Big 4 Lineups

We have a busy day on deck in the Grand Ballroom. The last ten trophies of the series, including those awarded in the Big 4 events, are going home with some talented players.

The SHRPO Championship returns at noon to play its final table on the Gorilla Gaming live-stream table while the Big 4 High Roller, $3,000 Deep Stack, and $1,100 Deep Stack restart at 1 pm.

The High Roller and $3K are down to their final tables, while the $1,100 returns with 26 players.

Here’s a look at all four lineups coming back. We will provide as much coverage as physically (and mentally) possible.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 865

Seat 1.  Clemen Deng  –  14,700,000  (118 bb)
Seat 2.  Paul Snead  –  7,325,000  (59 bb)
Seat 3.  Brandon Kessous  –  4,425,000  (35 bb)
Seat 4.  Sterling Savill  –  2,300,000  (18 bb)
Seat 5.  Jack Thu  –  4,975,000  (40 bb)
Seat 6.  Loni Hui  –  4,450,000  (36 bb)
Seat 7.  Billy Pilossoph  –  2,850,000  (23 bb)
Seat 8.  Tyler Montoya  –  2,200,000  (18 bb)

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,654,900  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 15:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 67

Seat 1:  Brandon Wittmeyer  –  228,000  (9 bb)
Seat 2:  Brandon Wilson  –  956,000  (38 bb)
Seat 3:  Bryn Kenney  –  894,000  (36 bb)
Seat 4:  Jonathan Jaffe  –  550,000  (22 bb)
Seat 5:  Darren Elias  –  381,000  (15 bb)
Seat 6:  Alex Foxen  –  2,946,000  (118 bb)
Seat 7:  Dan Sepiol  –  368,000  (15 bb)
Seat 8:  Brock Wilson  –  171,000  (7 bb)
Seat 9:  Daniel Rezaei  –  202,000  (8 bb)

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 323

Seat 1: Manny Amaro – 485,000 (19 bb)
Seat 2: Myles Mullaly – 770,000 (30 bb)
Seat 3: Steven Miller – 855,000 (34 bb)
Seat 4: Christian Harder – 585,000 (23 bb)
Seat 5: Jim Collopy – 2,105,000 (84 bb)
Seat 6: Kevin Ordet – 550,000 (22 bb)
Seat 7: Bruce Russell – 1,000,000 (40 bb)
Seat 8: Trace Henderson – 805,000 (32 bb)
Seat 9: Nicholas Seward – 930,000 (37 bb)

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 504

Table 1
Seat 1:  Carl Pipitone  –  75,000  (5 bb)
Seat 2:  Jason Hickey  –  525,000  (35 bb)
Seat 3:  Paul Balzano  –  560,000  (37 bb)
Seat 4:  David Jackson  –  330,000  (22 bb)
Seat 5:  Mark Pukhov  –  280,000  (19 bb)
Seat 6:  Aaron Massey  –  195,000  (13 bb)
Seat 7:  Rasta Mansour  –  880,000  (59 bb)
Seat 8:  Caleb Powell  –  690,000  (46 bb)
Seat 9:  Harrison Ashdown  –  310,000  (21 bb)

Table 2
Seat 1:  T.K. Miles  –  440,000  (29 bb)
Seat 2:  Paul Fisher  –  125,000  (8 bb)
Seat 3:  Adam Levy  –  490,000  (33 bb)
Seat 4:  Jean Gaspard  –  510,000  (34 bb)
Seat 5:  Cameron Storto  –  420,000  (28 bb)
Seat 6:  Salim Joseph Salem  –  530,000  (35 bb)
Seat 7:  Earl Bernard  –  345,000  (23 bb)
Seat 8:  Joseph Chase  –  100,000  (7 bb)
Seat 9:  Juan Mubarak –  230,000  (15 bb)

Table 3
Seat 1:
Seat 2:  Jose Andres Fernandez  –  610,000  (41 bb)
Seat 3:  Benjamin Moschel  –  395,000  (26 bb)
Seat 4:  John Conkright  –  220,000  (15 bb)
Seat 5:  Shannon Shorr  –  575,000  (38 bb)
Seat 6:  Gabriel Casals  –  500,000  (33 bb)
Seat 7:  Saber Salum Penayo  –  560,000  (37 bb)
Seat 8:  Claudio Piedrabuena  –  65,000  (4 bb)
Seat 9:  Maria Lampropoulou  –  130,000  (9 bb)

SHRPO Day 14 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

12PM: Final Table – $5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)

1PM: Event 50 Day 2 – $3,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

1PM: Event 51 Day 2 – $200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

1PM: Event 53 Day 2 – $1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

1PM: Final Table – $25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)

11AM: Event 57 – $400 Deep Stack PLO8 (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 57 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 58 – $10,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 11 (6:15pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 58 Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 59 – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (5:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 59 Structure Sheet

2PM: Event 60 – $1,100 Six-Max PLO (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 60 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 61 – $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 40,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-8 last 15 minutes; Levels 9+ last 20 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 12 (8:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 61 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

11AM: $1,050 Event 58 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 10 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 8 (12:20pm)
  • Structure Sheet

2024 Poker Open Schedule

Championship: Day 3 Ends with Clemen Deng Leading the Final Eight Players

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 865

Clemen Deng
Chipleader Clemen Deng

Level 27 comes to an end, and since it’s past midnight, the tournament staff has stopped action for the night, and the final eight will return tomorrow at 12:00 noon, as scheduled, to play down to a winner. The SHRPO Live Stream will be on a 30-minute delay, starting around 12:30 pm EDT.

With eight players remaining from a field of 865, the average chip stack is around 5,400,000 (43 big blinds). Here is the lineup with official chip counts:

Seat 1.  Clemen Deng  –  14,700,000  (118 bb)
Seat 2.  Paul Snead  –  7,325,000  (59 bb)
Seat 3.  Brandon Kessous  –  4,425,000  (35 bb)
Seat 4.  Sterling Savill  –  2,300,000  (18 bb)
Seat 5.  Jack Thu  –  4,975,000  (40 bb)
Seat 6.  Loni Hui  –  4,450,000  (36 bb)
Seat 7.  Billy Pilossoph  –  2,850,000  (23 bb)
Seat 8.  Tyler Montoya  –  2,200,000  (18 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $626,950 + SHRPO Guitar Tower Trophy
2nd:  $415,000
3rd:  $310,000
4th:  $230,000
5th:  $175,000
6th:  $133,000
7th:  $103,000
8th:  $80,000

Action resumes tomorrow at 12:00 noon, with the SHRPO Live Stream scheduled to begin at 12:30 pm EDT. Stay tuned to SHRPO.com for the exciting conclusion of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship.

Championship: Kevin Schulz – 9th Place ($63,000)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 865

Kevin Schulz
Kevin Schulz

Kevin Schulz was all in from the cutoff for 775,000 with AsQc, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the AdKs of Brandon Kessous in the big blind.

The board came Jd7h3h9d9s, and Kessous won the pot with his king kicker to eliminate Schulz in ninth place.

Brandon Kessous  –  4,600,000  (46 bb)
Kevin Schulz  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($63,000)

With eight players remaining from a field of 865, the average chip stack is around 5,400,000 (54 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $80,000 each.

Championship: Paul Snead Doubles Thru Kevin Schulz

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 865

Paul Snead
Paul Snead

Kevin Schulz raised from the button to 200,000, Paul Snead reraised from the big blind to 800,000, and Schulz thought for a while before he moved all in for 3,950,000.

Snead quickly called all in for 3,175,000 with 9h9d, and Schulz turned over 6s6d. Snead needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came KsKc4h3c5d, and the nines held up for Snead to win the pot and double up in chips.

Paul Snead  –  6,500,000  (65 bb)
Kevin Schulz  –  775,000  (8 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 865, the average chip stack is around 4,800,000 (48 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $63,000 each.

Championship: Naing Thu vs. Clemen Deng

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 865

Naing Thu
Naing Thu

Clemen Deng raised UTG+1 to 200,000, and Naing Thu called from the cutoff.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of Qs6d4h2d, Deng bet 850,000, and Thu used a Time Chip to tank for about a minute before he called.

The river card paired the board with the Qc, Deng checked, and Thu used a Time Chip to tank for a while before he bet 1,650,000. Deng folded, and Thu took the pot.

Naing Thu  –  5,550,000  (56 bb)
Clemen Deng  –  13,550,000  (136 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 865, the average chip stack is around 4,800,000 (48 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $63,000 each.

Championship: Chipleader Clemen Deng Takes a Pot Against Brandon Kessous

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 865

Clemen Deng
Clemen Deng

Clemen Deng raised UTG+1 to 200,000, Brandon Kessous reraised from middle position to 500,000, and Deng called.

The flop came 5d4s2c, Deng checked, Kessous bet 500,000, and Deng check-raised to 1,250,000. Kessous called.

The turn card was the 9h, Deng bet 2,100,000, and Kessous quickly folded. Deng took the pot.

Seat 1.  Kevin Schulz  –  3,375,000  (34 bb)
Seat 2.  Clemen Deng  –  14,125,000  (141 bb)
Seat 3.  Paul Snead  –  1,750,000  (18 bb)
Seat 4.  Brandon Kessous  –  6,175,000  (62 bb)
Seat 5.  Sterling Savill  –  2,775,000  (28 bb)
Seat 6.  Naing Thu  –  4,675,000  (47 bb)
Seat 7.  Loni Hui  –  5,050,000  (51 bb)
Seat 8.  Billy Pilossoph  –  2,600,000  (26 bb)
Seat 9.  Tyler Montoya  –  2,725,000  (27 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 865, the average chip stack is around 4,800,000 (48 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $63,000 each.

Championship: Clemen Deng Continues to Lead the Final Nine at the Break

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 865

Poker Chips
Poker Chips

Level 26 comes to an end, and the players take a 10-minute break. They are playing tonight until two more players are eliminated, and the final seven will return tomorrow at 12:00 noon EDT for the live-streamed final table. Our updates this evening are following the same 30-minute delay as the live stream.

Here are the official chip counts from the table:

Seat 1.  Kevin Schulz  –  3,375,000  (34 bb)
Seat 2.  Clemen Deng  –  12,125,000  (121 bb)
Seat 3.  Paul Snead  –  1,750,000  (18 bb)
Seat 4.  Brandon Kessous  –  7,925,000  (79 bb)
Seat 5.  Sterling Savill  –  2,775,000  (28 bb)
Seat 6.  Naing Thu  –  4,675,000  (47 bb)
Seat 7.  Loni Hui  –  4,675,000  (47 bb)
Seat 8.  Billy Pilossoph  –  3,025,000  (30 bb)
Seat 9.  Tyler Montoya  –  2,925,000  (29 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts:

1st:  $626,950 + SHRPO Guitar Tower Trophy
2nd:  $415,000
3rd:  $310,000
4th:  $230,000
5th:  $175,000
6th:  $133,000
7th:  $103,000
8th:  $80,000
9th:  $63,000

With nine players remaining from a field of 865, the average chip stack is around 4,800,000 (48 big blinds).

High Roller: Approximate Chip Counts

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 67

Table 23
Seat 1:  Darren Elias  –  615,000  (62 bb)
Seat 2:  Byron Kaverman  –  770,000  (77 bb)
Seat 3:  Bryn Kenney  –  405,000  (41 bb)
Seat 4:  Brandon Wilson  –  275,000  (28 bb)
Seat 5:  Kristen Foxen  –  160,000  (16 bb)
Seat 6:  Jason Mercier  –  510,000  (51 bb)
Seat 7:  Taylor von Kriegenbergh  –  310,000  (31 bb)
Seat 8:

Table 24
Seat 1:  Daniel Rezaei  –  80,000  (8 bb)
Seat 2:  Alex Foxen  –  820,000  (82 bb)
Seat 3:
Seat 4:  Erik Seidel  –  95,000  (10 bb)
Seat 5:
Seat 6:  Justin Zaki  –  145,000  (15 bb)
Seat 7:  Manuel Fritz  –  340,000  (34 bb)
Seat 8:  Jonathan Jaffe  –  730,000  (73 bb)

Table 32
Seat 1:  Brock Wilson  –  210,000  (21 bb)
Seat 2:  Jesse Lonis  –  165,000  (17 bb)
Seat 3:  Matthew Wantman  –  290,000  (29 bb)
Seat 4:  Taylor Wilson  –  130,000  (13 bb)
Seat 5:  Brandon Wittmeyer  –  180,000  (18 bb)
Seat 6:  Joe McKeehen  –  155,000  (16 bb)
Seat 7:  Dan Sepiol  –  250,000  (25 bb)
Seat 8:

1st:  $518,800 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $360,000
3rd:  $220,100
4th:  $152,300
5th:  $102,600
6th:  $77,800
7th:  $62,900
8th:  $54,600
9th-10th:  $52,900

Championship: Final Table Begins with Clemen Deng as Chipleader with 12 Million

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 865

Clemen Deng
Clemen Deng

NOTE:  For the rest of this evening, our updates will be following the same 30-minute delay as the SHRPO Live Stream. So final table updates won’t begin appearing for at least another 30 minutes.

The final nine players have taken their seats at the final table, and the action should begin soon. The SHRPO Live Stream will begin broadcasting the action 30 minutes later on the usual half-hour delay.

Here is the lineup:

Seat 1.  Kevin Schulz  –  4,575,000  (61 bb)
Seat 2.  Clemen Deng  –  12,000,000  (160 bb)
Seat 3.  Paul Snead  –  1,750,000  (23 bb)
Seat 4.  Brandon Kessous  –  7,900,000  (105 bb)
Seat 5.  Sterling Savill  –  2,900,000  (39 bb)
Seat 6.  Naing Thu  –  4,375,000  (58 bb)
Seat 7.  Loni Hui  –  4,175,000  (56 bb)
Seat 8.  Billy Pilossoph  –  3,075,000  (41 bb)
Seat 9.  Tyler Montoya  –  2,450,000  (33 bb)

And here are the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $626,950 + SHRPO Guitar Tower Trophy
2nd:  $415,000
3rd:  $310,000
4th:  $230,000
5th:  $175,000
6th:  $133,000
7th:  $103,000
8th:  $80,000
9th:  $63,000

With nine players remaining from a field of 865, the average chip stack is around 4,800,000 (64 big blinds).