2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 12
$600 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  125
Prize Pool:  $64,375
August 3, 2024

Event 12 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $600 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry). A field of 125 entries generated a prize pool of 64,375 and winning the lion’s share of it was Phil Hui, taking it down outright for $18,495 and his eighth SHRP major series trophy.

Here are Hui’s eight SHRP major series trophy victories:

2016 LHPO:  $570 No-Limit Hold’em  ($24,159)
2017 RRPO:  $300 H.O.R.S.E.  ($4,782)
2019 LHPO:  $570 Omaha 8  ($6,765)
2019 Showdown:  $2,200 PLO  ($41,440)
2022 SHRPO:  $600 H.O.R.S.E  ($14,460)
2024 LHPO:  $400 Omaha 8  ($9,850)
2024 LHPO:  $600 H.O.R.S.E  ($9,395)
2024 SHRPO:  $600 Mixed PLO  ($18,495)

$600 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 125

Big O

Anthony Angerami limped for 80,000, Phil Hui raised to 240,000 from the big blind, Angerami reraised all in for about 650,000, and Hui called.

Angerami: 
Hui: 

The flop came , giving both players a set with the same straight draw, although Hui picked up a flush draw.

The turn gave both players a king-high straight.

The river was the , giving Hui a flush to win Event 12 outright for $18,495 and his eighth Seminole Hard Rock Poker major series trophy. Angerami finished runner-up for $11,555.

A recap of Event 12 will be posted later tonight.

$600 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 125

Big O

Phil Hui raised to 240,000 on the button and Anthony Angerami defended his big blind.

The flop came , Angerami checked, Hui bet the pot, and Angerami folded.

The following hand, Angerami raised to 240,000 and Hui defended.

The flop was , Hui led out for about 250,000, and Angerami folded.

Phil Hui  –  1,800,000  (23 bb)
Anthony Angerami  –  695,000  (9 bb)

$600 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 125

PLO

Anthony Angerami raised to 180,000 and Phil Hui defended his big blind.

The flop was , Hui went all in for 340,000, and Angerami called.

Hui: 
Angerami: 

Hui had nines and fives with a straight draw, while Angerami had the same straight draw, a pair of nines, and an open-ended straight draw.

The turn and river completed the board, safe for Hui to double up.

Phil Hui  –  1,100,000  (18 bb)
Anthony Angerami  –  1,395,000  (23 bb)

$600 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 125

PLO

Anthony Angerami limped for 60,000 and Phil Hui checked his option.

They checked to the turn of an board where Angerami bet 100,000. Hui check-raised to 350,000, Angerami reraised all in and Hui folded.

Shortly after, Hui limped the button, Angerami raised to 180,000, and Hui called.

The flop was , Angerami bet 300,000, and Hui folded.

Anthony Angerami  –  1,895,000  (32 bb)
Phil Hui  –  600,000  (10 bb)

$600 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 125

PLO

Anthony Angerami raised from the button and Michael Lerner called in the big blind.

The flop was , Lerner went all in for 225,000, and Angerami thought for a bit before he called with for ace-king high with a wheel draw.

Lerner showed for some live cards and a straight draw, and needed to improve to survive.

The turn gave Lerner a pair of queens to take the lead, but the river completed the board and gave Angerami Broadway to eliminate Lerner in third place.

Phil Hui  –  1,545,000  (31 bb)
Anthony Angerami  –  950,000  (19 bb)
Michael Lerner  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($6,920)

1st:  $18,495 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $11,555

$600 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 125

PLO-8

Anthony Angeromi raised the pot to 175,000 from the button and Michael Lerner called in the big blind.

The flop was , Lerner bet the pot, and Angerami called all in for 210,000 with for queens and deuces with a low draw.

Lerner trailed with for a pair of deuces with a better low draw and straight draw.

The turn and river completed the board, locking up the double for Angerami.

Anthony Angerami  –  845,000  (17 bb)
Michael Lerner  –  500,000  (10 bb)

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is around 830,000 (17 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,920 each.

$600 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 125

PLO

Michael Lerner potted from the button, Phil Hui reraised from the big blind, and Lerner called all in for 275,000.

Lerner: 
Hui: 

The board came , giving Lerner eights full of fours to double through Hui.

Michael Lerner  –  610,000  (15 bb)
Phil Hui  –  1,310,000  (33 bb)

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is around 830,000 (21 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,920 each.

$600 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 125

PLO-8

Just before the blinds went up, Michael Lerner raised to 75,000 from the button and Phil Hui three-bet the pot to 270,000 from the big blind. Lerner called.

The flop came , Hui went all in for 265,000, and Lerner thought for a little while before he folded.

A few hands later, Hui limped for 40,000 on the button, Anthony Angerami called in the small blind, and Lerner checked his option.

They checked to the turn of a board where Lerner bet 75,000. Only Hui called.

The river was the , Lerner bet 150,000, and Hui called.

“You win,” said Lerner.

Hui showed for a jack-high straight, Lerner mucked, and Hui won the pot.

Phil Hui  –  1,360,000  (34 bb)
Michael Lerner  –  480,000  (12 bb)

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is around 830,000 (21 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,920 each.

$600 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 125

Big O

During a round of Big O, Anthony Angerami raised from the small blind to 90,000, and Phil Hui called from the big blind.

The flop came , Angerami checked, Hui bet 210,000, Angerami raised, and Hui called all in for a total of 215,000.

Anthony Angerami:    (pair of sevens, A-2 low draw)
Phil Hui:    (pair of fives, open-ended straight draw, 8-6 low draw)

The turn card was the , and the river card paired the board with the . With no possible lows, Hui won the entire pot with his trip fives on the river to double up in chips.

Phil Hui  –  640,000  (21 bb)
Anthony Angerami  –  725,000  (24 bb)

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is around 830,000 (28 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,920 each.