2022 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 42
$5,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  134
Prize Pool: $636,500
November 29, 2022

Registration closed for the one-day $5K tournament with 134 entries more than tripling the $200,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $636,500. The last 17 players will make the money with $12,900 for a min-cash and $178,320 up top for the Event 42 winner.

1st: $178,320 + RRPO trophy
2nd: $113,000
3rd: $67,470
4th: $41,375
5th: $31,505
6th: $26,735
7th: $23,230
8th: $20,365
9th-10th: $17,980
11th-12th: $15,920
13th-14th: $14,000
15th-17th: $12,900

$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

Sergio Aido raised from UTG/cutoff to 120,000, Gytis Lazauninkas moved all in from the small blind for 1,310,000, and Aido asked for a count and thought for a bit before he called with .

Lazauninkas turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Aido paired his ace on the flop and his jack on the river to win the pot with two pair, eliminating Lazauninkas in fourth place.

Gytis Lazauninkas  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($186,855)

And here are the official chip counts for the final three players:

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

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2,835,000 (47 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $272,935.

2022 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 43
$1,100 Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  134
Prize Pool: $97,970
November 29, 2022

Registration closed for the $1,100 Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha tournament with 134 entries to create a prize pool worth $97,970. The last 13 spots will be paid with $2,250 for a min-cash and $28,895 set aside for our last PLO champ of the series.

1st: $28,895 + RRPO trophy
2nd: $18,715
3rd: $12,400
4th: $8,500
5th: $6,040
6th: $4,450
7th-8th: $3,400
9th-10th: $2,710
11th-13th: $2,250

$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:  4 of 85

Scott Margereson moved all in from UTG/cutoff for 630,000, Gytis Lazauninkas called from the button, and Sergio Aido moved all in over the top. Lazauninkas folded.

Margereson turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive against Aido’s .

The board came , and Margereson paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and triple up in chips.

Scott Margereson  –  1,980,000  (33 bb)
Sergio Aido  –  2,040,000  (34 bb)

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2,125,000 (35 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $186,855.

$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:  4 of 85

In the small blind, Stan Jablonski is forced all in for his last 25,000, Justin Saliba raised from the cutoff to 1,000,000, and Sergio Aido moved all in over the top from the button for 1,320,000.

Saliba called, and all three players turned over their cards.

Justin Saliba:  
Sergio Aido:  
Stan Jablonski:  

The board came — Jablonski flopped the highest flush draw and Saliba paired his six on the turn, but Aido paired his ace on the river to win the pot, doubling thru Saliba and knocking out Jablonski in fifth place.

Sergio Aido  –  2,785,000  (46 bb)
Justin Saliba  –  3,050,000  (51 bb)
Stan Jablonski  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($123,870)

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2,125,000 (35 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $186,855.

$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:  5 of 85

Scott Margereson raised under the gun to 145,000, Stan Jablonski moved all in from the big blind for 370,000, and Margereson called all in for 345,000 with .

Jablonski turned over , and Margereson needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Margereson rivered a heart flush to win the pot and double up in chips, knocking Jablonski down to less than a single small blind.

Scott Margereson  –  780,000  (13 bb)
Stan Jablonski  –  25,000  (<1 sb)

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,700,000 (28 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $123,870.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,541

The 2022 WPT RRPO Championship reached the official six-handed final table and Andrew Wilson holds a huge lead. He has 43% of the chips in play and will be the favorite coming back for the live-stream WPT final table tomorrow at 2 pm.

But he’ll have to dodge some tough competition, including three-time WPT champ Brian Altman and defending champ Gediminas Uselis.

Everyone has locked up $167,000 but one player will bank $785,800 tomorrow evening.

Seat 1: Chad Eveslage – 12,700,000 (64 bb)
Seat 2: Robel Andemichael – 1,400,000 (7 bb)
Seat 3: Josh Kay – 9,250,000 (46 bb)
Seat 4: Gediminas Uselis – 8,375,000 (42 bb)
Seat 5: Andrew Wilson – 33,425,000 (167 bb)
Seat 6: Brian Altman – 11,850,000 (59 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $785,800 + $10,400 WPT World Championship seat
2nd: $525,000
3rd: $390,000
4th: $290,000
5th: $219,000
6th: $167,000

2022 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 36
$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  119
Prize Pool:  $115,430
November 28-29, 2022

RRPO Event 36 drew 119 entries to the two-day $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em tournament, producing a talented final table. In the end, 2019 WPT RRPO Champion Milen Stefanov took the top spot over Tampa regular Clyde Maliauka for $33,640.

Other players at the final table included WPTDeepStacks Hollywood Main champ Scott Baumstein, GPI Female Player of the Year Nadya Magnus, and local favorite Paul Balzano.

$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:  5 of 85

Joe McKeehen moved all in from the small blind for about 430,000, and Gytis Lazauninkas called from the big blind with .

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

The board came , and McKeehen paired his nine on the flop, but Lazauninkas rivered a ten-high flush to win the pot and eliminate McKeehen in sixth place.

Gytis Lazauninkas  –  2,035,000  (34 bb)
Joe McKeehen  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($92,380)

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,700,000 (28 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $123,870.

$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The last open event on the 2022 RRPO schedule gets underway at 5 pm in the Grand Ballroom and it will be something fun for everyone. The $300 buy-in tournament has huge stacks and bounties, $100 on every player’s head.

Players start with 40,000 quad stacks and the first eight levels last 15 minutes each. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 7:15 pm and levels increase to 20 minutes until we have a champion.

We hope to see everyone before we shut down the series and start looking to 2023.

• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels 1-8 last 15 minutes; Levels 9+ last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (7:15pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 44 Structure Sheet