$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 209

The players return from break to begin Level 25, with increased blinds of 20,000-40,000 with a 40,000 ante. Here are the official chip counts:

Seat 1.  Richard Whitebrook  –  420,000  (11 bb)
Seat 2.  David Shmuel  –  690,000  (17 bb)
Seat 3.  Michael Stein  –  540,000  (14 bb)
Seat 4.  David Penna  –  915,000  (23 bb)
Seat 5.  Patrick Capozziello  –  730,000  (18 bb)
Seat 6.  Walter Bravo  –  880,000  (22 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $16,745 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $11,630
3rd:  $7,070
4th:  $4,300
5th:  $3,320
6th:  $2,750

7th:  Richard Shtrax  –  $2,345
8th:  Stephen Sleicher  –  $2,005
9th:  Lenny Duvdivani  –  $1,675

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is about 695,000 (17 big blinds).

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 206

Richard Shtrax raised all in for 90,000 from the button and David Penna called in the big blind.

Shtrax: 
Penna: 

The board came , no help to Shtrax, ending his tournament in seventh place.

David Penna  –  1,040,000  (42 bb)
Richard Shtrax  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($2,345)

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is about 697,000 (28 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $2,750 each.

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 209

Walter Bravo raised to 65,000 from the cutoff,  Stephen Sleicher reraised all in for about 120,000 from the big blind, and Bravo called with .

Sleicher showed and needed to improve to survive.

The board ran out , giving Bravo kings and queens to eliminate Sleicher in eighth place.

Walter Bravo  – 845,000  (34 bb)
Stephen Sleicher  – Eliminated in 8th Place  ($2,005)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 597,000 (24 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $2,345 each.

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 209

Lenny Duvdivani raised all in for 240,000 from under the gun and Patrick Capozziello isolated the action with a shove of his own from the button for a little bit more.

Duvdivani: 
Capozziello: 

The board came , not enough help to Duvdivani, ending his tournament in ninth place.

Patrick Capozziello  –  550,000  (28 bb)
Lenny Duvdivani  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($1,675)

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is about 522,000 (26 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $2,005 each.

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 209

When the field got down to the final nine players, they drew for random seats at the final table. Here is the lineup, along with their approximate chip counts:

Seat 1.  Richard Whitebrook  –  760,000  (51 bb)
Seat 2.  David Shmuel  –  380,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3.  Lenny Duvdivani  –  105,000  (7 bb)
Seat 4.  Stephen Sleicher  –  215,000  (14 bb)
Seat 5.  Richard Shtrax  –  145,000  (10 bb)
Seat 6.  Michael Stein  –  635,000  (42 bb)
Seat 7.  David Penna  –  335,000  (22 bb)
Seat 8.  Patrick Capozziello  –  325,000  (22 bb)
Seat 9.  Walter Bravo  –  595,000  (40 bb)

Here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $16,745 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $11,630
3rd:  $7,070
4th:  $4,300
5th:  $3,320
6th:  $2,750
7th:  $2,345
8th:  $2,005
9th:  $1,675

And here are all the players who have finished in the money so far:

10th:  Douglas Montone  –  $1,450
11th:  Stephanie Keen  –  $1,450
12th:  Evan Teitelbaum  –  $1,450

13th:  David Katz  –  $1,240
14th:  Diomig Delgado  –  $1,240
15th:  Dmitry Savelyev  –  $1,240

16th:  Daniela Makela  –  $1,035
17th:  Alan Kaye  –  $1,035
18th:  Harvey Freedman  –  $1,035

19th:  Matthew Yorra  –  $830
20th:  Richard Estep  –  $830
21st:  Michael Preston  –  $830

22nd:  Elvio Cescato  –  $640
23rd:  Leonid Goldshteyn  –  $640
24th:  Javier Sarache  –  $640

25th:  Jordan Flaschner  –  $515
26th:  Steven Bennett  –  $515
27th:  David Wilson  –  $515

With nine players remaining, the average chip stack is about 465,000 (31 big blinds).

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 209

After a flop of , Evan Teitelbaum moved all in from the hijack for 135,000, and Michael Stein thought for a while before he called from the button with .

Teitelbaum turned over for a pair of queens, and he needed it to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , and the river card was — the . Stein rivered a set of nines to win the pot and eliminate Teitelbaum on a bad beat.

Michael Stein  –  480,000  (32 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($1,450)

With 11 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 380,000 (25 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,450 each.

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 209

The players return from break to begin Level 21, with increased blinds of 10,000-15,000 and a 15,000 ante.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 49
Seat 1.  Douglas Montone  –  35,000  (2 bb)
Seat 2.  Richard Shtrax  –  240,000  (16 bb)
Seat 3.  Richard Whitebrook  –  585,000  (39 bb)
Seat 4.  Walter Bravo  –  700,000  (47 bb)
Seat 5.  Evan Teitelbaum  –  270,000  (18 bb)
Seat 6.  
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  Michael Stein  –  295,000  (20 bb)
Seat 9.  

TABLE 50
Seat 1.  Stephanie Keen  –  230,000  (15 bb)
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  Patrick Capozziello  –  355,000  (24 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  
Seat 6.  Lenny Duvdivani  –  135,000  (9 bb)
Seat 7.  David Shmuel  –  480,000  (32 bb)
Seat 8.  Stephen Sleicher  –  190,000  (13 bb)
Seat 9.  David Penna  –  660,000  (44 bb)

With 12 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 350,000 (23 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,450 each.

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  52 of 209

The players return from their dinner break to begin Level 13, with increased blinds of 1,500-2,500 with a 2,500 ante.

With 52 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 80,500 (32 big blinds). The final 27 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash worth $515. They will be playing down to a winner tonight.

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$400 Deep Stack Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  209
Prize Pool:  $68,970
July 31, 2024

Registration closed for the $400 Deep Stack Seniors 50+ tournament with 209 entries turning the $50,000 into a prize pool worth $68,970. The last 27 spots will be paid with $515 for a min-cash and $16,745 up top for the Event 2 champ.

1st: $16,745 + SHRPO trophy
2nd: $11,630
3rd: $7,070
4th: $4,300
5th: $3,320
6th: $2,750
7th: $2,345
8th: $2,005
9th: $1,675
10th-12th: $1,450
13th-15th: $1,240
16th-18th: $1,035
19th-21st: $830
22nd-24th: $640
25th-27th: $515