2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 26
$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  69
Prize Pool:  $655,500
August 6, 2024

Event 26 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), drawing 69 players for a prize pool of $655,500. A heads-up deal was reached between the final two players and Erik Seidel was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 26 winner for $179,953.

This marked Seidel’s fourth final table at the Seminole Hard Rock and his first SHRP major series trophy victory.

*denotes heads-up deal

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 69

Separated by one big blind before heads-up play began, Erik Seidel and Clemen Deng agreed to a deal.

Seidel was the chip leader with 3,485,000 to Deng’s 3,415,000, making Seidel the official Event 26 winner for $179,953. Deng finished runner-up for $179,247.

A recap of Event 26 will be posted later tonight.

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 69

Nazar Buhaiov raised all in from the small blind for roughly 850,000 and Erik Seidel called in the big blind.

Buhaiov: 
Seidel: 

The board came , no help to Buhaiov, ending his tournament in third place.

Erik Seidel  –  3,485,000  (58 bb)
Clemen Deng  –  3,415,000  (57 bb)
Nazar Buhaiov  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($80,300)

1st:  $228,100 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $131,100

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 69

Marcus El-Huaick raised all in for 265,000 from UTG/cutoff and Nazar Buhaiov isolated the action with a reshove from the button with , leading El-Huaick’s .

The board ran out , no help to El-Huaick, ending his tournament in fourth place.

Nazar Buhaiov  –  1,130,000  (23 bb)
Marcus El-Huaick  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($57,400)

With three players remaining, the average stack is about 2,300,000 (46 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $80,300.

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 69

Matthew Lambrecht raised from under the gun and Erik Seidel (who had recently doubled again through Nazar Buhaiov) called in the big blind.

The flop was , Seidel checked, Lambrecht continued, and Seidel check-raised to 200,000. Lambrecht reraised all in for about 700,000 and Seidel called with for a pair of aces, leading Lambrecht’s for a pair of kings.

The turn and river completed the board, no help to Lambrecht, ending his tournament in fifth place.

Erik Seidel  –  2,700,000  (54 bb)
Matthew Lambrecht  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($44,300)

With four players remaining, the average stack is about 1,725,000 (35 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $57,400.

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 69

Nazar Buhaiov raised all in with a covering stack and Erik Seidel called all in for 520,000 in the big blind.

Buhaiov: 
Seidel: 

The board came , giving Seidel nines full of aces to double up.

Erik Seidel  –  1,090,000  (22 bb)
Nazar Buhaiov  –  1,800,000  (36 bb)

With five players remaining, the average stack is about 1,380,000 (28 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $44,300.

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 69

Seat 2:  Marcus El-Huaick  –  450,000  (9 bb)
Seat 3:  Nazar Buhaiov  –  2,345,000  (47 bb)
Seat 4:  Erik Seidel  –   445,000  (9 bb)
Seat 7:  Matthew Lambrecht  –  980,000  (20 bb)
Seta 9:  Clemen Deng  –  2,680,000  (54 bb)

With five players remaining, the average stack is about 1,380,000 (28 bb).

1st:  $228,100 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $131,100
3rd:  $80,300
4th:  $57,400
5th:  $44,300

6th:  Matthew Wantman  –  $34,400
7th:  Sam Ganzfried  –  $29,500
8th:  Faraz Jaka  –  $26,300
9th:  Shannon Shorr  –  $24,100

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 69

Nazar Buhaiov raised all in with a covering stack from the button and Matthew Wantman called all in for about 570,000 in the big blind with , leading Buhaiov’s .

The board came down , giving Buhaiov trip fives to eliminate Wantman in sixth place.

Nazar Buhaiov  –  2,600,000  (65 bb)
Matthew Wantman  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($34,400)

With five players remaining, the average stack is about 1,380,000 (35 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $44,300.

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 69

Clemen Deng raised to 80,000 from the button, Sam Ganzfried three-bet all in for 525,000 from the small blind, and Deng called with , leading Ganzfried’s .

The board ran out , no help to Ganzfried, ending his tournament in seventh place.

Clemen Deng  – 2,680,000  (67 bb)
Sam Ganzfried  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($29,500)

With six players remaining, the average stack is about 1,150,000 (29 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $34,400.

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 69

Faraz Jaka raised to 60,000 from the button, Matt Lambrecht called in the small blind, and Clemen Deng three-bet shoved with his chip-leading stack from the big blind.

Jaka used several time extensions before he called all in for roughly 720,000 and Lambrecht folded.

Deng showed , while Jaka tabled and needed to improve to survive.

The flop came , giving Jaka a pair of queens to pull ahead.

The turn was the , keeping Jaka in the lead.

The river was the , giving Deng a pair of aces to eliminate Jaka in eighth place.

Clemen Deng  –  2,100,000  (70 bb)
Faraz Jaka  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($26,300)

With seven players remaining, the average stack is about 985,000 (33 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $29,500.