2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 15
$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  500
Prize Pool:  $260,000
July 31st – August 2, 2022

Event 15 of the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a mutli-flight $600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry). The tournament drew 500 entries, generating a prize pool of $260,000, more than doubling the guarantee.

A three-handed deal took place at the final table, and as the chip leader it was Duff Charette who was the official winner, earning $48,075 for his result.

It’s Charette’s second SHRP trophy, having previously won the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em closing event at the 2021 Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open. The win also puts Charette above the $1.25 million mark in career live tournament winnings according to the Hendon Mob poker database.

*denotes three-handed deal

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 500

After playing three-handed for a little while, the remaining three players agreed to a deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Duff Charette  –  6,820,000  (114 bb)
Malachi West  –  1,725,000  (29 bb)
Dan Van Dyke  –  1,455,000  (24 bb)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Duff Charette  –  $48,075
Malachi West  –  $30,000
Dan Van Dyke  – $30,000

As the chip leader, Duff Charette is the official winner of Event 15 of the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, winning his second SHRP trophy.

A recap of the event will be published later tonight.

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 500

Dan Van Dyke raised the pot to 150,000 from the small blind, Steven Steinmetz repotted to 450,000 from the big blind, Van Dyke reraised all in for 1,165,000, and Steinmetz called.

Van Dyke: 
Steinmetz: 

The board ran out , giving Van Dyke a wheel to double up.

Down to about 10 big blinds, Steinmetz was eliminated shortly thereafter.

Dan Van Dyke  –  2,330,000  (47 bb)
Steven Steinmetz  –  580,000  (12 bb)

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 500

Carlos Guerrero potted to 125,000 from UTG/hijack, Duff Charette repotted to 600,000 from the cutoff, and Guerrero called all in for about 590,000.

Guerrero: 
Charette: 

The board came , giving Charette jacks full of nines to eliminate Guerrero in fifth place.

Duff Charette  –  5,600,000  (112 bb)
Carlos Guerrero  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($12,200)

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 500

Duff Charette raised to 125,000 on the button, Matty Bretzfield three-bet the pot from the small blind, Charette four-bet, and Bretzfield called all in for roughly 1,100,000.

Charette: 
Bretzfield:

The flop came , keeping Charette ahead with aces but giving Bretzfield a pair of kings with a lot of outs.

The turn was the , giving Bretzfield the lead with kings and nines.

The river was the , giving Charette a set of aces to eliminate Bretzfield in sixth place.

Duff Charette  –  5,140,000  (129 bb)
Matty Bretzfield  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($10,170)

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 500

Steven Steinmetz raised to 125,000 from the cutoff, Stephen Johnson potted to 435,000 from the button, Steinmetz reraised, and Johnson called all in for about 700,000.

Steinmetz: 
Johnson: 

The board came down , locking up for Steinmetz on the turn with a flush to eliminate Johnson in seventh place.

Steven Steinmetz  –  1,950,000  (49 bb)
Stephen Johnson  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($8,465)

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 500

Matty Bretzfield raised to 140,000 from under the gun, Steven Steinmetz called in the hijack, and Malachi West called on the button.

The flop was and action checked to West who committed his remaining 360,000-ish. Bretzfield folded and Steinmetz called with , trailing West’s for a set of sevens.

The turn was the , locking it up for West with seven-high straight.

Malachi West  –  1,220,000  (31 bb)
Steven Steinmetz  –  1,070,000  (27 bb)

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 500

Seat 1:  Malachi West  – 830,000  (21 bb)
Seat 2:  Carlos Guerrero  –  710,000  (18 bb)
Seat 3:  Duff Charette  –  3,355,000  (84 bb)
Seat 4:  Matty Bretzfield  –  1,645,000  (41 bb)
Seat 5:  Dan Van Dyke  –  575,000  (14 bb)
Seat 6:  Steven Steinmetz  –  1,890,000  (47 bb)
Seat 7:  Stephen Johnson  –  990,000  (25 bb)

1st:  $50,715 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $34,500
3rd:  $22,860
4th:  $15,900
5th:  $12,200
6th:  $10,170
7th:  $8,465

8th:  James Calderaro  –  $6,760
9th:  Ryan Roussel  –  $5,070

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 500

Steven Steinmetz raised from under the gun and Dan Van Dyke called from the big blind.

The flop was , Van Dyke bet the pot, Steinmetz raised, and Van Dyke called all in for 255,000.

Steinmetz: 
Van Dyke: 

Steinmetz had a pair of kings, facing Van Dyke’s pair of jacks and flush draw.

The turn and river completed the board, giving Van Dyke jacks and sixes to win the pot and double up.

Dan Van Dyke  –  700,000  (23 bb)
Steven Steinmetz  –  1,250,000  (42 bb)

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 500

Ryan Roussel raised all in for 80,000 from the hijack, James Calderaro reraised all in for about 250,000 from the button, and chip leader Steven Steinmetz called from the big blind to put both at risk.

Steinmetz: 
Calderaro: 
Roussel: 

The board came , giving Steinmetz the nut flush to eliminate Caderaro in eighth place and Roussel in ninth place.

Steven Steinmetz  –  2,200,000  (88 bb)
James Calderaro  – Eliminated in 8th Place  ($6,760)
Ryan Roussel  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($5,070)

With seven players remaining from a field of 500 entries, the average stack is about 1,430,000 (57 bb). Everyone is guaranteed at least $8,465.