2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 23
$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  84
Prize Pool:  $798,000
August 1, 2023

Event 23 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 84 entries generated a prize pool of $798,000, and emerging victorious was Justin Liberto, winning outright for $257,000.

Liberto began the final table as the chip leader and maintained it for the majority of the way. The final hand between Liberto and second-place finisher Dan Heimiller was a set-over-set cooler, where Liberto was on the winning side to clinch the victory.

Liberto’s six-figure score was his second at the Seminole Hard Rock, having final tabled the 2022 SHRPO Championship last August with a fourth-place finish for $305,955. With his result tonight, Liberto eclipsed the $5.7 million mark in career live tournament winnings per the Hendon Mob poker database.

$10,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 84

Justin Liberto raised to 120,000 from the button, Dan Heimiller three-bet to 385,000 from the big blind, Liberto four-bet to 850,000, and Heimiller called.

The flop was , and both players checked.

The turn was the , Heimiller bet 875,000, Liberto raised all in with a covering stack, and Heimiller called all in for about 2,400,000 with for a set of tens.

Liberto, however, was ahead with for a set of jacks.

The river was the , safe for Liberto to win Event 23 outright for $257,000. Heimiller finished runner-up for $155,600.

A recap of the event will be posted later tonight.

$10,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 84

On the turn of a board, a series of raises culminated with Justin Liberto all in for 2,340,000 from the big blind with for top two pair against Asher Neaman in the small blind with for a king-high straight.

The river was the , giving Liberto queens full of kings to double up.

Down to about 600,000, Neaman busted shortly thereafter in third place.

Justin Liberto  –  5,700,000  (114 bb)
Dan Heimiller  –  2,700,000  (54 bb)
Asher Neaman  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($96,800)

1st: $257,000 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd: $155,600

$10,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 84

Asher Neamman raised to 125,000 from the button, Dan Heimiller three-bet all in for 920,000 from the big blind, and Neaman called.

Neaman: 
Heimiller: 

The board ran out , giving Heimiller a pair of tens to double through Neaman.

Dan Heimiller  –  1,915,000  (38 bb)
Asher Neaman  –  2,400,000  (48 bb)

$10,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 84

Alex Foxen raised to 500,000 from under the gun (with 185,000 behind), Asher Neaman reraised from the button, and Foxen called all in with , racing with Neaman’s .

The runout was no help to Foxen, ending his tournament in fourth place.

Asher Neaman  –  3,310,000  (66 bb)
Alex Foxen  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($65,500)

With three players remaining from a field of 84 entries, the average chip stack is around 2,800,000 (56 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed $96,800.

$10,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 84

Seat 2:  Asher Neaman  –  2,500,000  (50 bb)
Seat 3:  Justin Liberto  –  3,500,000  (70 bb)
Seat 7:  Dan Heimiller  –  1,715,000  (34 bb)
Seat 8:  Alex Foxen  –  685,000  (14 bb)

1st:  $257,000 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $155,600
3rd:  $96,800
4th:  $65,500

$10,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 84

Justin Liberto limped in from the small blind, Chad Eveslage raised all in for about 600,000 from the big blind, and Liberto called.

Liberto: 
Eveslage: 

The board came , no help to Eveslage, ending his tournament in fifth place.

Justin Liberto  –  3,200,000  (80 bb)
Chad Eveslage  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($49,900)

With four players remaining from a field of 84 entries, the average chip stack is around 2,100,000 (53 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed $65,500.

$10,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 84

Seat 2:  Asher Neaman  –  2,900,000  (97 bb)
Seat 3:  Justin Liberto  –  2,100,000  (70 bb)
Seat 5:  Chad Eveslage –  1,650,000  (55 bb)
Seat 7:  Dan Heimiller  –  620,000  (21 bb)
Seat 8:  Alex Foxen  –  1,100,000  (37 bb)

1st:  $257,000 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $155,600
3rd:  $96,800
4th:  $65,500
5th:  $49,900

$10,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 84

Justin Zaki was all in for about 150,000 in the big blind against Alex Foxen in the small blind.

Zaki: 
Foxen: 

The board came , giving Foxen a flush to eliminate Zaki.

Alex Foxen  –  1,100,000  (37 bb)
Justin Zaki  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($39,900)

With five players remaining from a field of 84 entries, the average chip stack is around 1,680,000 (55 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed $49,900.

$10,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 84

Brandon Wittmeyer was all in for about 450,000 from the cutoff against Alex Foxen in the big blind.

Wittmeyer: 
Foxen: 

The board ran out , giving Foxen kings and jacks to eliminate Wittmeyer in seventh place.

Alex Foxen  –  1,800,000  (72 bb)
Brandon Wittmeyer  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($33,100)

With six players remaining from a field of 84 entries, the average chip stack is around 1,400,000 (56 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $39,900.