2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 11
$400 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries:  124
Prize Pool:  $41,540
July 30, 2022

Event 11 of the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry). A field of 124 entries created a prize pool of $41,540. A three-way deal took place, and as the chip leader it was Sheila O’Connor who was the official Event 11 winner, earning $10,000 for the victory.

“This is my home casino, even though it’s two hours away,” said O’Connor afterward. “I live in Fort Myers Beach, but I like to play cash here. I never really play PLO8, just PLO, but I came in second once here, so it’s nice to win the trophy this time.”

The second-place finish O’Connor referred to was at the 2018 Showdown, when she finished runner-up in a $360 Pot-Limit Omaha for $5,090.

*denotes three-handed deal

$400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  15,000/30,000
Players Remaining:  3 of 124

After playing three-handed for a few minutes, the remaining three players agreed to a deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Sheila O’Connor  –  965,000  (32 bb)
Kevin M. Buck  –   492,000  (16 bb)
John Goyette  –  404,000  (13 bb)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Sheila O’Connor  –  $10,000
Kevin M. Buck  –   $7,000
John Goyette  –  $6,825

As the chip leader, Sheila O’Connor is the official winner of Event 11 of the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.

A recap of the event will be published later tonight.

$400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/25,000
Players Remaining:  3 of 124

Sheila O’Connor raised to 90,000 from UTG/cutoff, Stewart Yancik called all in for 85,000 from the small blind, and John Goyette called from the big blind.

The flop was , Goyette checked, O’Connor bet the pot of 265,000, and Goyette folded.

O’Connor: 
Yancik: 

Yancik had a low draw and flush draw while O’Connor had aces and eights.

The turn was the to give Yancik the lead with a flush, but the river was the to give O’Connor a winning full house.

Sheila O’Connor  –  1,020,000  (41 bb)
Stewart Yancik  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($2,805)

$400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/25,000
Players Remaining:  4 of 124

Sheila O’Connor limped from the button, Sam Sternfield potted from the big blind, and O’Connor called.

The flop was , Sternfield bet his remaining 130,000-ish, and O’Connor called with for trip threes with the second best low draw.

Sternfield tabled for a pair of queens with the same low draw.

The turn was the , vaulting Sternfield into the lead with queens full of threes, but the river was the to give O’Connor quad threes, eliminating Sternfield in fifth place.

Sheila O’Connor  –  820,000  (33 bb)
Sam Sternfield  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($2,075)

$400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  10,000/20,000
Players Remaining:  5 of 124

John Goyette opened to 70,000 from the hijack and Gabe Ramos called from the small blind.

They checked to the turn of an board where Goyette bet 100,000. Ramos thought for a while before he check-raised all in for about 130,000 total.

“I smashed it,” said Goyette, as he called and tabled for the nut flush.

“Nice hand,” said Ramos, who was drawing dead with .

The river was an irrelevant , giving both full houses, but Goyette had aces full to eliminate Ramos in sixth place.

John Goyette  –  770,000  (39 bb)
Gabe Ramos  – Eliminated in 6th Place  ($1,790)

$400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  10,000/20,000
Players Remaining:  6 of 124

Sam Sternfield potted to 60,000 from the small blind, Stewart Yancik reraised from the big blind, and Sternfield called all in for 90,000.

Sternfield: 
Yancik: 

The board ran out , giving Sternfield aces and nines to double up.

A few hands later, Sternfield potted to 70,000 from the hijack and John Goyette three-bet the pot from the button. Kevin M. Buck called all in for about 30,000 from the big blind and Sternfield called all in for 170,000.

Sternfield: 
Goyette: 
Buck: 

The board ran out , giving Buck nines and sevens to win the main pot of about 90,000, while Sternfield won the bigger side pot with aces.

Sam Sternfield  –  280,000  (14 bb)
Kevin M.Buck  –  100,000  (5 bb)
Stewart Yancik  –  183,000  (9 bb)
John Goyette  –  600,000  (30 bb)

$400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  10,000/20,000
Players Remaining:  6 of 124

John Goyette  –  698,000  (35 bb)
Sheila O’Connor  –  468,000  (23 bb)
Stewart Yancik  –  273,000  (14 bb)
Gabe Ramos  – 232,000  (12 bb)
Kevin M. Buck  –  100,000  (5 bb)
Sam Sternfield  –  90,000  (4.5 bb)

1st:  $11,885 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $7,475
3rd:  $4,465
4th:  $2,805
5th:  $2,075
6th:  $1,790

7th:  Phil Hui  –  $1,545
8th:  Alejandro Espaillat  –  $1,370
9th:  Jay Kerbel  –  $1,205

$400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  6,000/12,000
Players Remaining:  6 of 124

In a battle of the blinds, Phil Hui was all in from the small blind for roughly 50,000 against Gabe Ramos in the big blind.

Hui: 
Ramos: 

The board ran out , giving Ramos kings full of fives and no qualifying low on the board, ending Hui’s tournament in seventh place.

Gabe Ramos  –  200,000  (17 bb)
Phil Hui  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($1,545)

$400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/10,000
Players Remaining:  7 of 124

Alejandro Espaillat potted to 35,000 from middle position and Sheila O’Connor called from the big blind.

The flop was , O’Connor led for 50,000, Espaillat raised all in for 96,000, and O’Connor called.

Espaillat: 
O’Connor: 

O’Connor was ahead with a pair of aces against Espaillat’s pair of queens.

The turn gave Espaillat a flush draw, but the river was the , ending Espaillat’s tournament in eighth place.

Sheila O’Connor  –  410,000  (41 bb)
Alejandro Espaillat  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($1,370)

$400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/10,000
Players Remaining:  8 of 124

Following a flop of , Jay Kerbel was in from middle for roughly 130,000 against John Goyette in middle position.

Kerbel: 
Goyette: 

Goyette was ahead with aces, while Kerbel was drawing to the nut low.

The [turn][and][ river completed the board, giving Goyette trip threes to eliminate Kerbel in ninth place.

John Goyette  –  570,000  (57 bb)
Jay Kerbel  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($1,205)