2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 12
$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  66
Prize Pool:  $17,160
July 30, 2022

When Mica Lamar showed up to the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open on Saturday afternoon, there were two events she wanted to play — the $300 Ladies Event, and the $400 Deep Stack.

Lamar figured she could start with the Ladies Event, and if she didn’t make the final table, she could just slide into the final starting flight of the $400 Deep Stack. She cut it close, arriving just before registration closed for the Ladies Event around 5:15 pm.

“I was the very last person to register for the Ladies Event,” said Lamar. “So I got here just in time. Last in, last out.”

It turns out that Lamar not only made the final table, but she won the Ladies Event in a heads-up deal with runner-up Sahar Khajavi. Lamar won $5,000, plus an entry into the $1,100 Deep Stack that starts Monday, August 8th as part of the Big 4.

“I’ve been coming in second a lot,” said Lamar, “so this first trophy is a pretty good feeling.” This may be Lamar’s first trophy, but she’s no novice, with more than $100,000 in tournament earnings in just the past 16 months.

“It was a great group of ladies today,” said Lamar. “I really enjoyed playing with them. It was a fun table. But ladies are tough. I’d rather play with the guys. With the ladies, you just really don’t know. They’re very unpredictable.”

Lamar finished with some praise for Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood.

“This place is the best,” said Lamar. “I would even say it beats Vegas. They always get the greatest turnouts here. As you see, they broke another record today. Seminole Hard Rock — they literally rock.”

Final Results:

* Indicates results of a heads-up deal.

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 66

As the final two players got closer to even stacks, they agreed to a deal to end the tournament and split the remaining prizepool. These were their official chip counts:

Mica Lamar  –  720,000  (36 bb)
Sahar Khajavi  –  600,000  (30 bb)

As chipleader, Lamar was awarded the title, the trophy, and the $1,100 Big 4 seat into Event #29. These were the payouts they agreed to:

1st:  Mica Lamar  –  $5,000 + $1,100 Big 4 seat + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  Sahar Khajavi  –  $4,435

Congratulations to Mica Lamar! Stay tuned for a recap from this event to be posted later tonight.

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 66

In the first hand of heads-up play, Sahar Khajavi got it all in from the button for 265,000 with , and she needed her hand to hold to stay alive against Mica Lamar’s .

The board came , and the pocket sevens held up for Khajavi to win the pot and double up in chips.

Sahar Khajavi  –  545,000  (36 bb)
Mica Lamar  –  775,000  (52 bb)

1st:  $6,005 + $1,100 Big 4 seat + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $3,430

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 66

Vanessa Kade moved all in from the button for 55,000, Mica Lamar called from the small blind, and Sahar Khajavi called from the big blind.

Lamar and Khajavi checked all the way down on a board of , and then all three players turned over their cards.

Mica Lamar:    (pair of sixes)
Sahar Khajavi:    (pair of deuces)
Vanessa Kade:    (ace high)

Lamar won the pot with her pocket sixes to eliminate Kade in third place.

Vanessa Kade  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($2,100)

These were the official chip counts for the start of heads-up play:

Mica Lamar  –  1,055,000  (70 bb)
Sahar Khajavi  –  265,000  (18 bb)

And these are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $6,005 + $1,100 Big 4 seat + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $3,430

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 66

Ana Huete moved all in from UTG/cutoff for 60,000, and Mica Lamar called from the big blind with .

Huete turned over , and needed her hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came — Huete paired her four on the flop, but Lamar paired her jack on the turn to win the pot and eliminate Huete in fourth place.

Mica Lamar  –  770,000  (51 bb)
Ana Huete  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($1,500)

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is about 440,000 (29 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,100 each.

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 66

Sahar Khajavi raised from UTG/cutoff to 35,000, Vanessa Kade called all in from the button for 20,000, and Mica Lamar also called. There was 90K in the main pot, and another 30K in the side pot.

Lamar and Khajavi checked all the way down on a board of , and all three players turned over their cards.

Sahar Khajavi:    (ace high)
Mica Lamar:    (king high)
Vanessa Kade:    (full house, tens full of threes)

Kade won the pot with her full house to more than quadruple her chip stack to 90,000. These were the approximate chip counts after the hand:

Seat 1.  Vanessa Kade  –  90,000  (6 bb)
Seat 2.  Mica Lamar  –  360,000  (24 bb)
Seat 3.  Ana Huete  –  460,000  (31 bb)
Seat 4.  Sahar Khajavi  –  400,000  (27 bb)

A couple minutes later, Mica Lamar moved all in from the button for 360,000, and Ana Huete called from the small blind with . Lamar turned over , and Lamar needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Lamar paired her ace on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Mica Lamar  –  750,000  (50 bb)
Ana Huete  –  100,000  (7 bb)

Two hands later, Vanessa Kade got it all in from the small blind for 60,000 with , and she needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Mica Lamar in the big blind.

The board came . The double-paired board counterfeited Kade’s pocket nines, but she still won the pot with nine high to double up in chips.

Vanessa Kade  –  135,000  (9 bb)
Mica Lamar  –  675,000  (45 bb)

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 330,000 (22 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,155 each.

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 66

With the board showing on the turn and nearly 100K already in the pot, Ana Huete bet 35,000 from the small blind, and Sahar Khajavi called from the big blind.

The river card was the , Huete checked, Khajavi bet 80,000, and Huete tanked for a while before she check-raised all in for roughly 165,000. Khajavi thought for a bit before she folded, and Huete took the pot.

Ana Huete  –  410,000  (27 bb)
Sahar Khajavi  –  300,000  (20 bb)

After the blinds increased to 10,000-15,000, Mica Lamar got it all in from the big blind for 190,000 with , and she needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Vanessa Kade in the small blind, who barely had her covered with 210,000.

The board came , and Lamar flopped two pair to win the pot and double up in chips, knocking Kade all the way down to 20,000.

Mica Lamar  –  395,000  (26 bb)
Vanessa Kade  –  20,000  (1 bb)

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 330,000 (22 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,155 each.

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 66

Ana Huete got it all in from the cutoff for 125,000 with , and she needed to improve to stay alive against the of Vanessa Kade in the small blind.

The board came , and Huete flopped two pair, kings and jacks, to win the pot and double up in chips.

Ana Huete  –  270,000  (27 bb)
Vanessa Kade  –  175,000  (18 bb)

Two hands later, Bridgette Adkins got it all in from the button for about 125,000 with , but once again, Vanessa Kade (cutoff) had the exact same pocket queens — .

Adkins needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and this time the pocket queens held up for Kade to win the pot and eliminate Adkins in fifth place.

Vanessa Kade  –  350,000  (35 bb)
Bridgette Adkins  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($1,155)

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 330,000 (33 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,500 each.

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 66

With the board showing on the turn, Mica Lamar got it all in under the gun against Bridgette Adkins in the big blind.

Adkins showed for a pair of tens with a diamond flush draw, and Lamar turned over for a set of aces. Lamar needed to avoid a diamond on the river (except for the four of diamonds) to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Lamar won the pot with her set of aces to double up in chips.

Mica Lamar  –  200,000  (20 bb)
Bridgette Adkins  –  170,000  (17 bb)

A few minutes later, Alejandra Reidel moved all in from the hijack for 55,000, and Mica Lamar called from the big blind with .

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

The board came , and Lamar flopped a set of sixes and rivered a full house to win the pot and eliminate Reidel in sixth place.

Mica Lamar  –  200,000  (20 bb)
Alejandra Reidel  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($900)

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is about 264,000 (26 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,155 each.

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 66

Sahar Khajavi raised under the gun to 22,000, Mica Lamar moved all in from the button for 78,000, and Khajavi thought for a while before she called with .

Lamar turned over , and needed her hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came — Khajavi turned an open-ended straight draw, but missed her outs ont he river. Lamar won the pot with two pair, jacks and eights, to double up in chips.

Mica Lamar  –  176,000  (22 bb)
Sahar Khajavi  –  398,000  (50 bb)

A short while later, Level 18 came to an end, and the players took a 10-minute break. These were the official chip counts from the table, as the blinds increased to 5,000-10,000:

Seat 1.  Vanessa Kade  –  270,000  (27 bb)
Seat 2.  Bridgette Adkins  –  245,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3.  Mica Lamar  –  135,000  (14 bb)
Seat 4.  Ana Huete  –  150,000  (15 bb)
Seat 5.  Alejandra Reidel  –  130,000  (13 bb)
Seat 6.  Sahar Khajavi  –  390,000  (39 bb)

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is about 220,000 (22 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $900 each.