$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31: 125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 1,180
AP Louis Garza – 27,000,000 (108 bb)
Dimitri Vorbe – 20,200,000 (81 bb)
1st: $929,365 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd: $674,285
$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31: 125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 1,180
AP Louis Garza raised to 550,000 from the button, Dimitri Vorbe called from the small blind and Ian O’Hara three-bet all in from the big blind for about 4,350,000.
Garza thought for a bit before he folded, while Vorbe called pretty quickly.
Vorbe: 
O’Hara: 
The flop came 
, safe for O’Hara.
The turn was the 
, however, vaulting Vorbe into the lead with a pair of queens.
The river was the 
, no help to O’Hara, ending his run in third place.
Dimitri Vorbe – 20,200,000 (81 bb)
Ian O’Hara – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($437,350)
$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31: 125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 1,180
AP Louis Garza raised from the button to 550,000, and Ian O’Hara moved all in from the big blind for 3,175,000. Garza waited for an exact count and thought for a bit.
Garza asked, “How much do you like your hand?”
O’Hara replied, “Enough to go all in with it.”
Garza thought a bit longer before he folded, and O’Hara took the pot.
Seat 1. Dimitri Vorbe – 16,000,000 (64 bb)
Seat 2. Ian O’Hara – 4,100,000 (16 bb)
Seat 3. AP Louis Garza – 27,000,000 (108 bb)
With three players remaining from a field of 1,180, the average chip stack is about 15,725,000 (63 big blinds). Here are the remaining payouts at stake:
1st: $929,365 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd: $674,285
3rd: $437,350
2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 41
$2,650 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries: 45
Prize Pool: $109,125
August 6-10, 2021
The last Pot Limit Omaha tournament on the SHRPO schedule drew 45 entries to the $2,650 buy-in tournament and Ari Oxman was the last player standing at the end. He won the tournament outright and took home $38,795 after defeating Petko Tsakov heads-up.
Event 41 had a prize pool worth $109,125 and Day 1 came to an end on Monday evening with eight players remaining at the final table and six getting paid. They quickly made it into the money when Will Nguyen and Dien Le were eliminated and the tournament was settled before too long.
Christian Harder, David Mzareulov, Tony Miles, and Jordan Semel fell short of the title and the heads up match was complete in less than a level.
Tsakov earned $25,865 for his runner-up finish while Oxman took home the cash and SHRPO trophy.
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ari | Oxman | $38,795 |
| 2 | Petko | Tsakov | $25,865 |
| 3 | Jordan | Semel | $17,245 |
| 4 | Tony | Miles | $11,975 |
| 5 | David | Mzareulov | $8,675 |
| 6 | Christian | Harder | $6,570 |
2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 39
$25,500 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 91
Prize Pool: $2,247,700
August 9-10, 2021
Joe McKeehen added another title to his already lengthy poker resume on Tuesday evening at the Hollywood Hard Rock after taking down one of the largest buy-ins of the series.
The 2015 World Series of Poker main event champion bested a field of 91 entries in the $25,000 no-limit hold’em high roller event to earn $550,990 in a heads-up chop with four-time World Poker Tour champion Darren Elias.
Over the course of his decade-long career as a poker pro, Tuesday’s victory was his 24th of his career. And in his words, it was a smooth ride to victory.
“I came in with a lot of chips and had a lot of hands early. I made some nice hands, won some pots and kind of just stayed afloat from that point on,” said McKeehen. “I got to three-handed and had some chips. I got a little lucky and that was that.”
McKeehen made his mark on the poker world with his WSOP main event win worth $7.68 million. Unlike several other main event champs, the Pennsylvania native has proven himself to be more than a one-hit wonder.
Since then, McKeehen has cemented himself as one of the best in the game and will play the highest stakes available if he’s at the tournament stop.
The victory is a continuation of his success from the summer. In June, McKeehen won the $10,000 no-limit hold’em at the U.S. Poker Open for $200,200 and then turned around two days later and finished third for $102,000 in another $10,000 U.S. Poker Open event. His latest six-figure score bumped his career live tournament earnings to more than $18 million.
“I love playing the high rollers here,” said McKeehen. “They get good turnouts usually and they’re good fields. They end in two days so the structure is pretty good. There’s a decent amount of play, but I also like the one-day ones as well. I just like to play. I play what’s offered.”
McKeehen came into the final table with 56 big blinds and the chip lead. He extended it as he eliminated Nadya Magnus in eighth, Joseph Cheong in sixth and Thomas Boivin in third.
After Boivin was eliminated in third, McKeehen was left heads-up with Darren Elias. The two were very close in chips, but agreed to a deal that saw McKeehen take home $550,990 and Elias $539,135.
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe | McKeehen | $550,990* |
| 2 | Darren | Elias | $539,135* |
| 3 | Thomas | Boivin | $285,460 |
| 4 | Jake | Daniels | $197,800 |
| 5 | David | Peters | $128,120 |
| 6 | Joseph | Cheong | $96,650 |
| 7 | Dylan | Smith | $78,670 |
| 8 | Nadya | Magnus | $67,430 |
| 9 | Chad | Eveslage | $65,185 |
| 10 | Brandon | Adams | $62,935 |
| 11 | John | Riordan | $60,690 |
| 12 | Barry | Hutter | $58,440 |
| 13 | Bin | Weng | $56,195 |
*Reflects Heads-Up Deal
$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 45 of 101
Registration closed on the last tournament of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open and the $10,000 buy-in tournament drew 101 entries to beat the $500,000 guarantee and put $969,600 in the prize pool.
That last 13 spots will be paid with $26,665 for a min-cash and $293,205 to the winner.
2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 43
$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 101
Prize Pool: $969,600
August 10, 2021
1st: $293,205 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd: $181,800
3rd: $111,505
4th: $72,720
5th: $56,720
6th: $45,375
7th: $38,590
8th: $33,450
9th-10th: $28,120
11th-13th: $26,665
$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31: 125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 1,180
Level 30 came to an end, and the final three players took a one-hour dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 7:28 pm EDT.
Here are the official chip counts from the break:
Seat 1. Dimitri Vorbe – 14,450,000 (58 bb)
Seat 2. Ian O’Hara – 5,400,000 (22 bb)
Seat 3. AP Louis Garza – 27,325,000 (109 bb)
And here are the remaining payouts at stake:
1st: $929,365 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd: $674,285
3rd: $437,350
$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 490
Level 28 came to an end, and the final four players took a one-hour dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 7:21 pm.
Here are the official chip counts from the break:
Seat 1. Shannon Shorr – 3,325,000 (44 bb)
Seat 2. Aditya Prasetyo – 4,425,000 (59 bb)
Seat 3. Mukul Pahuja – 2,775,000 (37 bb)
Seat 4. James Miller – 1,725,000 (23 bb)
And here are the remaining payouts:
1st: $229,555
2nd: $163,670
3rd: $102,245
4th: $72,650
$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 91
Darren Elias (4,870,000) and Joe McKeehen (4,230,000) agreed to a deal, giving each $539,135 and leaving $11,855 left to flip for.
On the first hand, Elias had 
on the button against McKeehen’s 
in the big blind. The board came 
, giving McKeehen a jack-high straight to double up and take the lead.
On the second hand, McKeehen held on the button against Elias’ 
in the big blind. The board ran out 
, no help to Elias, locking up the victory for McKeehen and a first-place payday of $550,990.
Elias finished runner-up for $539,135.
A recap of the event will be posted later tonight.
$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 490
David Shmuel was all in under the gun for about 610,000 with 
, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the 
of Shannon Shorr in the cutoff.
The board came 
, and Shorr won the pot with his ace to eliminate Shmuel in fifth place.
Shannon Shorr – 2,575,000 (43 bb)
David Shmuel – Eliminated in 5th Place ($55,765)
The final four players are all guaranteed at least $72,650 each.