2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 14
$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  429
Prize Pool:  $223,080
July 30-August 1, 2023

Event 14 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a multi-flight $600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry). Over three starting flights, a field of 429 entries generated a prize pool of $223,080, more than doubling the $100,000 guarantee.

Emerging victorious was Peter Ng, winning outright for $44,270.

This marks Ng’s largest recorded live score, per the Hendon Mob poker database, and puts him past the $200,000 mark in career live tournament winnings.

$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:  1 of 429

On a flop of , Wilson Igwe ended up all in for about 960,000 from the button against Peter Ng in the big blind.

Igwe: 
Ng: 

Ng had a set of fours along with an open-ended straight draw, while Igwe had a flush draw and straight draws.

The turn and river completed the board, which further improved Ng to fours full of aces to win Event 14 outright for $44,270.

Wilson Igwe finished runner-up for $31,000.

A recap of the event will be posted 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:  2 of 429

Peter Ng raised to 130,000 from the button, Ari Engel three-bet to 440,000 from the small blind, Ng four-bet to 1,370,000, and Engel thought for a few minutes before he called all in for 1,320,000.

Ng: 
Engel: 

The board ran out , not enough help to Engel, ending his tournament in third place.

Peter Ng  –  6,930,000  (139 bb)
Wilson Igwe  –  1,650,000  (33 bb)
Ari Engel  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($20,200)

1st:  $44,270 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $31,000

$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:  3 of 429

Anatolii Zyrin limped in from the small blind, Wilson Igwe raised to 120,000 from the big blind, Zyrin reraised to 360,000, Igwe reraised all in for 965,000, and Zyrin thought for a while before he called.

Zyrin: 
Igwe: 

The board ran out , giving Igwe a set of aces to double up.

Down to about 300,000, Zyrin busted shortly thereafter.

Wilson Igwe  –  1,970,000  (49 bb)
Anatolii Zyrin  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($13,600)

With three players remaining from a field of 429 entries, the average chip stack is around 2,860,000 (72 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed $20,200.

$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:  4 of 429

Peter Ng raised to 90,000 from the small blind, Ari Engel three-bet to 270,000 in the big blind, Ng four-bet to 810,000, and Engel thought for a bit before he five-bet all in for 870,000. Ng called.

Ng: 
Engel: 

The board ran out , giving Engel an ace-high straight to double up.

Ari Engel  –  1,770,000  (59 bb)
Peter Ng  – 4,100,000  (137 bb)

With four players remaining from a field of 429 entries, the average chip stack is around 2,145,000 (72 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed $13,600.

$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:  4 of 429

$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:  5 of 429

Following a flop of , Sal Pipitone was all in for about 100,000 from the button with for sevens and fives. Peter Ng was ahead in the big blind with for a nine-high straight.

The turn and river completed the board, no help to Pipitone, ending his tournament in sixth place (after beginning the day 54th in chips of the 56 Day 2 players).

Peter Ng  –  4,250,000  (142 bb)
Sal Pipitone  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($8,795)

With five players remaining from a field of 429 entries, the average chip stack is around 1,715,000 (57 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed $10,515.

$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:  6 of 429

Seat 2:  Anatolii Zyrin  –  1,950,000  (65 bb)
Seat 4:  Sal Pipitone  –  305,000  (10 bb)
Seat 5:  Wilson Igwe  –  745,000   (25 bb)
Seat 7:  Peter Ng  –  3,920,000  (131 bb)
Seat 8:  Darryl Wettlaufer  –  575,000  (19 bb)
Seat 9:  Ari Engel  –  965,000  (32 bb)

1st:  $44,270 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $31,000
3rd:  $20,200
4th:  $13,600
5th:  $10,515
6th:  $8,795

With six players remaining from a field of 429 entries, the average chip stack is around 1,430,000 (48 big blinds).

$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:  6 of 429

$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 429

Thomas Yang raised from middle position to 90,000, Ari Engel called from the cutoff, and Doug Marro called from the big blind.

The flop came , Marro moved all in for 185,000, Yang called all in for 75,000, and Engel called, covering both players.

Engel:    (pair of sixes, spade flush draw)
Marro:    (two pair, sixes and fours)
Yang:    (pair of sevens, gutshot straight draw)

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Engel won the entire pot with the highest two pair, queens and sixes, to eliminate both of his opponents from the tournament.

Ari Engel  –  1,280,000  (51 bb)
Doug Marro  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($5,900)
Thomas Yang  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($4,485)

With seven players remaining from a field of 429 entries, the average chip stack is around 1,225,000 (49 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,320 each.