2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 12
$400 Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$30,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  165
Prize Pool:  $55,275
March 30, 2022

Event 12 of the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $400 Eight-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out). A field of 165 entries generated a prize pool of $55,275, nearly doubling the $30,000 guarantee. The final table was a lengthy one, lasting more than four hours before Enreko Fracassi emerged victoriously, outlasting the rest for a first-place prize of $14,490.

“It was a great final table,” said Fracassi afterward. “We were three-handed for quite a while. Cameron (Storto) had a big chip lead and I was really short, and I just grinded back into it. It was a good time.”

The three-handed battle which Fracassi referenced saw each player hold the chip leader at one point, with six double-ups taking place among the three players to constantly swing the chip counts. In the end, however, Fracassi was the last man standing.

The score caps off an impressive March for Fracassi, who is fresh off of a sixth-place finish for $16,740 at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa in their $200,000 guaranteed multi-flight event.

$400 Eight-Max NLH (Freeze-Out)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 165

Enreko Fracassi raised to 150,000 from the button and Cameron Storto called from the big blind.

The flop was and Storto ended up all in for roughly 900,000 with for an open-ended straight draw against Fracassi holding for tens and deuces.

The turn and completed the board, safe for Fracassi to take down Event 12 outright for $14,490.

Cameron Storto finished runner-up for $9,625.

A recap of the event will be posted later tonight.

$400 Eight-Max NLH (Freeze-Out)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 165

Enreko Fracassi raised all in for 615,000 from the button and Cameron Storto called from the big blind.

Fracassi: 
Storto: 

The board came , giving Fracassi aces and fours on the river after falling behind on the flop to double up.

A few hands later, Fracassi opened to 130,000 on the button, Storto three-bet shoved with a covering stack from the big blind and Fracassi called all in for 945,000.

Fracassi: 
Storto: 

The board ran out , safe for Fracassi to double up into the chip lead.

Enreko Fracassi  –  1,950,000  (33 bb)
Cameron Storto  – 1,350,000  (23 bb)

$400 Eight-Max NLH (Freeze-Out)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 165

Alik Sitnyakovsky raised all in for about 360,000 from the button and Cameron Storto called from the small blind with , leading Sitnyakovsky’s .

The board ran out , no help to Sitnyakovsky, ending his tournament in third place.

Camerton Storto  –  2,580,000  (43 bb)
Enreko Fracassi  –  720,000  (12 bb)
Alik Sitnyakovsky  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place ($5,670)

$400 Eight-Max NLH (Freeze-Out)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 165

Alik Sitnyakovsky limped from the small blind, Cameron Storto raised all in for 1,160,000 from the big blind and Sitnyakovsky called.

Sitnyakovsky: 
Storto:

The board ran out , giving Storto a pair of queens to double through Sitnyakovsky.

Cameron Storto  –  2,380,000  (40 bb)
Alik Sitnyakovsky  –  400,000  (7 bb)

$400 Eight-Max NLH (Freeze-Out)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 165

Alik Sitnyakovsy limped from the small blind and Cameron Storto checked his option. They checked to the turn of a board where Sitnyakovsky bet 55,000. Storto called.

The river was the , Sitnyakovsky bet about 225,000, Storto raised all in with a covering stack and Sitnyakovsy called all in for about 830,000 with for a nine-high straight, besting Storto’s for an eight-high straight.

The next hand, Sitnyakovsy raised to 100,000 from the button, Storto three-bet all in for 605,000 from the small blind, and Sitnyakovsy called.

Storto: 
Sitnyakovsy :

The board ran out , giving Storto sevens and treys to double up.

Camerton Storto  –  1,310,000  (26 bb)
Alik Sitnyakovsky  –  800,000  (16 bb)

$400 Eight-Max NLH (Freeze-Out)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 165

Alik Sitnyakovsky raised all in for 350,000 from the small blind and Cameron Storto called from the big blind with , leading Sitnyakovsky’s .

The board came down , giving Sitnyakovsky a pair of sevens to survive.

Alik Sitnyakovsky  –  740,000  (19 bb)
Cameron Storto  –  1,300,000  (33 bb)

$400 Eight-Max NLH (Freeze-Out)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 165

After a series of raises, Cameron Storto was all in for 825,000 from the small blind with against Enreko Fracassi in the big blind with .

The board ran out , giving Storto a pair of aces to double up.

Cameron Storto  –  1,690,000  (42 bb)
Enreko Fracassi  –  860,000  (22 bb)

$400 Eight-Max NLH (Freeze-Out)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 165

Cameron Storto raised to 80,000 from UTG/cutoff, Enreko Fracassi three-bet to about 400,000 from the button, and Jeffrey Miller four-bet all in for 720,000 from the big blind. Storto folded and Fracassi called.

Fracassi: 
Miller: 

The board came down , safe for Fracassi to eliminate Miller in fourth place.

Enreko Fracassi  –  1,700,000  (43 bb)
Jeffreu Miller  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($3,450)

$400 Eight-Max NLH (Freeze-Out)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 165

Tanupat Punjarojanakul min-raised to 50,000 (with 5,000 behind) from under the gun and got three callers.

The flop was and Punjarojanakul committed his remaining 5,000. Cameron Storto isolated the action and showed for a pair of kings, leading Punjarojanakul’s for a pair of tens.

The turn and river completed the board, ending Punjarojanakul’s tournament in fifth place.

Cameron Storto  –  1,600,000  (64 bb)
Tanupat Punjarojanakul  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($2,665)

With four players remaining, the average stack is 825,000  (33 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,450.