2023 SHRPO Live Updates

2023 SHRPO in Review

August 9, 2023 @ 1:00PM by AlCantHang

The 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open wrapped up two weeks in the Grand Ballroom with 54 trophy events, more history made, and a lot of fun was had over the 14-day run. Here’s a look at the raw numbers:

Events: 54
Entries: 17,645
Guarantees: $8,910,000
Prize Pools: $18,292,375

Our players more than doubled the guarantees offered and topped 17,000 entries in the Grand Ballroom to participate in another big series.

During the series, we had more than one headliner; the Big 4 took center stage with the SHRPO Championship, $25K High Roller, the $2,700 Deep Stack, and the $1,100 Deep Stack.

Local favorite Farid Jattin won the SHRPO Championship for $655,000 against one of the toughest final tables in recent memory. Those nine players combined for more than $62 million in career earnings, five WSOP bracelets, and eight WSOP Circuit rings.

One of those WSOP bracelets belonged to 2021 WSOP Main Event champ Koray Aldemir and 2013 WSOP Main Event winner Ryan Riess finished in tenth.

Aaron Mermelstein won the Big 4 High Roller for his second career SHRP High Roller title and third overall. Dan Sepiol outlasted Chance Kornuth in an hours-long battle for the $2,700 title, and former WPT Showdown Champ James Carroll rolled to the top of the $1,100 field.

SHRPO Championship: Farid Jattin – $655,000
Big 4 High Roller: Aaron Mermelstein – $614,615
Big 4 $2,700: Dan Sepiol – $204,735
Big 4 $1,100: James Carroll – $100,000

We kicked off the series with a massive $400 Deep Stack that created the second-biggest tournament field in state history, tied our record for the biggest single flight (1,256 in Flight G), and turned the $1,000,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $2,063,490.

2022 SHRPO Event 1 – 7,703 entries
*2023 SHRPO Event 1 – 6,253 entries
2021 RRPO Event 1 – 6,196 entries
2022 RRPO Event 1 – 6,134 entries
2016 RRPO Event 1 – 5,018 entries

Johnny Bromberg took the top spot in Event 1 for $219,490 on a single $400 entry.

Other notable wins include Shaun Deeb earning a second Hollywood High Roller title in the $25K PLO to go along with his Big 4 High Roller win in 2019.

Anthony Zinno and Sam Sternfield added two trophies to their collection in this series. Zinno won the $1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 title and the $1,100 Mixed PLO a few days later. Sternfield was the $600 Six-Max PLO winner and followed that up with a title in the $2,700 Eight-Game Mix for the biggest cash of his career.

David Shmuel moved up a spot on our all-time major wins list with a win in the $600 Big O for his eighth overall. Former WPTDeepStacks Hollywood champ Michael Graffeo won his fourth title in the $1,100 Deep Stack, and Eugene Kotlyarevskiy picked up his fourth in the $1,100 Limit Omaha 8 event.

Here’s an updated look at our all-time wins list:

Raminder Singh – 10 wins
Michael Newman – 9 wins
John Holley – 8 wins
Yuval Bronshtein – 8 wins
David Shmuel – 8 wins
Brian Altman – 7 wins
David Prociak – 7 wins
Gabriel Ramos – 7 wins
Scott Baumstein – 6 wins
Six tied with 5 wins
13 tied with 4 wins

It was another fantastic series that would not be possible without the support of our incredible players. We thank you for turning up and making the Grand Ballroom an exciting place for two weeks of poker. We appreciate you and can’t wait to see you for the next one in November.

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Schedule and Results

Here’s a full list of every trophy event and the results:

Event 1 ($400 NLH): Johnny Bromberg – $219,090
Event 2 ($400 Seniors): Dan Van Dyke – $12,192
Event 3 ($600 Big O): David Shmuel – $18,903
Event 4 ($200 Bounty): Eric Ward – $3,625
Event 5 ($600 O8): David Thurston – $14,600
Event 6 ($600 6-Max PLO): Sam Sternfield – $23,260
Event 7 ($200 NLH): Zachary Harrell – $11,300
Event 8 ($600 8-Game): Nick Zivolich – $8,020
Event 9 ($600 Bounty): Carlos Bermudez – $9,030
Event 10 ($600 Bounty PLO): Donald Maloney – $15,653
Event 11 ($600 Mixed PLO): Chris Tsiolis – $20,425
Event 12 ($400 NLH): Ethan Bennett – $18,001
Event 13 ($1,100 NLH): Jason Min – $38,100
Event 14 ($600 PLO): Peter Ng – $44,270
Event 15 ($300 Bounty): Antuan Bunkley – $8,239
Event 16 ($400 Turbo): Kevin Naim – $8,785
Event 17 ($1,100 Seniors): Steven Bennett – $33,010
Event 18 ($200 Big Stack): Jose Ordonez – $33,354
Event 19 ($400 Bounty): John Binns – $9,810
Event 20 ($600 Turbo PLO): Christopher Hice – $8,690
Event 21 ($1,100 H.O.R.S.E.): Lawrence Berg – $21,110
Event 22 ($600 6-Max): Nick Palma – $16,446
Event 23 ($10K NLH): Justin Liberto – $257,000
Event 24 ($600 Bounty PLO): Rafael Lima – $6,825
Event 25 ($300 Bounty NLH): Esteban Garcia – $6,540
Event 26 ($1,100 Turbo): Min Zhang – $23,450
Event 27 ($1,100 PLO8): Anthony Zinno – $25,714
Event 28 ($1,100 NLH): Michael Graffeo – $55,285
Event 29 ($25K PLO): Shaun Deeb – $239,100
Event 30 ($200 Bounty): Diana Prkacin – $5,076
Event 31 ($1,100 Bounty): Stanley Lee – $17,740
Event 32 ($2,700 8-Game): Sam Sternfield – $55,745
Event 33 ($2,200 NLH): Mike Vanier – $105,570
$50K Super High Roller: Brandon Wilson – $362,780
Event 35 ($600 Bounty): Tanupat Punjarojanakul – $13,744
Event 36 ($1,100 Turbo): Gil Ben-Simhon – $23,025
Event 38 ($1,100 Mixed PLO): Anthony Zinno – $19,274
Event 39 ($400 Bounty): Chase Carlin – $6,695
Event 40 ($1,100 O8): Eugene Kotlyarevskiy – $15,110
Event 41 ($300 Bounty): Alejandro Arana – $12,595
Event 42 ($400 HEROS): Matthew Kaplan – $7,625
Event 44 ($200 NLH): Nir Peleg – $11,107
Event 45 ($600 Turbo): Sam Ganzfried – $9,300
Event 48 ($1,100 PLO): Kevin Schaffel – $29,308
Event 49 ($600 Turbo PLO): Jon Borenstein – $9,605
Event 50 ($400 NLH): Frank DeMeglio – $8,425
Event 51 ($10K NLH): Viktor Ustimov – $221,332
Event 52 ($400 Triple Stud): David Brookshire – $4,805
Event 53 ($1,100 PLO): Greg Levine – $36,370
Event 54 ($300 Bounty): Adam Rothschild – $7,780

2023 SHRPO Live Updates

SHRPO Champion Farid Jattin Prioritizes Family Over Poker

August 9, 2023 @ 3:52AM by BJ Nemeth

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 37
$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 1,070
Prize Pool: $5,189,500
August 4-8, 2023

There were 1,070 entries in the $5,300 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship, creating a prizepool worth more than $5.1 million to crush the $3 million guarantee. On Tuesday afternoon, the final four players agreed to a deal, and as chipleader, Farid Jattin was declared the winner, earning the title, the trophy, and $655,000.

“It feels amazing,” said Jattin. “How else can it feel?”

“I was second in chips,” said Jattin, “and I think I also had a pretty good seat draw, which is very important at the final table. I was just in my zone doing my thing. I took out a short stack early with kings to queen-ten, and after that a couple of good things went my way, and I was able to capitalize on them.”

Jattin only scored that one knockout at the final table, but he was first or second in chips the entire day. While this victory gives Jattin more than $8 million in career live tournament earnings, poker isn’t as central to his life as it used to be.

“I think the moment I stopped defining my life by poker results, the results started coming by nature,” said Jattin. “I’m playing for my family now — for my wife, for my brother, for my parents. I’m very thankful for poker, but eventually you’ve got to disconnect.”

Jattin likes to take three months off from poker each year. Earlier this year Jattin took a couple months off to get married in Italy.

“It’s been very nice,” said Jattin about taking extended breaks from poker. “It’s been very good to be able to reset my energy, be able to work on other things, be able to learn new crafts. Life is good.”

Jattin is a regular in the big tournaments here at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, and this is his third major trophy here in the past two years.

“This is an amazing venue,” said Jattin. “I think besides Vegas, it’s the capital of poker nowadays in the States. It’s very professional, with a very good atmosphere. And they blow the guarantees out of the water.”

Results:

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Farid	Jattin	$655,000*
2	Shannon	Shorr	$545,000*
3	Omer	Rotman	$490,762*
4	Kitty	Kuo	$480,763*
5	Jim	Collopy	$223,925
6	Koray	Aldemir	$180,130
7	Nadya	Magnus	$148,885
8	Mike	Leah	$118,115
9	Philipe	Pizzari Pinto	$87,960
10	Ryan	Riess	$87,960
11	Asher	Neaman	$68,500
12	Joel	Harwood	$68,500
13	David	Pham	$53,710
14	James	Mendoza	$53,710
15	Asher	Conniff	$53,710
16	Natasha	Mercier	$43,800
17	Darren	Elias	$43,800
18	Francis	Margaglione	$43,800
19	Mike	Jozoff	$36,120
20	Justin	Liberto	$36,120
21	Alexander	Stewart	$36,120
22	Chris	Backhouse	$29,840
23	Sebastien	Guinand	$29,840
24	Sheddy	Siddiqui	$29,840
25	Mike	Chiapetta	$25,790
26	Christian	Harder	$25,790
27	David	Coleman	$25,790
28	Chris	O'Hara	$22,625
29	Ardit	Kurshumi	$22,625
30	Taylor	Wilson	$22,625
31	Marc	Duquette	$22,625
32	Lou	Ojeda	$22,625
33	Brian	Arbaugh	$22,625
34	Gary	Bolden	$22,625
35	Joshua	Adcock	$22,625
36	James	Romero	$22,625
37	Cesar	Fuentes	$19,515
38	Justin	Bond	$19,515
39	Julian	Millard Feral	$19,515
40	Michael	Berk	$19,515
41	Landon	Tice	$19,515
42	Peter	Mugar	$19,515
43	David	Jackson	$19,515
44	Ari	Dinov	$19,515
45	Yunkyu	Song	$19,515
46	Rajasekar	Govindan	$17,385
47	Michael	Finstein	$17,385
48	Raffaello	Locatelli	$17,385
49	Anthony	Bertuccio	$17,385
50	Justin	Zaki	$17,385
51	Joseph	Dulaney	$17,385
52	Abdul	Al Magbleh	$17,385
53	Matt	Glantz	$17,385
54	Antonio	Salorio	$17,385
55	Unclaimed		$15,830
56	Antonio	Serrao	$15,830
57	Aaron	Flores	$15,830
58	Brandon	Wittmeyer	$15,830
59	James	Calderaro	$15,830
60	Cherish	Andrews	$15,830
61	Paul	Chung	$15,830
62	Tyler	Cornell	$15,830
63	Mike	Gao	$15,830
64	Ruslan	Prydryk	$14,685
65	Benjamin	Kendall	$14,685
66	Dominik	Bosnjak	$14,685
67	Zhen	Cai	$14,685
68	Nicholas	Carballo	$14,685
69	Jon	Borenstein	$14,685
70	Dom	Mosley	$14,685
71	Chris	Limo	$14,685
72	Ed	McNamara	$14,685
73	Tung	Nguyen	$13,600
74	Daniel	Clifford	$13,600
75	Jason	Daly	$13,600
76	Denys	Shafikov	$13,600
77	Paul	Koster	$13,600
78	Ryan	Jones	$13,600
79	Gregory	Anda	$13,600
80	David	Nowling	$13,600
81	Haim	Or Krief	$13,600
82	Rogen	Chhabra	$12,560
83	Juan	Endara	$12,560
84	Nikolai	Mamut	$12,560
85	Jake	Cody	$12,560
86	Daniel	Smijkovic	$12,560
87	Caio	De Lucca Sorbal	$12,560
88	Marcello	Del Grosso	$12,560
89	Yi Chi	Li	$12,560
90	Thomas	Boivin	$12,560
91	Dmitri	Vorbe	$11,520
92	David	Zibelli	$11,520
93	Daniel	Blum	$11,520
94	Roger	Teska	$11,520
95	Michael	Newman	$11,520
96	Devon	Shalmi	$11,520
97	Rafael	Reis	$11,520
98	Clemen	Deng	$11,520
99	Alex	Nguyen	$11,520
100	Aleks	Dimitrov	$10,485
101	Brandon	Wilson	$10,485
102	Kevin	Andriamahefa	$10,485
103	Colby	Covington	$10,485
104	Daniel	Couzens	$10,485
105	D.J	Alexander	$10,485
106	Joey	LeBrun	$10,485
107	Edward	Mroczkowski	$10,485
108	Scott	Wright	$10,485
109	Jake	Schindler	$9,500
110	Artem	Metalidi	$9,500
111	Robert	French	$9,500
112	Charles	DiFalco	$9,500
113	Jordan	Schneider	$9,500
114	Tony	Cousineau	$9,500
115	Howard	Mash	$9,500
116	Loni	Hui	$9,500
117	Min	Zhang	$9,500
118	Bryce	McVay	$8,515
119	Josh	Reichard	$8,515
120	Matthew	Leecy	$8,515
121	Zachary	Goodman	$8,515
122	Richard	Warren	$8,515
123	Zachary	Harrell	$8,515
124	Jake	Schwartz	$8,515
125	Frank	Stepuchin	$8,515
126	Edgar	Varas	$8,515
127	Mo	Arani	$7,530
128	David	Melman	$7,530
129	Sterling	Savill	$7,530
130	Wasim	Assaf	$7,530
131	Ashton	Griffin	$7,530
132	Brian	Luo	$7,530
133	Jason	Wandling	$7,530
134	Michael	Duek	$7,530

2023 SHRPO Live Updates

Adam Rothschild Wins Event 54 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Outright for $7,780

August 9, 2023 @ 3:44AM by Mickey Doft

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 54
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 222
Prize Pool: $34,410
Bounty Prize Pool: $22,200
August 8, 2023

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 54 Champion Adam Rothschild

Event 54 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry). A field of 222 entries generated a prize pool of $34,410, with an additional $22,200 set aside for bounties.

Taking it down was Adam Rothschild, winning the tournament outright for $7,780.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Adam	Rothschild	$7,780
2	Justin	Moreno	$5,225
3	Gil	Ben-Simhon	$3,530
4	Jacqueline	Berenson	$2,145
5	Alejandro	Funes	$1,660
6	Robert	Bendeck	$1,375
7	Lisa	Levy	$1,180
8	Alexander	Roth	$1,000
9	Robert	Stam	$825
10	Joseph	Ciavola	$825
11	Carlos	Rodriguez Rojas	$725
12	Connor	Stuewe	$725
13	Sebastian	Espinoza	$630
14	Rey	Rodriguez	$630
15	Michael	Newman	$630
16	Alexander	Abella	$540
17	Ramon	Rodriguez Cuni	$540
18	Menahem	Asher	$540
19	Andrei	Karas	$450
20	Noris	Barcimanto	$450
21	Michael	Levi	$450
22	Leonardo	Clavel	$365
23	Juan	Diaz	$365
24	Jennifer	David	$365
25	Eduardo	Arechaga	$365
26	Kai	Hicks	$365
27	Josh	Einhorn	$365
28	Luis	Roblejo	$365

2023 SHRPO Live Updates

Greg Levine Wins His Second SHRP Major Series Trophy With Event 53 Outright Win for $36,370

August 9, 2023 @ 3:11AM by Mickey Doft

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 53
$1,100 Deep Stack Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries: 136
Prize Pool: $131,920
August 8, 2023

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 53 Champion Greg Levine

Event 53 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $1,100 Deep Stack Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry). A field of 136 entries generated a prize pool of $131,920. Emerging victorious was Greg Levine, winning outright for $36,370.

This marked Levine’s second SHRP major series trophy, having previously won a $1,100 Turbo NLHE event during the 2019 Showdown series for $29,503.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Greg	Levine	$36,370
2	Manh	Nguyen	$23,525
3	William	Leffingwell	$15,690
4	Edward	Pope	$10,805
5	Donald	Maloney	$7,690
6	Kamel	Mokhammad	$5,660
7	Jonathan	Moschel	$4,320
8	Paul	Snead	$4,320
9	Marc	Schiller	$3,420
10	Kharlin	Sued	$3,420
11	James	Calderaro	$2,810
12	Alexander	Ziskin	$2,810
13	Serhii	Popovych	$2,400
14	Marc	Sacheli	$2,400
15	Aaron	Thomas	$2,140
16	Mike	Beasley	$2,140
17	Roman	Rogovskyi	$2,000

2023 SHRPO Live Updates

David Brookshire Wins Event 52 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Outright for $4,805

August 9, 2023 @ 2:54AM by Mickey Doft

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 52
$400 Triple Stud (Re-Entry)
Entries: 35
Prize Pool: $11,725
August 8, 2023

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 52 Champion David Brookshire

Event 52 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $400 Triple Stud (Re-Entry). There were 35 entries, creating a prize pool of $11,725. Winning the lion’s share of it was David Brookshire, taking it down outright for $4,805.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	David	Brookshire	$4,805
2	Oxana	Cummings	$2,930
3	David	Shmuel	$1,760
4	Sandy	Sanchez	$1,290
5	Michael	Yehudai	$940

2023 SHRPO Live Updates

Nir Peleg Wins Event 44 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in Five-Way Deal for $11,107

August 9, 2023 @ 2:47AM by Mickey Doft

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 44
$200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 614
Prize Pool: $98,240
August 6-8, 2023

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 44 Champion Nir Peleg

Event 44 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a multi-flight $200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 614 entries produced a prize pool of $98,240. A five-way deal was made at the final table, and Nir Peleg was leading the way at the time, making him the official Event 44 winner for $11,107.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Nir	Peleg	$11,107*
2	Georges	Boyadjian	$10,034*
3	Dalis	Ruane-Gomez	$10,034*
4	Cristian	Rodriguez	$8,899*
5	Rainulfo	Ricarco Perez	$8,206*
6	Joseph	Ritzie	$3,760
7	Marc	Kropf	$3,090
8	Ronald	Chavez	$2,465
9	Garrison	Brown	$1,875
10	William	Fife Jr.	$1,875
11	Charles	Fleury	$1,545
12	Ricardo	Busciglio	$1,545
13	Bradford	Corner	$1,230
14	Santana	Noronha	$1,230
15	Darrel	Carril	$1,230
16	Matthew	Schulte	$1,030
17	Roni	Zelichonok	$1,030
18	Christopher	Mull	$1,030
19	Alexander	Baer	$865
20	Luc	Gagne	$865
21	Niall	Costigan	$865
22	Tavarious	Allwood	$720
23	Dejan	Petkovic	$720
24	Cameron	Collins	$720
25	Jacques	Brutus	$615
26	David	Sathue	$615
27	Leonid	Goldshteyn	$615
28	Dean	Sultan	$515
29	Ronald	Katz	$515
30	Yobanis	Leyva Mendoza	$515
31	Rafiki	Brown	$515
32	Jeffrey	Silverstein	$515
33	Joseph	Schreck	$515
34	Lyle	Diamond	$515
35	Steve	Labarga	$515
36	David	Barbieri	$515
37	Anthony	Rizzo	$440
38	Jacob	Perdew	$440
39	Elly	Pony	$440
40	Alice	Dick	$440
41	Robert	Taylor	$440
42	Steve	Olivier	$440
43	Alejandro	Arana Torres	$440
44	Alan	Leon	$440
45	Saniel	Saffer	$440
46	Donald	Williams	$400
47	Barry	Sisselman	$400
48	Waymon	Earnest	$400
49	Juan	Montoya Bernal	$400
50	Andres	Gomez	$400
51	Patrick	Tobar	$400
52	Michael	Siegle	$400
53	Christine	Colantuoni	$400
54	Trent-Daryl	McIntruff	$400
55	Kevin	Blewitt	$370
56	Michael	Brand	$370
57	Adam	Pelea	$370
58	Roni	Dreszer	$370
59	Jacqueline	Berenson	$370
60	Connor	Hughes	$370
61	Peter	Kambolin	$370
62	Unclaimed		$370
63	Juan	Mubarak	$370
64	Jordan	Lowery	$350
65	Tony	Cousineau	$350
66	Ryan	McGillicuddy	$350
67	Rodrigo	Aldorino	$350
68	Andrew	Del Rio	$350
69	Gary	Lieberman	$350
70	Allen	Ventura	$350
71	Benjamin	Pollan	$350
72	Franklin	Rojas	$350
73	Manish	Chaddha	$350
74	Yasmin	De	$350
75	Yigal	Hen	$350
76	Stuart	Greenbaum	$350
77	Enrique	Riesco Cano	$350

*denotes five-handed deal

2023 SHRPO Live Updates

Frank Dimeglio Wins Event 50 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in Three-Way Deal for $8,425

August 9, 2023 @ 2:04AM by Mickey Doft

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 50
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 107
Prize Pool: $35,845
August 8, 2023

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 50 Champion Frank Dimeglio

Event 50 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). There were 107 entries who partook, creating a prize pool of $35,835. A three-way deal was made at the final table, and on top of the chip counts at the time was Frank Dimeglio, making him the official Event 50 winner for $8,425.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Frank	Dimeglio	$8,425*
2	Daven	Flax	$6,680*
3	Lawrence	Hawkins	$6,125*
4	Levi	Berger	$2,600
5	Brandon	Navarrete	$2,005
6	Alfredo	Fernandez	$1,650
7	Giuseppe	Calio	$1,400
8	Moshe	Gutnick	$1,220
9	Nathaniel	Moore	$1,075
10	Joseph	Spanne	$1,075
11	Lily	Lotify	$950
12	Ryan	Estrada	$950
13	Dov	Vogel	$845
14	Richard	De Vivo	$845

*denotes three-handed deal

2023 SHRPO Live Updates

Viktor Ustimov Wins Event 51 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in Three-Way Deal for $221,332

August 9, 2023 @ 1:38AM by Mickey Doft

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

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 51 Champion Viktor Ustimov

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.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Viktor	Ustimov	$221,332*
2	Kristen	Foxen	$216,079*
3	Brian	Altman	$194,114*
4	Joe	McKeehen	$76,000
5	Rogen	Chhabra	$57,500
6	Jake	Schindler	$47,700
7	Samuel	Laskowitz	$41,225
8	Artem	Metalidi	$36,340
9	Jeremy	Ausmus	$32,000
10	Filipp	Khavin	$32,000
11	Taylor	Wilson	$28,205
12	Jason	Strochak	$28,205
13	David	Coleman	$24,700
14	Joey	Weissman	$24,700
15	Ryan	McKnight	$24,700

*denotes three-handed deal

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Event 51: Viktor Ustimov Wins in Three-Way Deal

August 9, 2023 @ 1:08AM by Mickey Doft

$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.

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Event 51: Final Three Players

August 9, 2023 @ 12:33AM by Mickey Doft

$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