$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 20: 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante Players Remaining: 8 of 111
Ash Chehata raised all in for 145,000 from the button and Filipp Khavin called all in for 120,000 in the small blind.
Chehata: Khavin:
The board came down , safe for Khavin to double up.
A few hands later, Ed Sebesta opened to 30,000 from early position, Chehata called all in for 25,000 from the hijack, Brandon Lulov called in the small blind, and Sean Ragozzini called in the big blind.
The flop was and action checked to Sebesta who bet 50,000. Only Lulov called.
Both Lulov and Sebesta proceeded to check the turn and river.
Sebesta showed for a pair of sevens, Lulov tabled for a pair of nines, and Chehata couldn’t beat it with to bust in ninth place.
Brandon Lulov – 510,000 (34 bb) Ed Sebesta – 330,000 (22 bb) Ash Chehata – Eliminated in 9th Place ($32,000)
$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry) $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 32: 150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante Players Remaining: 1 of 1,110
SHRPO Champion Sergio Aido
Jim Collopy raised from the button to 750,000, and Sergio Aido called.
The flop came , Aido checked, Collopy bet 600,000, and Aido check-raised to 1,850,000. Collopy called.
The turn card was the , Aido bet 1,800,000, and Collopy called.
The river card was the , Aido checked, and Collopy tanked for a while before he moved all in for 12,300,000.
Aido quickly called, and Collopy showed for a pair of fives. But Aido turned over to win the pot — and the Guitar Tower trophy — with a queen-high club flush.
Jim Collopy finished as the runner-up, earning $614,775.
Sergio Aido won the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship, earning $900,100 and the amazing trophy in the shape of the iconic Guitar Tower here at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood.
$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 9 of 111
2022 SHRPO Event 43 Final Table
Seat 1: Ren Lin – 180,000 (18 bb) Seat 2: Elio Fox – 255,000 (26 bb) Seat 3: Ash Chehata – 160,000 (16 bb) Seat 4: Filipp Khavin – 195,000 (20 bb) Seat 5: Stephen Song – 275,000 (28 bb) Seat 6: Brandon Lulov – 385,000 (39 bb) Seat 7: Sean Ragozzini – 195,000 (20 bb) Seat 8: Darren Elias – 160,000 (16 bb) Seat 9: Ed Sebesta – 435,000 (44 bb)
$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante Players Remaining: 10 of 111
Taylor Wilson raised to about 100,000 (leaving about 20,000 behind) from under the gun, Stephen Song reraised all in from the big blind, and Wilson called all in for the additional 20,000.
Wilson: Song:
The board ran out , no help to Wilson after flopping and turning outs, ending his tournament in 10th place.
Stephen Song – 275,000 (34 bb) Taylor Wilson – Eliminated in 10th Place ($32,000)
$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante Players Remaining: 10 of 111
Taylor von Kriegenbergh raised all in for about 55,000 from under the gun and Ash Chehata gave him action from the small blind with , leading von Kriegenbergh’s .
The board ran out , not enough help to Van Kriegenbergh, ending his tournament in 12th place.
Ash Chehata – 290,000 (36 bb) Taylor von Kriegenbergh – Eliminated in 12th Place ($28,240)
$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 12 of 111
Mitchell Halverson raised all in for about 17,000 from the small blind and Taylor Wilson called in the big blind.
Halverson: Wilson:
The board ran out , giving Wilson a pair of sixes to eliminate Halverson in 14th place.
Taylor Wilson – 100,000 (13 bb) Mitchell Halverson – Eliminated in 14th Place ($25,045)
Recent Eliminations 13th: Christopher Mills – $25,045
$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 14 of 111
Darren Elias
All the cards were out on the table, and David Peters was eliminated on the money bubble when his from the big blind fell against the held by Darren Elias on the small blind.
The final board read , and Peters was eliminated on the money bubble in 15th place. Elias held 265,000 after collecting the pot. Every player remaining will now take home at least $25,045 in prize money.
Darren Elias – 265,000 ( 44 bb) David Peters – Eliminated on the Money Bubble
2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida $25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry) $2,000,000 Guaranteed Entries: 105 Prize Pool: $2,593,500 August 8-9, 2022
Big 4 High Roller Champion Nolan King
“This was my first high roller.”
That was said by Nolan King shortly after winning the $25,500 Big 4 High Roller against a tough field of 105 entries to win the first prize of $713,190, defeating seasoned high roller Sean Winter heads-up for the trophy.
King was about to go to sleep a couple nights ago when he received a text message that would drastically alter his next couple of days.
“One of my buddies, James Carroll, texted me and said, ‘Hey, come play this satellite with me.'” said King. “I was in bed, getting ready to go to sleep, but I said ‘Alright, I’ll come play.’ So I came and played, and I won that. I never would have played this otherwise.”
On Day 1, the field of 105 entries played down to the nine-handed final table, and they played down to a winner today as part of the SHRPO Big 4. And everything seemed to go King’s way today.
“I got very lucky in a lot of spots,” said King.
King was actually all in preflop with eight players remaining, dominated and facing elimination.
“I had ace-three, and Sean had ace-king,” said King. “We got it all in preflop. He flopped a flush draw and turned a king, but I hit a miracle straight on the river.” (Click here for more details about that hand.)
A similar situation happened to get King heads-up against Winter.
“When it was three-handed,” said King, “I had pocket fives all in against kings, and I immediately hit a five on the flop.”
It also gave King a slight chip lead against Winter to start heads-up play, though they were very deep relative to the blinds, and heads-up play lasted more than two hours.
Winter took the lead at one point with a double-up, but King grinded his way back on top. And in King’s own words, he got lucky once again.
“That last hand, I had six-seven of spades,” said King. “Sean flopped top two, and I got lucky with a spade on the turn. So everything went my way today.”
After a flop of , King check-raised, and then Winter three-bet all in with for top two pair. King called with for a pair with a flush draw, and caught the on the turn. (Click here for more details about the final hand.)
“I had a blast,” said King. “Everything was great.”
While King isn’t a regular in high roller events, he loves coming to the Seminole Hard Rock.
“It’s beautiful here,” said King. “Everything about the Seminole Hard Rock is great. From the service to everything in here. There are two different pools to choose from, and great food. I love it here.”
, safe for Khavin to double up.
and action checked to Sebesta who bet 50,000. Only Lulov called.
turn and 
river.
for a pair of sevens, Lulov tabled 
for a pair of nines, and Chehata couldn’t beat it with 
to bust in ninth place.
, Aido checked, Collopy bet 600,000, and Aido check-raised to 1,850,000. Collopy called.
for a pair of fives. But Aido turned over 
to win the pot — and the Guitar Tower trophy — with a queen-high club flush.
for two pair, queens and jacks.
, no help to Wilson after flopping and turning outs, ending his tournament in 10th place.
, not enough help to Van Kriegenbergh, ending his tournament in 12th place.
, King check-raised, and then Winter three-bet all in with 
