2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 38
$1,100 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 567
Prize Pool: $567,000
August 9-10, 2021

Heading into one of the final events of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, Scott Baumstein already cashed six times and made three final tables.

Following a third-place finish in an $1,100 no-limit hold’em deepstack for $34,855 and a fourth-place in the $1,700 no-limit hold’em deepstack purple chip bounty for $11,035 just last week, Baumstein capped off his series with a victory in the Big 4’s $1,100 no-limit hold’em.

Baumstein took the winner’s spot in a four-way chop after defeating a field of 567 entries to earn the trophy and $81,220. Over the course of the three-week series, Baumstein earned $132,215.

Baumstein came into the Tuesday’s final table second in chips and vaulted into chip lead one of the first hand off the deck. Baumstein found himself in a three-way all in against Katie Wier and Matt Giametta. Baumstein tabled A-K and was up against Wier’s 10-10 and Giametta’s Q-Q.

Baumstein drilled an ace on the river to open up a massive chip lead and cruise to the eventual victory.

“It was a really interesting spot,” said Baumstein after his victory. “He’s opening and first in chips and I’m second in chips. I just flat my ace-king suited. It would’ve been ICM suicide to three-bet there because I don’t really want to get it in, but once Katie goes all in, he sort of isolated her a little bit and then it is what it is at that point. My hand is really under repped and I just sort of have to go with it.”

Wier was eliminated in ninth for $10,800 and Giametta hit the rail a few hands later in seventh.

From there, Baumstein was just trying to make adjustments and not make the same mistakes he made at final tables earlier in the series.

“It was a really good way to cap a really long and grueling series,” he said. “I’ve been here grinding almost every day for 20 days and I was able to finally close one out after the chop. I was at the $1K final table last week and had some regrets. So I did things a little differently this time. I’m happy that it went better today.”

Baumstein ended up in a cooler situation five-handed or he likely would’ve taken home more money in the four-handed ICM deal. When Kyle Merron was eliminated in fifth, Baumstein and Aaron Pinson played a massive side pot with Pinson’s A-A besting Baumstein’s K-K. Merron was drawing dead on the turn after he also got all the chips in the middle preflop with Q-10.

With Pinson dragging the pot, he moved up the leaderboard and was second in chips, but the chip counts were so close that when the final four players looked at ICM numbers, Pinson and Baumstein received the exact same payout.

Since Baumstein had the ever so slight chip lead, the New York native took home the top spot and the trophy.

World Poker Tour Borgata champion Donald Maloney finished fourth and earned $48,500 in the chop.

*denotes four-handed deal

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 567

Kyle Merron raised to 400,000 from under the gun, leaving himself with about 220,000 behind. Aaron Pinson called on the button before Scott Baumstein moved all in from the big blind.

Merron called and Pinson called as well. Pinson was all in for 1,855,000 and all three hands were tabled.

Merron:
Baumstein:
Pinson:

Merron was in bad shape, but the cold deck produced a massive side pot between Pinson and Baumstein.

The board ran out , which sent both the main and the side pot to Pinson and eliminated Merron in fifth place for $26,570.

Aaron Pinson – 3,700,000
Scott Baumstein – 4,650,000
Kyle Merron – Eliminated

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 567

Logan Hewett moved all in from the small blind for 435,000, and Aaron Pinson called from the big blind with .

Hewett turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Hewett paired his three on the flop, but improved no further. Pinson won the pot with his pocket fours to eliminate Hewett in sixth place.

Aaron Pinson  –  2,425,000  (40 bb)
Logan Hewett  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($21,995)

The remaining five players are all guaranteed at least $26,570 each.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 567

Matt Giametta moved all in from the button for about 255,000, and Scott Baumstein called from the big blind with .

Giametta groaned and turned over , and he was dominated as he faced elimination.

The board came , and Baumstein won the pot with a pair of aces to eliminate Giametta in seventh place.

Scott Baumstein  –  5,400,000  (90 bb)
Matt Giametta  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($18,145)

The remaining six players are all guaranteed at least $21,995 each.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 567

Miguel Caputo was short-stacked and got it all in with , against two other players with and .

The board came , and Caputo’s opponent’s chopped the pot with identical six-high straights to eliminate Caputo in eighth place.

Miguel Caputo  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($14,425)

The remaining seven players are all guaranteed at least $18,145 each.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 567

Matt Giametta raised from early position to 100,000 and Scott Baumstein called from the hijack. Katie Wier moved all in on the button for 255,000 and action folded back to Giametta.

Giametta thought for a few moments, made it 300,000 and Baumstein immediately moved all in for 2,190,000 and Giametta called.

All three hands were exposed with a massive chip lead up for grabs between Giametta and Baumstein.

Giametta:
Baumstein:
Wier: .

The flop was , keeping Giametta in the lead with a pair of queens. The was a safe turn card for Giametta, but the came on the river and sent both the main and the side pot to Baumstein, while eliminating Wier in ninth place for $10,800.

Baumstein dragged the pot and took an overwhelming chip lead.

Scott Baumstein – 4,790,000
Matt Giametta – 300,000
Katie Wier – Eliminated

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 567

The fourth of five big final tables that start this afternoon is for the $1,100 tournament that put a lot of players in the field. Event 38 drew 567 entries to push past the $500,000 guarantee.

Nine players return today at 3 pm with Matt Giametta leading. WPTDeepStacks Hollywood Main Event champ and SHRPO Six-Max PLO winner Logan Hewett are still in the mix and all are aiming for the $106,445 top prize.

Seat 1.  Donald Maloney  –  1,430,000 (28 bb)
Seat 2.  Scott Baumstein  –  2,265,000 (45 bb)
Seat 3.  Kyle Merron  –  965,000 (19 bb)
Seat 4.  Katie Wier  –  330,000 (7 bb)
Seat 5.  Miguel Caputo  –  190,000 (4 bb)
Seat 6.  Chris Meyers  –  920,000 (18 bb)
Seat 7.  Logan Hewett  –  555,000 (11 bb)
Seat 8.  Aaron Pinson  –  2,215,000 (44 bb)
Seat 9.  Matt Giametta – 2,465,000 (49 bb)

Final Table Payouts
1st: $106,445 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd: $75,960
3rd: $48,840
4th: $34,610
5th: $26,570
6th: $21,995
7th: $18,145
8th: $14,425
9th: $10,800

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 42 – $400 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)

• $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-8 last 15 minutes; Levels 9+ last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 12 (2:25pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 42 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 43 – $10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 11 (6:10pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 43 Structure Sheet

1PM: Final Table – $5,250 SHRPO Championship

• Championship Seats and Chip Counts
• Championship Payouts

1PM: Final Table – $25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)

• High Roller Seats and Chip Counts
• High Roller Payouts

1PM: Final Table – $2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)

• Event 35 Seats and Chip Counts
• Event 35 Payouts

3PM: Final Table – $1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Event 38 Seats and Chip Counts
• Event 38 Payouts

4PM: Final Table – $2,650 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

• Event 41 Seats and Chip Counts
• Event 41 Payouts

5PM: Event 40 Day 1B – $150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• All levels will last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 6% of field remains
• Event 40 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

11AM: Event 120 – $1,030 Event 43 Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Structure Sheet

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 29:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 567

The final table begins Tuesday at 3 p.m.

Seat 1.  Donald Maloney  –  1,430,000 (28 bb)
Seat 2.  Scott Baumstein  –  2,265,000 (45 bb)
Seat 3.  Kyle Merron  –  965,000 (19 bb)
Seat 4.  Katie Wier  –  330,000 (7 bb)
Seat 5.  Miguel Caputo  –  190,000 (4 bb)
Seat 6.  Chris Meyers  –  920,000 (18 bb)
Seat 7.  Logan Hewett  –  555,000 (11 bb)
Seat 8.  Aaron Pinson  –  2,215,000 (44 bb)
Seat 9.  Matt Giametta – 2,465,000 (49 bb)

Final Table Payouts
1st: $106,445 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd: $75,960
3rd: $48,840
4th: $34,610
5th: $26,570
6th: $21,995
7th: $18,145
8th: $14,425
9th: $10,800

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 567

Donald Maloney raised to 100,000 from the cutoff, Sergio Giha three-bet all in for about 215,000 from the big blind and Maloney called.

Maloney:
Giha:

The board ran out , no help to Giha, ending his run in 10th place.

Donald Maloney – 1,430,000 (28 bb)
Sergio Giha – Eliminated in 10th Place ($10,800)