$1,100 Big 4 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 563

Blair Hinkle limped on the button and Ivan Ruban checked his option in the big blind.

They checked to the turn of a board where Hinkle bet 225,000. Ruban check-raised to 675,000 and Hinkle called.

The river was the , Ruban shoved for effectively 1,700,000, and Hinkle thought for a bit before he called with for eights and fours.

Ruban tabled for a full house, fours full of eights, to win the pot and the $1,100 Big 4 No-Limit Hold’em event outright for $107,125.

Blair Hinkle, the original SHRPO champion, finished runner-up for $73,425.

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 105

Sean Winter raised, Nolan King reraised to 500,000, and Winter called.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , King bet 500,000, and Winter called.

The river card was the , and both players checked. King showed to win the pot with two pair, kings and fours, and take the lead heads-up.

Nolan King  –  5,650,000  (57 bb)
Sean Winter  –  4,850,000  (49 bb)

1st:  $713,190 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $505,700

$1,100 Big 4 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 563

After a chop and a double, George Dolofan raised all in for 225,000 from the button. Ivan Ruban called in the small blind and Blair Hinkle called in the big blind.

They checked to the river of a board where Hinkle isolated the pot with a bet and showed for sevens and deuces, besting Dolofan’s .

Dolofan finished in third place for $48,500.

Ivan Ruban  –  8,900,000  (89 bb)
Blair Hinkle  –  2,350,000  (24 bb)
George Dolofan  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($48,500)

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 105

Level 22 came to an end, and the players took a 15-minute break. When they return, the blinds will be 50,000-100,000 with a 100,000 ante.

Here are the official chip counts from the break, followed by the prizepool:

Sean Winter  –  6,050,000  (61 bb)
Nolan King  –  4,450,000  (45 bb)

1st:  $713,190 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $505,700

$2,200 Five-Card Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  15,000/25,000
Players Remaining:  4 of 115

Daniel Navarrete got all in preflop on a short stack from the big blind, and Andrei Mitsiuk had him covered from the small blind. The two players cards:

Mitsiuk:
Navarrete:

Board:

Navarrete was eliminated in fifth place, good for $12,190, and Mitsiuk stacked up 520,000 after collecting the pot thanks to the better straight.

Andrei Mitsiuk – 520,000 (32 bb)
Daniel Navarrete – Eliminated in Fifth Place ($12,190)

$1,100 Big 4 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 563

On the next hand after the set-over-set confrontation, Gary Gelman raised all in for about 1,600,000 from UTG/cutoff and Ivan Ruban called from the button. With a potential pay jump in play, George Dolofan folded his big blind with just 75,000 behind.

Gelman showed , but Ruban tabled for the second hand in a row.

The board ran out , safe for Ruban to eliminate Gelman in fourth place.

Ivan Ruban  –  7,850,000  (79 bb)
Gary Gelman  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($34,360)

$1,100 Big 4 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 563

George Dolofan raised to 300,000 from UTG/cutoff, Ivan Ruban three-bet to 975,000 from the small blind, and Dolofan called.

The flop came down , Ruban continued for 425,000, Dolofan raised all in with a covering stack, and Ruban called all in for 2,425,000 with for a set of aces. Dolofan showed for a set of sixes.

The turn locked it up for Ruban with quad aces, rendering the river moot.

Ivan Ruban  –  7,000,000  (70 bb)
George Dolofan  –  275,000  (3 bb)

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 105

Sean Winter raised to 200,000, and Nolan King called.

The flop came , King checked, Winter bet 100,000, and King called.

The turn card was the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , King bet 300,000, and Winter called with for two pair, kings and threes. King mucked, and Winter took the pot.

Sean Winter  –  7,500,000  (100 bb)
Nolan King  –  3,000,000  (40 bb)

1st:  $713,190 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $505,700

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 43
$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  111
Prize Pool:  $1,065,600
August 9, 2022

Registration closed for the One-Day $10K with 111 entries more than doubling the $500,000 guarantee. They put $1,065,600 in the prize pool and the last 14 players will walk away with some cash. A min-cash is worth $25,240 while the Event 43 champ will earn$311,915.

1st: $311,915 + SHRPO trophy
2nd: $201,100
3rd: $118,280
4th: $77,250
5th: $59,675
6th: $49,025
7th: $41,555
8th: $36,230
9th-10th: $32,000
11th-12th: $28,240
13th-14th: $25,045

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 105

Over the past 45 minutes since Arian Stolt was eliminated in third place, Nolan King slowly opened up a lead of more than 2-to-1 over Sean Winter.

Nolan King  –  7,100,000  (95 bb)
Sean Winter  –  3,400,000  (45 bb)

Both players put in 200,000 each to see a flop of . Winter checked, King bet 250,000, and Winter check-raised to 700,000.

King tanked for a while before he moved all in, and Winter quickly called all in for 3,125,000 with for two pair, kings and eights.

King turned over , for a single pair of kings, and Winter needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Winter won the pot with his two pair to double up in chips.

Sean Winter  –  6,725,000  (90 bb)
Nolan King  –  3,775,000  (50 bb)

1st:  $713,190 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $505,700