$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 838

Alan Hamza was all in for about 1,550,000 from the cutoff against Asem Alsaadi on the button.

Hamza: 
Alsaadi: 

The board ran out , no help to Hamza, ending his tournament in sixth place.

Asem Alsaadi  –  8,800,000  (110 bb)
Alan Hamza  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($15,600)

With five players remaining, the average stack is about 3,350,000 (42 bb). The remaining five players are guaranteed at least $19,600.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 838

Duff Charette raised to 125,000 from middle position, Peru Valenzuela three-bet all in for about 600,000 from the small blind, and Charette thought for a few moments before he called.

Charette: 
Valenzuela: 

The board ran out , no help to Valenzuela, ending his tournament in seventh place.

Duff Charette  –  2,300,000  (38 bb)
Peru Valenzuela  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($12,900)

With six players remaining, the average stack is about 2,795,000  (47 bb). Everyone is guaranteed at least $15,600.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 838

Jose Rivero was all in for about 1,350,000 from the small blind with against Asem Alsaadi in early position holding .

The board came down , no help to Rivero, ending his tournament in eighth place.

Asem Alsaado  –  4,300,000  (72 bb)
Jose Rivero  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($10,270)

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 838

Chris Audrain raised all in for 200,000 from the hijack and Alan Hamza called on the button with , trailing Audrain’s .

The board came down , giving Hamza a flush to eliminate Audrain in ninth place.

Alan Hamza  –  2,900,000  (58 bb)
Chris Audrain  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($7,715)

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 838

Seat 1:  Duff Charette  –  2,045,000  (41 bb)
Seat 2:  Alan Hamza  –  3,265,000  (65 bb)
Seat 3:  Asem Alsaadi  –  2,450,000  (49 bb)
Seat 4:  Michael Laufer  –  700,000  (14 bb)
Seat 5:  Peru Valenzuela  –  860,000  (17 bb)
Seat 6:  Connor Rash  –  3,200,000  (64 bb)
Seat 7:  Lunique Petiote  –  2,400,000  (48 bb)
Seat 8:  Jose Rivero  –  1,700,000  (34 bb)
Seat 9:  Chris Audrain  –  350,000  (7 bb)

1st:  $76,075 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $52,300
3rd:  $34,900
4th:  $25,795
5th:  $19,600
6th:  $15,600
7th:  $12,900
8th:  $10,270
9th-10th:  $7,715

2022 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 44
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty (Re-Entry)
Entries:  286
Prize Pool: $44,330
Bounty Prize Pool: $28,600
November 29, 2022

Event 44 of the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty (Re-Entry). The final event of the series drew 286 entries, generating a prize pool of $44,330. The final 36 places cash, earning at least $376.

Up top for the winner is $9,200.

1st: $9,200 + RRPO trophy
2nd: $6,315
3rd: $4,455
4th: $2,760
5th: $2,130
6th: $1,785
7th: $1,500
8th: $1,230
9th-10th: $1,000
11th-12th: $830
13th-15th: $710
16th-18th: $590
19th-21st:  $495
22nd-24th:  $445
25th-27th:  $400
28th-36th:  $375

$400 Seniors 50+ (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 149

Seat 1:  Steve Horniacek  –  540,000  (45 bb)
Seat 2:  Rob Williamson  –  175,000  (15 bb)
Seat 3:  Bob Brandl  –  360,000  (30 bb)
Seat 4:  Lisa Levy  –  340,000  (28 bb)
Seat 5:  Filomeno Giannino –  640,000  (53 bb)
Seat 6:  Eric Afriat  –  345,000  (29 bb)
Seat 7:  Kamvar Razavian  –  250,000  (21 bb)
Seat 8:  David Shmuel  –  165,000  (14 bb)
Seat 9:  Pasquale Caiazza  –  120,000  (10 bb)

1st: $13,455 + RRPO trophy
2nd: $8,735
3rd: $5,140
4th: $3,120
5th: $2,420
6th: $2,000
7th: $1,750
8th: $1,560
9th: $1,380

10th:  Anthony Schneider  –  $1,380

11th:  Richard Vest  –  $1,200
12th:  Alan Kaleita  –  $1,200

13th:  Naftal Grunberg  –  $1,025
14th:  Evan Teitelbaum  –  $1,025
15th:  Marco Rodriguez  –  $1,025

16th:  Eric Pearl  –  $875
17th:  Darrell Lee  –  $875
18th:  Ziad Alameddine  –  $875
19th:  Robert Garcia  –  $875

2022 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 37
$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  85
Prize Pool: $2,099,500
November 28-29, 2022

There were 85 entries in the $25,500 High Roller, more than doubling the $1 million guarantee to create a prizepool worth $2,099,500. The final 12 players finished in the money, and the final three agreed to a deal to end the tournament, with chipleader Sergio Aido winning the title, the trophy, and $500,000.

The key pot for Aido came with seven players remaining.

“I doubled up pretty early,” said Aido, “with nines against ace-queen.” (Click here for details of the hand.) That pot propelled Aido to the chip lead, and he stayed near the top of the leaderboard the rest of the way.

“That pot changed things for me,” said Aido, “because I had been in the middle of the standings. Once I was in the top three, I could make some more moves and gain some chips.”

Toward the end of the final table, Aido knocked out Stan Jablonski in fifth place and Gytis Lazauninkas in fourth, and those pots gave Aido the chip lead when the final three made their deal.

This is Aido’s second high-profile victory here, as he won the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship this past August, outlasting a massive field of 1,110 entries to earn $900,100. Today’s victory takes Aido up over $14.7 million in career tournament earnings.

Aido appreciates that all of the high buy-in events that he likes to play are scheduled close together near the end of these series.

“I can come for only five or six days,” said Aido, “and since I am living in Mexico now, it’s a convenient three-hour flight.

Final Results:

* Indicates a three-way deal.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 85

After the elimination of Gytis Lazauninkas in fourth place, the final three players discussed a deal. These were their official chip counts:

1.  Sergio Aido  –  4,100,000  (68 bb)
2.  Scott Margereson  –  2,290,000  (38 bb)
3.  Justin Saliba  –  2,115,000  (35 bb)

It took them a little while to come to an agreement, but they finally agreed to the following payouts:

1st:  Sergio Aido  –  $500,000 + RRPO trophy
2nd:  Scott Margereson  –  $413,746
3rd:  Justin Saliba  –  $402,634

As chipleader, Sergio Aido was declared the champion, receiving the title and the trophy.

Stay tuned for a recap from this event, which will be posted later this evening.

2022 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 39
$5,000 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  42
Prize Pool: $199,500
November 28-29, 2022

The RRPO $5K Pot-Limit Omaha tournament drew a talented group of 42 entries and created a stacked final table. WSOP Circuit ring winner Dominique Mosley took the top spot after a heads-up deal with reigning WPT LHPO champion Alexander Yen.

Yen walked away with $56,530 in the deal while Mosley earned $61,170 for the title and the RRPO trophy.

Congrats!

* – denotes results of a heads-up deal