The 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open featured 45 primary events over 14 days that drew massive fields and set some records. Here are the raw numbers:
Primary Event: 45
Entries: 20,045
Guarantees: $9,000,000
Prize Pools: $19,879,286
We kicked the series off by breaking records and packing the Grand Ballroom with players the first weekend. Event 1 was a $400 Deep Stack tournament with a $1,000,000 guarantee that brought out an incredible field of 7,703 entries for a prize pool of over $2.5 million. Both numbers were good enough for the biggest tournament field in state history and the top prize pool for a non-Championship/non-High Roller field.
Top fields:
2022 SHRPO Event 1 – 7,703 entries
2021 RRPO Event 1 – 6,196 entries
2016 RRPO Event 1 – 5,018 entries
2022 LHPO Event 1 – 4,960 entries
2017 LHPO Event 1 – 4,756 entries
On a historical note, the series pushed us over another big milestone. Running 43 major series since the 2011 Poker Showdown, we have now awarded more than $400 million in prize money.
Series: 43
Entries: 424,857
Guarantees: $215,213,500
Prize Pools: $400,704,356
The SHRPO Championship headlined the series with a $5,300 buy-in and a $3,00,000 guarantee. It drew 1,110 entries and created a prize pool worth more than $5,000,000. It created a tough final table that was live streamed by Poker Night in America and Spanish pro Sergio Aido defeated Jim Collopy heads-up for the title and $900,100.
The Big 4 also included the $25K High Roller plus the $2,700 and $1,100 Deep Stacks. David Peters, Josh Adcock, and Ivan Ruban all picked up wins on the final day of the series.
We had another first in this series; five female champions over the two-week run, four coming in consecutive tournaments and four during open events. That’s 11% of the primary schedule and a great run.
Sheila O’Connor – $400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8
Mica Lamar – $300 Ladies Event
Donna Stutts – $400 Deep Stack NLH
Jennifer Borsini – $600 Turbo NLH
Esther Taylor – $2,200 Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha
It was a great series from the first weekend with a record crowd through the final day when ten trophies were awarded. Thank you to everyone who came out to support the series; we appreciate you and hope to see you again soon.
Below you can find links to results and updates for each of the trophy events during the series.
2022 SHRPO Schedule and Results
Championship: Sergio Aido – $900,100
Event 1 ($400 Multi-Flight): Andrew Pecina – $225,906
Event 2 ($400 Seniors): Robert Garcia – $15,364
Event 3 ($400 Big O): Hal Rotholz – $11,860
Event 4 ($200 Bounty): Eric Halpern – $5,495
Event 5 ($600 O8): Aaron Kupin – $17,015
Event 6 ($400 PLO8): Kaklil Francis – $13,200
Event 7 ($150 Big Stack): Darrell Carill – $7,196
Event 8 ($400 OE): Chris Labrie – $5,328
Event 9 ($600 Bounty): Steve Olivier – $12,478
Event 10 ($600 Bounty PLO): Vincent Fiorenza – $17,240
Event 11 ($400 PLO8): Sheila O’Connor – $10,000
Event 12 ($300 Ladies): Mica Lamar – $5,000
Event 13 ($400 NLH): Donna Stutts – $19,197
Event 14 ($1,100 6-Max): Vincent Chauve – $58,030
Event 15 ($600 PLO): Duff Charette – $48,075
Event 16 ($600 Turbo): Jennifer Borsini – $12,500
Event 17 ($1,100 Seniors): Neil Blumenfield – $31,670
Event 18 ($200 Big Stack): Carlos Pino – $54,720
Event 19 ($600 H.O.R.S.E.): Phil Hui – $14,460
Event 20 ($400 Turbo): Rob Brown – $9,320
Event 21 ($600 6-Max): Nick Yunis – $31,415
Event 22 ($1,100 PLO8): Colby Covington – $25,875
Event 23 ($1,100 NLH): Michael Tweedlie – $66,500
Event 24 ($25K PLO High Roller): Melad Marji – $443,118
Event 25 ($600 Bounty PLO): Brandon Duvdivani – $13,660
Event 26 ($200 Bounty): Jarett Minkoff – $8,460
Event 27 ($1,100 Turbo): James Rodriguez – $29,185
Event 28 ($1,100 H.O.R.S.E.): Filippos Stavrakis – $24,045
Event 29 ($2,200 NLH): Ian O’Hara – $107,155
Event 30 ($50K Super High Roller): David Peters – $407,545
Event 31 ($600 Bounty): Rostyslav Huriak – $15,885
Event 33 ($400 Bounty): Michael Sautner – $13,150
Event 34 ($150 Big Stack): Christopher Sweeney – $5,320
Event 35 ($2,700 Big 4): Josh Adcock – $151,469
Event 36 ($1,100 Mixed PLO): Matt Bretzfield – $20,165
Event 37 ($200 Big Stack): Shannon McCloud – $21,580
Event 38 ($600 Turbo): Filippos Stavrakis – $12,060
Event 39 ($1,100 Big 4): Ivan Ruban – $107,125
Event 40 ($25K Big 4 High Roller): Nolan King – $713,190
Event 41 ($2,200 PLO): Esther Taylor – $59,825
Event 42 ($400 Bounty): David Baize – $6,599
Event 43 ($10K One-Day): Ed Sebesta – $311,915
Event 44 ($1,100 PLO): Jeremy Ausmus – $36,675
Event 45 ($200 Bounty): Aleksandr Tishchenko – $5,610
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, giving Ausmus eights full of jacks to win Event 44 outright for $36,675.