2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 6
$400 Eight-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  144
Prize Pool:  $48,240
July 28, 2022

Event 6 of the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $400 Eight-Handed Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry). A field of 144 entries generated a prize pool of $48,240, and Kahli Francis outlasted the rest to win the first-place prize of $13,220 and his first SHRP trophy.

This marked Francis’ second PLO final table at the Seminole Hard Rock, having previously finished seventh in a $400 PLO event at the 2022 Showdown series for $1,730.

$400 Eight-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19 :  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 144

Kahlil Francis potted to 36,000 on the button, Daniel Notice repotted to 108,000 from the big blind,  Francis repotted, and Notice called all in for about 135,000.

Francis: 
Notice: 

The board ran out , giving Francis trip sixes to win the pot and Event 6 outright for $13,220.

Notice finished runner-up for $8,390.

A recap of the event will be posted later tonight.

$400 Eight-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19 :  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 144

On a flop of , a series of raises led to Yulien Alvarez Gutierrez all in for about 430,000 in the small blind against Kahlil Francis in the big blind.

Gutierrez: 
Francis: 

Both players had flush draws, but Francis had nut diamonds along with aces.

The turn have Gutierrez a few outs to two pair, but the river was the to lock up the pot for Francis, ending Gutierrez’s run in third place.

Kahlil Francis  –  1,800,000  (150 bb)
Daniel Notice  –  360,000  (30 bb)
Yulien Alvarez Gutierrez  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($5,040)

$400 Eight-Handed Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18 :  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 144

Kahlil Francis limped from UTG/cutoff, Yulien Alvarez Gutierrez did the same from the small blind, and Eugene Mistretta raised all in for 41,000 from the big blind. Both Francis and Gutierrez called.

The flop came , Gutierrez bet the pot of 123,000, and Francis folded.

Gutierrez:  .
Mistretta: 

Gutierrez was ahead with kings and sevens, and held up through the turn and river to eliminate Mistretta in fourth place.

Yulien Alvarez Gutierrez  –  630,000  (63 bb)
Eugene Mistretta  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($3,040)

$400 Eight-Handed Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18 :  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 144

$400 Eight-Handed Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18 :  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 144

Eugene Mistretta limped from under the gun, Daniel Notice did the same from the cutoff, and Tony Tamayo potted to 55,000 from the button.

Yulien Alvarez Gutierrez repotted to 180,000 from the small blind, Julius Threadgill called all in for about 133,000 from the big blind, the limpers folded, and Tamayo called all in for about 75,000.

Gutierrez: 
Threadgill: 
Tamayo: 

The board ran out , no help to neither Threadgill nor Tamayo, locking up the double elimination for Gutierrez.

Yulien Alvarez Gutierrez  –  540,000  (54 bb)
Julius Threadgill  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($1,975)
Tony Tamayo  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($1,715)

$400 Eight-Handed Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17 :  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 144

Kahlil Francis raised to 21,000 from middle position, Jose Camacho called from the hijack, Joseph Bell called from the small blind, and Yulien Alvarez Gutierrez called from the big blind.

The flop was and action checked to Francis who continued for 53,000. Only Bell called.

The turn was the , Bell potted for 190,000, Francis repotted, and Bell called all in for 233,000 total.

Francis: 
Bell:

Francis was ahead with kings and eights (with a flush draw) against Bell’s pair of kings with a wheel draw.

The river was the , further improving Francis to a set of tens to eliminate Bell in eighth place.

Kahlil Francis  –  705,000  (88 bb)
Joseph Bell  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($1,525)

$400 Eight-Handed Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16 :  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 144

On a flop of with about 60,000 in the pot, Juan Montoya was all in for 44,500 from early position against Yulien Alvarez Gutierrez who was under the gun.

Montoya: 
Gutierrez: 

Gutierrez was ahead with a set of jacks and held up through the turn and river to eliminate Montoya in ninth place.

Yulien Alvarez Gutierrez  – 350,000  (48 bb)
Juan Montoya  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($1,350)

$400 Eight-Handed Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16 :  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 144

Seat 1:  Julius Threadgill  –  130,000  (22 bb)
Seat 2:  Eugene Mistretta  –  240,000  (40 bb)
Seat 3:  Kahlil Francis  –  95,000  (16 bb)
Seat 4:  Jose Camacho  –  385,000  (64 bb)
Seat 5:  Daniel Notice  –  295,000  (49 bb)
Seat 6:  Tony Tamayo  –  95,000  (16 bb)
Seat 7:  Joseph Bell  –  500,000  (83 bb)
Seat 8:  Yulien Alvarez Gutierrez  –  280,000  (47 bb)
Seat 9:  Juan Montoya  –  90,000  (15 bb)

1st: $13,220 + SHRPO trophy
2nd: $8,390
3rd: $5,040
4th: $3,040
5th: $2,365
6th: $1,975
7th: $1,715
8th: $1,525
9th: $1,350

Recent Eliminations
10th:  Juan Riccardi  – $1,350
11th:  Gil Aboodi  – $1,185
12th:  Eitan Elbaz  – $1,185
13th:  Diana Bernal  –  $1,025
14th:  Samuel Doss  –  $1,025
15th:  Alberto Fonseca Pinilla  – $1,025
16th:  Matt Bretzfield  – $1,025

$400 Eight-Handed Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level13 :  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 144

Table 5
Seat 1:  Juan Riccardi  –  120,000  (40 bb)
Seat 2:  Kahlil Francis  –  110,000  (37 bb)
Seat 3:  Eitan Elbaz  –  35,000  (12 bb)
Seat 4:  Joseph Bell  –  360,000  (120 bb)
Seat 5:  Tony Tamayo  –  112,000  (37 bb)
Seat 6:  Matt Bretzfield  –  60,000  (20 bb)
Seat 7:  Alberto Fonseca Pinilla  –  20,000  (7 bb)
Seat 8:  Eugene Mistretta  –  120,000  (40 bb)

Table 6
Seat 1:  Julius Threadgill  –  200,000  (67 bb)
Seat 2:  Gil Aboodi  –  45,000  (15 bb)
Seat 3:  Diana Bernal  –  68,000  (23 bb)
Seat 4:  Yulien Alvarez Gutierrez  –  130,000  (43 bb)
Seat 5:  Samuel Doss –  28,000  (9 bb)
Seat 6:  Jose Azcuy Camacho  –  380,000  (127 bb)
Seat 7:  Juan Montoya  –  154,000  (51 bb)
Seat 8:  Daniel Notice  –  230,000  (77 bb)

1st: $13,220 + SHRPO trophy
2nd: $8,390
3rd: $5,040
4th: $3,040
5th: $2,365
6th: $1,975
7th: $1,715
8th: $1,525
9th-10th: $1,350
11th-12th: $1,185
13th-16th: $1,025

In-The-Money Finishers
17th:  Charles Mayes  –  $900
18th:  Joseph Lupo  –  $900