2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 51
$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  113
Prize Pool:  $1,084,800
August 8, 2023

Event 51 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was the one-day big buy-in event that has become a staple on the final day of each SHRP major series. For this series, it was a $10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 113 entries generated a prize pool of $1,084,800, more than doubling the guarantee.

A three-way deal was reached at the final table, and Viktor Ustimov was the slight chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 51 winner for $221,332.

*denotes three-handed deal

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 113

After playing three-handed for a little while, the players agreed to a three-way deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Viktor Ustimov  –  865,000  (43 bb)
Kristen Foxen  –  805,000  (40 bb)
Brian Altman  –  590,000  (30 bb)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Viktor Ustimov  –  $221,332 + SHRPO Trophy
Kristen Foxen  –  $216,079
Brian Altman  –  $194,114

As the chip leader, Viktor Ustimov is the official Event 51 winner for $221,332.

A recap of the event will be posted later tonight.

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 113

Kristen Foxen  –  950,000  (48 bb)
Viktor Ustimov  –  890,000  (40 bb)
Brian Altman  –  420,000  (21 bb)

With three players remaining, the average stack is about 750,000  (38 bb).

1st:  $315,275 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $198,000
3rd:  $118,250

4th:  Joe McKeehen  –  $76,000
5th:  Rogen Chhabra  –  $57,500
6th:  Jake Schindler  –  $47,700
7th:  Sam Laskowitz  –  $41,225
8th:  Artem Metalidi  –  $36,340
9th:  Jeremy Ausmus  –  $32,000

10th:  Filipp Khavin  –  $32,000
11th:  Taylor Wilson  –  $28,205
12th:  Jason Strochak  –  $28,205
13th:  David Coleman  –  $24,700
14th:  Joey Weissman  –  $24,700
15th:  Ryan McKnight  –  $24,700

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 113

Kristen Foxen raised all in for about 620,000 from the button, and Joe McKeehen called all in for about 265,000 in the big blind with , leading Foxen’s .

The board ran out , giving Foxen aces and eights to eliminate McKeehen in fourth place.

Kristen Foxen  –  950,000  (63 bb)
Joe McKeehen  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($76,000)

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 113

Rogen Chhabra raised all in for 25,000 from the cutoff, and Joe McKeehen isolated the action from the small blind.

Chhabra: 
McKeehen: 

“Three spades for a sweat,” said Chhabra.

The board ran out , giving McKeehen an ace-high spade flush to eliminate Chhabra in fifth place.

Joe McKeehen  –  240,000  (16 bb)
Rogen Chhabra  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($57,500)

With four players remaining from a field of 113 entries, the average stack is about 565,000 (38 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $76,000.

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 113

Rogen Chhabra raised all in for 245,000 from the button, and Brian Altman called all in for 220,000 in the small blind.

Chhabra: 
Altman: 

The board ran out , safe for Altman to double up.

Brian Altman  –  480,000  (32 bb)
Rogen Chhabra  –  25,000  (2 bb)

With five players remaining from a field of 113 entries, the average stack is about 450,000 (30 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $57,500.

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 113

Jake Schindler raised all in for about 150,000 from the button, and Kristen Foxen called in the big blind with , leading Schindler’s .

The board ran out , no help to Schindler, ending his tournament in sixth place.

Kristen Foxen  –  605,000  (40 bb)
Jake Schindler  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($47,700)

With five players remaining from a field of 113 entries, the average stack is about 450,000 (30 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $57,500.

$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:  6 of 113

Rogen Chhabra raised all in for 125,000 from the cutoff, and Brian Altman reraised all in for about 300,000 from the button.The blinds folded.

Chhabra: 
Altman: 

“I never win these,” said Chhabra.

The board ran out , giving Chhabra queens and nines to double through Altman.

Rogen Chhabra  –  290,000  (19 bb)
Brian Altman  –  175,000  (12 bb)

Recent Eliminations
7th:  Sam Laskowitz  –  $41,225

$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:  7 of 113

Viktor Ustimov raised to 25,000 from the button, Kristen Foxen three-bet to 80,000 from the small blind, Rogen Chhabra four-bet all in for 365,000 in the big blind, Ustimov called all in for 320,000, and Foxen folded.

Ustimov: 
Chhabra: 

The board came , safe for Ustimov to double into the chip lead.

Viktor Ustimov  –  730,000  (73 bb)
Roge Chhabra  –  45,000  (5 bb)

With seven players remaining from a field of 113 entries, the average stack is about 325,000 (33 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $41,225.

$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:  7 of 113

Artem Metalidi raised to 70,000 on the button, and Kristen Foxen called in the big blind.

The flop was , Foxen checked, Metalidi bet 15,000, Foxen check-raised to 100,000, and Metalidi (with about 50,000 behind), thought for a little while before he called all in with for a pair of queens. Foxen was ahead with for aces and sixes.

The turn and river completed the board, further improving Foxen to sixes full of aces to eliminate Metalidi in eighth place.

Kristen Foxen  –  545,000  (55 bb)
Artem Metalidi  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($36,430)

With seven players remaining from a field of 113 entries, the average stack is about 325,000 (33 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $41,225.