hutchinson  –  85,000 (8.5 big bets)
Seat 9:  Amnon Filippi  –  58,000 (6 big bets)

Table 18
Seat 1:  Shelly Roth  –  32,000 (3 big bets)
Seat 2:  Matt Woodward  –  90,000 (9 big bets)
Seat 3:  Hal Rotholz  –  80,000 (8 big bets)
Seat 4:  Donny Rubinstein  – 85,000 (8.5 big bets)
Seat 5:  James Calderaro  –  220,000 (22 big bets)
Seat 6:  Scott Matejka  –  70,000 (7 big bets)
Seat 7:  Leonard St-Germain  –  30,000 (3 big bets)
Seat 8:  Esther Taylor  –  70,000 (7 big bets)
Seat 9:  Jeter Brock  –  100,000 (10 big bets)

$1,100 Limit Omaha 8 Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  2,000/4,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  38 of 87

Yuval Bronshtein – 148,000 (37 big bets)
Mark Dube – 85,000 (21 big bets)
David Shmuel – 80,000 (20 big bets)
Esther Taylor – 68,000 (17 big bets)
Hal Rotholz – 64,000 (16 big bets)
Jesse Lonis – 60,000 (15 big bets)
James Calderaro – 56,000 (14 big bets)
Cory Zeidman – 55,000 (14 big bets)
Ayaz Mahmood – 55,000 (14 big bets)
Scott Matejka – 41,000 (10 big bets)
Brian Hastings – 40,000 (10 big bets)
Frankie O’Dell – 31,000 (8 big bets)
Nicolas Milgrom – 28,000 (7 big bets)
Shelly Roth – 25,000 (6 big bets)
Amnon Filippi – 23,000 (6 big bets)
Ken Aldridge – 20,000 (5 big bets)
Michael Rosenberg – 15,000 (4 big bets)
Tony Cousineau – 12,000 (3 big bets)
Barry Levy – 10,000 (2.5 big bets)
Danny Chang – 10,000 (2.5 big bets)

$1,100 Limit Omaha 8 Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 10:  1,200/2,400 Limits
Players Remaining:  61 of 87

The players returned from dinner to begin Level 10, with limits of 1,200-2,400.

With 61 players remaining from a field of 87, the average chip stack is about 28,500 (12 big bets).

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 60K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Donny Rubinstein  –  72,900  (30 BB)
2.  James Gunter  –  70,600  (29 BB)
3.  Yuval Bronshtein  –  63,000  (26 BB)
4.  Shanmukha Meruga  –  61,500  (26 BB)

$1,100 Limit Omaha 8 Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 8:  800/1,600 Limits
Players Remaining:  69 of 87

The 2021 Limit Omaha 8 Championship drew 87 players to the $1,100 freeze-out to create a prize pool worth $84,390. The biggest O8 prize pool in our history.

The last 11 players will earn some money with $2,365 for a min-cash and $27,200 awaiting our Limit Omaha 8 Champion.

2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 25
$1,100 Limit Omaha 8 Championship (Freeze-Out)
Entries: 87
Prize Pool:  $84,390
August 2-3, 2021

1st: $27,220 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd: $16,455
3rd: $10,230
4th: $6,920
5th: $5,275
6th: $4,220
7th: $3,500
8th: $2,955
9th-10th: $2,625
11th: $2,365

$1,100 Limit Omaha 8 Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure
Level 7:  600/1,200 Limits
Entries:  87

Registration closed for the $1,100 Limit Omaha 8 Championship and it drew an incredible 87 players to the freeze-out. The prize pool will be just shy of $85,000 and the biggest in our history.

Tournament staff are running the numbers and we will post the payout information as soon as it is available.

$1,100 Limit Omaha 8 Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure
Level 6:  500/1,000 Limits
Entries:  85

Level 6 is nearing an end which means time is running out if you want a piece of the biggest Limit Omaha 8 prize pool we’ve ever produced. It recently climbed over $80,000 and we might get a few more before registration closes.

Yuval Brohshtein is trying to make history over the next week. The South Florida transplant booked two wins to start the series, $400 Limit Omaha 8 and $400 Pot Limit Omaha, and only two other players have won three tournaments in one of our major series.

$1,100 Limit Omaha 8 Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure
Level 5:  400/800 Limits
Entries:  78

The Limit Omaha 8 Championship is putting up some big numbers after the first break and they’re getting close to making it an $80,000 prize pool.

“Miami John” Cernuto is back in the room after a successful first week with two close calls. The South Florida poker legend booked two cash in the early events finished second in both the $400 H.O.R.S.E. and $400 Pot Limit Omaha 8 tournament.

$1,100 Limit Omaha 8 Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure
Level 2:  150/300 Limits
Entries:  50

It took a little bit to get things warmed up but the Limit Omaha 8 Championship field is beginning to fill in nicely. We have 50 players in the second level with plenty of time to add more.

Joel Harwood is enjoying himself today as he tries to capture his second SHRPO title. He won an Omaha 8 trophy in 2018, that was the Pot Limit variety and not limited Limit, but the skills translate.

$1,100 Limit Omaha 8 Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure
Level 1:  100/200 Limits
Entries:  17

Cards are in the air for the $1,100 Limit Omaha 8 Championship with 17 tough players and a half dozen in line to register. They will play three 40-minute levels before taking the first break of the day.